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I By ' PAUL PAULMALLONReleased PAULMALLON MALLON y yReleased Released by Western Newspaper NewspaJer ) UnionTRIAL Union UnionTRIAL UnionTRIAL TRIAL OF I'tlIlIAlLOVITcn ItlIlIAlLOVITcn MIIIAILOVITCII ' MIIIAILOVITCHA I'tlIlIAlLOVITcnA MIIIAILOVITCIIA A PROPAGANDA STU"JTWASHINGTON STUNTWASHINGTON STUNT STU"JT STUJT STUNTWASHINGTON " WASHINGTON - The final de detense defense detense tense fense of Mihailovitch MIhallovitch Miharlovitch hero of theChetniks the theChetnlks theChetniks Chetnlks Chetniks was little reported in thiS thiScountry thiscountry thiscountry country American popular interest Interestin in him waned when be he was reported reportedto to have adm tied tted acts of collabora collaboratlOn collaboration collaboration tlOn tion with the enemy during durmg the thewar thewar thewar war Of such a character is our ouracute ouracute ouracute acute sense of just ] ust ce cc But in this thiscase thiscase thiscase case it has been , successfully ahusedand abusedand abused ahused abusedand -and and - and m sled sledMihailovitch sledMIhailovltch sledMihailovitch Mihailovitch MIhailovltch spoke for four hours hoursfrom hoursfrom hoursfrom from notes he had made for 30 30days 30days 30days days ending endmg his speech at mIdnIght mIdnIghtwith midnightwith midnightwith with this final accounting from an ananti ananti ananti anti Nazi res stance soldier soldierI I had against agamst me a & . competitive competl compet competi ! live tlve tive organization orgamzahon the Commu Communist Commumist Communist 8 nist mist party which seeks its alms aims almsIthout aimswithout aimswithout \\Ithout Ithout without \ compromise I was wasfaced wasfaced wasfaced faced with changes in my own owngovernment owngovernment owngovernment government and accused a.ccused . of ofeODllectlons ofconnections ofconnections eODllectlons connections with every possible possiblesecret possiblesecret possiblesecret secret service enemy and Allied Al Alhed Allied hed lied I believed beheved I I was on tbe the tbenght theright theright nght right road and called on any for forelgn forcign foretgn elgn cign journalist Journahst or Red lIed army armymiSSion armymission armymission miSSion to visit me and see cvcrything cv ev cverytrung evriffling erytrung riffling : But fate was mercl merci merclless merciless merciless less to me when it threw me melOtO meinto meinto lOtO into this th1s thus maelstrom ( between the thetestern thewestern testern \ estern democracies and Rus Russla Russia Eussin sla sia ) ) I wanted ranted \ anted much I start start- started started started - - ed much but the gale of the theworld theworld theworld world carried earned me . away a.way from frommy frommy frommy my myork CorkBPOKEN \ work \\ork ork Cork workBROKEN BROKEN BPOKEN BY TorTUREThis TOPTUREThis TORTURE TOPTURE TORTUREThis This is a Serbian soldier soldler of r rs rs rs s stance far from the early urn turf urnwhen turfwhen timwhen when he and the British Bntlsh Brutish alone weN wena weNreslstmg wenaresisting wer > iresisting reslstmg resisting the Nazis but Russia wasnot was wasnot wasnot not speaking after aiter clever Commu Commun n st torture in a mockery of o1 trials trialsthich trialswhich thich \ hlch could find a counterpart only onlyIn onlym onlyin In m the Moscow treason trials for forRussian forRussian torRussian Russian propaganda purposes The Themethods Themethods Themethods methods of torture wh ch broke his hism hism hism m nd red have been frequently de descnbed described described scnbed scribed m In books ava ova lable Table at our ourI our1 I 1 branes brarles braries dan Ian ( ( Ian Valtm ValtIn s Out of o1 theNight the theNight theNight Night ) Thus was the Slavic tem tern temperament ternperament ternperament perament and mind led to confessanythmg confessanything confess anything anythmg his rus captors wished for forthe forthe forthe the t r purposes of propaganda instrengthening in instrengthenmg instrengthening strengthenmg strengthening the disliked Tito 1'1to 11to Tutu ' gov government government governrnent ernment in 1 m Yugoslavia and for ef of effect offeet effeet fect feet upon people throughout the Bal Balkans Balkans Balkans kans ( Our o\ o own on \ n house foreign at of atfairs offairs atfairs fairs sub committee says Tito Tlto was waseducated waseducated waseducated educated in Russia was a soldler soldier soldlerof soldierof soldierof of the Red army and ruled Yugo Yugo- Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia - - slavia for the Communists by ma machme machine machine chme chine guns although he had the voluntary vol voluntary voluntary untary support of o1 only 15 to 19 per percent percent percent cent of ot his ills cities and from 5 tozero tozero to zero per cent of ot \ villagers illagers tillagers andfarmers and farmers ) Before the trial of the Chetn Cheta h k . kcommander kcommander commander in ch et ef of on our s de upto upto up to December 1945 his Commurostparty Communistparty Communist Commurost party adversary Tito Tlto Tltoent \ went \\ent ent \ to Mos Moscow Moscow Moscow cow With him he took toOh . his mil taryleaders taryleaders tary leaders and the head of o1 his secret secretpolicethe secretpolicethe secretpolice police-the police the - - the Ozana A full militaryagreement military agreement was reached ( Tito Tlto can cancontnbute cancontribute cancontribute contnbute contribute an army of 800 000 to anyRussian any anyRussian anyRussian Russian cause ) and a propaganda propagandaagreement propagandaagreement propagandaagreement agreement for MIha 11lihailovutchThis Mihailovitch 11lihailovutch MihailovitchThis ovltch This is the same Tito Tdo govcrn govern govcrnment governmcnt ment mcnt menthleh which \\hleh hleh nhich \ liter hter informed mformed our ourstate ourstate state department deparlment that thecnn theGrin the cnn Grin es of ' "Mihiilovitch Mihiilovitch 'l1hallovltch l1hallovltch lIihailovitch " before beforeti beforeii tI ii e a trial tnal had been bcen judged to betoo betoo be betoo too great and terrible ternble for any anydiscussion anydiscussion anydiscussion discussion - or for Amen Ameni Amencan Amencan Amenican can testimony Its foreIgn foreIgnmmlster foreignminister foreignminister mmlster minister had announced aDllounced beforethe beforethe before the trial tnal ( \ May l\13y l 13y II 11) 11 ) Mihailo- Mihailo ltiihailo- ltiihailo 1\l1ha 1 l1ha ltiihailovetch \ Mihailovitch o- o - ovltch - vitch vltch vetch \ will till l be shot ' The Russians took no chances on onIt onit it The three members of thecourt thecourt the thecourt court were officers from the Tlto Tito Tltoarmy Titoarmy Titoarmy army and members of o1 the Communist Commu Communist Communist nist party The spectators hissedand hissedand hissed and booed statements such as the thetruthful thetruthful truthful assert on of a defense attorney attorney at attorney torney that U tl e law under underhich which \\hich hich \ the themen themen men were being bemg tried was made up upby upby by the Comrr Comn-unist Comn unist Comrrunrst - UDlSt government aft after er en the St sipposed pposed crimes were werecommitted committed The verdict of ot death deathfor for Miha Milia lovitch lovltch was cheeredTRAVESTY cheered TRAVESTY ON 0'1 01 ' JUSTICEit JUSTICETo JUSTICEe JUSTICE byt bythe bym To call caU th s propaganda farce by the name of trial is an accusatIOn accusatIOnagainst against justice M 1\1 1 lit \ hailovitch hallovltch fought foughtlargely largely under the supervis supervls on of theBritish the British mission against agamst Nazis-but Nazis but Nazisbuthe Nazisbutr Nazis - he d d not fight for the RussiansTh Russians foughtr toughtfor Th s was his real crime He tought fought tor for the British Bntlsh aid ai al d Amer cans as aswell aswell well as his Serbs but he did not notfight fight tor for the Russianst3 RussiansM Russiansis Russians M b7 hailovitch \ ftas was as not tried teed inBelgrade in Belgrade What was tried in Belgrade Belgrade Bel Belgrade grade was Russia and communl'mIn communKm communl'm communlm communucm ' In evidence were her methods andtechmques and techniques techmques her fool ih sh h attempt toape to ape Anglo Saxon just ce ceith with \\ith ith nith \ a astaged AnblOSaxon staged trial to create an AnblO Anglo An lo Saxon excuse eYCUSe for a Russian propa props propaganda ganda Banda propaganda propsBanda death . . . RUI RUhSIA RUSSIA > SJA BLOCh BLOCKS $ PE PEACEJo PE'VCE PEVCE PECE PEACE PE'VCEJo \CE CE < \ ' CEJo Jo nt efforts tor for peace so far farhave farhave tarhave have resulted in stultlflcat stultiflcat stultificat on of ofU ofU otU U N in a series senes of ot o1 Russian vetoe vetoes vetoesand vetoesand and adoption of our plan to get worldapproval world approval for a Russian peace along alongthe alongthe the Danube and in Finland rmland I'inland Iinland ' together togethe togeth together er reparationsfrom with $100 100 $ 000 000 of reparationsrom reparationsp reparations from ( [ rom Italy in wh ch she never set awar awar a war toot foot and a denial of ot peace toAustria toAustria to toAustria Austria or Germany Gcrmany as Russialants Russia peaceRussia lants 'Wants Wants lants'lho ' ants Who \'lho 'lho lho lpho \ ' is making makmg the peace peace ' ? Russia Out of o1 all this we get noth moth nothling ing mg except the tindling \mdling mdling dmdling d'Wuidling dWuidling d \ ' shado v of ofan ofan , ling an ideal which Russia has lone long Ion . ! : sincevetoed since sincevetoed sincevetoed T . vetoed _ _ I l |