Show I I Greek Revolution Sets Phew New Trend s Guerrilla Bands Instructed I In hI Tenets of Communism 4 L A f A. A 1 B By y BAUKHAGE N News Analyst and Commentator I b's f I I t I I Service 1616 E Eye e Street N. N W. W Washington D D. D C. C V The WASHINGTON The Greeks had hada a word for it the it-the the word revolution I mean It was I believe as nearly as I can transliterate the Greek alphabet But until very recently it meant something quite different from what it means in Greece today I wont won't attempt to telescope the history of the Hellenes back to Helen of Troy the first successful success success- successful ful shipbuilder who we are told a launched a thousand thousand thou thou- 4 sand ships not by floating a war 4 bond issue but on her face as it were But looking looking looks look look- s ing back only in inI into ino in- in in- in i I to o the memory of I our oldest diplomats diplomats diplo diplo- p lo- lo mats or even I some of the younger ones we weI I a are familiar with the program It usually started with the colonels It wasn't a too strenuous or bloodthirsty bloodthirsty bloodthirsty blood blood- thirsty affair A few colonels got to to- gether They marched on the palace or the war department or the state department had a few polite words put their own cabinet in shot off afew a afew afew few shots which damaged at most a afew afew afew few more or less innocent but curious curious curious curi curi- ous bystanders and that was that But there But there came a change The revolution which followed the liberation of the Greeks from Nazi occupation was quite a different different different differ differ- ent matter It didn't come from the top and work down It came from the bottom and worked up The Allies had armed the resistance resistance resistance resist ance the Greek patriots who fought the Germans But while the Allies poured in such material aid as was possible just as they helped Tito in Yugoslavia the Russians were pouring in something else Propaganda The Allies learned toolate too toolate toolate late the true physiognomy of the revolution which opposed the gov gov- The liberation was wasa a revolt engineered and carried on onby onby onby by the enlisted men not the high officers And its leaders were comm com com- m indoctrinated t d. d The majority of the rebelling Greeks were not Communists They were not fighting to establish a communist communist communist com com- regime but to overthrow an ani L i y L autocratic junta But they were organized organized organized or or- and directed by Moscow- Moscow trained leaders Today there is Q a revolution in Greece The majority of the so- so called guerrillas are not They are fighting to establish they think a liberal Greek govern govern- ment But all of their leaders are Communists And the rank and file are being carefully and thoroughly indoctrinated in m communism They I raid they fight they eat off the theland theland theland land they use the weapons provided by the Allies But out of each such fighting and eating day they take time out to go to school These schools are conducted regularly from 10 to 12 and from 4 to 6 unless a battle or so inter inter- In these schools the good Greek patriots are being thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- instructed in the philosophy philosophy ph phy of Karl Marx Nick Lenin and Joe Stalin This is of rec rec- ord It is fact not fancy Mos Ios Moscow cow w would v o 0 u I 1 d unofficially of course probably boast of itra it ra rather ther than deny it Those who graduate with s sufficient communistic honors are appointed appoint appoint- ed political commissars and attached attached attached at at- to each guerrilla unit It is easy to imagine what would happen if these forces took over the government Meanwhile there is no objection on the part of the e agents of Moscow to have the Greeks set up coalition coalition coalition tion governments they governments they have had nearly a dozen all of which failed because the leaders of the various parties represented could not co co- operate The failure of these governments the revolt dissension unrest terrible terrible terrible ter ter- ter- ter economic conditions all contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute to that great ally of communism chaos Conditions That is the answer The whole of the American policy of aid to Greece and Turkey is intended intended in in- intended tended to change present condi condi- To change them the experts tell us we must 1 Stop the warfare assure personal personal personal per per- security to the thc people 2 Feed them diem 3 Restore their normal economic economic economic eco eco- eco eco- life and as a result their normal social life Then see that they are let alone to take care of themselves Communism Communism Communism then will die of malnutrition L L |