Is it only a coincidence that unrest has flared up in occupied Europe at the same time as the Nazis are exerting their greatest efforts in an attempt to subdue the Russians? Probably not. The truly wonderful defence which the Russians have put up against Hitler's armies, the exploding of the myth of Nazi invincibility may have had something to do with N, since blows which weaken the oppressors must encourage those who are oppressed. But the existence of a powerful underground organization through which acts of sabotage are controlled cannot be left altogether out of the reckoning. The spontaneity of the "V" campaign in all occupied countries can be taken es proof that such an organization exists. Though ihe "V" sign was known before the campaign was organized, the ifnpetus to the sign's general use by the direction given by the mysterious Colonel Britton, the sudden appearance of "V" in a variety of different forms and in almost every place where there were Nazis to be irritated by it, was not purely accidental Such things could not have happened had there not been a body with branches in all the occupied territories by which the movement could be Ordered and inspired. Since all means of comrnunicaton in public are under the control of the Nazis or their Quislings in Europe, it can be taken for granted that there exist secret means of passing news and instructions from one place to another under the Nazis noses. In Short, there is in Europe a great secret organization which is able to play the Gestapo at Own game and beat it, being inspired by deep love of their country, whereas the Gestapo are inspired by no more than the lust for power, increased conquest, and the more bestial of the human instincts. The increase in sabotage in factories, railways, and docks has had two important effects upon the Nazi plans. The ürst is the slowing-up of the supplies they had hoped io obtain from the occupied areas—supplies made from materials which the Masu have in sore cases sent to the factories from Germany itself. And the second is the growing sense of the insecurity of their conquests which must be spreading amongst the Nazis stationed outside ihe Third Reich. This insecurity necessitates the use of many more troops to hold down the Oppressed peoples than would otherwise have been the case. And thus the cause of Soviet Russia is given direct assistance. Men who are kept busy chasing saboteurs in France cannot be reinforcing the Nazi offensives against Leningrad, Kiev, and Odessa. That this necessity has already put a spoke in the Nazi plans was prov. ed in the case of Norway, where a number of Cernran troops sent through the country to participate in the drive on Murmansk and the Tailway to Leningrad had to be diverted from their original purpose and given the task of preserving order along their lines of communication. It is unlikely that the Germans will succeed in controlling this hidden menace which is operating against them by shooting hostages, all of whom are innocent of any other offence than a desire to see their native country restored to its quondam liberty. These men should go down in history as martyrs to their country's cause, just as much as those who are caught in the act as was Capitaine de Corvette Henri-Honoré d'Orves, who was shot in Paris recently for working on behalf of the free French. For the blood of martyrs is the seed from which new inspiration grows.
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