Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday september 24, 1964 2o years after spy acclaimed hero by Neal Atcherson Bonn special owns Twenty years after his exe cution the soviet Union has offered communism a new hero. Pravda has published a memorial and Eulogy of or. Richard Sorge a German citizen hanged in Japan in 1944, a fantastic figure who if there can be greatness in his own Trade was a great spy. The West has known about Sorge for a Long time. His Dar ing his sinister Good looks and his taste for women have made him the subject of books and films. But Only now has Moscow acknowledged the existence of this Man whose name will stand for coming generations As a Symbol of Devo Tion in the great cause in the struggle for peace a Symbol of courage and there Are two reasons for this reluctance. One is the enduring element in communist propaganda which makes spying out to be in its sneak Ness and ruthlessness a typically capitalist profession. With perhaps subliminal memories of How Trotsky published All the russian secret treaties after the revolution it has been Felt that admitting the existence of soviet spies somehow tarnishes an old image of proletarian Candor. Reveals Blunder another reason and the main one is that Sorge s Ca reer throws Light on one of Stalin s worst blunders. With anger the soviet press now reveals that Sorge sent Stalin details of the impending nazi attack on Russia Complete Down to the Date of the Offen Sive and that Stalin refused to believe him. Sorge was born in Baku in Russia of a German father and a russian Mother who passed on to him the slightly tartar Good looks which made him so irresistible to women full thick lips Long eyes tilted upwards at their Corners diabolical Blond Eye brows. But Sorge who could have landed a Job As a Moody Vil lain any time was a serious Man. Three times wounded in the first world War he Hung on for three Days help less in a barbed wire entanglement before he was rescued and by the armis Tice had become a fierce communist. Led Mutiny he was one of the agitators who led the Fleet Mutiny at Kiel and a founding Mem Ber of the German communist party. From 1925, Sorge worked in Moscow construct ing an intelligence network for the comintern and later moved to soviet military intelligence. Travelling All Over the world especially in the far East and commanding Many languages he soon became one of his service s most valuable agents. In 1933, he was sent to Japan. He landed the Job of foreign correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung and under this cover built up a new intelligence net to watch Jap an s relations with the new third Reich in Germany. Charming and sociable to the verge of play boyhood Sorge became a member of the Brash it on it s easy so Good Patch outwear roof keeps rain where it belongs in the outside Ideal for re pairing All kinds of roof leaks gutters flashing Etc. M Kan hot 1 nazi party and a coveted guest at Tokyo diplomatic receptions. Two successive German ambassadors confided in him As a Friend and indeed there were few westerners Avail Able to them with anything like Sorge s experience and contacts in the far East. He lived comfortably in a traditional japanese House enjoying an endless succession of Well earned mistresses. Sorge warned Moscow of the negotiations proceeding Between Japan and Germany in 1939, news which May Well have encouraged Stalin to conclude the nazi soviet pact. In vain he reported the com ing German onslaught against Russia in 1941. But later that year he was Able to Tell Stalin that Japan had no intention of attacking the soviet Union from the East which allowed the rus sians to Transfer much needed troops to their Western front. Slowly suspicions against Sorge began to grow. He was several times checked by Gestapo agents who rather incredibly in View of Sorge s Early record found Noth ing definite against him. Then the head of the Jap anese counter intelligence planted in his Way an exceptionally pretty Young dancer. This girl who became Sorge s last mistress managed to Lay hold of a code message which he had failed to destroy and he was arrested. There is no certainty about How or where he was executed. Pravda gives the Date of nov. 7, 1944, and adds that under the Gallows he shouted Long live the communist party the soviet Union and the red perhaps. But a German paper this week recalled an other version that Richard Sorge s last words had been the human y Christmas it was announced Lere wednesday. This will be he third and distribution rom a total fund of which the West German govern ment put at the disposal of the United nations High commissioner for refugees under an agreement concluded in octo Ber 1960. London a a British shirt maker wants to stage regu a fashion shows on London s subway trains during Rush hours. He said commuter re action to an unauthorized 20 minute trial show using two men and a girl was favourable. Tor9nto up . Guy Simonds wartime com Mander of the 1st Canadian army during the Battle of Caen said wednesday killing prison ers of War or enemy soldiers Are two different things. He was asked to comment on a statement by Alexander Mckee a British author who said it was not customary in the Ca Nadian army during the nor Many invasion of 1944 to give anyone the Benefit of the or. Mckee is author of a new Book Caen Anvil of Victory. Defending it against criticism this week he said prisoners of War were killed by both Anglo Canadian forces and by the Ger mans in the Normandy invasion. In a letter to the London daily Telegraph he said he was a witness to a typical example where there was some uncertainty As a group of is German men coming out of a House were surrendering or not they were in any Case shot . Simonds said in an interview in the heat of Battle the de fenders mow Down As Many of the opposing forces Ai they can. If the enemy threw up their hands at the last in the heat of Battle would keep shooting after seeing their own comrades Down before their he said killing prisoners who had surrendered under the terms of the Geneva convention was another matter. Or. Me Kee s example appeared to be a heat of Battle Case. Car keeps speedup at Transcona shop More passengers and freight traffic for car last year has necessitated a maintenance speedup at the Transcona shops. 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