Doug Collins ® get this straight ® THE DAY Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland | was in a jailin Zlin, Czechoslovakia, having been caught while on the run from a prison camp in Germany. For the Gestapo chief in charge, Hess’s flight was a shocker. For me it was a morale booster, and J told myself the war would soon be over. But it had hardly begun. Hess flew on his crazy peace a year 10 the day that the Germans had mission May 10, 1941, crashed into France and Belgium. Since then, empires have fallen and others have sprung up. The not If it world has changed, but necessarily for the better, had, Hess would never have spent nearly half a century behind bars. The Nuremberg trials at which he was sentenced to life imprison- meni were a travesty of justice, because there can be no justice when the victor is trying the van- quished. In the Western world, at least, such a thing had not hap- pened for centuries. Napoleon was not nut on trial for his life even after he had escaped from Ejiba and put Europe on fire yet remoter days, losers sometimes put to death. But even in Roman times there was no hypocritical talk of ‘‘justice’’ where defeated enemies were con- cerned. You lost, you died. Good night. The Hess case was incongruous. He was never charged with war crimes because he had committed none, even though he was Hitler’s deputy. Instead, he was charged with “preparing and carrying out an aggressive war,’’ vented by the winners. But who in history has not prepared and carried out ag- again. In were a crime in- “The Hess case was incongruous, He was never charged with war crimes...”? gressive war if they had means? How were the great Western empires created? How did the Tsars reach the Pacific? How did the Americans get California and Texas? How about the Israeli devastation of Lebanc~ and the colonisation of the West Bank? Most incongruous of all was that Stalin's murderous state had judges at Nuremberg. And _ yes, 1 know that millions of Rus- sians died in the war, | also know that between August, 1939, when the Nazi-Soviet pact was signed, and June, 1941, when Hitler in- vaded the U.S.S.R., Moscow couldn’t do enough for Berlin. Joe and Adolf became partners. The Germans took one half of Poland, the Russians the other half. Wasn't that preparing and carrying out aggressive war? The Poles thought so, especially when Stalin slaughtered thousands of Polish officers in cold blood at Katyn, Before the Polish pie was cut up, the Soviets had moved into Park camping fees increased NEW CAMPING fees were ap- plied to provincial parks beginning Aug. 1, Environment and Parks Minister Bruce Strachan anncunc- ed recently. For the remainder of 1987, camping fees will range from $6 to $12 depending on the facilities and services. There will be free camp- ing in 20 parks. The changes include a $1 in- crease for camping in the majority of parks, and a $2 increase for a limited number of major parks. A reduced summer fee has also been introduced in some parks, along with a reduced rate during spring and fall for several major parks. “The new fee structure reflects changes in use patterns and in- creased operating costs, and will encourage more visits outside the period of heavy use,’’ Strachan said. ‘‘The fee increases are modest ones, and in line with those charged by other park agencies and private campgrounds."’ During August, B.C. senior citi- zens will be required to pay cainp- ing fees ranging from $3 to $6, about half the regular campground fee. B.C. seniors will still be able to camp for free in all provincial parks from September to June. A reduced shoulder season rate of $8 will be in effect in 1987 from Sept. 8 until services are closed down or curtailed later in the fall, varying with location. [t applies to six parks: Bear Creek, Ellison and Okanagan Lakes in the Okanagan Valley; Gordon Bay and Miraclv Beach on Vancouver Island; and Shuswap Lake in the Thompson River area. The $1 increase also applies to backcountry camping and wilderness park hut fees. Children 12 years and under will still be ac- commodated free in wilderness park shelters. “Other than the present group picnicking charge of $30 in effect in seven parks, we have no inten- tion of charging for day-user activ- ities or services,’’ Strachan said. Additional group picnic and camping opportunities are also be- ing provided in J{ parks in the northern B.C, region. CAPILANO CLEANERS & POST OFFICE CAPILANO MALL ANY ITEM 2 FOR THE PRICE OF Special Expires Sent. 6 * Professional Dry Cleaning « Shirt Service « Expert Drapery Service « Work Done on Premises ¢ Suede & Leather Cleaning 986-2919 22-935 MARINE DR, NVAN. Finland without even saying sorry, In 1940, too, they wiped owt the dangerous mini-states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Forty yeurs later they ‘liberated’ Afghanistan. Between-whiles, the ULS.S.R. snatched the whole of Eastern Europe. But that wasn't ag- vressive war. That was peacefiel war, The Czechs and Poles, for example, had no defences and the Russians were supposed to be their allies. If Stalin or any of the top com- munist gangsters had been thrown into jail for ‘preparing and carry- ing out aggressive war’’, Western liberals would have been yelling for their release before five years had passed. But few uttered a word on behalf of Hess, who had it worse than the Count of Monte Cristo. Lord Shawcross, the British prosecutor at Nuremberg, stated in 1970 that Hess’s continued im- prisonment was an affront to al! notions of justice and humanity. Winston Churchill had atready said that whatever the moral guilt of a man who stood close to Hitler, Hess atoned for it by his “‘devoted and fanatic deed of lunatic benevolence”’ in trying to persuade Britain to make a deal with Germany. . The Russians wouldn't hear of letting Hess go. Not even when he was 90. Which was not surprising, considering that they also refused to fet him grow a few flowers in the garden at Spandau. As far as Moscow is concerned, human rights aren’t worth a broken hammer and sickle. Now get we cash anyt Shopping Centre, using any bank card. any of our 150 branches in Canada for | : Whether at work. shopping or traveling i North America, the Navona: Trust TOTAL Card"*'s ail youneed “nen you need instant cash from your Nationa’ Trust account. It's a Money Machine Card. 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