The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 13, 1924, Page 20

They Can’t Stop Communist Propaganda in Germany ~ceckt gegen § OBCQOBCGOROR DOE EC RORS ek tf. BOE CROSS OOBOSTSO Der General Seeck! perbletet durch elae mittdriidve ‘Die Pofizel, die ihren Sceckt kenat. eal, Bunger? Rabe-und Ordoung it die ecite Bargerpifict(* Eine lehrreidie Mifitdroerordnung?t "Tat dem Seedkt-€rtai: Verordmmg die Schtemmeriokele. Die Verordauig wurde von einem Cell der Bevdfkerung mit groher Begeitierung auigenommen. (Die Dummen hatter die Verordunng erud> genommen). Hrer zeigen wir die Wirkungen des Erlalies: ore WiT) @ So leSem whe te leben wir, fo tober wir air Tage Misch ibne ke kk 6g os ooh el r Above are reproductions of illegal leaflets and throwaways being spread broadcast by the German Communist Party in spite of attempts by the over- lords to crush the Communist movement. . No. 1 is a leaflet in pictures and is entitled, “Seeckt (the general) @ Die Fabriken, hich feinen Berui dachte. uid wie es kam Die Bergwerka, Die grossen Giiter gohiren fo die Hinde der werklatiqen Bevbtkernng ‘~_— SS # Wie dewReiciswehrioldat Schulze JETZT ISTS i . imagined his duties to be, namely, protection of the Reich (the empire), and what they really turned out to be, namely, protection of Reichtum (riches). No. 3 is a throwaway reading, The factories, the mines, the big estates against Seckt (champagne),” and telling about a military decree issued by: General Seeckt to close down places of debauchery (Schlemmerlokale). Hungry working women took the decree seriously and invaded the swell. restaurants. But the police took a hand in the matter, And the outcome was that the debauchery went on as before. - ‘ No. 2 is a-throwaway~shewing what the Reichswehr soldier Schulzq should be in the hands of the working population. No. 4—The political prisoner cries “It’s enough now!”’, while the people stand in vain waiting for a chance to get some food. No. 5 shows tke accomplices of Poincare. A workingman is on the ground, and over him are a French general, a German general and Stinnes. The Class Struggle versus Charity - - - - - 3y LUDWiG LORE Ever since the’ end of the war, the dig not come nobly to the support of German-American population of the|the sufferers in Russia, because our United States has been contributing,|comrades were there to support the in one form or another, to the sup-| Russian Revolution. must all play an attive part. It is a part of the great, world-wide fight 5 the liberation of the working- class. gamblers of Wall Street are not at all averse to selling their surplus for good American dollars, to be paid for by the American tax-payers, in the port of the needy in their fatherland. There have been endless collections, bazaars, subscriptions for every con- ceivable purpose, by every conceiv- able kind of organization. It is im- possible to estimate how much, in money, in food-stuffs and in wearing apparel has gone over to Germany, paid for by the often insufficient earnings of the Germans in this coun- try. We have never encouraged or sup- ported these collections. We have always deplored the sending of money, even to needy wor’ ingmen | and women on the other side, because we understood that the morsle of na- | tions as well as that of individuals, is undermined by charity; because we were convinced that it was a crime against the working-class movement in Germany to cover up the patent ineffectuality of the new republic, and to make it possible for German capital to pay starvation wages in order to be able to compete with the producers of better paid labpr in every market in the world. Then came the appeal from the Russian Soviet Government for as- sistance in its hour of need. Our German comrades,—no one knows this better than those who were en-/| gaged in raising funds at that time —were ainong the first to come to: Russia’s assistance. They refused even to consider the suggestion that special collections Le made among the Germans here for the suffering among the Volga-Germans. More that since they incurred the wrath’ of German nationalists who call.d them anti-Germans, for helping the: workers of Russia when they had re- fused to help the needy in their own mother country. In spite of the bit- ter opposition that often arose from German-nationalist elements in the German-speaking w orking c'ass organizations and Labor Unions, there ig hardly one umong them that Today we appeal to you to support the Friends of Soviet .Russ‘a in its appeal for help for the German work- ing class. For that part of the working class needs our help most urgently. We must help those who will not receive food and clothing ‘from the bourgeois organizations that |are distributing their bounty through ordinary channels. We must help those men and women who ere dis- \criminated against in the industries i because they are known as “trouble |makers,” and radicals. We must give for those who cannot count on the support of their labor organiza- tions, because these are under the ,control of labor leaders who use their |prestige to betray the working class into the hands of the present dicta- tors of Germany. We must help the et who are going without the most elementary necessities of life in order to pay party dues and to support their party press, This is not charity: It is a part of the class struggle, in which we This is not charity. For it will|mame of humanity. strengthen, not weaken, the morale} Just as surely as giving to Soviet of the men and women for whom | Russia at the time of the famine was this help ig intended. Nothing will|the duty of every revolutionist the keep up their fighting spirit more j world over, just as surely as the Ger- successfully than the certainty that | man communists helped out of their the comrades in America are with own need, took from. their own them. Nothing will make them more hungry children to feed the starving determined in the fight for a working Russians, just as surely 43 Russia class government in Germany, than stands ready today to come to their the certainty that, whatever may assistance, just ag surely as the revo- happen, there are comrades across lution in Germany wins or loses with Militarizing the United States the seas who will stand behind them, who will take care of their children and will support their families, The government of the United States is preparing now to send food and give credits to Germany, not be- cause our rulers love the German people. It is the fear of that desperation may bring, a powerful impetus -toward revolution in Ger- many. That will give the communist cause all over the world, heart and power, that is what drives them to Germany’s assistance. Beside that the great and influential Wheat Py 1913 1924 Expenditures for National Defense............ $260,136,035 $509,096.796 Regular Army, Number of Men in,.. eae 92,035 134,360 National Guard........... eater ARE? ds 120,802 160,598 Officers’ Reserve Crops.................. ini: dectapapamaicinastans 76,923 Citizens’ Military Training Camps........o.- ssc. Asselelac ee Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. ....c.ccccoe scsoeos cienccientaiul 101,129 1E RORORO UII. dhs sions basin eoccaa ates taecacaie ve SAND! SSL Total number of Individuals under Training - 243,865 504,010 Persons in Military and Naval Service - stationed abroad.....o....o.o0.c. cc ecceseeee ~~ 55.608(1) 117,238(2) (1) 1910 Census. (2) 1920 Census, Prepared by the Research Department, Workers Party. Table No. 1. ; the growth or delay of the revolu- tionary movement in Germany,—just |so surely it is our duty to help to the utmost, to keep the fires of the German revolution burning, Do your duty by the revolutionary movement of Germany. Send a con- tribution to the Friends of Soviet Russia, 32 South Wabash Ave., Chi- eago, Ill Do this at once. Send a pledge to make a number of contributions from now till the first of May. The Daily Worker! Moscow, Dec. 12, 1923. Hail! The first English Communist Daily of the U. §.! The power of the is ‘unchal- lenged and because of this we recog- nize the We assure ne Wie io see Mia a