The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 5

Pa ed 7) Co i Capt. Hibben will be heard at the CZARISTFINK ON | Friday, January 2, 1925 THE DAILY WORKER Page Five WITNESS STAND AGAINST HIBBEN Does Not Like to be Dubbed Stoolpigeon (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 1— The has-| been duchess got away just in time. Her husband's secret agent in the United States has uncovered himself in a way that might embarrass her czarinish highness. Boris Brasol, ‘who admits that he is “the Grand Duke Cyril’s representa- tive in America,” was the final witness in the army trial of Capt. Paxton Hibben. His admissions under cross- examination would have increased the disfavor with which Cyril’s wife, Victoria Feodorovna, was looked upon by the American workers who saw money-royalty bending the knee to the pretenders of Russia. Brasol, formerly of the Russian im- perial guards, admitted he was guilty of working to overthrow a government with which the United States is not at war, technically liable therefore to deportation. He said he had been a member of the Russian national society, which favors overthrow of the Russian government by force and violence. He said the organization had ceased to exist. Brosal claimed that as a Russian lawyer he did not know American law and that he was un- aware of deportation possibilities. Stool Eats His Words. During the war Brasol was employ- ed by the United States government and reported activities of Russians to the military intelligence department but he would not call himself a spy. Brasol was forced to retract his state- ment that Maxim Litvinov was presi- dent of the Russian Red Cross in 1922, altho he had sworn it previously. He was shown a photograph of Capt. Hibben under microscope and ad- mitted that his former testimony that Hibben wore the Russian five-pointed star was wrong and that he had N. E. R. (Near East Relief) insignia | on his uniform, Brasol had to admit that he knew nothing actually about relief work despite his earlier charges that relief supplies sent by Quakers, Nansen relief, British Save the Chil- dren Fund and all others except Hoover’s went to Russian Soviet authorities and the red army. Argument of the counsel for defense nt of the Wonth. ‘The bdard of in- quiry will decide whether formal charges should be made of disloyalty against Hibben. BLOXAM’S Monumental Works E. 1920 Third Ave. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Markers, Tablets and Headstones $10.00 and up 1! have no Age and | do all my own work, hence can save you from 25 to 40 Per cent Yours Respectfully, GEORGE BLOXAM RUSSIAN “JOURNALIST” VLADIMIR VORONTZOFSKY IS EXPOSED AS SPY AND AGENT PROVOCATEUR (Statement by the Central Bureau of the Russian Section of the Workers Party of America.) CaS, SOUR. « About half a year ago the central bureau of the Russian section of the Workers Party of America published a statement concerning the expulsion of a member of the Russian branch of the Workers Party in San Francisco, V. Vorontzofsky. The central bureau labelled his actions as unworthy of a 'Communist, “a former member of the Russian Communist Party,” which he claimed to be. The central bureau in its statement warned the workers and | workers’ organizations against persons of such type. Novy Mir also published | a resolution adopted by the Russian branch of the Workers Party in San Francisco from which it is clear that Vorontzofsky, besides his «other ex- | ploits, has distinguished himself by absconding with the funds of the branch. At that time the central bureau was not in a position to give information concerning the activities of V. Voro information is at hand. It is contain- ed in a letter from the editor of the newspaper, “The Red Banner,” of Vladivostok, a member of the Russian Communist Party, Nicholas Novitsky. This letter is printed below. It is. clear from this letter that Viadimir Vorontzofsky has acted as a@ spy provocateur in the employ of the Markuloff government in Siberia, and the authorities of the Soviet gov- ernment are still looking for him for a theft. which he committed in Si- beria. All this shows that in the person of Vladimir Vorontzofsky we deal not only with a degenerate, as was sup- posed by the centra! vureau, but also with a rasca: 2nd traitor who is in the service of the eneraies of the working class. He is now continuing his “laudable” activities in New York, having con- nected himself with a circle of “pro- letarian” writers and participating in the publication of a Russian literary journal. Whether he continues dur- ing his time left free from his poetical inspiration to serve the cause of coun- ter-revolution is not known, but it would not be surprising if he does. Such types cannot be tolerated, not oniy among revolutionists, but not even among sincere and honest peo- ple of any type. They should be im- mediately exposed and driven out. To work with Vladimir Vorontzofsky is to cover oneself with the same shame with which this spy provoca- teur is stamped, For our party, the Vorontzofsky af- fair-is a hard but valuable experience which must firmly impress upon our consciousness the necessity of being very careful as to whom we accept into our party. We request other newspapers to re- publish this statement and the letter of Comrade Nicholas Novitsky. Novitsky’s Letter Regarding Viadimir Vorontzofsky. “Having learned from Comrade Gur- man, who in turn has received a com- munication from San Francisco, that Vorontzofsky, who arrived in Ameri- ca from Shanghai, has joined there the Communist Party and advertiz- es himself as a ‘Communist’ and gives false information concerning his past, thereby misleading people with whom he comes in contact, I deem it nec- essary to give that information in regards to this rascal which he him- self conceals and which will help the comrades to give the correct valua- tion to this rascal. rf “Vorontzofsky has in fact, worked during 1918, in West Siberia, under the Soviet government, but is even up to the present sought by the au- thorities of the criminal department for the theft of money which was en- trusted to him. During the time of MILITANT BIRTHDAY SPECIAL The Daily Worker 100 Copies for $2.00 50 Copies for $1.00 Your opportunity to make propaganda for Communism. A wonderful chance to pop- ularize the DAILY WORKER among the workers you know. Twelve big pages of working class news and special articles. Cartoons that hit telling blows. This issue will be dated January 13, 1925, the first anniversary of the DAILY WORKER. And the Militant Page The page upon which the names of all militant Workers Party branches will be rinted. This will be a feature in the Big Birthda y Special of the Daily. Who are the militant branches? They are those that understand that the DAILY WORKER must be insured for 1925. Th are those that have remitted, or that will remit for insurance policies sold before January 8. WILL THE NAME OF YOUR BRANCH APPEAR UPON THE Militant Page? Today---Order a Bundle of the eee | Aoyama sanatarium on the outskirts mtzofsky in Soviet Russia. RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONCERT AND DANCE SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 The concert and dance which was announced by the Russian and Uk- rainian branches of the Workers Party for Dec. 28, was postponed on account of the party membership meeting, to SUNDAY, JAN. 11, at the same hall, Schoenhoffen Hall, take cars to Milwaukee and Ashland Aves. Tickets sold for Dec. 28 will be accepted on Jan. 11. It is expected that the party mem- bership and sympathizers will help to make the affair a success. Now this the Markuloff regime he actually spent three weeks in jail in Vladivos- tok, being planted among the arrest- ed workers by the Markuloff intelli- gence office, as a spy provocateur. Having accomplished this duty, Vor- ontzofsky was freed and upon his li- beration he printed in the Markuloff official organ a letter of-thanks to the Markuloff authorities. In his letter, this rascal ridiculed Soviet Russia and testified concerning the ‘excellent treatment’ given to the arrested Bol- sheviks by the followers of Markuloff and in a mocking manner assured his readers that the inhabitants of Soviet Russia would be happy if they receiv- ed the same nourishment which the arrested received in the Markuloff prison. “In Shanghai, Vorontzofsky made an attempt, by underhand methods, ‘o become connected with the news- paper “Shanghai Life,” which was edited by me,and which was pro-Soy- jet, but he was not accepted by me because of the information which was received concerning him on the day following his first appearance in the editorial office with a request for em- ployment. “After this failure, Vorontzofsky threw off all pretenses. He openly entered the white guard ranks, work- ed on the paper of the black hun- dreds, ‘Russian Echo,’ and in that drunken criminal gang which group- ed itself around this paper and around the former Russian consulate and in- ternational intelligence offices he was a figure of no little importance. “His statement that he worked on the paper of the black hundreds on instructions from the Russian Com- munist Party is a stupid and deliber- ate lie. The Russian Communist Par- ty never, for any purposes, utilizes such despicable creatures as white guard provocateurs, and what sense would there be in such utilization? “Another deliberate lie, calculated to appeal to uninformed bourgeois and to the childish craving of naive people for Pinkertonian stories is the rumor which he spreads now in America that he received from the Bolshevik $50 for propaganda purposes. It is quite possible that this is the trick of a provocateur for some special purpose. “I state categorically that Voront- zoisky is an extremely base and dan- gerous individual for uninformed peo- ple to come in contact with. He should be immediately exposed and not be tolerated by any one,” (Seal of The Red Banner) (Signed) Nicholas Novitsky, Member of the Russian Commun- ist Party, former editor of Shang- hai Life, Shanghai editor of “The Red Banner” of Vladivostok. April 6, Vladivostok. 50 Die In Hospital Fire. TOKIO, Jan, 1 — Latest estim: this afternoon placed the dead at fifty in the fire which destroyed the of Tokio. Twenty bodies have been recovered and many of the missing accounted for. Twenty persons were injured attempting to effect rescues, The fire is believed to have been started by an intoxicated cook kicking over a fire box, JOINT RECITAL Inne Rouelefs Pianist and Composer AND Mischa Kolpunoff Russian Opera Tenor ‘Will take place at — KIMBALL HALL Sunday Evening, dan. 4th, 1925 At 8 P.M, . Tickets may be secured at Glick's Machine Shop. 2100 W. Divi- DETROIT T, U. E. L. PLANS MEET WITH A GOOD PROGRAM \Gathering to Be Held This Sunday DETROIT, MIC Jan, 1 The regular meting of the T. U. E. L. of Detroit, will be held at the House of | the Masses, St. Aubin and Gratiot, on | Saturday, January 3rd, 8 P. M. i The speakers will be comrades Bud | Reynolds, and Goetz. Reynolds will | speak on the infamous attempt of the | reactionary machine of President Hutchinson to expel Local 1191 of the Carpenters Union of Detroit. Local 1191 is one of the strongest and most | militant locals in the Detroit Carpen- ters Union, and Hutcheson and com-| pany wish to expel this local because | their machine was defeated in the} recent election by the vote of Local | 1911. Comrade Reynolds is vice pres. | of the Carpenters District Council, and a very active member of the T.U.E.L. and his talk is certain to be of great importance. Comrade Goetz will speak on the forthcoming election of International | officers of the Machinists’ Union. The T. U. E. L,, after a futile attempt to get together with the “would be pro- gressives” lined up behind Anderson, decided to put an entire left-wing ticket in to the field. With the aid of their fighting program the Metal Trades Section of the T. U. EB. L. ought to make a whitlwind campaign for the endorsement of their ticket. These subjects are of great impor- tance to every trade union militant and they should make every effort to attend this meeting. Your Union Meeting FIRST FRIDAY, JAN, 2, 1925. 237 Bakers and. Conf., 3420 W. Roose- ve 8 Bookbinders, 175 W. Washington St., 6 p. m. : rs, 810 W. Harrison St. W. Washington. 2705 W. 36th St. | ng Trades Council, 180 W.| hinggon. | e Broom Mal Carpenters, 175 Carpenters Buil T W. ters’ Dis, Council, 505 8. | ters, 4339 S. Halsted St. Electricians, 2901 W. Monroe St. Electricians, 4141 W. Lake & Electricians, R. R., 5324 S. H. Firemen and Enginemen, 5438 Halsted St. - St. Glass Workers, Emily and Marsh- Hod Carriers, Monroe and Peoria Sts. Las " Garment Workers, Joint W. Van Buren Machinists, 113 8. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, 113 S. Ashiand Blvd. Painters, So. Kedzie Ave. School and Shefield Ave. ; 3140 Indiana Av rs, 3140 Ind ve. Pattern Makers Throop St Plumbers, 9251 8. Chicago Ave. Railwa yoarmen, Village Hall, Kol- ay Carmen, Village Hall, Kol- yy Carmen, 5445 §. Ashland Randolph St. inton St. Ft. Dearborn Hotel. Trainmen, 1536 E. 64th St Trainmen, 3349 North Ave. Raliroag Trainmen, 9120 Commer- ve. Metal Worke: Ashiand and Nn. 83 113 273 637 863 1332 Pi 612 346 Av Railway Clerks, 20 W. Railway &e 98. | Spring Garden streets. MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS Membership meetings at which representatives of the C. E. C. and minority will present the party policies, will be held as follows: NEW HAVEN—Thursday, Jan. 1, at 2 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 38 Howe 8t.| PHILADELPHIA—Sunday, Jan. 4, 2 p. m., Machinists Temple, 13th and) | | | | BOSTON—Sunday, Jan. 4, 2p. m., Dudley St. Opera House, 113 Dudley) street. | PITTSBURGH—Sunday, Jan. 4, 2 p. m., International Labor Lyceum, | 805 James St. N. S. BUFFALO—Sunday, Jan. 4, 2 p. m., Finnish Halli, 159 Grider street. CLEVELAND T, U. E. L. HOLDS (TS MONTHLY MEETING ON SUNDAY (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 1.—The monthly meeting of the Trade Union Educational League will take place Sunday, Jan. 4, at 10 a. m. sharp, at the headquarters of the Workers Party, 5927 Euclid Ave., Room 13. A program has been pre- pared which will ‘include reports from the various trade union groups | on conditions in their industries, which promises to be very interest- ing owing to recent developments in the trade union movement in Cleveland. Max Sillinsky will also talk on the American Federation of Labor convention just held at El Paso, to which he was a delegate. All members of the Workers Party Membership Votes in Los Angeles 94 to 14 For Majority Theses By a vote of 94 to 14 the Los Angeles local of the Workers Party ata general membership meeting, held | on December 28, went on record for the majority thesis on the immediate tasks of the party. The meeting also voted unanimously for the demand of | the Foster-Cannon majority calling | for a national convention of the Work- ers Party, Hungarian Branch In New York for Minority Theses NEW YORK, Jan, 1.—The Hungari- an downtown branch at its last meet- ing after having heard both represent- atives of the majority and minority thesis and a thoro discussion on the { who belong to trade unions must at- theses by the membership endorsed | tend thie meeting. | the minority theses by a vote of 24 | | ree ag minority and 4 for the ™ | Pullman Membership The motion declared the slogan for | Meeting Votes for the | 4, united front class farmer-labor par- | ° 0 | ty an effective means for permeating | Minority, 38 to 5 An. overwhelming vote for the mi- the masses with our Communist prop- agenda and for building the work-| ers (Communist) Party. It further |Rority position in the present party declared it is our Communist duty to “iscussion was cast at the Pullman make use of this slogan to expose the|™e@™mbership meeting. The false leadership of the LaFollettes, the | Vote was 38 in favor and only five yellow socialists and the fake labor | °PPosed to the theses of Ruthenberg, leaders. | Lovestone, Bedacht, Engdahl-and Git- low. Thomas J. O'Flaherty spoke for | the C. E. C. majority, with the minor- | 5 lity position being presented by Rob- Youn ne te Re jert Minor. 3 a — Mussolini Gags Press. ROME, Jan. 1.—The government has decided on the strictest control over the press to avoid the publication of Post Cards in Colors Something New and Different. Use them for your regular cor- respondence. Have a set for your album. 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