The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 21, 1925, Page 12

~—a er oremee a * eee. o Social-Democracy Strips Itself Naked (Continued from last week.) | Heine for the Defense. PEAKING of General Wriesberg, Heine made the following obser- vation in his closing speech: “This man, with whom we spoke and nego- tiated daily, now declares himself un- able to state anything about the standpoint of the social democratic party.” On the government councillor Hen- ninger: “We learn about him that he was the actual spiritus rector. And this man wanted to render Mr. Ebert harmless long before: To render thc man harmless Who was the strongest man for the national defense! “We can actually scent the atmos- phere of the time preceding the Aug- ust 4, 1914. Bethman Hollweg de- clared this August 4 to be unforget- table. And the kaiser said that he knew no more parties. And there were still people who could not com- | prehend that they had now to shake hands with social democrats. “And Henninger wanted to get him | out of the way, this man who was a model of fidelity to the German peo- } ple.”—(Dec: 21, Rote Fahne), | “A Preposterous Idea.” ITH regard to Noske’s visit to Chemnitz, Heine observed: + “It ig a perfectly preposterous idea to as- sert that Noske had any intention of causing a strike in Chemnitz, above all a munition strike. . .”—(Dec. 21, Rote Fahne), Heine (barrister): “It is of course possible that the incitement and con- tinuation of a workers’ strike, espec- ially a munition workers’ strike, can in time of war be classified as high treason. “This is possible. It was also the opinion held by the S. D. party during the war. I am however convinced that the effects of this strike have been exaggerated.”"—(Dec. 21, Rote Fahne). | Magic Formula of Parity. | EFERRING to the resistance of- fered by the revolutionary lead- ers to Ebert’s demand for equal rep- resentation in the strike committee, Heine declared: “Parity, this magic word, heard with such delight by the workers. By means of this magic word the Reich was saved from Bol- shevism on Nov. 10, 1918. With the aid of this magic word the S. D. party was enabled to exercise its political influence, even where, as_in Berlin, its organization had broken down. The S. D. party could not command when it was aware that the command would not be obeyed. Had the social demo- crats at that time issued the com- mand: The strike is a crime, we for- bid the strike—they would only have aggravated the strike. “In such cases it is necessary to employ moral influence with great eare, and there was thus no other way but to join the strike committee. The influence to be exercised upon the strike was not to be in the inter- ests of the party, as has been asserted without a shadow of proof, but in the interests of the state and the'coun- try.”—(Dec. 21, Rote Fahne). ITH reference to the leaflet dis- tributed with Ebert’s agreement, Heine declared: “In leaflets one is inclined to ex aggerate; and Scheidemann did the same thing in his speech of Novem- ber 9, But what else could he have said to the masses? Whether the people had been victorious on No- vember 9, or somebody else, these were mere rhetoric fiourishes.”— (Dec. 21, Rote Fahne). | Masons must Be Deceivedt | EINE (barrister): “Since the so- cial democrats had taken part in several strike committee meetings, they could not protest against the hand-bill. “It is very easy to say that everyone participating in a harmful business is responsible for it as if things were always so simple and straightforward in politics! An in- dividual standing alone and only hay- ing to think of himself can always speak straight forwardly. But he condemns himself thereby to incom- petence at dangerous moments, Those who think of the whole cannot accord themselves the right to show their The German ‘Socialist’ Republic colors openly.” “The danger was gigantic, “In order to prevent the revolu- tion being aimed at by Miller and his set, Ebert and his friends joined the. strike committee. It is not treason to try and prevent the treas- on of others.”—(Dec, 21, Rote tahne) EINE (barrister): The speech held by Ebert at the Treptow meeting was characterized by Heine as follows: “The witness, Lenhoff, has told us most effectively how Ebert spoke as party tactician. This is entirely a part of the total course of action un- - dertaken by Herr Ebert: to keep up communication, to keep a hand in the game, to undertake loyal negotiation for the purpose of ending the strike in the interests of national defense, This was his aim and these were his means.”—(Dec. 21, Rote Fahne). Heine (barrister): “No juridicial deduction can discuss away the fact that the S. D. party joined the strike committee for the purpose of putting an end to the strike. The left radi- cals, who wanted to continue the strike, were equally well aware of this."—(Dec. 20, Vorwarts). Saving Germany from “Russian Chaos.” EINE (barrister): “The role played by Ebert in January, 1918, precisely as in Novem- ber, 1918, resulted in saving the fatherland. As compared with the mutinous sailors, the emissary, Lieb- knecht, and the people rushing about the streets with red flags, men like Ebert, without legitimation (Ebert wag the only one who had received a legitimation from the kaiser) played their role ‘simply out of genuine old German sense of duty.’ “On November 10, I spoke, on friendly and human terms, with the depressed General v. Wriesberg, At that time he recognized very well what we had accomplished. Many of these old officials held out faithfully and placed themselves at our disposal. It ig an injustice that precisely these circles, who helped us at the time to protect ourselves from sinking into the chaos of Russia, should now meas- ure with such narrow judgment the man without whom the whole of our -| efforts would have been doomed: to failure.”—(Dec. 21, Rote Fahne), South Slavic and Finnish Branches Lead in Defense For the week of March 9th to 15th, the South Slavic and Finnish branch- es of the Workers Party and Work- men’s Circle branches lead in the number of contributions to the Labor Defense Council. Bakers’ Union No. 56 of Cleveland donated $25.00 and Lithuanian Womens’ Progressive Al- liance No. 63, Nanticoke, Pa, $30.00. The Detroit local, Labor Defense Council remitted $69.45 in addition $500.00 as part of the proceeds of teh bazaar which the federation of working womens’ organizations made such a good success. There follows a full list of organ- izations contributed during the week: Bazaar Proceeds, Detroit, ........$500.00 So. Slavic Bureau, Chicago, Ill. 276.41 Labor Defense Council, Detroit 69.45 Finnish Branch, Cleveland, 0. 38.80 L. M. P. S. No. 63, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. ............ nsanisiaial iasient South Slavic Br., Canton, O..... Bakers’ Union No. 56, Cleve- I ic iicenoea hsesankcciondiatine Bronx English Branch .............. South Slavic Branch No, 61, Milwaukee, Wis, ec. csceeee Finnish Branch, Orange, N. J. Coney Island Jewish Br., N. Y, Cc. C. C. W. P., Binghampton, Cc. C. C., Toledo, Ohio .............. W. C. Branch No, 234, Dallas STO istecncvictenss cccceimtnaiaioele Mothers Progressive League, Bridgeport, Conn. -..ssessessss Cc. S, P, 8S. No, 9 Cleveland, 0. 10.00 30.00 30.00 25.00 33.00 23.70 24.00 22.00 20.00 15.00 Finnish Branch, Mohwak, Mich. 9.25 Finnish Br., Frederick, 8, D..... 6.25 Finnish Branch, Lowel, Mass. 5.00 W, P. Lith-Br., Berkeley, Cal. 5.00 Finnish Branch, New London, NW UREs. ighissencalapestbincnsiainideien eteelie, OA A. S. & C. A., Philadelphia, PennsylvaMmla icisecdcresosesisissioree ~ 6.25 Finnish Branch, Ironwood, L, I. Workmen’s Circle No. 225, New OPK, WoW. scrceticcisrertioninatiican~ BLO Akron, Ohio, C. C. ©. W. Pi... 4.00 W. C. No. 63, Brooklyn, N. Y. 3.00 W. C. No. 383 Savannah, Ga. 3.00 W. C. No. 315 Brooklyn, N. ¥Y. 1.00 W. C. No. 272 New York City 1.00 For the Workers Party Campaign Against - _ Wage Cuts and the ‘Open Shop’ THE capitalist class is slashing wages in the textile indus- try! Wage cuts are in preparation for the coal miners of America! The “open shop” is raising its ugly head, threatening the living conditions of every worker! We must distribute a million leaflets, “Strike Against Wage Cuts!” ; We must organize shop committees! We must initiate amalgamation of the weak craft unions | into powerful industrial unions! bills! The party must do the work! The party must pay. the Make a collection at once in your branch and send it in to the national office. 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