The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 4, 1925, Page 12

| Our Model: Noske. EINE: It was our whole endeav- or to act as Noske acted so that all violence was prevented, with the exception of the loss of a very new officers’ lives, and as Noske acted when he succeeded-in saving the life of Prince Henry of Prussia.’ (Rote Fahne, 21 Dec.) Heine is competent, for in his capacity as member of the state court of justice he has already imposed a hundred years of penal servitude upon workmen. Heine: “I myself, as member of the state court of justice, am a judge, and have the right to speak there in polit- ical cases every few weeks. I know very well how pleasant a task it is to judge mildly. “But I know equally well that the main end of justice is to protect the social order, ‘to maintain and firmly establish the state. There can be no deviation from justice, but it is the duty of a judge to consider the polit- ical effects of a verdict.” (Rote Fahne, Dec. 21.) a The Denunciation of Rosa Lux- emburg by the Leaders of the Ger- man Social Democratic Party. N the Magdeburg Ebert case General Wriesberg declared on oath that the German S. D. P. induced the authorities, during the war, to arrest puis is the last instalment of the exposure of the treason of the German social-democracy contained in their own testimony—speeches and letters, Two crowning acts of betrayal are shown in these brief documents: The arrest of Rosa Luxemburg and the letter of loyalty to the scion of the royal house. Oot of their.own mouths.. The Vorwarts denies this statement, and sees in it another proof of German nationalist and Communist conspiracy. I should thus like to call upon the editors of the Vorwarts to look up the 1916 volume of thé .Chemnitzer Rosa Luxemburg, Volksstimme, edited by Noske and Heilmann. In June and July 1916 Rosa Luxemburg and I were there repeatedly accused of high treason, with the openly published substantia- tion that we were issuing illegal leaflets and newspapers. These de- nunciations on the part of Noske and Heilmann were promptly followed by the arrest of Rosa Luxemburg on 10th of July, 1906, and by my arrest about two weeks later. If Noske and Heilmann could pub- lish such denunciations openly for weeks, without being prevented by the committee of the S. D. P., is it not likely that the party committee itself was co-operating? thus await with pleasure a fresh lawsuit for libel from Messrs. Noske, Heilmann, Ebert, Wels, and by the S. D. P., and on the colla- boration with the military authorities during the war. Berlin, December 17, 1924, Ernst Meyer. The Letter Sent by Ebert, Bauer and David, to Prince Max of Baden. meer ee tee een rae eenmnaatianmnte peter a AF OUR. Royal Highness! On the occasion of the _ first anniversary of the memorable day which brought the German people the greatest turning point in their history, the leaders of the Reich feel them- selves impelled to recall the faithful assistance rendered by your Royal Highness in those hours of world historical importance. It will then be clear to all it was just the tried and tested political leaders chosen by the people who, clearly realising the real possibilities and the lesson of a thou- sand years of history, though they San Carlo Singers Render Carmen in | By.Ai FRED. ¥. FRANKENSTEIN. Exactly fifty years and twenty: seven days after Bizet’s Carmen was first performed the San Carlc Opera company put it on at the Audi- torium theater. This fiftieth annivers- ary performance, which took place last Wednesday afternoon, was a not- able one in several ways. It wat performed with a cast mainly of Chi- cago people. It was sung in English; the first time that Charles Henry Meltzer’s translation has been sung here. And it brot out a consummate Carmen. No columns of complex raving can do justice to Lorna Doone Jackson’: interpretation of the name part. It was magnificent, masterful, ideal. Only two other performances, how. ever, were really good. Herber' Gould, as Zuniga, the dragoon cap tain, looked a little like the sergeant of police in “The Pirates of Pen- zance,” but he has dramatic ability, voice, and one could understand every word he sang, which disting- uishes his performance from all the others. The Pavley and Oukrainsky ballet did some excellent and spirited work in the first part of the fouth act. Charles Hart as Don Jose was ade quate vocally but not dramatically. Joseph Interrante, as the toreador was a flivver in every way. His ren- dition of the world’s most famou: tune had about as much of the spirit of joy in it as an obituary notice. This matter of singing opera in English is a significant and excellent manifestation. It requires a numbe) ' of things all of. which make the per formance more difficult. First it re quires a good translation of the lib retto. Second it requires singer: trained to sing the English language well, and most opera singers are not trained to sing the language at all Its advantages are obvious. The San Carlo had an Al transla tion, Meltzer has done an excellen‘ job, and has not hesitated to use fa miliar, simple American words, Oj _ the enunciation of the singers not so much can be said. One could understand most of what Miss Jack sang an attractive ‘interpretation 01 the role of Micaela) had to say. Mr ° ° Interrante, the minor principals, an¢ English with Success the chorus one could not understan¢e hence Carmen will be the most popular opera in the world. But one son, Mr. Hart, and Miss Kargau, (who at all. Mr. Gould’s work has been spoken of above. On the whole one got a pretty good idea of what war going on on the stage and was not stumbling in the Stygian darkness of a performance in Italian or French. It woud be superfluous for thir writer to praise Carmen. But the impressions of the work recorded by a composer whose music is the direc‘ opposite of everything Carmen stands for may be of interest. Says oe the master of gloom and trag edy . behold, a Frenchman comes on the scene, in whom the qualities o/ piquancy and pungency are not the outcome of effort and reflection, but flow from his pen in a free stream flattering the ear, but touching u: also. It is as tho he said to us: ‘You ask nothing great, superb or grandi- ose—you want something pretty here is a pretty opera’. . . I car not play the last scene without tear in my eyes; the gross rejoicings o the crowd who look on at the bul fight, and side by side with this the poignant tragedy and death of th: two principal characters, pursued by an evil fate, who come to their in- evitable end thru a long series 0: sufferings. “Iam convinced that ten years is a prophet in his own land. Ip Paris Carmen has had no real suc- cess.” (That was in 1880 that Car- men was unsuccessful in Paris—A. Cc. F.) And let us rejoice that Tschaikov- ski’s conviction has proven a true one. Verdi’s a’”’ Is First Pn on at San Carlo Opera The San Carlo company opened its run at the Auditorium last Monday night with Aida, the Verdi opera. Since most of the kick of the ‘opera occurs In scenes having nothing to do with the theme of the story it is not necessary to give that Brogge Com cept briefly. Rhadames, the Egyp- tian general, is in love with an Ethi- opian slave, Aida. Rhadames cap- tures Aida’s father, who forces his daughter to get from Rhadames the secret of the tactics of the next Ethi- opian campaign. Rhadames is dis- covered by Ramfis, the high priest in the act of escaping with Aida and her father, and the two are buried alive. With the exception of one character, the performance was in every way satisfactory. Anna Roselle, as Aida, made a lovely picture of the slave girl, and she sang the part with much depth of interpretation and a beauti- ful quality of tone. Stella de Mette, as Amneris, daugh- ter of the Egyptian king, had a dif- ficult role and got away with it in fine shape. Pietro de Basiola as Amonasro, Aida’s father, was every poi the vengeful, excited king. He is gifted with a voice of huge volume and quality. Gaetano Tommasini was not so good as Rhadames: He sang the part, and that was about all. The chorus was on the pitch at ‘imes, Miss Nemerov of the Pavley and Oukrainski ballat company put over some Egyptian dances in approved Ziegfeld style. There was some good dancing by unnamed blackface danc- ers, too. Scenery and costumes are better than can be expected of a traveling company. But one episode, due to lack of personnel, fell flat. When Rhadames returns from the war is supposed to bring with him horde of prisoners, whom he loose. When he turned to his oners in this performance and told them to go, all four of ’em got up and went, Fulgenzio Guerrieri was the conduc tor and a good one. He uses neither baton or score, often not beating time at all, but expressing the melodic he h turns pris- line by means of unconventional ges- tures. And he gets the results. Eat at the GLOBE CAFETERIA Best Foods at Moderate Prices, 14th STREET, COR. IRVING PLACE (Opposite New York Party Headquarters) Social- Democracy Strips Itself Naked Co. I shall then be pleased to serve them with a fresh selection of material on the denunciations spread abroad stood for the abdication of the then bearer of the crown and for the throne renunciation of the crown prince in the unforgettable hours of November 8, both in the interfractional commit- tee and in other places, none the less. stood just as energetically for the retention of the monarchy and for the regency of the Kaiser’s grandson. Your Royal Highness is aware,-as nobody else is aware, that neither you nor the representatives of the people are to blame for the unexpected catastrophes into which our suffering people has been plunged, the revolution and the republic. As an outward sign of gratefulness and recognition for the great services rendered by your Royal highness to, the people and. the Fatherland at that critical period, a special-session ofsthe Reich government, held this morning; resolved to abandon; the previous decision of expropriating Mainau Castle for people’s welfare purposes, and to present this magnificent ancestral seat of your family to you as your permanent and unassailable property. Berlin, November 8, 1919. President of the Reich: Ebert. Qn behalf of the government: Bauer, David. BUILD THE DAILY WORKER! GET TWO SUBS IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN Dc S. ZIMMERMAN DEnwTri1sS’1. MY NEW LOCATION to Workers ESTABLISHED My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY