The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 25, 1925, Page 13

~ Red Aid Fights Terror in Baltic States The appeal of the International Red Aid against the bestialities of the bourgeoisie in the Baltic countries follows: Bit the workers of all countries and to all members of the International Red Aid. “Comrades: Savage and unbridled white terror is raging in the little Baltic countries of Esthonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland. The ruling cliques of these countries are filled with fear for their fate: they are faced the whole time with the danger of a revolt of the working mases. And after the events of Reval this fear of the indignation of the workers has exceeded all limits. “In the last two or three months wholesale domiciliary searches and arrests have been carried out in all the Baltic countries, More than 3,500 » San workers and peasants have been ar- rested. In all countries those arrested are subjected to torment and torture. Five Hundred Shot. In.Esthonia, after the December re- volt, 500 workers were shot, over 600 house-searchers carried out and over 2,500 workers ahd peasants thrown into prison. In. Lithuania, in the course of two months, about 1,000 house-searches have been carried out-and over 200 workers, employes and peasants ar- rested. Over 100 persons have been subjected to torture. The Latvian and Finnish bourgeoisie is conducting a furious press cam- paign against the class organizations of the workers and is preparing “pub- lic opinion” for a brutal suppression of the labor movement. Drunken Latvian fascists have thrown bombs into the editorial of- fice of the trade union journal Lajk- mets and set fire to the premises of the workers’ sick club in Volmar., Medieval Tortures. But the heroes of the white ter- ror regard these persecutions as in- adequate. Medieval torturings and torments are the means now constant- ly employed by the bourgeoisie of the Baltic countries against its working class prisoners. The secret police of the Baltic “democratic” governments require at all costs proofs which will confirm the “Bolshvik danger” needed by them in their fight against the working class. These experienced inqnisitors extort the confessions required by them by means of the most frightful troture, and also by means of torture compel the prisoners to sign written declara- tions that these confessions have been made voluntarily, In their use of torture the police have had recourse to the niost diabol- ical methods. The “eleétric bath” is the means of torture most frequently used in Esthonia, Prisoners, when undergoing examination, are compelled to grasp two metal rods thru which an electric current is passed. In Lithuania, torture is likewise em- Ployed by means of electricity, but in another form. The electric current is directed into the body, causing violent action of the heart, cripping the brain and tearing the muscles. The current distends all the veins, convulses the whole body and causes muscular cramps which last some days after the torture. In Esthonia and Lithuania the prisoners undergoing examination, be- fore being subjected to. the electric bath, are beaten with sticks, rifle butts and. barbed-wire knouts. Flesh Torn With Pincers In Lithuania, Esthonia and Latvia, new methods of torture have begun to be employed recently. By means of sudden and strong pressure upon the stomach, frightful pains are caus- ed to the interior organs. Ttie vict- ims are kicked in\the genital organs while portions off their flesh are torn off with pincers, In Latvia the old tradition of the chief of the ezarist police, in Riga, the infamous Gregus, is being re- stored. The chief of the Latvian secret police, Martinson, at ‘the be- gin, ‘og of the examination acts very gently and behaves in a friendly man- ner towards.his victim. But then, with a wild cry he seizes the prisoner by the hair, lifts him up and him with all his force to the ground. In the local prison of Goldingen (Latvia), prisoners brutally and even bites them. Police Are Degenerates The bourgeoisie of the Baltic coun- tries have made use of the services of the most degenerate secret police whose cruelty reaches the point of ‘sadism. The names of the arrested and of the tortured are kept secret. The mutilated victims are hidden away. In order to stifle the cries of the tor- tured, a rubber sack is placed over the head, and so that no trace of the torture shall remain, the body is wrap- ped in wet sacks. The white terror raging in Esthonia has reached a terrible pitch of fury. In Reval there is not a worker’s home in which at least one member of the family has not been arrested or shot. Among those arrested or shot are very few who took part in the revolt. The arrests were and still are carried out according to the lists of the subscri- bers to the legal labor newspaper, which appeared up to the time of the revolt and according to the member- ship lists of the trade unions, which up till then were legal but have since been prohibited. The bourgeois governments of the Baltic countries seek to justify the white terror by alleging the prepara- tion of a revolt. But in Lithuania, FOR SALE CHEAP Morris’ Book and Art Store Can Be Bought For Very Little Cash. Reason—Leaving for South Haven. Address—1402 So. Kedzie Ave. Telephone—Crawford 8275. LEARN ESPERANTO The International Language The following booklets are received to ee ereesene BSC to for Young Beginners........ 5c Textbooks of Esperanto in foreign Esperanto. literature in 100 titles. WORKERS’ ESPERANTO ASSN., 625 7th St., Rockford, Ii. Used Communist, Labor and Eco- nomic books, pamphlets, magazines and maps in all languages, bought, sold and exchanged at cut prices. “Daily” Book Exchange 805 James &t., Pittsburgh, Pa. life of Russia. We have received From any authorized Agent THE ROMANCE OF NEW RUSSIA A book aglow with the color, light and _ A picture of the many people the writer has met—working men and women, offi- cials—people of all classes. stock from the publishers. the Daily Worker Finland and Latvia there was no re- volt whatever, nor are there any signs of an organized Preparation for such. In Esthonia itself, according to the statements of even the bourgeois newspapers, the revolt in Reval was only participated in by 300 people, while in. Reval alone more than 500 people have been shot, The working masses of the unfortu- ate Baltic countries who are plunged into hopeless misery are seeking— and can do nothing else than seek—a way out of this situation. Have they perchance no right to life and work? Their savage tortures and murders, who are maintained by the subsidies and the constant support of the fascist European capitalists, know no limit in their bloody orgies, in the horrible’ bestialities with which they torment the advance-guard of the working class in Esthonia, Lituania and Fin- land. The international proletariat must no longer tolerate these horrors. It Must say to these ‘vilest of the vile fascists: ‘ Hands off the workers of the Baltic countries! Workers and peasants of all coun- tries, protest against the monstrous bestialities and the white terror of the bourgeois rulers against the workers and peasants in the Baltic countries! Demand the cessation of the tortur- es, beating and brutalities! Do not permit the mutilation and may be. in. DAILY WORKER Bastiissiscscenes esthtone to: Name: Si: peeeqseseseppeeiotnnseneteiprontenssepsstnbpeeseseccs MRICS, catictniicinsesseashssenncsidttsiahissouicicisieisly City: S . euwasscesersenanssasapenceteesseecenpenssiincsesosocnstoey but a limited new or by mail direct from ee That Bundle For May First! Rush your order in. Both the DAILY WORKER and the WORKERS MONTHLY will be ready to ship to you and both are special May Day issues that will surely arrive in = your city on time—no matter what part of the country you : Special Issues <b i iegasigah as Oe re WORKERS MONTHLY ................18¢a copy (16¢ In Bundles Over 50) ----- Clip, Attach Remmittance—Mail Today - - - - - (Wire if you are in a pinch) DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, Il. intinaiabes swe CODies DAILY WORKER servers COPies WORKERS MONTHLY ee eeeees eee: Aenean nenerseresearenerensens sasersesoesenes: eeeseeneveceeese: ee eneeeeeeee In the Preface the author says: You arrive in Russia. Though you know that. what has been writ- ten the truth has deliberately been falsified, besmirched, and bespat- tered with gore, still you get a sort of shock of surprise, You find a totally new relation- ship between man and things, with the majority of people benefiting by the new order. not only the signs of resurrection, but resurrection itself. Yet the ee ee oe ee ee killing of the best sons of the work- ers in the dungeons of the Baltic in- quisitors! Down with the hangmen! Long Itve the solidarity of the workers of the whole world! Long live the Red Ald for the fighters for the revolution! The Executive Committee of the International Red Ald. NOTE:—Funds for Red Aid for the class war prisoners’ relief in Europe should be sent to the International Workers’ Aid—19 S. Lincoln St, Chi cago, Ill, or thru the I. W. A. branch in your city, The Walden Book Shop 307 Plymouth Coart (Between State and Dearborn Just South of Jackson) CHICAGO PITTSBURGH, PA, To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. 42 motenider for the enclosed seeeeeeeees Magdeleine Marx Author of “Women” about it is pure invention, that Everywhere Price $2.00