The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 3

OE CHESECESHERKE OR * BO Page Three — OOOO WE know well that there is no absolute freedom in your country, that only the working class enjoys complete freedom; but we know also that freedom for the bour- geoisie would mean suicide for the revolution.” —German Social-Democrat, Offenhagen, in speech at Kharkov, Soviet Ukraine, July 27, 1925. é GERMAN VISITORS DIVIDE INTO . THREE GROUPS IN UKRAINE AND INSPECT ALL THINGS CLOSELY (By International Press Correspondence) MOSCOW, July 28—(By Mail.)—After visiting various fac- tories, shops and institutions, the Ukrainian group of the Ger- man workers’ delegation journeyed to the Donetz Basin where it divided itself into three sections and visited the salt mines of Artemovsk, the coal mines of Schtscherbinovka and Gorlovka. Upon leaving Kharkov, Offenhagen declared to press repre- sentatives that the hate which had existed in his time between the Ukrainian workers and the German settlers had, he was con- vinced, given place to a real feeling of class regard towards the Germans, The simplicity of the Ukrainian government members and their popularity with the people + had made a great impression upon, him. The friendly relations existing be- tween the workers in the shops and the administrative personnel was re- markable and unthinkable in present- day Germany. Despite the difficult war years thru which the Ukraine had passed, it did not lag behind Russia in economic re- construction. The Ukrainian group of the delega- tion addressed a farewell letter to the workers of Kharkov in which it thanked them for their fraternal re- ception of the delegation and ex- pressed its recognition of the high standard’ of living of the Ukrainian working class. The delegation further promised to disperse the campaign of calumny spread against the Soviet Ukraine in Germany and expressed its conviction of the real possibility for the estab- Mshment of international ‘working class unity. The Caucasian group of the dele- gation is continuing its investigation of the trade union and state organiza- tions in the Caucasus, In Rostov on the Don it visited various factories, etc. a factory for agricultural ma- chinery, a tobacco factory, a leather works, a printing shop, workers sana- toria. It was present at a session of the trade union council of the Don dis- trict and afterwards undertook a sea Journey to Taganrog where it visited the wharves and aeroplane factories. In the evening the delegation left for the Caucasian health resorts. The Ural group of the delegation during its two days’ stay in Perm visited many shops and factories ac- cording to its choice. Wind Destructive in Kansas. HUTCHINSON, Kas., Aug. 13.—Mo- torists were blown off the road, stock scattered and killed, buildings razed and trees uprooted, according to mea- ger reports reaching here today of the damage done by a terrific wind and hail storm which struck west of her last night. Hail stood by inches deep where it was blown against buildings. Several persons were injured, but no reports of deaths have reached here. Soviet Court Hears Confession of German Fascist Sp (Continued from page 1) on a similar mission, it was stated. Fink Is Well Named. The hearing of the witness, Fink, corroborated essentially the previous results of the hearing of the accused. Fink describes himself as “left” and declares that he sympathizes with the Communists. He had, however, come to Communism thru his theological studies. (Laughter.) Fink admits all the previously made statements upon the technical preparation of the expe- dition. He denies, however, its terror- istic character. Cross-examination ‘proved, however, that he had taken part in the discussions mentioned by Dittmar. The accused Dittmar declared that * the witness Fink is known to him as an old member of the Organization Consul and that he took an active part “both in the preparations for the expe- dition and in the working out of its terroristic plans. "Referring to the statement of Kin- dermann that before his arrest in Mos- “cow he had never heard of the Organi- zation Consul, the witness Fink de- clared that he also held it to be im- possible and quite out of the question that any German student could not know of the existence of the O. C. Kindermann therefore is quite alone in his contention among all the ac- cused and the witnesses. Questioned by the chairman upon his characteristic discussion with Ditt- mar and Wolscht upon the Berlin Wie- dendamm bridge, Fink became ex- tremely uncomfortable. He declared that he could no longer remember the text of the discussion. It was, how- ever, possible that Wolscht had jok- ingly referred to “three unusual Bol- sheviks.” Questioned by the chairman ' upon the letters which he had received from the father of Wolscht, Fink eagerly presented a great number of letters. It was seen, however, that the had “forgotten” exactly that letter in which ‘the father of Wolscht re- quests him to discover the possible of Wolscht to the Organi- PREMIER ADMITS SEVERE DEFEAT IN SYRIAN WAR French Loneés’ Were 800, Seueda Endangered PARIS, Aug. 13.—The seriousness of the rising of the Druse tribes against the French administration in Syria was reflected when Premier Painleve admitted that the total French losses were 800 tin killed, wounded and missing. Painelev said the provisions in the garrison at Seueda can hold out only 40 days and that reinforcements are now being sent to the relief of that SLATER, A. F. OF L. SCAB HERDER, ATTACKS LOCAL FEDERATION OF LABOR The United Garment Workers, affiliated with the American Feder- ation of Labor, is not only devoting its energies to supplying scabs to the International Tailoring company, whose employes are on strike, but has issued statements, thru George C. Slater, Chicago organizer, attack- ing the Chicago Federation of Labor. Slater showed a reporter a letter from William Green, president of the A. F. of L., upholding the organized scabbery of United Garment Work- ers and ordéring the Chicago Feder- ation of Labor to keep out of “dis- putes with dual union,” as the Amalgated is characterized. The statement of Slater was along the same lines as Green's letter. He was angry because the Chicago Fed- eration has thrown its support to the Amalgamated, which he terms as “ourlaw” organization. Slater and Green are thus pro- moting the “open shop” by peddling the union label to a firm whose em- ployes are on strike and which re- fuses to accept union conditions. Slater is also continuing to supply scabs to the International Tailoring company. Forest Fires in Montana, MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 13.—Great- ly augmented crews are making good headway against most of the forest fires in Montana and northern Idaho and eastern Washington, forestry offi- cials announced at headquarters for the district here today. Many fires |are under control, but dense smoke clouds for hundreds of miles to the north prevents accurate observations Post. | by the air patrol. (Special to The Daily Worker) COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 13.—Workers of all races joined in a most success- ful “Hands off China” meeting held in front of the State House. Mother Bloor, on a cross-country hitch-hike for the DAILY WORKER, repeated her success of last night, holding the two largest labor demon- strations held in this city in many months. dn. the face. of the K.. K. K. both white and Negro workers joined heartily in open approval of the fight for the freedom of oppressed nation- alities and the Negro workers in this country as voiced by Mother Bloor. Continuous cheering of the speaker) by the crowd assembled was indicativ of the high spirit aroused. Hundred: ot copies of the DAILY WORKE! were sold and distributed and twent: five subs were given to the speake' from workers in the crowd. Negro workers present, stirred by the local activities of the Negro La- bor Congress, cheered the speaker in zation Consul, Fascists in Hot Water. The chairman asked the witness if he had undertaken any steps to carry out the wish of Wolscht’s father. The witness Fink declared that he had made inquiries at the university as to whether the corporation “Neomar- chia” still existed, as, however this . corporation was not mentioned on the black list of the university, he ‘had held its non-existence to be proved, and thereupon he had stopped his in- quiries. (Laughter.) To the question, “What was the na- ture of the various scientific connec: tions of Kindermann in the Soviet Union for the preparation of the ex- pedition?” Fink replied that connec- tions had been established with the Universities of Moscow and Tomsk and further with the Volga Germans and with the woman president of the Far Eastern republic, Arseniv, (Laugh- ter.) The chairman pointed out that there was neither such a republic nor such a woman president. The statements of Fink upon the scientific plans of the expedition proved his active partici- pation in them, and also that the sct- entific preparations were only the mask for another intent. This was also proved by the fact that Fink con- tradicted himself several times and declared that Kindermann’s aims in Russia were chiefly political, The prosecutor requested the wit- ness to bear paragraph 178 of the or- der for criminal processes dealing with the duties of witnesses, in mind. Kindermann attempted by sug- gestive questions to inform Fink of what had been previously stated in court, particularly of the statements of Dittmar and received a sharp warning from the chairman, Wolscht asked Fink if the latter had belonged to the organization con- sul and in doing so used for the first time the initials G. Q, C., whilst pre- viously, only the» initials ©, ©, had been used in the court. The chairman this out and asked Wolscht SUCCESSFUL COLUMBUS MEETING IS HELD DESPITE THE KU KLUX KLAN } hin her approval of this move of Negroes for organization. Copies of their organ, the Negro Champion, were sold to workers of all races as- sembled. Mother Bloor continues her success- ful Ohio trip by speaking in Akron tonight, moving to Youngstown on Friday, Aug. 14; Warren, Saturday, the ESPIONAGE LAW VICTIM IN CAL, COMPLETES TERM, Sixty Three More I.W.W. Members Still in Jail (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, August 13.—The first victim of the California criminal syndicalist law to complete his sen- tence in Folsom prison at Represa is James MacLaughlin who was released August 9th, reports the California branch of the General Defense Com- mittee. MacLaughlin served four years of a one to fourteen year sentence. He was arrested in June, 1921 with six other members of the I. W. W. in a police raid on their hall in Oakland. | Six of the seven were tried the fol-| lowing October on five counts charg: ing violation of the criminal syndi- | calist law. They were all found guilty of two counts and-sentenced to terms of one to fourteen years each, The specific charge was circulation of literature, Sixty-three members of the Industrial Workers of the World still remain inCalifornia prisons serv- ing sentences under the syndicalist law. FOREIGN EXCHANGE, NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Great Brit- ain, pound, 4.85%, cable, 4.85%; France, | franc, 4.66, cable, 4.66%; Belgium, | franc, 4.501, cable, 4.51; Italy, lira, | 3.6014, cable, 3.60%; Sweden, krone, 26.85, cable, 26.88; Norway, krone, | 18.40, cable, 18.42; Denmark, krone, 22.73, cable, 22.75; Germany, mark, | no quote; Shanghai, tael, 78%, cable, no quote. Steck Slips Into the Lead. WASHINGTON, August 13.—Daniel Steck, democratic contestant for the senate seat now occupied by Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican, went into the lead today in the recount of votes, due to gains made in Lee and Linn counties. With 44 counties complete, Steck had 174,751, and Brookhart 170,839 votes. In these same 44 counties, how- ever, are 4,486 contested votes, most of which were cast for Brookhart. Put) a copy of the DAILY Aug. 15, and Cleveland on Sunday, Aug. 16. WORKER in your pocket when bor organizations an opportunity to a +you go to, your. union. meeting. FORM UNITED LABOR BODY : TO AID CHINESE LIBERATION | NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 13.—The conference to unite the forces of labor behind the struggling workers of China wilil, be held in New York City on August 28 at the Styvesant Casino, 142 Second Ave. The conference has been postponed from August 3 in order to give many ict upon the call. The Workers Party upon whose initiative the conference has been called send representatives of its branches and expects that labor unions and raternal organizations will respond to the appeal for aid to the Chinese orkers. | peasants, aod H CO-OPS INCREASE IN agricultural co-operatives was estimate the number increased to 2,056,000 and was estimated at 146,000,000 rubles; in 000,000 rubles, valuable for various industrial and) chemical purposes; for instance, the rubber three. At the present time the) station has under cultivation 1,200 dif- ferent kinds of trees, 6,000 Agricultural Circles. In different parts of R, S. F. 8S. R. are now functioning 6,000 agricultural circles. The number of these organ- izations is growing rapidly. In most cases the activities of these circles are under the supervision of local agricultural experts, The department of internal com- merce of the Ukranian Soviet Re- public has allowed 1,355,000 rubles to the peasants for their corn crop. They expect to give later 2,500,000 rubles, more for the same purpose. 3,000 Tractors For ‘Ukrainia. The government of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic will purchase this year 3,000 tractors for the Ukrainian Half of this amount is al- ready imported and delivered. 500 of them have been purchased and will be delivered in the near future. Rep- resentatives are sent abroad to buy the balance of 1,000 tractors. Very Rare Case of Blossoming. In the Botanic Garden the cactus cereus has bloomed. The previous blossoming of that plant took place in bers was about 3,000,000. The gross receipts of these co-operatives in 192 Near the railroad station Bratzevo, year a new experimental station has operated. The aim of t cultivate in U. 8. S. R. new cultures #——— SOVIET UNION; GOVERNMENT BUYS TRACTORS, SETS UP NEW EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS WOSCOW.—On January 1, 1924, the number of members of the Soviet} d at 1,270,000. Up to October 1, 1924, on May 1, 1925, the number of mem 1923-24 the amount increased to 600, a few miles from Moscow, since last is station is to England in 1848. The plant in Lenin grad blossomed for one night only. | Soviets Fight Drought. | A few weeks ago the Soviet gov the Ger GERMANS SAY SOVIETS HAVE REBUILT RUSSIA Visit Supreme Economic Council at Moscow } MOSCOW (By Mail)—Today a great swimming and rowing fete arranged by the Moscow working youth took place in the Moscow river in honor of n workers’ delegation. The delegation visited the supreme council, the members of economic ernment allotted 77,000,000 rubles to} Which answered the questions of the fight the drought in the south-west region. Now it has been decided that} 0US b' in 1925-26, 20,000,000 rubles will be spent; in 1926-27, 26,000,000, and in 1927-28, 31,000,000. The work has al-| ready started. Trial of Freight Auto and Tractors. In August on the roads of South Russia a test trial of different makes of freight automobiles and tractors will be held. A few American manu- facturers are participating in this) trial. After the test the exhibits will be sold. Rockefeller Scholarship to Russian. The correspondent of the Moscow daily paper Isvestia reported that Miss Rakitskaya, an instructor in the Academy of Smelianitsky, received | the Rockefeller premium. This young scientsit has been assigned the New| Jersey state agricultural experimental station to conduct experimental work in agricultural bacteriology for one year. After this she will return to the U. 8. S, R. This is the first case | when a- Soviet scientist has received | a Rockefeller scholarship. | SPIES OF BULGARIAN WHITE TERROR ATTEMPT TO RAILROAD COMMUNISTS | capitalist land. TO PRISON, ONE MURDERED IN JAIL | gates SOFIE, Bulgaria, August 13. trial of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Bulgarian Communist Court in Sofia. the Central Committee of 1923 are included in the indictment. Only) four prisoners will appear in the dock. They have been confined for eighteen months since the September rising | | others have died. One, Anton Iwanow, is known to have been.torturned to death in prison. Three members. are abroad but will be tried in their ab- sence. The charge is attempting to over-/ throw the existing government. It is| recalled that the government launched | a nation-wide campaign of raids and imprisonment on all radical elements | in Bulgaria on September 12th, 1923, giving as a pretext that the Commun: | ist Party issued a call for a rising on September 16th. The defense will show that these raids constituted provocation and | ‘The | against the Zankov government. Two | were responsible for the armed con- flict that followed them. z Portugal-Spain Pass” Notes. delegates upon the state of the vart nches of the peoples economy oviet Union, close of the discussion the of the Presidium of the Su- prer Economic Council, Manzev pointed out how much the German workers were interested in the quick building up of Soviet industry, for the growing demand for machinery and tools ases the volume of Soviet pure in Germany and contri- butes to the betterment of the peo ples’ economy and the working class in Germany. the German work- ers after their return home do their most to prevent the destruction of the political and economic relations between Germany and the Soviet in the At member cre ases | Union by the intrigues of various cap- italist groups. In the name of the German dele- a , Beck declared that the dele- had been convinced that the Soviet power had not only rebuilt economy after the general economic collapse in consequence of the impe- rialist and civil wars, but that it had | also laid the basis for the construction of a socialist economy. The Russan working c s with much worse condi- tions, had rebuilt its economy better and more quickly than many a rich Tremors Again Shake Montana, BOZEMAN, Mont., Aug. 13.—Harth tremors of slight duration were felt LISBON, Aug. 13.—An eraly reply|at Livingston and thruout the Galla- guese fishing boats by Spain was seen today as the beginning of a diplomatic battle between the two countries. $1.00 Party is in process in te District) by Portugal to Spain’s answer in re- tin and Shields All the members of | gard to the recent seizure of Portu- | night My Flight - From SIBERIA By LEON TROTZKY valley Wednesday Latest reports from these dis- tricts indicate the shocks were very slight, with no damage done and none injured, BOARD BOUND |how it was that he came to use ini- | tials which were only usual in consul ‘circles, when he had previously de- | clarea that he knew nothing of the | organization consul before his arrest in Moscow. 4 On the contention of Wolscht that this was not correct, the chairman read extracts from the protocol of the examination in which Wolscht made such statements, word for word, also in his statements in the trial itself. Connected With Foreign Office. } The witness Fink declared that upon | hearing the news of the arrest of | Kindermann and Wolscht, and after learning of the nature of the accusa- tions, he had done his best in Berlin to procure proofs of the innocence of the two. In particular he had attempt- ed to discover thru the foreign office whether Kindermann had been an agent of the Berlin police presidium, Upon the question of an assessor why he had not directed himself to the police presidium, the witness re- plied that the Russian department of the foreign office would be better in- formed about the matter. The witness further stated that before his journey to Moscow he had spoken with Am- bassador Brockdorff-Rantzau about the process, (Considerable stirring in the court.) To the question,of the prosecutor, what would he have answered had he received the famous telegram, “How is Herr Gruenbaum?” Fink answered without hesitation: “I would have an- swered, ‘Gruenbaum is well.” From this unhesitating answer it was per- fectly clear that Fink was well aware of the text and the significance of the telegram. Later the witness in em- barrassment attempted to withdraw his first statement. °— The chairman asked the witness whether he had kept to the signed arrangements and in particular wheth- er he had got into touch with Lega- tionsrat (high constilar’ officer) Hilger. ‘The witness declared that he had kept to the arrangements. © ‘ The chairman further: “Ha your rights as a German citizen been in any way limited?” Fink: “In no way; I have been very well treated.” Chairman; “Have you been at all hampered in your freedom of move- ment?” Fink: “In no way.” The accused Wolscht and Kinder- mann once again acted in a provoca-| tive manner, Wolscht taking not only the rights of a defendant, but those of | the prosecutor and the chairman as/ well. Both attempted by impossible | questions and proposals to distract the witness from the essence of the mat-| ter. This made the proceedings very difficult. “High Political Aims.” In the continued hearing the witness Fink declared that the Indian pro- fessor, Chairix, was to be taken with the expedition because Kindermann also had the intention of visiting Tur- kestan and taking up connections with India. The Indian Chairix would have been able to attend to this. Chairix had been expelled from India by the Engiish and was well known there. The suggestion of tie prosecutor that the ex, edition had ‘cforé high po- litical aims was ivft Uuanswered by the witness. He corroborated the statement of Dittmar that the group had decided to institute inqutries upc. the past of Dittmar. The previous statements of Kinder- mann hat cite first protocol nad been signed by him under hypnotic influ- ence was suddenly explained by the statement of the witness Fink that Professsor Oesterreichér, the well known author of a great work upon occultism, was u friend of Kinder- mann and that Kindermann had al- ways occupied himself with occultism and hypnotism. To the question of Dittmar, Fink admitted that in the autumn of 1924 he had been together particular room there was a picture | the intentions of the expedition, he] witness replied in the affirmative. of the kaiser, adding, amidst storms | of laughter from the body of the court, that a picture of Karl Marx was drawn | on the back of it. German Embassy in Plot. | Then began the hearing of the wit- | ness Rose, The witness betrays his fascism in his external appearance. The chairman asked the witness where | he had been on the previous evening and the witness was compelled to ad- mit that, despite his written under- taking not to hold communication with | the other witnesses and in particular | not with the German embassy, he} had spoken for a half an hour at 1 o'clock in the morning in the doorway | of the German embassy, allegedly with | a porter, for the alleged purpose of obtaining copies of German newspa- pers with the reports of the trial. The prosecutor pointed out to the witness that he could have obtained such papers daily in the newspaper kiosks, Admits Incapability. At first the witness refused to an- swer the questions of the prosecutor concerning his political opinions. Fi- nally he declared himself to be a left democrat. Dittmar was known to him as a Communist. To the question of the chairman, had he not been startled that the aristo- cratic Von Dittmar, the son of a lord of the manor, had suddenly become Communist, the witness replied that this sudden change in the opinions of the nobleman had made a great im- pression upon him. To further ques- tions he declared that he had sympa- thized with the Soviet revolution in Russia, ‘Also in Germany?” yh, no!” Chairman: “Is it possible that an educated student and one of Commu: nist opinions should not have heard of the Organization Consul up to Feb- with a certain Heinicke in the stu-| ruary, 192 i dents’ home, # hackenkreusler, who,| Witness: “It seems unbelievable to so the witness’ said, could not stand | me.” Jews, pacifists, Communists and Marx-| The witness declared that when he ists, He also admitted that in this allegedly thru third persons, of advised Dittmar to take no part in it, | because he was of the opinion that Kindermann and Wolscht were adven- turers. Immediately after this the witness suddenly declared that Kin- dermann’s only object was the study of agricultural conditions in the Soviet Union, as he was taking that as his subject for his doctor's degree. (Laughter.) Chairman: “Do you believe that Kin- of carrying out investigations in the dermann and Wolscht were capable Soviet Union for the Berliner Tage- blatt for which they received a thou- sand marks?” Witness: “No, I don’t believe it, ap- parently, the money was for other purposes.” Chairman: “Quite right.” Student Fascists Broke Strikes. To the question, how was the stu- dents organization financed, the wit- ness replied that on the one hand it received state assistance and on the other it received assistance from pri- vate sources, He refused, however, to give any information about the pri- vate sources, He was not able to re- member whether Ehrhardt under the name of Ehrenburg took part in a dis- cussion at which Kindermann, Ditt- mar, Wolscht, Osick and Wenzel were present. The chairman then read the proto- col of Kindermann made at the pre- liminary examination in which Kinder- mann declared the participation of Ehrhardt. The witness, Nose, who otherwise attempts to carry himself with great assurance, became very embarrassed and declared that Kin- dermann had lied. The question of the chairman, is the students’ organ- ization a strike-breaking organization, the witness at first refused to under- stand. To the question, had the stu- dents’ organization supplied labor power in cases of strikes, the witness answered in the affirmative. To the question of Dittmar, had in August, 1924, a notice been posted up of an agency which offered students with na- tionalist opinions certain work, the The witness further replied in the affirmative to the question of Dittmar, had the conversation taken place in the Borsig Strasse in the student’s home with Dittmar and Johnson upon the fascist Berlin-Munich courier serve ice. He added that he had not taken these plans very seriously. The accused Wolscht asked the wit- ness Rose if Michaelis was a member of the Organization Consul. Chairman to witness: “Why does Wolscht put question to you which presuppose on your side an intimate knowledge of the internal organiza. tion of the O. C.?” Wolscht asked Rose: “What attitude would you take to your arrest in Mos- cow?” The chairman: “The question of the arrest of Rose has never been con- sidered by the court, the accused has therefore no right to put such dis- honest questions which are nothing but inselent provocation.” The witness Rose corroborated the statements of the accused Dittmar that he had sent the latter to do peat. cutting work in Bremeffiafen, he de- nied, however, the instructions to carry on disruptive work amongst the working cla: Confesses Fascist M embership, The chairman asked the witness what the latter knew of the relations between the “Technische Nothilfe” (technical emergency orgénization for scab work) and the Organization Con- sul. The witness Rose declared that he knew just as much and just as lit. Ue as all other members of the Or | ganization Consul (stir in the court), The accused Dittmar then stated that in the last secret session held in the students’ home in the Borsig Strasse, Room 69, before the depar- ture for Russia, Kindermann had re- ported upon the preparations for the expedition and that Rose, Fink and Michaelis had taken part in the liberations, After the report Eh delivered a lecture of instruct upon the expedition and upon —