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oS ie PENT, False Conviction of “High Treason” Discloses Preparation for War in Germany a BETRLEN GIVEN 4 FAKE CHARGES USED TO HIDE ARMS STORAGE Bullerjahn Case Is One of Many BERLIN, Dec. 19.—Althotigh the German government, in which the social democrats play a leading part, has attempted to hide in every way possible its increasing war preparations, certain facts have leaked out through the case of Wal- ter Bullerjahn which lift the curtain and show the new German imper- ialists building up their armaments as frantically as the other imperial- Bullerjahn was convicted hard labor and has been in jail since Jecember 11, 1925, on the charge hat he had disclosed to French of- icers a huge storage of rifle bar- rels in works in the Berlin Karl- ruher industry. According to the Versailles treaty, | Germany was not to have any secret | stores of munitions, so the allies seized the rifle barrels. It is, how- ever, a known fact that in back of | the numerous trials for “high treason” which have been current in Germany for the last few years, is a frantic attempt to hide the con-| tinual secret manufacture and stor- age of munitions. The trial of Bullerjahn was only | ene incident of the typical fashion | in which German justice works. Documents were forged, unsigned and unchecked testimony was ad- mitted, all with the purpose of rail- yoading Bullerjahn to jail and keep- ing him there. nade public, much to the discom- | ort of the German militarists, that one of the chief witnesses was in- sane and the other, the French of- ficer, Gontard, who was labelled during the trial, as “above ali sus- picion,” is the same Gontard who re the war was publicly charged | having bribed the French news- papers to publish war scares, in or- | der to increase the government’s or- ders for war material, Although Bullerjahn is practically shown to be innocent of “high trea- son” the government has made no move to release him and it is very unlikely that they will. Every at- tempt is being made to hush up the inatter and to continue war prepara- tions behind more trials of “high treason” and jail sentences. Over 700,000 Suffer From Influenza in U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UP).— Somplete reports on file today by she United States Public Health Ser- LP at MMAR ae 2 i, a 14 Killed hen Giant Flane Crashes Into Brazilian: Bly | of | tveason, sentenced to 15 years of | It has recently been | Photo shows 1 s being raised to the surface. Fourteen persons were killed when the giant air liner Condor plunged into Rio de Janeiro harbor. CRUISERS COME BEFORE KELLOGG. Charged With Graft (Continued from Page One | name, is referred to as follows: | “1, That the treaty does not im- |pair or abridge the right of the United States to defend its terri- | tory or other vital interests in ac- | cordance with the traditional Amer- \ ican policies. | “2, That the treaty imposes no obligations on the United States to resort to coercive or punitive meas- ures against any offending nations. | “3, That the treaty does not obligate the United States to the eonditions of any treaty to which | the United States is not a party. “4, The secretary. of state is re- | quested to forward a copy of this| | resolution to the representatives of the other powers,” Ack Mellon Ta Quit. A demand that Secretary of the | Treasury Mellon. resign because he | furnishes “misleading and dishonest | estimates,” was made in the Ho; today by Rep. Garner, Dem., Tex. | Garner. asked why the president in his first message to congress es- timated. a $87,000,000 surplus for |1929 after the budget bureau ear- lier had predicted a $94,000,000 de- ficit, and then sent a supplementary | $75,000,000 estimate for tax refunds | warning this would probably cause | a $50,000,000 deficit. | “These figures were prepared by the treasury because the secretary | was inferested in the $12,000,000 | Greek loan,” Garner said. Garner pointed out that Mellon} had given $65,000,000 tax refunds to the various branches of the steel |Mussolini Fires King’s Friend, Takes Position; May Want To Be Bing ROME, Dec. 19- Vv ictor | | Emmanuel, knowing what he has to| King at home, today signed an order dis- | |charging from the cabinet his only supporter there, Lugi Federzoni, Minister of Colonies. Mussolini wrote the order, and appointed him- self to the vacant post. He holds seyen cabinet posts out of thirteen—a majority whenever he needs it. The change revives rumors jthat Mussolini has ambitions to dis- charge the king too, and make him- self emperor. ManyLivesEndangered in Collision of Two ‘Steamers in Dense Fog VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 19 | (U.P)—The Canadian Pacific Rail- road steamer, Princess Adelaide, with 250 passengers aboard, collided with the British freighter Hamp- holm in a dense fog in English Bay today, The Princess Adelaide’s passen- to the Hampholm when the steam- er’s engine room began filling from a great hole in her side. Later they | were put board the C. P. R. steam- er Princess Royal and brought here. | Both vessels were badly damaged. | ‘Tugs went alongside the Princess | Adelaide to take her to port. | be fore the interior department. West recently told the committee he had sold all the stock he owned in Insull concerns and repudiated his testimony before the investigat- ing committee two years ago when he said he consulted Insull about all vice gave indications that more thar. | trust, in which the secretary of the | his investments. 700,000 persons are afflicted with influenza. While the official reports account- ed f - a total of 141,000 new cases, in the week ending Deceniber 15, officials estimated these were less | than on-fifth of the total number of cases. The program at the 5th Anni- yersury Celebration of the Daily Worker at Manhattan Opern House consists of the Isadora Duncan Dancers of Moscow U, S. S. R. in n special program of Revolution- ary Dances. Symphony Orchestra. Tickets $1, $1.50, $2, 82.50 now on sale at Dally Work- er office. AM sents reserved. Speakers, treasury is part owner. Retura of | $31,000,000 of this steel trust taxa-| tion did not even comply with ‘e regulations for application for re- | turns, said Garner. Show West-Insull Plot. Senator Norris sent a letter to Chairman Nye of the Senate Public’ Lands Committee today protesting against the nomination of Roy O. West as secretary of interior. | Norris charged that Samuel In- | sull, Illinois public utilities magnate | | with whom West was associated as 1 $800,000,000 worth of power sites GENDARMES MAKE LAW IN RUMANIA TERROR (Red Aid Press Service) BUCHAREST (By Mail) -—De- pite its great experience in fabri- ation and perversion, the Rumanian government will hardly be able to! stamp the president of the Chamber of Advocates, the lawyer Dobrescu, as a bolsheyist because this lawyer bas taken up the case of the worker, Filatoy. The reactionary press, however, lex attacked Dobresecu like a pack of wolves, although it has no word ot happenings in the village of Papusoi in the district of Cetatea Alba, hap- venines to which Filatov and his friend Zaranenco almost fell vic- tims, What happened in Papusoi and wy were Filatov placed on trial? story is the following: The hair-raising the treasury of the village co-opera- | tive and heined himself liberally ‘to its funds. Suspicions were aroused the possibility of a prosecution imminent. What was to be ne? The mayor enlisted tie as- rested seven inhabitants cf the _ village who were thost likely to bring about his prosecution, dragged them to a quiet spot outside the vil- lage and there shot them all. For- _ tunately the aim of the gendar- ‘arerie was not particularly good and _Tilatov and his friend Zaranenco re- mained unhurt, but shammed dead ‘They were afterwards left for dead with the five corpses of their com- panions, and thus made good their _eseape. In Buchayest the lawyer, _ Dobrescu, took up the case, with the + rozult that the two men, whose only sult wes that they had not been _/mnurdered, were arrested and placed A; condemnation for the terrible | and Zaranenco | The mayor | of the village of Papusoi controlled | tance of the local gendarmerie, | jon trial for armed resistance to. the | | authorities. In the eyes of the gov- ernmental jurists the two were reb- els against the authority of the state. At the trial, however, the complete innocence of the two ac- cused was established and they \ were acquitted. But who will avenge the murder of the five others? Who wil! sup- port the wives and children of the murdered men? judge who’ will try the murderers? And where is the authority who will impeach the venal chauvinist’ news- papers who shrieked that the mur- dered were guilty, who accused the two survivors of bolshevism and varmed rebellion against the state, and mayor and_ his murderous. associ- ates? Hardly the Rumanian bour- geoisie. For -in the words of Do- brescu: ‘laws. The Rumanian people have | not yet won: the right to be treated | according to the laws. In Rumania | the king has become a constitutional monarch, but our Balken absolutism has now descended onto the shoul- jders of the gendarmerie. In Ru- mania the king and his: minister and the judges have not the right to condemn a man to death, but the gendarmerie are able to condemn a man to death in their own right and execute him on the spot. The crime cf Papusoi demands ven- geance. We demand that the au- thorities bring the criminal mayor and his murderous associates to justice! The people of Rumania must declare themselves on the side of the victims of this horrible mur- dor, We demand justice for the vic- tims!” | attorney, has ten applications for} And where is the’ who defended the defalcating | “In Rumania the ruling class still | ‘retains the privilege of breaking the | He still admits though that his wife owns 5,000 shares in Insull | properties, and that his law firm got big retainers from Insull last year. The committee was on the point of recommending that West be ac- cepted but on receipt of this new evidence, lost its courage, and de- layed its report. The Hawes-Cooper convict labor | bill passed the Senate this afternoon 65 to 11, cultural department appropriation bill of more than $143,000,000 for the fiscal year 1930 and sent the | measure to the Senate. 500 of RDER A BUNDLE O ing English Daily in the 1 Anniversary the occasion reached before. photos and will be larger m Baily Worker 26 UNION SQUARE, NEW YO Please send me.. NAME ... ADDRESS.. CITY, now | ° gers were transferred immediately | The house today passed the agri-| COPIES Anniversary Edition JANUARY 5, 1929 FIFTH BIRTHDAY the anniversary of the only revolutionary fight- Worker to thousands of workers that we have never This edition will have additional features, special Price, $10 per thousand. Order a few days in advance. .copies of The DAILY WORKER at the rate of $6.00 per thousand, To arrive not later than ..... 1 am attaching a remittance to cover same. 27 SOVIET MILLS GET 7-HOUR DAY |Mellon and nd West Both |do when one has a little Mussolini | | 115, 800'TextileWor kers Get Pay Raise Too A recently issued economic re- view of the Soviet Union, issued by the Amtorg Trading Corporation, tained the significant informa- nm that 27 huge textile manufac- turing mills, giving employment to 115,800 workers, have reduced the working hours to seven a day and that at the same time an average wage raise of 2 per cent has been recorded for all these workers, While textile mills in rich capital- ist America are increasing hours from 48 to 54 a week in New Eng- land, slashing wages in addition or | ng still cheaper labor in the h, the Soviet Union introduces the 7-hour day and wage raises. The review issued by the Amtorg continues: “With the adoption of the seven- | hour day the mills were put on three shifts. This necessitated the hiring of considerable additional help dnd has had a marked effect in cutting down unemployment, “The seven-hour day has resulted in an increase of labor productivity amounting to 7.8 per cent of the manufacture of cotton goods and from 8 to 19 per cent in woolens. planned to introduce the reduced | working day into a number of addi- tional factories.” ‘Hunting Libraries of. | Arkansas to Destroy Books About Evolution designed to keep the tenant farmers and workers of this Southern state jin as dense ignorance as possible so | that they may be the more easily ex- |of schools, has hired a force o: witch-hunters, whose duty it is to comb the school libraries and remove every book which, “states a theory that man is either descended or as- cended from a lower order of ani- mals.” Five hundred dollars fine and permanent removal from any teaching position is the penalty visited upon teachers who violate the absurd law. ,0O0O the NOW for distribution on world. We must make this for bringing the Datiy ° any times the present size. RK CITY, . STATE. “During the coming year it is | i} The Arkansas anti-evolution law. | | ploited, is being rigorously enforced. | iJ. P. Womack, state superintendent | BRITISH STEEL | MERGES AGAINST | WALL ST, FIRMS | Empire Unit for War Created | LONDON, Dec. 19.—One of |largest ‘iron and steel combines in | | the ‘world is about to be organized |by the British to serve as |pire steel cartel to combat United | States competition on all markets. An export selling commit- jtee has already been formed which |includes the principal steel interests in the British empire. Hand in hand with the formation of the new cartel, the British gov- | ernment, sensitive to the fe: |mands of its capitalist mastr already beginning to talk abo ae a jhigh protective tariff for steel and |taking steps to set up a govern- ment iron and steel commission to co-operate with the steel tr Following the fusion of the Cargo Fleet and South Durham, and still more recently the Vickers-Cammell- Laird combine, came confirmation today that Bolckow Vaughan hi also joined the merger, together with Durman Long. |Long interests has plants in Mel- bourne and Sydney ‘and controls plfhts in South Africa and Buen Aires, Argentina, thus holding stra- tegic points for an attack on United States interests. The Iron and Steel Confederation, Jone of the most important bodies in |the industry, to which many com- panies involved in the merger be- the an em- world’s ever to meet the executive of the tional Labor Party to get support for the formation of the government ion for the steel industry This rew merger is one of a series |being arranged in accordance with |the plan announced a few months ago by Lord Melchett (Sir Alfred | Mond) to create a network of huge empire trusts to be used as war units and sources of war material in case of war. The cable-wireless merger has already been completed | sition from American imperialis: especially in Latin America. The Durman | : long, is sending a deputation today | Na- | ‘and has met with considerable oppo- | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SHE RSD Y, DECEMBER 20, 1928 Page Three Britain Inspires King and arms) by Great Britain, against the Soviet Union in Afgh Amanullah and Queen Souriya of whose rule Afghan tribes, inspired and directl have Afghan Revolt Afghanistan, against (with plane rebelled: anistan and eeks a base Amanullah has not # been sufficiently submissive to its plans. ~ ANTI-IMPERIALS ASK SOLIDARITY : Urge Fight Against U. S. Imperialism Continued from Page One Colombian zomrade not only be the which barous ments, such vnil instruments . Only thru our} we force these to put an end to this ry. On y thru united and or- gan‘zed action can we establish gov- ernments that will serve the inter- he people and keep the in-| e2 of the country. Must Have Solid: “We must manife: thru all possible mzans, b ganiz protest me every city against the diplomatic representatives of the United States ard Colombia, eprisals against agents of imp n. “We must send cables to our com- | rades in Colombia, expressing our solid: sity and aid, in ozder to show | them that they are not alone in this struggle and to urge then violently enemy until victory is won. United Front Action, “The United Fruit Co., the Cuya- ‘mol Fruit and all oil companies are are this solidarity the or- \in Ameri our Vv we find world are in dang ‘0 wherever one / r is in di 7 trine of Cc wer it, the and we ige not with wo: the organiz: in the mi continent. ines are ight of all o 3efore the Amer- lowed to invade , we mu pidly o ted front action. Our to Coolidge must be: “Org: e aga within the All-America / inlist League! “Solidarity with the strikers of Colombia! “Protest against Hoover’: “Denounce the maneuv agents of imperialism at home! “Struggle against dictatorships in Latin America! “Energetic action in favor of San- dino and his army! “Hands off Nicaragua! “Against American imperialism! “For the union of all the peoples “Executive Committee All-America Anti-Imperialist League. “SALVADOR DE LA PLAZA, “General Secretary. “Mexico City.” = MORE POWER IN GROWING TERROR Named Chief Censor in Parliament Speeches 19. — Prentier given the De Hunga: VIENNA, Bethlen of a dictator in a new bill ian parlia- and the empowered ed the Hungs pass e house are e publication of speeches which had not previous- ially censored by them nt which, e two officials nest inter- 'y ‘derogatory itation of the govern- xcluded from publt- n’ pose his y on the work- the country, by erything directed r methods. Jemocrats withdrew ament when the bill was not even register- “opposition” to the mea- , th Decadent Lady Wants Thrill of Beer Swig TORONTO, Ont., Dee. 19 (UP).— ¢ Heath left here at 10:45 a. m, for Buffalo, N. Y. in a Ryan ane, her interview quoting ng for a thrill of a glass of beer. Ivr a month past, she had been in the United States. “It’s not that I’m a beer drinker,” Lady Heath explained, “but I did get so fed up with hole-and-corner prohibition drinking. I need a drink of beer openly just to make me feel normal again.” * The Workers (Communist) Party demands unemployment insurance, the amount of compensation te full ¥ unem. of this insurance to be in the hi of ‘the workers, the cost to. Be borne by the state and the employ= ers. 34th Street West of 8th Avenue on JANUARY 5, 1929 Sit Anniversary Celebration Daily 2s Worker MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE wage hed ote ISADORA DUNCAN DANCERS From Moscow, Soviet Russia, in program of Revolutionary Dances—Symphony Orchestra Speakers: JAY LOVESTONE, WM. Z. FOSTER, BOB MINOR and others Admission: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, All Seats Reserved. Onsale at The Daily Worker Office, 26 Union Setiace: New York.