The daily worker., 1925-07-28
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the investigation of the court, Kinder
mann and Wolscht denied their guilt
and corroborated essentially the ac-
tual statements which they had made
in the preliminary examination.
The alleged scientific purpose of
the expedition was exposed by the
court as untenable and ridiculous.
Any German group of students, not to
speak of Communists, with scientific
aims could come into the Soviet
Union without fear, without masking
themselves with party credentials. 1t
is fact that the members Of the ex-
Dedition exchanged code kilograms be-
fore their departure and made arrange
ments in easefof the possibility Of ar
rest.
1t is a fact that Kindermann forged
Communist documents and that the
other members of the expedition rep
resented themselves to be Commun-
lists. This only Acorroborated to the
court that 1t mad to deal with secret
organization
Finally Admits Guilt.
Second question: How is it to be
explained that Wolscht and Kinder
mann denied their guilt and provided
their own explanation for the points
in questioR?-.----
With regard to. Kindermann, he has
himself explained this, by admitting
that in the preliminary examination he
simulated in part He told his fellow
prisoners that he had inserted a few
unbelievable things into his state
ment in order later to have the possi-
bility of rejecting the statements. He
reckoned upon freedom and reward as
thanks for his statements. When,
however, he grasped that the G. P. u.
did not need him, he decided to re-
turn to his masters once again. Be
fore the court he supported himself
in an obvious manner upon govern
mental and right wing circles in Ger
many by imparting the information
that he had celebrated the birthday of
the kaiser in prison and that the
Ehrhardt hymn was his favorite song,
etc. u
Kindermann attempted to mislead
the examining Judge by declaring for
instance, that Wolscht was identical
with Boldt, or that Wolscht's father
was dead. In this way Kindermann
also misled the German press which
Immediately jumped at the conclusion
that the g. p. u. had inadvertently
arrested innocents.
The investigation Of the court
proved, without any possibility of OBJ
lection that Kindermann had lied.
Wolscht's tactic consisted in denying
everything, or as far as this was not
possible, to admit the facts but to
supply them with harmless signifi-
canoe. In his closing speech Wolscht
finally admitted himself to be guilty,
he reckoned, however, on the support
of German public opinion and threat
ened that other people in other places
would reply to the court.
"DId Not Iconsider 1t Necessary"
Third question: Has the court at
tached any, sifnificance to the state
ments of Rose, and Fink and the sworn
declarations from Germany?
Answer: The report attached the
greatest significance to the state
ments Of Rose and Fink and these
partly corroborated the statements of
Dittmar. Naturally, neither Rose nor
Fink could admit that they were con-
sui members. The explanation of
Fink, why he did not carry out the re-
quest made by Wolscht's father in
letter, that he should discover whether
Wolscht appeared in the list of the
Ehrhardt organizations, is typical: