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tude and that he had not intereted him
self in it. To the definite question of
the Prosecutor had he been in favor
OF the withdrawal of the troops of oc-
cupation from the Ruhr district, the
accused said that he would not affirm
that.
The Prosecutor explained that in
the Soviet Union people were gener.
ally in favor of the right OF self.deter-
mination for all peoples in the choice
OF the state form, and that they were
further against the robbery Of foreign
districts. Wolscht declared that he
had not had the opportunity OF fight
ing against the occupation OF the Ruhr
and that hes cannot now say what at
titude he would have adopted had he
had such an opportunity. (The ac-
cused was obviously in the greatest
possible embarrassment To the ques.
ton, what political party does he
know, Wolscht declared that he only
knows the Deutcsh Volkische Party
(extreme German Nationalist) by
name.
In consequence of material need, he
had not been able to occupy himself
with party politics. He withdrew the
statement which he made in the pre-.
liminary examination to the fleet that
he had been a member OF the Com.
munist Party of Germany since March.
1929. He refused to give any explana-
ton for his change of attitude and
stressed further that he had never
been member OF the c. P. G.
Suddenly he declared: 81 have, how.
ever, sympathized with the Commun.
lists, particularly. after had the op
during the imitation period
to move In working class circles and
10 see the depth Of misery OF the work.
Ing class wien r'fecosnizsa tho Grim.
lnality towards the people OF the stock
exchange speculssors."
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declaration in London was a smash
ing proof for the fact that workers of
different opinions can find common
language.
The Amsterdamers declare that our
struggle for unity is nothing but an
agitational maneuver and an attempt
to disrupt the Amsterdam trade union
international.
If two organizations come together
then it can happen that both are dis
rupted or neither. Why does Amster-
dam fear that it will be disrupted and
not the Soviet unions for the latter in
any case represent a minority? We,
however, do not fear disruption, infiu-
ence and disrupt us as much as you
want. The actual fact is that the Am
sterdamers wish to prevent the estab-
lishment of close relations between
the Russian unions and the European
workers.
They fear that in such case the
European workers would see that the
Russian workers are really not bandits
at all, but actually very decent fellows
with only one weak side and that, that
they hate capitalism and wish to do
away with it altogether. The strug-
gle for unity is maneuver, it is true,
but it is a maneuver of the working
class against capitalism. If workers
international congress were to decide
that both internationals should be dis
solved, we guarantee that we would
carry out the decision of such con-
gress implicitly.
Finally we are accused of attack
ing the Amsterdam leaders. Let the
Amsterdamers attack Tomskyc Doga-
dow, Michailov and the others. as much
as they like, but not the Soviet unions,
not the Russian working class Let
the Amsterdamers pluck up sufficient
courage to recognize their deficiencies
as openly as we recognize ours.
Again and again we have said to
the Amsterdamers, let us SIT together
around table, and if we quarrel, then
let the working class judge for itself.
We think the the German, Belgian.
French and Swedish workers who
have visited us have received the i'm
preston that they have dealt with
workers who have not been spoiled by
eight years of state power, who have
remained honest proietarians who
wish to march together with their
comrades abroad.
I'VE beg you for one thing: tell
your brothers abroad the truth, the
workers will believe you, despite the
coming bourgeois campaign of calum-
ny against you. We hope and believe
that your visit to our workers coun-
try will help forward the cause of
unity" Ha
The chairman of the German dele
cation, Freiberger, declared
1T is true that the German working
class, under the influence of the hyp-
notism of the bourgeois press, retains
a certain skepticism towards the So
Wet government, but it feels, thanks
to its proletarian instinct, that great
work is being accomplished over the J
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German Fascist Before Soviet Court Shown Spies Forge

| beginning of the hearing Wolscht
speaks of the student organization
"Hilfsdienst" (Aid Service) of which
he was a member during the war
years. To the question Of the Prosecu-
tor, whether this organization was a
strike-breaking organization, the ac-
cused refused to give a definite an
swer.
He explained that the "Hilfsdienst"
supplied labor power where 1t did
not otherwise exist" The accused
worked for six months as a member
of the "Hilfsdienst" in factory for
the utilization Of oak leaves for bak-
cries. To the question of the Prose-
cutor, had he at this time received a
full allowance from his father Wolscht
answered In the Affirmative.
To the question Of the Prosecutor,
for what purpose had he worked as a
volunteer in the large agricultural UNI
dertaking OF Falkenstein and Friede.
berg near Neumark, the accused an
swered: For reasons OF study" But
when the Prosecutor pointed to the
contradiction with his philosophical
university studies, the accused said:
ITO earn money during the holidays"
by which he once again contradicted
his statement with regard to the vol
unteer work.
Belonged to Monarehist Groups.
Wolscht persistently evaded the
questions Of the Prosecutor as to the
character OF his work on the estates.
cal work, then that he was learning
practical agricultural questions. finally
he admitted that he had only worked
as an overseer. He declared that
when he travelled from Berlin 10 his
home town, Boppert at Christmas,
1925, as a student Of the high school.
he feared the reprisals OF the occupa-
ton authorities and therefore he made
a request at his district police station
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plan that is acknowledged to be the
only solution of the mining industry
in America, as well as in Britain,
gives the lie direct to the treasury
vampire.
Lewis further states In the In
terVlew that our living conditions
are good.
Every miner in America is practi-
cally starving. Lewis makes this state
ment at time when the miners are
fighting starvation in the bituminous
field, men who have practically had
no work for the last two years, and
when the hard coal miners are facing
a strike for a living wage No time
could be chosen by Wall Street more
appropriate than the present to make
statement Of that kind, but surely
the miners are entitled to something
different than that from their royalty
salaried parasite.
Lewis further stated that the
British miners don't desire to
work, because they can get wage
practically as large as the ones
who do work, as unemployment
doles.
If Lewis wanted to state the facts
in the case he would have stated that
the miners are continuously fighting
for work and better living conditions
in Great Britain. The unemployment
doles are not sufficient to keep a man
in as much food as that necessary to
properly feed canary, and yet the
labor leader" goes out of his way to
heap insults on the heads Of the Brit
ish miners.
We are we'll aware Of the rea-
son why John L. Lewis heaps
abuse on the heads of the British
toilers. II is only a short time
ago that Lewis visited Britain and
the miners, knowing Of his repu-
tation Of treason to the American
miners, refused to applaud his
empty remarks.
One rank-and-filer, after Lewis
spoke, asked if that guy" was rep
resentative OF Wall Street or the
American government" and when told
he was supposed to be labor leader
the miners could not restrain their
mirth. They did not forget to show
Lewis that his treatment of the Amer
lean miners was not appreciated in
Britain, and his absence was more
welcome than his presence, hence his
lies now about the British miners.
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She liked young people, said Kinder
mann. and had sound German opinions
(laughter). Wolscht declared that he
had made the acquaintance of Kinder
mann thru his friend of many years
standing. Fink. For the purpose OF
simplifying the journey to Russia 1t
was agreed with Kindermann that the
entry into the Communist Party Of
Germany was necessary.
To the question of the Prosecutor,
had he represented himself to be a
Communist. Wolschts returned the
most contradictory answers At first
he negatived the question definitely,
but after the prosecutor had reminded
him that he had continually represent
cd himself as a member OF the Cob.
LEM district group Of the G. r. g., he
explained that he saw himself in the
position to represent himself as a Com
munist, particularly from the eco
nomic point OF view. Hereupon the
various fraudulent plans for the jour
ney were read, which contradict one
aAfNAHfA III AnNa AABHA bNNA0ht AoNnAHhf
but which are all signed by all three
accused.
Communists Expose swindle.
The declaration OF the Central Com.
mittee OF the Communist Party OF Ger.
many was read:
l. In the summer OF 1924 July
August on the occasion Of a forth.
nights stay with his parents in Dur.
ZACH Baden, Dr. Karl Kindermann
came with his father, Hermann. TO a
leading official OF our district group
thore. lie requested admission into
the party. The reason given was that
DR. Karl Kindermann wished to make
political carrier and for this purpose
he intended TO undertake a journey to
Russia for study. His entering into
the c. p G. took place in August. 1924
Everything that Karl Kindermann
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says about his party membership be-
fore this time is swindle. The Gem
trail Committee Of the G. p. G. definite-
ly declares that Karl Kindermann was
unknown both in Durlack and IN Ber-
lin and that he did not make his pres
ence felt in any way to the benefit Of
the party. Further. all the attempt OF
Herman Kindermann in favor of his
sons defense after his arrest, have
been made only with the assistance
OF the at that time district group
leader. Vallentin Michler, who stood in
the relation OF employe to Herman
Kindermann and stands in that rela-
tion today.
The other officials OF the district
group were arbitrarily ignored. All
letters OF this district group leader in
Durlach we're composed together with
Hermann Kindermann and sent off
without the knowledge Of the other
officials. The district leadership in
Baden upon the basis of these facts
has expelled Michlar from the party.
2. Maxim Dittmar joined the c. P.
G. in August 1924, in order TO under
take a Journey OF study" to Russia.
Ohicially he was member of the Ber-
lin organization Of the G. p G. FIRST
organizational districts, since August,
1924, he has. however, never been ac-
tive in a Communist sense. Our in.
vestigations have. in fact. resulted In
establishing the contrary: "a Dit
mar was employed by the brass works
in Villingen and played a leading role
there in the district group OF the
Young German Order CD Dittmar
worked closely together with the chief
OF the workers mentioned, son in law
of Admiral scheer, for the organiza.
tional Consul.
g. Wolscht Is quite unknown 70 the
Party and has never been member
OF ~
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Worker. to Be Looked After.

SHANGHAI. Aug. 19.-In view of
the closing of factories again and the
eventually ensuing big increase of I'M
employed, the trade unions are adopt
ing appropriate measures to render
material assistance to the workers.
However, the question of the owners
of the closed factories having to pay
wages to the locked-out workers is
not quite settled yet. SO far only two
factories have been paying those
wages.
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to enter carpenter" in his credentials
instead of student.
Further, Wolscht spoke in detail Of
the student corporation "Neomarchia"
OF which he was a member In 1922
and 1923. He spoke also of the other
German student corporations. Some
of the statements of Wolscht on the
customs Of the corporations, in parti-
cular upon the drinking bouts and so
cial affairs, which the Prosecutor illus
trated by photographs in which the ac-
cused recognized himself, produced
peals Of laughter. According to the
old German custom Wolscht explained,
very much beer was drunk. To a ques-
ton upon the political tendencies OF
the. corporation, the accused answered,
that most Of the connections had a ma
tionalist and Aryan character
Whilst he declared at first that his
corporation, the 'Neomarchia", had
never had definite political color, q
few minutes later he admitted that to-
wards the end Of the summer term
1923. a definite monarchist and anti
Semitic spirit controlled the "Neomar-
CHA" which in consequence OF the
various political shades led to a split.
When the accused was questioned
upon his political opinion at that time.
one contradictory answer followed
upon the other. AT first Wolscht de-
clared that he had no political convic.
tions at all, but merely economic poll
tical Views, as before his entry into
political life he wished TO study ma.
tional economy.
Knew Nothing Of Communism.
Peculiarly enough. the questions Of
the Prosecutor relating to the attitude
Of the accused towards the occupation
Of the Ruhr, caused him the greatest
embarrassment. At first he declared
that he had adopted . negative atti. |
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Ran C.HER RS And
LOS ANGELES CITY
OFFICIALS BATTLE
Fight Over Water Has
Appearance of War
BY /. p. RlNDAL.
Worker Correspondent.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, August 49,
About two weeks ago, the Los Angeles
water board and special committee,
appointed by Mayor Cryer, held a
meeting with a delegation of farmers
from Owens Vally The city offered
to buy $4,000 acres of land, but the
deal did not look good to the exploited
and otherwise wronged ranchers.
Gun-Men on the Move.
The trouble between the ranchers
along the aqueduct and the Los An
geles Board of Water and Power
Commissioners over water rights is of
long standing, as pointed out in pre-.
vious article. Some dynamitting was
done year ago.
In the evening of July 81, a heavy
guard was sent by train to patrol the
Howice dam. At 1880 a. m. Aug. an.
other contingent of plainclothes men
and other armed thugs was rushed to
the valley by automobiles. w. B. Matth.
ews, chief counsel for the water board
made the request for armed men, while
H. d. Woodward, chief investigator
for the water board, and Detective
Captain AL Slaton provided the draft
ed ex-service men with arms and am
munition. The fact that this stuff was
bought shortly after midnight, Aug. l..
makes it look like real warfare. Or is
it move to intimidate the poor farm
ers by the plunderbund of this city?
Twisting the Truth.
Governor Richardson was request
ed by the ranchers to send State
troops into tn district when Sheriff
Collins declard the situation was be-
yond control. The L. A. Times.
THE general feeling among the
ranchers is" said Sheriff Collins of
Inyo county, that this is being done
deliberately by the city to antagonize
the ranchers The L. A. Record.
The Record is right The farmers
do not want thugs to shoot them down.
But the city officials are blood-thirsty
enough to do it,
Jealousy Benefits Farmers.
CALIFORNIA; Hanging Governor,
Richardson, does not want to pardon
the political prisoners of the State.
Nor does he care for other workers
or farmers. But he refused to grant
the rquest of Los Angeles officials for
State troops. Why? Because Mr..
Cryer, the Labor Mayor" of Los An
geles, may be a competitor for the
governors chair So 1t would be
disadvantage to the present governor
to help him 10 Anntangle complicated
situation
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supposed scientific" expedition was
bogus, that their credentials were
forged, and that in reality, they plotted
TO kill Soviet leaders, and to cause
trouble between the Soviet and Ger.
man governments.
Wolscht a strlkebreaker.
The accused Kindermann, a mixture
of unashamed insolence and base
cowardice, attempted increasingly to
sabotage the proceedings and to blum
the court by affected naiyete and phan.
tastic statements when the facts were
presented that had been established
by the examination. Already on the
fourth day OF the proceedings 1t was
clear that the scientific expedition
was purely a cover for terroristic In
tents. the same applies to the rela-
tons TO the Communist movement in
Germany.
Despite the continual sabotage on
the part OF Kindermann and wolscht.
the court took no measures against
the accused. The German social demo-
Gratis who howl so loudly about the
terror in Russia, should compare
the methods Of the Supreme Revolu-
tionary Court Of the Soviet Union
with those OF the Supreme State Court
in Leipzig. II the Communists In Leip-
zig were TO take up the attitude which
the fascists adopted in Moscow, then
the proceedings would probably been
carried on without them.
In the seventh session the hearing
Of Wolscht took place. The latter
who involved himself in endless con.
tradictions, did his utmost 10 sabotage
the proceedings by giving deliberately
confusing and evasive answers. In the
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border in Russia. We German work
ers here have convinced ourselves Of
this, and5 also of the fact that the
bourgeois press is carrying on a de-
liberate and conscious criminal cam
paign of calumny against the Soviet
republics. We have seen that capital
ism can and must be overthrow. II
this is possible in one country, then
it is also possible in the others. The
German proletariat stands in solidarity
with your struggle, it will go the way
of the class struggle, there is no other
way"
A social-democratic member Of the
Swedish delegation, Stem, declared
that the Russian working class move
ment must be amalgamated with the
international trade union movement.
The Swedish trade unions consider
the formation of the Anglo Russian
unity committee to be correct and
useful, and they will demand the ac-
ceptance of the Soviet unions into the
International.
The chairman of the Swedish dele
cation which leaves Moscow today,
thereupon delivered a unanimously
adopted declaration of the Swedish
delegation which says the following:
THE Russian workers have not only
appropriated the expropriators, but
they have shown the unlimited posi-
bility of administering their own
country in the interests of the work
ing class. Since the final victory over
the counter-revolution the work Of
economic reconstruction has proceed
ed at swift pace forwards, which is
to be seen above all in the improve
ment in the conditions of the workers,
the rising wages, the quick better
ment of the cultural situation, etc. We
are convinced that despite the tremen-
dous difficulties which arise from the
enlightenment of your country by the
capitalist powers, you will attain your
socialist aims.
1T Is the duty Of every honest ,.ork-
er to follow carefully every attempt of
the bouregoisie to prevent the devel-
opment Of the Soviet republics, and
to bring such attempts to naught with
every means at the disposal of the
working class. The Swedish delega-
ton will fulfill its duties in this direc-
ton and will tell the truth Of the sit
uation to the Swedish working class.
THE attitude of the international
working class must not only be ex-
pressed in the slogan, Hands of So
Wet Russia!'' but it must also be ex.
pressed in the most active support for
the Russian working class. The dele
cation further declares that the activ.
ity of the Russian unions for the work.
ers Is of incalculable value. The trade
unions carry on their work with the
broadcast democratic basis, they are
extremely popular and posses the
greatest confidence of the workers.
and authority and influence in ali that
concerns the life of the workers in the
Soviet Union. The workers abroad
must strive to achieve just such an
influential position for their unions.
The Swedish delegation considers it
its duty, not only to tell the truth
about Soviet Russia to the Swedish
working class, but also to adopt the
attitude Of the English and Russian
unions with regard to national and in
ternational trade union unity
"(Signed) Kilbum, Communist; Gus
tav Lorn, social-democrat; Karl Erik
on, social-democrat; Stem, social-dem-
ocrat"
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GREENSBORO, Ky, Aug. 19.--Ursu-
line nuns who have been teSching in
public schools here for five years now
demand the right to wear their re-
ligious garb while teaching. For
three month this has been discussed
by the Daviss County board of edti-
cation. The matter has been submit
ted to the state superintendent of
education and the attorney general
for an opinion.
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Jealousy Benefits Farmers.

HOBART, Tasmania - (FP) - The
Tasmanian Labor government has re-
stored to the teachers all decreases
in their wages imposed by the old
anti-Labor government. All school
teachers are in the School Teachers
union to which the government has
granted preference of employment
Reductions in the wages of other gov
eminent workers have also been set
aside. Taxation on the workers has
been lightened; relief work for the
unemployment has been provided;
compensation granted for occupation
al Diseases. and dental and medical
clinics established in all schools in
the state. The government also gives
preference to union police.