The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-05
POLISH WHITE |.
TERROR MAKES
DRIVE ON REDS
Socialists Support PO-
lice Brutality
Especial to The Daily Worker,

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WARSAW, Poland. April BIN the
recent months white terror In Po-
land is attacking with increased en-.
ergy. Thus for instance, in connec.
ton with the numerous Lenin memor.
ial meetings arranged by the labor
organizations in the Dombrow Basin,
in Dombrow, Bendsin and Tschedadsi
over 80 workers were arrested.
The Warsaw police arrested two
workers, the 2O-year old worker of
wallpaper factory, Waltschak and
the worker, Bebersk of the union OF
the communal workers, on account of
putting up red flags at telegraph and
telephone poles with the slogans:
eve demand the liberation Of Com.
rade Lanzusky" and Shame on the
slanderers against Comrade Krulikow.
ski" The authorities have no evi.
dence whatever against these arrested
innocent workers
Mass Arrests
Mass arrests have taken place
among the members Of the socialist
students organization, Schism. Soma
weeks ago the authorities had under
taken searches in the Offices of the
students organization. After this five
students were arrested. Recently five
more students have been arrested.
Against all of them proceedings
have been taken on account Of Com.
munist propaganda and distribution of
illegal literature.
The Warsaw court has reconsidered
the case Of workers group which
is accused Of having participated in
the electoral campaign of THE Pro-
letariat in Town and Village"
The court in Samostjo had SEN
fenced these workers to one and one
half years of. prison each. The ap-
peal court of Warsaw considered this
Judgment too small and increased the
sentence to five years hard labor.
Expose Frame-Up.
In Petkovo the trial against thu
workers who are accused Of plotting
against the state according to para.
graph 102 of the penal code has end
ed. In the trial the provocations of
the authorities and Of their false wit.
nesses were exposed. The greatest
number Of those accused were sen.
fenced to three years hard labor
each. At the same time the LODI
court sentenced 16 accused workers
to one and one-half to 1--WE years. hard
labor.
On account of offending the social.
democratic party Of Poland the work.
er. John FRANKIE, was sentenced by
the Warsaw district court to one year
Of Imprisonment. He was accused OF
having agitated on a journey as fol.
lows: "The socialist leaders have
gone into the camp of the bourgeoisie
one can only trust the Communists
because they fight really for the
cause Of the workers" Policemen
who travelled in the same carriage ar
rested FRANKIE and delivered him tc
the court.
Police Brutality.
Nearly every arrested worker Is
subjected to brutal maltreatment.
The recent Interpolation Of the white
Russian parliamentary fraction states
unheard of facts on the maltreatment
Of the inhabitants Of the frontier dis.
| tricts:
"Vizenz Lweiko, white Russian Of
IS years of age"-the Interpolation
states-"was arrested by a Polish
frontier guard and taken to the estate
of. Rodiwtschiana. There the police.
man maltreated him with the accusa-
ton that his mother had complained
Of the theft OF food. Loweiko wat
then led to Janow. On the way his
face was put into the dirt OF the
street, then he had to kneel down and
his hair was cut OF with a bayonet
In Janow Loweiko was again forced
to kneel for a considerable time.
Then he was transported to Sachat
where a police agent maltreated him
again; he was thrown - the floor and
trodden upon till he finally made thu
wrong statement and admitted that he
had complained of the theft of food
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