The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-01
COMMUNISTS IN
DEMONSTRATION
\ AT WASHINGTON
Picket Polish Embassy
for Lanzutsky

w ~ Osg AhHANAA so
(By Mail. AT 12:45 the ambassadors
and their encourages of the various
governments of the world were sur
prised with the appearance Of a group
of Communists carrying dozens OF
banners protesting before the head
quarters of the Polish legation against
the death sentence imposed upon
Stanislav Lanzutsky.
The procession was headed by Com.
rades Jakira and Wicks, carrying
large banner with the inscription, 1--WE
protest against the plot Of the bloody
government of Poland to murder Stan
islav Lanzutsky." They were followed
by other comrades walking three
abreast, carrying banners reading:
"Hail the Communist Party of Po-
land; "StanisIav Lanzutsky must not
die; Down with the Polish bour-
geoisie"; Smash the Polish white
terror; "The Workers Party of Amer
ira protests against the murder of
Lanzutsky"; 1.-THE Young Workers
League Demands Freedom for Lam
zutsky''; then other banners Of a
similar nature signed by the Workers
Party and others signed by the Inter
national Workers Aid. The procession
concluded with second large banner
alike in size to that at the head of the
line reading Down with the bloody
Warsaw flunkeys of French imperial
ISM"
Ambassador Leaves by Back Door
The embassy closes at lis on Sat
urdays and an auto drew up in front
Of the place, luxurious mansion on
10th street, N. W., Ambassadors
Row." A door opened slightly, but no
one emerged. Then the machine drove
around to the back entrance, and as
the parade, consisting of about one
hundred were just turning the corner
when two men were seen to hastily
run to the machine and speed away.
Servants and Office help peered hest
tatingly from slightly drawn curtains.
Soon the street was full Of auto
mobiles and pedestrians watching the
picketing demonstration. Reporters
and cameramen began to arrive on the
scene-but no policemen were in sight.
After picketing the place until $3.50,
it was decided to leave the place as
most of the embassies were closing.
After the banners had been removed
in machines waiting for that purpose
the commissioner of police Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia and number of
policemen arrived and asked to see
those who had been in charge of the
picketing. Comrade Jakira was re-
ferred to and the commissioner asked
him, what is the disturbance here?"
Jakira replied: There was no disturb
ance; only picketing the Polish en-
bassy." Then the commissioner as
serted that it was not the proper thing
to embarrass foreign ambassadors to
Washington and that they we're sup
posed to be furnished protection from
annoyances of that sort.
Press Carries Scare Heads.
The evening papers of Washington
were soon on the streets with scream
ing headlines, Polish Legation Is
Picketed by Communists" On the
front pages were conspicuously dis
played the pictures of the picket line
with the banner reading: Down with
the bloody Warsaw flunkeys Of
French imperialism"
According to inside information re-
ceived after the demonstration the po-
lice were so harrassed by numerous
telephone calls and personal visits
that they decided to make a pretext
Of action and arrived at the scene
Of the demonstration just few min
utes after the pickets began to leave
the line.
The demonstration is to be fol-
lowed by mass meeting in Wash
ington to protest against the pro-
posed murder of Comrade Lanzutsky,
with Comrade H. M. Wicks and A.
Jakira to address the audience on this
burning international question.