Evening star., 1925-10-25
PROTEST FALLING
OF RED IN HUNGARY
Crowd Pickets Legation to
Demand Rakosi Release.
Meeting Is Held.

After picketing the Hungarian lega-
ton during the afternoon, several
scores Of men and women gathered
in the Playhouse. 1910 y street, last
night and voiced vigorous protest
against the imprisonment Of los mem
bers of the Independent Socialist
party in Hungary. They are demand
ing the release of Matthias Rakosi.
Communist. in Jail in Vienna on
charge of fostering revolution.
Although three headquarters de
tectives were scattered through the
audience and three uniformed police
men waited outside. the meeting was
permitted to progress without inter
ference. 1t was stated afterward.
however. that had any direct attacks
been made on the American Govern
ment the place was to have been
raided
The speakers were Norman II.
Tallentire, who took an active part
in the celebrated Mooney defense in
San Francisco some years ago, and
J. @. Bentall. whom the chairman of
the meeting introduced as "a class
war prisoner, who served his time in
Leavenworth" Both admitted their
unqualified allegiance to the cause OF
Communism and the spread OF Soviet
ism.
SIS Fund Raised
Il was first explained that the
meeting had been called TO pro
test against the threatened execu-
ton of the whole flower of the Hun
carian proletariat." Later a reSolu-
ton to that effect was unanimously
adopted and an attempt was made to
raise a fund 10 help save the Hun
Garian prisoners from being put to
death. -f -Et
In response to an appeal for dona-
tions of s. each one woman gave
that sum and later A few contributed
81 each. The chairman of the meet
ing then asked that some one pass a
hat and urged those present to con-
tribute as much money as their
pocketbooks would allow. Close to
SIS was raised in all, it was stated.
Mr.. Tallentire declared that the
present conflict between Bulgaria and
Greece may lead to another world
confla grafton. If It does. he predicted
that the ultimate result would he the
extension of the Soviet borders to the
Danube and the Rhine. and possibly
to the Bay of Biscay." He asserted
that never in the history of the
United States. has free speech been
so severely limited.
Hits Financial Empire"
Referring to Washington as this
citidel of capitalistic power, he ne
clared America has created "a world
financial empire and urged the
masses to pledge themselves to work
for the destruction of the present
form of society and substitution OF
government of the proletar1at.
Those who won't produce should not
eat" he asserted.
Mr.. Bentall said there has been "a
tremendous slump in idealism in Amer
ica recently" There was time, ne
eXplained. when a man could wrap the
national emblem about his body and
dare the police to shoot. with assur-
ance not bullet would pass through
his body. He added that Morgan.
Gary and du Pont are trying 10 keep
a corpse alive"
The speaker admitted that "only the
stupidity of the working classes
keeps him out Of Jail. IF the men
and women I talk to were capable
of understanding what / say he de
clared. 1.-The police would have me in
the hoosgow in a jiffy. But the work
ing men and women are capitalists
from the necks up and slaves from
the necks down
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