The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-25

refer to the political prisoners con-
sists only of long series of limita-
tons.
Seeks Foreign Loans.
With this bill the Liaptchev govern
ment hopes to get democratic and
humanitarian reputation abroad and
thus get foreign loans, which the
capitalists did not dare to grant to
the terrorist Zankov government.
According to the formulation Of the
Bulgarian amnesty bill a distinction
is made between leaders" and
masses" People whom the Bulga-
rian authorities declare to be lead
ers" can under no circumstances get
an amnesty. Thus the members of
the central committee of the Com
munist Party Of Bulgaria with Kolarov
at their head will get no amnesty.
Furthermore all actions against the
law of protection of the state will not
be amnestied. AS this law makes any
statements against the government a
crime, there are thousands in prison
sentenced on the basis of this law.
All those workers and peasants who
Joined armed groups against the gov
eminent will not be amnestied.
Under the pretext to broaden" the
amnesty, the government commission
added the following paragraph to the
bill: mo amnesty will be given to
those persons who have already been
sentenced and amnestied before, but
have committed crimes again."
Exclude Many PollticaIs.
BY this paragraph hundreds are
excluded from the amnesty because
very many workers and peasants in
question were already sentenced once
during the war or in the time Of I'M
rest following 1t. This long ago for
gotten amnesty, which was a natural
action of every government after the
war, will now be made a weapon
against the present proletarian polit-
ical prisoners in Bulgaria.
The amnesty bill furthermore con-
tains paragraph which maintains
that all the fines, cost of the proceed
ings etc. must be paid by the workers
and peasants who have been SEN
fenced. These sums are in many
cases millions of leva and none of
the "amnestied" will be able to nav
them. Thus, after a certain time, all
these workers will be compelled to
return to prison to serve a time which
makes up for the unpaid fines and
costs.
Returning Emigrants Killed.
AS this amnesty bill is a great con-
fusion of various paragraphs and
regulations and limitations, the emf
grants abroad have no possibility to
find out whether they are included in
1t. They must be protected against
Illusions. The case of the soldier
Slatkov, who returned home after he
had received a passport from the
Bulgarian ambassador and his promise
that he was amnestied, and who was
Immediately imprisoned and shot.
must not be forgotten. Two emigrants
who returned to their homes, were
shot on Dec. IL in the village of
Galabovtzi. This happened under
zankov, but the Laiptchev government
has undertaken nothing for the pun
ishment of the murderers who are
known to every little child in the
village.
Demand Amnesty for Politicals.
The international Red Aid has
launched a great protest campaign
against this amnesty bill and various
proletarian and liberal bourgeois or
CARNATIONS have sent protest tele-
grams to the Bulgarian government
and parliament. The international
working class fight for a full amnesty
of all political prisoners in Bulgaria
goes on