The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-23
|. |. D. EXPOSES
FAKE amnesty
IN BULGARIA
Called Protest Asks
Full Amnesty
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A spirited note Of protest to the
Bulgarian government for ito fraudu-
lent amnesty" was sent to Sofia to.
day by the International Labor De.
Tense, in the name Of almost score
of leading liberal, radical and labor
men and women.
The cabled protest is in reply to
the appeals from Bulgaria against the
proposed amnesty" introduced by the
cabinet of M. Liaptchev, the success
sor to the hangman zankoff. The
cable reads as follows:
NARDONO SOBRAINE, SOFIA.
BULGARIA. CALLED REPORT IN
FORMS US THAT YOUR GOVERN
MENT REFUSES TO CARRY OUT
PROMISE OF AMNESTY TO ALL I'M
lPRISONED UNDER ZANKOFF AND
GRANTS AMNESTY ONLY TO Sc
LECT FEW. WE DEMAND FULL
AMNESTY AS PROMISED. SHALL
BE COMPELLED TO CARRY ON
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AMONG
AMERICAN PEOPLE IF PROMISE
is NOT FULFILLED.
The cablegram is signed by Char
lotte Anita Whitney, VIM. H. Holly.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Robert w.
Dunn, Ellen Hayes, Robert Whitaker.
A. T. Mcnamara, Albert F. Coyle. H.
w. L. Dana, Roger N. Baldwin, E. C.
Wentworth, Eugene V. Debs, Ralph
Chaplin, Alice Stone Blackwell.
David Rhys Williams, William Bouck,
Kate Crane CARTE, James P. Cannon.
The Fake Amnesty"
The proposal of M. Liaptchev. the
premier Of Bulgaria, came to the ma
tional Bulgarian assembly, after the
entire world had raised its voice in
Mortified protest at the brutal perse-
cutions which marked the bloody
reign of Zankoff, and filled the pris-
ons Of Bulgaria with thousands of
workers and peasants, and the earth
Of the country with corpses.
M. Liaptchev proposed a bill which
provides for the release of thousands
OF criminals, most of whom were i'm
prisoned under the regime of STAN.
bulinski, the peasant leader. Those
imprisoned were spectators, usurers,
war profiteers, and ordinary criminals.
The rest are mainly composed of fas-
| cist murderers whom even Zankoff
was obliged to imprison, SO heinous
were their crimes and so loud the pro-
test of the people.
While these elements are to be
freed wholesale by M. Liaptchev, who
bids fair to become an even mora
cunning Zankoff, the more than
5000 political prisoners are to stav
in Jail, with the exception of 1900 of
them who compose the least known
and most innocent victims of the ter
ror. And even those political pris-
oners who are to be released have
strings tied to them which makes the
release bitter joke. Some of them
must pay big fines, which most of
them cannot do and as a result must
return to serve their time. Others
have similar barriers cast around the
road to freedom from the dungeons
OF the reactionary Bulgarian rulers.
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M. Liaptchev is anxious to gain n
reputation as a humanitarian in or
der to remove the black stain from
the shield Of Bulgaria, stain made
by the blood of thousands of brave
workers and peasants. Foreign capi-
talists never dared to negotiate for
eign loans during Zankoff's rule be.
cause of the extent to which Zankofr
was cordially despised thruout the
world, a symbol of shameless oppres-
sion. Now M. Liaptchev is attempt
ing to gain a reputation with a false
amnesty" bill in order to obtain f.
nancial recognition thruout the world
The protest of the International La
Ibor Defense, whose activities have
previously aided in stopping the at.
tempted legal murder of Rakosi in
Hungary, is a determined declaration
OF its intention to join with the pro-
gressive elements thruout the world
to protest this new back-handed as
sault upon the long-oppressed Bull
garian masses. Further DEVELOPMENTS
in this affair are expected shortly.