The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-04
(ContinNed from Paae Onel


Soviet Union the mightiest in the
Communist International, had Off
cially received the ashes of Ruthen-
berg, Saturday evening, April 10th,
from the local organization that had
taken them into its care ON their ar
rival from New York City the day
before.
AS the singing of "The Interna-
tional" ceased, the magnificent Red
Banners carried by the workers, the
banners of the local party, the trade
unions and Red Front Fighters or
CARNATIONS, were slightly lowered.
They were raised again as | responded
to Kasper. Then Herman Osterlohr,
the party secrets Try for Northwest
Germany, also spoke.
1t was day made memorable for
the workers Of this small seaport
town, where labor also tolls in its
vast shipyards. Theirs had been the
great honor Of receiving the ashes Of
kuthenberg and giving them in turn
to the national party.
kasper came on during the day
from Berlin. He was accompanied by
Osterlohr from Bremen. They had
found the urn containing the ashes
on view at the Party Headquarters.
A Guard Of Honor made up of mem
bers of the Red Front Fighters of
Bremerhaven was continually on
duty under the direction of their
leader, Ludwig Ehrler. Red banners
thanked the crimson covered dais on
which the Urn rested. Thousands of
workers filed past during the day.
Toward shutdown the march to the
Railroad Station began. With the
roll of drums, of the Red Front
Fighters Drum and Fife Corps,
sounding the funeral march, with red
banners waving defiantly, with the
Ashes Urn carried by four Red
Front Fighters and accompanied bv
an Honor Guard Of Twenty, the
representatives of the local and ma.
tional party, we proceeded thru the
working class districts to an assem-
bling place on the waterfront called
"Rote Sand" Red Sand). Here the
procession was joined by the main
body of the Red Front Fighters, the
"Rote Marine" (Red Marines), the
Rote Madchen and Frauen Bund. and
hosts of workers. From here the
procession continued to the railroad
station located in Wesermunde. neigh
boring city of Bremerhaven. In fact,
the two touch so that anyone walking
down the street would not notice
where one left off and the other
started.
The Police Are Busy.
We were accompanied on our march
by members of the various kinds of
German police. There are the green
and the blue, also the black police,
the Sehupo and the Noske police, to
mention few. In addition there was
an auto truck load of additional gend-
armerie who always lowered in the
neighborhood thru which we pro-
ceeded. They all wear short swords
and carry revolvers in full view, Even
the government officials who came
on board ship to view our passports
and landing cards, carried long
swords and wore brilliantly colored
military uniforms. The whole system
smacks of the militarism Of the
kaiserdom that is supposed to have
been deposed. Thus, under tn e
watchful eye of the German capitalist
republic, we carried the ashes of
Ruthenberg to the station from which
we were to depart for Bremen.
Unlike railroad stations in the
United States, those in Germany
usually have large open plaza in
front Of them. 1t was here that we
ended the march, where large num-
bers of additional other workers were
waiting for the procession.
Comrade Kaspar, spokesman for
the German party, is brilliant
speaker. As he spoke of Ruthenberg,
one could feel the power of his words,