The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-06
By JOE FREEMAN.

I have seen the blood of German
workers along Bismarckstrasse. The
green police, who serve under a So
cial democratic chief, fired into a
peaceful demonstration of men,
women, and children who marched to
protest against the fascist terror in
stigated, patronized and protected by
the German bourgcoisie.
Violence Prepared.
Violence has been in the air for
some time On May 1 the workers of
Germany, like the workers the world
over, will celebrate the international
proletarian holiday.
The German fascists have an
nounced counter demonstration for
Nay g. From all parts Of the Reich
the black hordes Of reaction will
march to Berlin. The subsidized
hooligans of the Stahlhelm have open
ly announced their plan to terrorize
the workers. This week they gave a
few preliminary examples.
On Sunday the workers of Juter-
bog, on the outskirts of Berlin, cele-
brated the anniversary of the Paris
Commune. They were entertained by
a brass band of 25 Communists from
the Rote Frontkaempferbund a mill
tant working class organization espe-
cially feared and hated by the
fascists.
On the same day 400 fascists held
maneuvers at Trebbin, nearby town.
Both groups returned to Berlin on
the same train. The brave 400 fas-
cists attacked the 25 Communists.
They beat them with sticks and flag
poles; they threw heavy stones at
them; they fired revolvers into the
small group of unarmed workers.
The police at the railway station of
Lichterfeld-Ost, where the fascist
pogrom took place, did not lift a
finger. Twenty Of the Communists
were wounded. Six Of them had to
be taken to the hospital. From the
Lichterfeld-Ost station the fascists
went on to Berlin with the cry: kill
the Jews" They beat up people in
the streets.
Often Attack.
This is not an isolated incident.
The anniversary of the Paris Com
mune was celebrated by workers in
various parts of Germany, and in a
number of places the celebrations
were followed by fascist pogroms.
In Duisburg a gang of fascists at
tackled small group of social demo-
cratic workers. In Solingen they at
tackled Communist workers.
Thousands March.
Yesterday the Rote Frontkaempfer-
bund called on the workers of Berlin
to demonstrate against the fascist
terror. Thousands of workers gath
cred at the end of the Tiergarten to
march toward Friedrich Carl Platz.
The members of the R. F. B. and
Of its women's auxiliary wore uni
forms and carried banners. The side
walks and gutter were jammed with
worlers-young and old, men, women
and children. They were indignant
over Sunday events.
At the head of the r. F. B. lines
stood half a dozen of Sundays vic
tins with bandaged heads. In front
of them was a line of green police on
horseback. The streets were full of
police in uniform and plain clothes.
From the side streets there came
pouring in R. F. B. workers in uni
form, on foot and in motor trucks.
They carried red banners and
placards.
"Down with the fascist terror!"
Workers, defend yourselves on
May 81"
prepare against the danger of in
ternational war!"
"Down with fascism and reaction!"
sour blood shall not flow in vain!"
Behind each contingent of r. F. B.
workers came a truckload of green
police. The brass bands scattered
along the r. T. B. line struck up the
Internationale and the demonstration
began to move, thousands of voices
taking up the words, thousands of
heads barred under the arclights of
Berlin's polished streets.
We were marching through the
bourgeois quarter Of the city. The
r. F. B. swung along four abreast,
the workers on the sidewalks and in
the gutter moved in loose formation.
Ahead of us we could see the backs
of the green police bouncing on their
horses.
An excited young man started to
run about among the front lines of
the workers, urging them to push on
faster. The leader Of the r. F. B.
said:
"Be careful! He is a provocateur!"
Murder Begins.
The excited young man disappeared.
The mass moved on, part Of it get
ting ahead of the r. F. B. lines. We
came to a street car crossing. The
police horses backed up against the
crowd. The singing went on.
''Down with the fascists!"
DOWN.
"Downl"
"Down!"
The police sabres flashed in the air.
Some one screamed.