The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-06
ENGDAHL SPEAKS
AT MAGNIFICENT
DEMONSTRATION
$4,000 Assem- bic at
Hamburg, Germany
By ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.
Special to The DAILY WORKER)

Especial to The DALI WOkk Eh)
HAMBURG, Germany (By MaiD-
This correspondence, written while
rapidly crossing Europe to the east
wards, can neither be carefully pre-
pared nor complete. Especially in
view Of the brief moments available
between travelling, participating in
The huge demonstrations the workers
Of Germany have prepared and are
carrying out in conveying the ashes
Of our comrade, Ruthenberg, to Mos
COW, and greeting the comrades Of
whom we all read but few have the
opportunity to meet.
Monster Demonstration.
In haste, however, l must write a
few words of the most imposing and
magnificent revolutionary demon
stration in which | have ever Joined.
Such demonstrations are not yet
known to the United States, nor even
to England as yet, according to the
British delegate, Massei, to the Ger
man Youth Congress, with whom !
spoke.
In 1910, was a delegate to the
international Socialist and Trade
Union Congress at Copenhagen, Den
mark, the last congress of the Second
(Socialist) International before the
world war. The workers of Copen-
hagen turned out in great numbers to
erect the congress. Bat there was
no comparison with Red Hamburg,
ON Easter Sunday, 1927.
In 1910, I also came down into
Germany from Denmark and attended
the Congress that year Of the Ger
man Social-Democratic Party at
Magdeburg. The congress opened
with a demonstration with Karl Lieb-
knecht as one Of the principal
speakers. The kaiser had just de-
clared, once more, that he ruled with
divine power, an incident of which
Liebknecht took full advantage in his
speech, with the police present to
take down his speech verbatim. THIS
gave some spirit to the gathering but
it had no comparison to the revolu-
tionary fervor that swept thru the
masses Of Hamburg gathered this
Sunday.
First of all it was Germany's Com
munist Youth Day. Chen the Com
munist International had just issued
a manifesto calling on workers every
where to demonstrate not only against
the blood bath of the imperialists in
the East, but also against the right
wing betrayers of the revolution in
China.
There were 10000 delegates in the
city for the Youth Congress. The
Hamburg Communists number 5000.
Hamburg has powerful Young Com
munist League. 1t is proud OF it's
Red Front Fighters Organization,
tits Rote Frontkampfer Bund, Rote
Jung Front, Rote Frauen und Mad
chen Bund). Here was the red heart
of proletarian Hamburg.
A Live Paper.
The Hamburger Volkszeitung, the
party organ, had appeared on Satur-
day as special edition. The first
page displayed the manifesto Of the
Communist International under the
heading, Rally Against the Imperial
list Hangmen of China!" also the la
test news from the Far East under
the heading, "Defeat the Hangmen
and Their Alliesl" There was also an
illustration showing a young worker
planting the banner of the Young
4 Communist International on the top
of a huge structure with the Ham
burg Harbor showing in the back
qkound. 1t carried the captain, 1.-THE
Young Guard of the Revolution in
Hamburg" The issue was filled will
articles and illustrations on the situa-
tom ia China and the problems con-
fronting the Communist Youth.
The Gathering Demonstration.
This was the appeal that drew the
mighty battalions of labor in Ham
burg to the assembling place-Lubec-
ker Torfeld. / arrived there with
Comrade Otto Lindau, editor Of the
Bremen Arbeiter-Zeitung about 1880
o'clock. Many had already arrived.
From then on, however, until three
o'clock, the thousands come singly, or
in great hosts. The thunder Of
drums, of music Of great bands, the
singing, could be heard continuously
far up the streets in every direction
rs the red multitudes assembled. Ber-
Inns delegation, more than thou
SAID, to the Youth Congress, with its
fContinned on Pa0s Thresl