The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-05

Marines in Picking.
in the thunder challenge of "The In
ternational."
We descend from The Tribune and
lift the heavy metal casket upon our
shoulders and carry it toward its last
resting place beside the Red Kremlin
Wall. I am just behind Rykoff. He
is quite frail. The burden is too much
for him. He relinquishes his place
but walks with u.s. At the grave
workmen take over the casket and
place it beside the deep cash, that has
been cut in the earth. The cover has
not yet been put in place. One look at
Voikov's face, quiet in death, reveals
how peacefully he sleeps, how cour-
ageously he died. The mother crum-
pies up beside the coffin. She clings
to its side, weeping softly. She is
dressed in black, with only grey
shawl for head covering. A Mother
of the Revolution weeping while these
in the high places of the Soviet Power
stand by, paying homage to her grief.
At the Mothers side the Widow, biting
her lips to hold back her sobs. In the
dark days in Warsaw and the sad
journey home to Moscow, her grief
has composed itself. Gently the work
men take the coffin and begin lower
ing it into the grave; the Red Army
/ Commandant who has been standing
! by with right hand raised high, brings
| it quickly down to his side. 1t is a
signal to the two Red Army soldiers
who have been standing not far away
with telephones glued to their ears.
| They send on the orders and in an
other second guns begin to roar on the
drill grounds within the Kremlin.
Twelve guns are fired as final trib
ute to Voikov-the Red Soldier of the
Revolution.
Then eight workmen fill in the
grave that is very near to that of
John Reed, and close to where the
ashes of Ruthenberg were placed in
the Kremlin Wall We return to the
| tribune and review the procession of
workers, students and Red Army sol
diers as they pass before dispensing,
the music now being that of "The In
| ternationaP in place Of the Funeral
March. Melnichansky translates the
slogans upon the banners for me. The
/ declaration that still remains fore
most in my mind was that carried by
workers delegation declaring:
1 Do Not Want War
"We Do Not Want War, But We
Are Ready for Its'
/ Today the 'Rabotchaya Gazetta"
/ issued a special edition, with most of
the work contributed. The entire
proceeds are to go to "The Answer to
Chamberlain Fund" for which 100000
roubles ($75,000) have already been
subscribed, to build battle airplanes
commemorating the death of Voikov.
4 Thus the workers and peasants of
the Soviet Union show that they do
not forget. The murder of Voilov has
stirred them deeply.
We learned of the assassination late
/ Wednesday afternoon at the Comm
/ tern. Thursday morning the Soviet
press was full of it. Tens of thou
sands of mourning flags appeared
quickly in all sections of the city.
Thursday afternoon, Immediately aft
er work, tens of thousands of work
ers marched thru the streets, demon
strating against this foul deed, pass
ing thru the Red Square, before the
Comintern Building, the First House
of the Moscow Soviet, the Party Head
quarters and other Soviet Institutions.
One hundred thousand marched in
Leningrad.
No Mistaking Workers Spirit.
There was no installing the spirit
Of these workers. We called to them
from the balcony Of the Comintern:
4 Long Live the Proletariat of Mos
cow" Back came the shout, I.ong
Live the Red Terror!" Upon one ban
ner was inscribed: Against the
White Terror the Red Terror" The
workers had been stirred by the slay-
ing of Opansky, high official of the
&c. p. u" at Minsk, and the muir
derous attack ON party discussion
meeting in Leningrad, during which
two bombs were thrown, injuring
scores.
No wonder that the workers and
peasants of the Soviet Union feel that
the new capitalist attack on their
Power has actually begun.