The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-25

April 1905 over 5000 people were ar
rested in Violin and Polesia alone.
Among these were active participants
in the election campaigns, active
trade unionists, cultural and educa-
tional workers, etc. The prisoners
were subjected to outrageous torture,
during their preliminary examination
the methods employed recalling those
employed in medieval torture cham
berS.
In November 1926 the trial took
place of 1853 workers and peasants IN
vladimir Volinsk- Recently 81 White
Russians were put on trial in Brest.
All trials resulted in long prison SEN
fences being imposed upon the ac-
cused. An Ukrainian named Billy
was sentenced to death in Tarnopol
for being a member of the Commun-
ist Party of western Ukraine. Short
ly mass trials of 1913 peasants in
Violin (western White Russia), 70 in
Strey (western Ukraine), and 81 IN
Lutsk (western White Russia) will
take place. A new wave of mass ar
rests is now sweeping over Poland.
In Wilma the deputies Of the Corona
da": Tarashkecish, Voloshin, Rak-
Mikhailovsky and Myetla have been
arrested; the deputy of the Independ-
ent Peasant Party, GOlOvatsch, was
also arrested, Notwithstanding the
fact that their arrest without the
permission of the Diet is a gross VI
olation of their parliamentary rights
of immunity. In addition to this, nu-
merous other arrests were effected
Throughout White Russia; thus over
800 White Russians have been arrest
ed in the Vilensk and Novogrud dis
tricts and 116 in Byelostock.
The smashing of the peasants ma
tional liberation movement in the
borderlands of Poland is part of the
military plans of Pilsudsky's fascist
government. Being tool of British
imperialism, Pilsudsky is preparing
for war against the USSR. His mill
tary plans include the annexation Of
Lithuania and the "unification" Of
the White Russian Soviet Republic
with western White Russia into al
Independent White Russian Nation
al Republic" styled an 'independen
federation" Pilsudsky's policy in re
lation to the compromising parties 0.
White Russia and the Ukraine full.
, corroborates this. He promises then
various concessions" in exchang
for organic collaboration" with tn
Polish government.
The national liberation movement
in the Polish border territories ar
a menace to Pilsudsky's militar,
schemes. The Polish government
/ therefore trying to liquidate the peas
) ant movement in those places so a
/ to ensure that claw and order" wi
2 prevail during the military engage
: ments.
4 Suppression and mass terror ar
/ systematically and uninterruptedly
e force.
e Congresses held with the govern
e ment's permission are being raide
j by fascist bands. Such was the cas-,
: for instance, with the Congress q
: the Coronado" in December, 1926,
a the village Staraya Bereza (Wester
S White Russia) where over 100 pea.
S ant delegates were assaulted an
: wounded. Such raids were also OF
gained on previous Congresses {
e the Coronado" in Byelostock an
+ Soktulk lin the dyed of Grodno
" Peasants are made to pay enormou
n fines lover 1000 zloty), and the
e property sold by auction for partic
o pating at legal meetings. This
it done in order to provoke the pea
3 ants of the border territories
J. armed partisan struggles so as
give the government a pretext fl
it drowning the national hberatiC
It in its own blood and thus establis
n tranquility in those districts whic
$ are about to be the main arena f,
5 military operations against Il
n USSR.
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