The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-11
JON GRECEA's CONVERSION.
Translated by Brian Rhys

problems nothing what the little
patch Rumana toled His parents and his
parents parents times always
estates of the Boyard And from times mmemo he thought that
like the lands he owned by the Boyards
conscrpt age he became the
1t time. But he did not know what He
only that tiny part directly
obeyed the given, did
know he handled
rifle Just in former handled plough
And little did his gloomy days
he compelled like his brothers uniform drill
try to kill, and try well he could avoid being killed.
day up him. him bundle of leaf
lets and asked him distribute them his ow sailors
ship Grea did asked without knowing
the Sheets because he could and had
qustive.
was printed an appeal to the marines Brothers
soldiers of the Comrades uniform
the red Boyard against
the sOvets of Russia for the only country
where the people themselves"
THESE tracts passing from hand
authorities Gea political suspects
fogged till he bled and tortured For year
underwent prison. brutality that he
was brought before courtmarial.
military court spoke of his childhood and
youth He told what his life had been put
uniform He explained day beast
of burden his people worked
before him. gold"
He explained how he had thought that the labor which
far given all his working life
mighty chosen
might bring gold those golden
had thought than his mother,
brothers and sisters Of questioning this great law.
Then he spoke the presiding officers manfestoes
did doing only he unable
to read what printed The pamphlets which he
distribute but he had the cloud
which had always hung him-tried to find out,
Socialism and Communism in those days like words a
utterly beyond him. sure that he
had heard them mentioned explained
he had been with "who called
brothers chains had taught him the
had worked for in innocence They told him of the workers
the folly and injustice OF social order which turns the
of productive workers into CATTLE
of rich scattered among the They that
of these barbarous conditions the
dawn of liberty of light of life
"IUDGES of the court" said this t called Gecea
have you kind of 1 to be- But now am
changed And while suffered meaning
these things to which thought and last
indeed"
1t would have been him
pleading obvious involuntary agent the
committing charge here he was stand
ing before the military tribunal boldly ncupatng himself
count This simple deliberately called punish
ment his head and like apostle he cried Communism
glorious thing things world that
is the Order He would have wiled and other"
all pey the actual words that Jon cea boldly
uttered knowing they pass judges
heads and find their into the hearts of the hrong
Every of the people Rumania and
every abore win honest bread must come
the vampires and proclaim the by the pople
He condemned to five years detention
ton But when spoke of "condgn punishment
the words nadvisedly Rumana penalty
abolished there several reinforcing
seat of Justice.
WHEN Bratianu the prime minister informed
spoken by Jon Grecea before the
great fury And of please him. they tried
Jon Greea by the stock deceattempt The
this method we'll known prisoner simply
cell and shot the back out in the fields Then it explained that
he had attempted to escape
For however the trick tried and failed Then they
tried poisoning Gra But by extraordinary chance this failed
too The only thing left daily They deprived
him of ood they loaded his with
him into that damp CONSTRUCTED dugou which gher
There for months he stayed doubled in two.
Then he began hunger striking This exactly
turers hoped for their only wish find the
die But the other all
hungerstruck too The had give way especially
the had abroad bands
section of foreign opinion showing
then used promises end to the hunger
the infrmary The little building
anapr of