The daily worker., 1929-01-21

bic and justify in advance the
plan to murder him.
| Also, with the dismissal by
special order of President Gil,
sent by wire, of the Chief of
the Mexican Secret Police,
Vicente Quintana, under the fire of
the nationwide protest of workers
and peasants for sheltering the as
sassins of Julio Mella, it is revealed
that Quintana, openly accused of
being bribed by the Cuban govern
ment, had tried to turn suspicion
upon the false track of another mo-
tive and thus shelter the real as
sassins who were agents of the
President of Cuba.
Mella Accused Imperialists.
Although everyone knew that
Mella's murder was a political as
sassination, and although Mella had
himself stated in his dying moments
that he was certain that he had
been shot down by agents of the
Cuban government, Quintana had
framed up another story to deceive
the public into believing that Mella
was killed by a rival for the love
of Tina Modotti, Mella's friend and
comrade.
Quintana had produced, not only
a known agents provocateur, one
Jose Magrinat, with whom Mella
had spoken only a few minutes be-
fore he was shot down, and who
had made an appointment with
Mella at a certain hour and place
undoubtedly to set the assassins
upon Mella's track, but three other
supposed witnesses" who had testi-
fled that some other man was seen
by them with Mella and Tina Mod
otti, and that they were quarrel
ling over tho girl"
Masses Refute Story.
The masses off workers and pea
SAINTS, through their gigantic demon
strations of anger at Mella's
murder and storm of demands upon
the government of Portes Gil, forced
Gil to remove Quintana, and smashed
the lying story he circulated.
As quickly as Quintana was dis
charged, the three witnesses" con-
fessed that he had compelled them
under fear of punishment, to testify
falsely and that there was no "rivap'
and no ''love affair"
In addition to this proof of tho
murder of the Communist leader be-
ing directly chargeable to the Presi-
dent of Cuba, and his agents, are
tha official reports of the police
commissioner who questioned both
Mella and Tina Modotti.
Machado Agents.
The Mexican newspaper Gel Uni
versaP of Jan. IL published the
following report of the police COM
missioner who directly investigated
the murder of Mella, questioning
him as he lay on his death-bed in
the Red Cross hospital. This police
report also proves that Mella knew
his assassins were agents of Macha-
do. 1t says:
Il received notice that in the
second street of Abraham Gonzalez
there was wounded Senior Julio An
tonic Mella. Later, questioned in
the Red Cross hospital, the wounded
man was able to speak and declared
that he was certain that his assail-
ants were sent by the government
of Cuba. The wounds are classified
and described in the medical certifi-
cate that accompanies this report.
With the foregoing noted, an ex-
animation was held.
Present: Julio Antonio Mella,
and questioned according to the
general legal form, said that he was
named as herein written, being
originally from Havana, Republic
of Cuba, Of 25 years of age, married,
student and journalist, living at 81
Abraham Gonzalez St., declared:
"That at 9:15 today, accompanied
by Tina Modotti, he was walking
through Morelos Avenue, and at
turning into the second street of
Abraham Gonzalez, heard two shots,
fired at his person, causing him the
wounds that he showed. That he is
certain that his assailants were two
individuals sent expressly by the
government of Cuba, as he (Mella)
was the voice of Communist ideas.
contrary to the ideas Of that gov
ernment. That it should Be noted
that two years ago he fled from
Cuba because they tried to kin him,
having imputed that he had insulted
the flAs Of that nation. That some
lzodnents before bsine wounds y
fContiN,ied - Is1cs NIe1