The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-22

lets and tried to make it a real protest dem
onstration. The police and army cossacks de-
scended on Sexta Avenida and strenuousy and
brutally did their work, "dispersing" and ar
resting those who resented rough handling.
About 200 arrests were made, including IA
organized workers, members of Red unions and
seven Communists.
The majority were released after day
or two in the hellish penitentiary Fourteen
workers, including the Communists, were held,
on charges of 'Disrespect to the Legislative
Bower" and also on military charges The lat
ter is the favorite method the Latin American
despots have for throttling rebellious work
ers, as every man above IS years of age is
subject to military service and discipline.
Communists Tortured.
Torture is the usual thing with Guatemalan
machete-generals and police degenerates and
it is not the first time that they have tortured
Communists. Comrade Alberto del Pina has
been beaten and tortured so savegely that it
has impaired his hearing. Two years ago,
after the May Day demonstration, he was
strung up by the testicles in the horror cham
bers of the penitentiary. Now he is in prison
again, together with Comrades Pablo Lopez
Delgado, Manuel Marroquin Subjected to tor
ture) Agustin Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Max
Gonzalez, Lorenzo Murcia and Jose Luis Soto
This last comrade had his home entered by
the police scoundrels at night and, with his
wife, hustled off to prison the police stole his
typewriter and carried away the files Of the
International Red Aid, of which he is local secre-
tary. With the list of members in their poses
sion, Soorzano's thugs are devoting themselves
to hunting Communists and members of the
Ira. Knowing what it means to fall into
the hands of the totrurers and murderers,
practically all organizers and leaders are in
hiding, as they are actually hunted.
Comrade Luis Villagran, Guatemalan dele
gate to the 1929 Congress of the Confederation
Sindical Latino Americana in Montevideo, was
arrested and banished from the country about
four months ago, for the crime of organizing
the workers. He is now in Salvador.
Robber Rulers.
And in the meantime, machete- General Cha
con never tires of plundering, for himself all
his numerous relatives, and his immediate gang
of accomplices. When this Wall Street lackey
rose to power-after th> sudden death of his
predecessor, Orellana, from "angina pictoris''
CD and fake election won with bayonets
and fraud-he didn't have "a grass mat to
fall dead on" as the Indians say.
He was not long in power before he CON-
menced to build a veritaJe palace, a stones
throw from the Central Plaza. Besides. he
has sent his sons to be educated in Germany
and many members of his family-which is
numerous-have gone on European tours, law
ishly spending the country's money. He was
practically unknown before 1926, so much 80
that he was dubbed "The Unknown Soldier"
by the students
The Guatemalan bourgeoisie is determined
to keep the Indian masses and all workers in
general enslaved as long they have control
over an army of automaton Indians. They fear
Communism as they fear the christian devil.
Actual chatte slavery exists in their coffee
plantations