The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-27
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MacDonald's Polish Methods
in India

! treatment This the magistrate refused to do
Bejoy asked for medical treatment as some
were unable to walk, one passing blood with
urine, whilst all had acute pains all over the
body.
One Indian paper described the tortures as
follows:
Each prisoner was assaulted by at least 20
to 25 policemen, the method of assault being
most inhuman. One method employed was
the penetration of fingers into the rectum
and kicking of teSticles. The assault contin-
ued for more than one hour, after which five
prisoners got fever; all others had acute pains
in different parts of the body. Mahab Singh
and Rajguree fell down senseless ON the spot.
Canes were frequently used, and marks
be actually seen on these prisoners"
Under such circumstances, this political
''frame-up" lasted for over nine months, the
butchers Of Imperialism had thought it neces-
sary to call some 600 witnesses in order to
prove their charges. The government could not
see the end of this great farce under such con-
ditions, and the whole population had been in
cited against the barbarous treatment afforded
to these prisoners SO it was necessary to hasten
the proceedings.
The Viceroy, therefore, used his despotic pow
ers, and on May l, $780, issued the Lahore con-
spiracy case ordnance, and statement of the
Viceroy which accompanied the PRONUNCIATION
of this ordnance contained the following: .
After anxious consideration have come to
the conclusion that neither the end of justice.
nor the interests Of the accused are served by
allowing these proceedings to drag out to
length which cannot at present be foreSeen.
Public policy clearly demands that the grave
charges against the accused should be thor
oughly scrutinized and finally adjudicated
upon with the least possible delay by tribunal
Of indubitabe impartiality3 and authority and
that the preliminary proceedings which have
already extended over nine months, and the
end of which is not yet in sight should be ter
minated. 1t is also necessary to ensure that
obstruction thai not further interrupt the
course of justice. I have accordingly decided
to avail myself of the authority conferred
upon the governor general under Section ~
of the Government of India Act, and to issue
an ordnance which has the effect of entrust-
ing the trial of the to tribunal to be
constituted by the chief justice of the High
Court of Judicature at Lahore, and consist
ing of three judges of the high court and to
invest this tribunal with powers to deal with
wilfuI obstruction. BY these means the ac-
cused will be assured of trial before court
of the highest possible authority, and it may
be expected that final and just decision will
be reached with no unnecessary delay"
Under this new court of three judges "of the
highest possible authority the trial began again
on May S. 1920 and after witnesses for the
prosecution had been examined two new men,
bers of the tribunal appointed in place of
two of the members who had been originally
appointed.
But this did not matter-the trial proceeded
for the peace and good government of British
India" and the change in the personnel of the
tribunal did not matter to the ultimate finding
of IF tJ,a it1,D
The court on Oct T. 1880, for the peace and
good will of British India" sentenced three
Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sakh Dew
Ito death; Kishorihal, Mahabr Singh, Bejoy
Qumar Sinha, SheO Yarma, Gya Parshad Jai
Dew and Kanwal Nath Towari to transporta-
tion for life; Kmdan LaI to seven years rigor-
GUS imprisonment, and Prem Dutt to five years
rigorous imprisonment
Against these savage sentences there is to be
no appeal in law The judicial committee of the
Privy Council have refused the appeal of the
accused and only the pressure of the interna-
tional working class save these heroic COM
rades from being sent to the gallows and that
living death transportation for life"
A similar set of circumstances surround the
trial of 81 comrades now proceeding at Meerut
in India, who have been accused of Conspiracy
Against the King and have been kept in Jail
since March, 1929, undergoing trial
These comrades have all taken some prom
inent part in the organization of the working
class movement in India, and this in itself is
regarded as Conspiracy Against the King" 1t
has taken the labor government of Britain
nearly two years and some thousands of pounds
to fake this trial-yet in the interests of i'm
perialism it must proceed
Unless the workers are prepared to stop this
butchery the Meerut trial can at any time be
transferred in the interests of peace and good
will in British India" to special court of the
highest authority" in order to bring about a
speedy conviction.
The Lahore conspiracy political frame-up and
the Meerut conspiracy political frame-up
initiated by the Baldwin government. but con-
Quoted by the brutal imperiast butcher, Mac
Donald. Judicial murder is their slogan, in or
der that British Imperialism may retain its
stranglehold on the bodies of the colonial peo-
piles. The overthrow of Imperialism is the task
of the International world proletariat under
the leadership of the Communist International.
Down with the White Terror
Down with Imperialism and the Second In
ternational butchers!
Forward to world Communism!