The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-25
DEFEND HEROIC COMMUNISTS BEING FRAMED BY NAH HANGMEt
DIMITROFF ASSAILS NANS
IN FIERY DEFENSE SPEECH
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IhCnh LAVE OA'H'
repeatedly charged the German gov
eminent with a frame-up attempt to
link him with the Reichstag arson.
Writing under Dimitroff's fiery ex-
posture, the Nazi judge threatened to
expel the Bulgarian from the court
room.
Denied Choice of Counsel
The judge grew especially stern
when Dimitrof said that 1000 Bull
-garian Communists were innocently
murdered" by the fascist regime of
his own country.
''You assert this without proof,
the Judge shouted angrily.
eff 1 had free choice of counsel
the Communist replied, 81 would
have supplied proof. But you ham
per me in my defense. / never be-
fore knew the attorney you assigned
me. The eight lawyers / suggested
were rejected"
The judge made no effort to hide his
irritation at the fact that Dimitroft
was conscious of the fact that he was
Transforming the Nazi court into a
forum for exposing the murder reg
ines of both Germany and Bulgaria,
at the same time putting forward
boldly the program of the Comn1u-
nists.
Speaking in the manner of an ex-
perienced mass orator, Dimitroft fire.
quently turned to the audience in the
courtroom when he made his most
telling points.
Sofia Charge Is ProyOcation
When Justice Buenger repeated the
charge that the Bulgarian Commu-
nists were responsible for the burning
of the Sofia Cathedral in 1924, Dimit-
rolf retorted heatedly that it had
long ago been proved an act of pro-
vocation, and added:
Things like that are being done in
Germany today"
In a courageous speech which con-
sumed nearly two hours, Dimitroff
proudly described the Bulgarian
workers and peasants instruction Of
1928.
"I only regret" he told the Nazi
court, that at that time we were not
yet genuine Bolsheviks and therefore
could not carry out our task. We
have learned, and the struggle of the
Bulgarian proletariat continues.
The Stambulisky government had
terrorized the country, the Bulgarian
Communist charged, and had bes-
TALLY murdered 10000 peasants and
workers"
Denying the accusation that the
Bulgarian Communists were respon-
sible for the Sofia Cathedral fire
Dimitrof declared that he was in
Moscow at the time When the judge
quoted the Bulgarian Minister of the
Interior to the effect that the cath
edral outrage was result of CONS
piracy of an organized Communist
band" Dimitrof challenged this ener-
getically and declared that the firing
of the cathedral was provocation
against the Communist Party of Bull
garia.
81 am not terroristic adventurer,
Il6 Sdlu. L all d SuppOl ISI dlJu oil
admirer of the Bolshevik Revolution
and 1 am working for the dictator
ship of the proletariat. But I am
against individual terroristic actions
and 'putsches,' not because of SEN
timental considerations but because
our policy and program demands
| other action.
THE burning of the cathedral was
IN act of provocation against the
Bulgarian Communist Party which
the government exploited for its own
terroristic regime" 1t was at this
point that Ujmitroff declared,
Things like that are being done in
Germany today
When the presiding judge asked
Dimitroff whether he considered that
the ends justified the means :
whether legal or illegal = Dimitroff
said.
"Of counsel All means-legal OF
illegal-are justified in the struggle
to bring about proletarian revolu-