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Dimitroffs emphatic statement, said
that the Communist documents had
purposely camouflaged the date of
the instruction.
Torgler Discredits NaZi
Detective BroSig made the aSSer-
ton that many secret conferences
had been held whereupon Ernst
Torgler interviewed to say that Brosig
had referred yesterday to the per-
fectly legal railwaymen's trade union
conference in Dusseldorf as a secret
conference. Torgler thus discredited
the detectives remark. Brosig con-
tinued by mentioning the great
Communist plan to poison 1900
Nazie."
This statement was not allowed TO
GO unchallenged. Dimitroff imme-
diately demanded that Brosig state
the details of this plan.
DimiGroff Protests Lies
DimiCroff protested against Maxi
witnesses being allowed to make such
statements as proved facts. ut is
impossible. absurd, idioticl" he ex-
claimed. The presiding judge, again
embarrassed, promised an investiga-
ton. Most of Dimitroff's questions,
However. were not allowed.
The senate rendered it's decision on
Dlnlitroff'5 request of yesterdays ses-
sion BY saying that it would not call
as witnesses Schleicher, Won Papen
end Bruening TO clear the questions
Of the sntagonisns of national groups
that existed last February. After all
tie stress that the Nazi prosecution
had placed on their own version OF
these antagonis1ns at yesterdays SEES
SIGN, they referred to the matter 90
dsy as irrelevant"
Tine Naz spy and Communist Sex
per" 8elle- IVES recalled to the stand,
anG stated that he knew from years
Of experience that in conflicts be-
tween NaziS and Conn unists the
Communists we're Invariably the ag-
gresso-s.
Torgier Scores Spy
Ernst To-gler replied that the
Reichstag and Prussian diet had fire.
quently issued material compiled by
the same police to which Heller be-
longed which showed definitely in
Vulnerable cases of Nazi attacks and
provocations. Torgler asked Heller
whether he knew Of these cases.
But Heller retreated, saying that
the cases probably dealt with other
oflcials.
Probably you and other officials
judged matters differently them"
Torgler replied. He followed up this
statement by demanding that the
court give him the OppoE tunity to
state his political viewpoint. The
presiding judge evadcd this momen
tatily by promising him the OPP
portunity to do so tomorrow.
The discussion following this re-
volyed about the question as to
whether Torgier had given himself up
voluntarily TO the police or not. Heller
maintained that Torgler would have
been arrested anyway, since his name
was on the Nazi police list of leading
Communists. Torgler replied that he
had phoned the police headquarters
and then had gone TO Detective Hell
sig's police station, where the min
utes state "Torgler appeared volun-
tarily"
Dinitroff at this point demanded
that Duesterberg, vice-cfairman of
the Steel Helmets, be called to give
testimony on the great tension be-
tween the Steel Helmets and the
Storm Troops, to establish this state
OF affairs as evidence that the motive
for the ReichStag fire was maneuvre
to stop the disunity in the nationalist
camp. Tire public prosecutor, how
ever, refused to call on Duesterberg.
But Dimitroff insisted on this
point, stating that this was political
trial and that therefore the political