The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Guilty
ByOevn Evidence,
"Pravda" States
+ Communist Organ in
USSR Calls for World
Fight for Defendants

MOSCOW, Dec. 15.-Pravda,
central organ Of the Commu-
mist Party of the Soviet Union,
in an editorial entitled "Igno-
NITROUS Finale Leipzig Trial, writes;
y sFor almost three months this pitt
full. disgusting spectacle OF the Wr1g-
$ Cling fascist incendiaries has been
Infoided before the world. The his
pry OF political trials in recent years
probably contains no example Of rev.
oIutionary firmness and supreme
loyalty to their class like that shown
BY George Din1itroff and his three
comrades.
Their three months struggle IS
OF tremendous political Importance
and to great extent explains why
the fascistS are practically forced
10 admit through the mouth OF
their Public Prosecutors that the
Leipzix trial was an asrOcity Of the
ruling classes. The court was I'M
able TO produce single proof ex~
;pnerasing the fascist incendiarieS,
but many unrefuted proofs were
accumulated convincing fascist
Justice OF tremendous falsifica-
ton.
Conceal Indictment
Gs@W'ay was the Indictment not pub
Mshed? This Is such q false farago
Of les that they decided not to pub
lisii it. But the indictment exists!
This is the Brown Book, known to all
the world. The fascist oignitaries Of
the fascist regime eonvulsiVely de-
tended themselves from it in court.
Werner and Parisius, the Prosecutors,
yainly tried to prove Van der Luboe,
q Communist, that he burned the
Reicnstag as 9 signal for revolt. An
old story!
Werner attempted to claim that the
signal was not acted en- because mes
sengers OF the Communist Party were
caught. This is one OF the basic ar
guments Of the prosecution. When
where we're the messengers
caGght7 why were they not cross
cxarnined?
Diinitroff proved in detail the false
ness Of the fascist statement that the
Communist Party prepared an armed
uprising in February.
No Witnesses
The prosecution dares not main
tain the discredited thesis of direct
isaplicatioa of the German Commun-
ist Party in the burning OF the Reich
stag Nothing is left but to insist on
the political responsibility Of the
Communist Party. The prosecutor
refers to reliable" witnesses.
Where are these witnesses? Among
the witnesses are twenty members Of
the criminal police, six provocateurs,
two spies, two thieves, eight govern
ment officials, three fascist deputies,
seven fascist activists, one madman,
and finally Goering and Goebbels.
The degree OF their perjury is shown
by toe TACT that the prosecutor rely
Ing on the evidence was compelled to
abandon the charge against the Bull
gslian comrades,
Nazi Aceomplices
Before the trial fascists claimed
that Van der Lubbe had confederates.
During the trial Van der Lubbe was
converted into solitary incendiary.
When the indictment became public,
Parisius turned completely around to
the defense thesis that Van der Lubbe
had not acted alone.
IL is well known that Van der
bubbe did not act alone. II Is also
we'll known who we're his coufeder-
ste&. The Brown Book gives their
names. But the prosecutor cannot
give them. Apparently the encr-
nous fascist policies spy system was
unable to discover his confederates.
Ridiculous lie! His confederates
were not discovered because other
Wise il would be necessary to put
the fascist leaders as prisoners In
the dock,
Admit Perjury
The speech Of Parisius confirms
this. The prosecutor himself struck
a great blow at the fascist forgers
when. under the pressure Of facts and
the indignant public opinion Of toll
ing mankind he was compelled to
abandon the charge against the Bull
garian comrades. But he demands the
oiO0Q Oh IOrgleT.
The fascist dictatorship did not
once completely admit its crime. 1t
sisisist be forced to! Hands off Torgler!
A tremendous movement has arisen
through the whole world against the
bloody plans Of the trapped incen-
diaries.
The protest Is sounding ever louder:
Freedom for Dimitroff, TorgIer,
Popoff, Taneff! Freedom for Thael-
mann. Freedom for the thousands
imprisoned in jails and concentra-
ton camps!
100000 Killed
The sordid comedy of the Leipzig
trial is utterly exposed. But over two
hundred thousand have been killed;
thousands crippled, hundreds Of thou
;arids arrested--such figures give an
approximate conception of the period
Of terror, the signal for which was
The burning Of the Reichstag by the
fasciSts.
Marxism Firm
The German proletariat, the Ger
nan Communists have not betrayed
heir fighting Communist banner.
The fascist provocations have been
exposed, the struggle continues fierce
y, stubbornly. But the cause of the
German proletariat is in the firm
hands of its Party which emerged
he victor from the Leipzig court.
This is not the only victory OF the
German Communists during the
Ntruggle under difficult Illegal con-
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