The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-13
DWELLS ON FEBRUARY
POLITICAL SITUATION


At the end Of February the political
situation was such that a struggle
was going on within the camp of the
national front.
The PSSsiding Judge stopped Dirni-
troff here, reminding him that he
had, on many previous occasions,
been forbidden to discuss this sub
ject.
i want to remind the Court, con-
tinued Dimitroff, of my proposal
to call number of witnesses such
as Won Schliecher, Bruening, the
second chairman of the "Stalhelm,"
and others.
Presiding Judge: But the court re-
jected your proposal, therefore you
should not dwell on IT,"
Dimitroff: 81 know"
Presiding Judge: Il do not like to
interrupt your concluding remarks,
but you must submit to my ruling"
Dimitroff: This internal friction
within the national camp was a re-
Election of the struggle being waged
behind closed doors in economic cir
Giles in Germany. On one side were
the Thyssen and Krupp groups, who
for many years had financed the Ma
tional-Socialist movement, and on the
other, their competitors, who were
being relegated to secondary posi-
ton.
Thyssen and Krupp wished to es-
tablish the principle Of autocracy and
absolutism in the country. During
the same period the Communist
Party sought to create united front
in order to Illustrate the attempts of
the National-Socialists to destroy the
labor movement. A number of So
cial-democratic workers felt the need
Of united front Of all workers. They
understood this. But in February and
March the united front did not at
all signify an uprising or prepara-
ton for an uprising, but merely the
mobilization of the working class
against the brutal autocracy Of the
NationaI-Socialists.
Presiding Judge: "You have always
emphasized that you are interested
only in the political situation in Bull
garia, but your present utterances
prove that you displayed a marked
interest in German political prob.
lens"
AS REVOLUTIONIST, is
INTERESTED IN WORLD
MOVEMENT
Dimitroff: Herr President, must
object to your reproach for the fol-
lowing reasons. As Bulgarian
revolutionary, 1 am interested in
the revolutionary movement in all
countries. am interested in Amer
lean political questions and am
much more familiar with them
than with German political prob
lens. may be interested in poll
tical questions, but I do not inter-
fere in the political affairs Of Ger
many.
I have learned a great deal from
the proceedings at this trial and
thanks to my political sense I have
been able to grasp great many de-
tails Qaughter). In the political
situation at that period there were
two basic factors: in the first place
the aspirations of the Nationalist
cialists to attain supreme power and
secondly, the activities Of the Com
munist Party directed toward the es-
Enlistment of united front Of labor.
In my opinion, this has been brought
out during this trial as we'll
The NATIONAL Socialists had to
carry out maneuver to divert
attention from the difficulties In
the national camp and break up
the united front of labor.
The government" had
many reasons for issuing its emer-
gency decree of Feb. 2S, which aboI-
ished the freedom of the press and
set up system of police repres-
sions, concentration camps and
ether measures for the struggle
against the Communists -.
JUDGE OBJECTS TO HINTS
Presiding Judge: you overstep the
limits. You are making hints"
Dimitroff; Il only wish to throw
some light on the political situation
in Germany as l understand it."
Presiding 5udge: This is no place
to throw hints against the Prosecu-
ton ard to make statements which
hove lc2~ stree been refuted."
Di1nitrosf: The German working
class at that time was on the de-
fensiye and fer this reason the Com
munist Party strived to organize
united front"
Presiding Judge: You must con-