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that this is complied with.

IL Lnab TINS is computed with.
This social renovation" as the
Bulgarian fascist Government calls
it, is being paradcd all over the
country as a proof Of reforms. 1t
states that they spent about $50 900
for the unemployed. They do not
state, however, that this money,
which was being paid by the over
burdened peasants and workers,
went to the officials, the lieutenants
Of Gueorgiev, the former prime
minister.
The situation In foreign trade is
another thing which worsened the
economic life of Bulgaria. Bull
garia's major export is tobacco. We
may say that half of the foreign
trade consists of the expectation of
this product. What has happened
since the crisis? The export price
has so diminished that it is almost
negligible. Whereas the exporta-
ton value In 1929 amounted to
$4,000 900, in 1888 it had fallen
to s100O00 900, and in 1884 to even
lower levels. For the month of
September, 1884, 1t amounted to
$497 900.
Purchasing Power Falls
The purchasing power of the
masses is almost nil. The small
merchants who depend largely on
the masses close their businesses
and those who still manage to keep
open, close their shops on many a
day without having taken in any
thing.
This situation is resented by the
bulk Of the workers and peasants.
1t is resented by the soldiers and
sailors who are peasants and work
ers themselves. 1t is resented by
the lower middle classes. This re-
sentiment is not a passive one. de-
spite the open terrorism, despite the
dissolution Of the workers organi-
cations, despite the thousands upon
thousands of arrests 900 to 1000
arrests are made every month";. All
political prisoners, according to the
new decree-laws, are deprived OF
any help. Their families as well
are deprived Of any relief. Private
agencies that might be inclined to
help these families are liable TO a
fine Of $4,000 levas and deportation
Against this miserable situation
the workers and peasants are
launching COUNTER attacks. Meetings
and demonstrations take place in
spite of the danger that such &C
tons entail. The peasantry and the
working class is seething with revolt.
The government knows this and
even the army, which used to be
the stronghold of the military
fascist government. is no longer to
be trusted to help them. AS a con-
sequence, the terror, the killings and
the thousands of arrests have in
creased in the last month or two
to tremendous proportions. The
trial of the Plovdiv soldiers who
demonstrated on August l, 1884
against war and fascism has given
the government an excuse to inten-
sify its terror against the revolu-
tionary workers and soldiers. The
State Attorney demands the heads
Of all these soldiers.
Haskovo, city of $4,000 in
habitants, has been. on account of
the August demonstra ton. a most
gruesome reign of terror: 900 per-
sons we're arrested and among these
800 we're detained. At the trial of
these people, which began only a
week or so ago, the State Attorney
demanded the death penalty for le
and for the others Is years OF
dungeon imprisonment.
900 Arrested in One City
Latest reports tell us that new
raids have been effected and 500
more arrested. Among those ar
rested were 125 soldiers belonging
to the garrison Of the city" The
murders effected upon our comrades
at Sofia, Stata-zagora, Iskar, Vlahi
Melnik, etc, are proof that the gov
eminent is uncertain Of its exist
ence.
It knows that in spite Of It's IL
legality, the Communist Party is
more alive than ever, that the
strikes recently conducted. the DEM
onstrations and the work AMONG
the workers, peasants and soldiers
is beginning to bear fruit. The gov
eminent thought that by apportion-
ing the assassinations of our six
heroic comrades Chose comrades
who were given the death sentence
at the Plovdiv triaD to three differ
ent cities, they would minimize
their act. But even these shame
ful ssSassinations were of no avail
The work goes on.
We, American workers. cannot
tolerate the continuance Of such ac-
lions, We must mobilize all our
forces, as Comrade Dimitrov an
pealed, and demand from the Bull
garian Embassy that the home gov
eminent liberate all political prison
ers and cease the murder of revo-
lutionary workers.
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