The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-11
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zionist TOM! thoroughly re tsvSlp.
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contained in a statenCosHs.k Wa
To-Day by the American rs. ISSUED
SKY sky with offices at 3 p - Fsa. I r.,
street, New York City. lost !7a
The deportation was .,,.
as a brutal and dis~ T slaocnced
put only a climax to siT 1 at
Of relentless persecution S months n
Norwegian government government OS tie
"0n the night of Saturday \.
GENDER &c 49," the statement y. y
s TrOtsky and his wife sad said
forciby carried on bo o1J We" e
steamer Ruth. The T vo,.O the
Mexico Y. did not actually 'SS S'!ss 70
til December %, for the UsST pl M
soon ran aground off the C SOsn,
OF Norway and was not re rsflO cosS
until December %. Nv 's''0a'A
During his stay in Man,.
Trotsky has been almost T VIVA
uously i'll; for one period f /. ~,
IN an Oslo hospital in dance, q !.
death; since then he has besU ~ y
der a physicians care almost nos -. ~
stantly. Yet the NOrwepisnr ' ~,
thorities denied him the ele ll ~
airy human right to arranSs s y,
medical care on the trip 4
Mexico.
! "Facing as he does on his I'm,
ney the very real danger Of -
| tack a n d assassination. N,
gravely i'll man and his VITA
were forced on board shin wifi
50 inadequate a guard that h
found it necessary to demand 4,
right to arm himself. The o..
vernment refused him the Der
mission to secure bodyguard,
from his associates. His wife hU
thus been placed in grave 10.
pardy.
"Trotsky was not even accord.
ed permission to- use the shipS
radio while en- route So that hiI
friends cannot know anything
about his condition until he has
landed.
"Is there any possible justh.
cation for this brutal and dis.
graceful treatment? The NOrwe.
gian government had not even
attempted to charge TrOtsky with
violating its laws, nor had he
been indicted, tried or accused
by a Norwegian court. The basis
: for the long interment to which
he was subjected was a report o.
: the Central Passport Bureau thai
.. Trotsky had made such expires
sions and advices relating to 70,
} pical political situations as mus
I be designated as a violation q |,
: the conditions Of continued FeSi
} dence': the Bureau cited as en-.
dence an article published y
America bv The Nation entli y.
: THE French Revolution Has Ds
gum. Ostensiblv the Bureaus
report dealt with TrOtskvS y y
quest for continued residence! y. D.i
became a pretext for , yl!sa.
imnrisonment. No addition.
charges were made public Of ]. !"
Trotsky during t h e elSuD'
months.
"Yet the Norwegian go 60 T.
ment deported Trotsky' anO -, n
norted him in the mos, ~ ~
rageous manner. Not until 1sn., y.
DAYS after he had been de s.s X
did his associates, or even ~ y
attorney learn that he \ sad p SI
forc;bIv carried aboard the ,R0s !
at the port Of FrS rae 20 WIS
b E'ag to TrOtsky's ar !. 1,
his his nossessions. etc. we . % :
Know; ,;,.o with attorney -, !
friends to. make arrsnE yssfus'i
for his BELONGINGS was TN n d
Even after TrotsI!v was .ba y V'r
ocean. the Norwegian .; 4s D
f ~ officials who cO3 ,.a a.ttOrn'
government. lied tn MS
sbont his whereabouts.
uwa together with all p gTPIf i5si
sive | forces cess in the labor az. az r e
all al movement Of the .. wOr'1 It ID
ter our shock pro1sSss The NJ
outrageous c9t conduct Of Of. hold 3
wegian government, %S sh:s
Norwegian goverlnisEEs harm ID
responsible for any ny, On Ire 10
may befall TrOtsky ~
age. - n1l