Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03


"Yes. Comrade Ewert. 10
does sound like cOunter-revo-
lutlonary talk"
and II isn't" Ewert
growled.
You pursue facti0naI in
terests. Even n your life IL
correct. ID tends Ia disrupt
Party unity
MIGHT SHIFT HISTORY
81 don't want to disrupt. I
want you to see the truth and
10 let others know IT,"
"And then ."
IL don't want 10 be melo-
dramatic. But an alliance
between us and the Social
Democrats might shift the
course OF history for many
years. IL must be an honest
alliance
I'VE Oh mot make an
alliance with traitors" / said.
by saying that we are driv-
Ing the strongest trade unions
In the world into the b0ur-
geOis camp. We are making
an error that may cost us all
our lives. don't want Ia
bulldoze you to accept my
opinion. But 1 want you to
think ID over.
II want you TO raise this
question with the rank and
file Of the German Party. The
whole future OF the revolu-
tionary movement hinges on
what Is happening In Ger
many this year and the next"
/ bade good-by 10 Arthur
Ewert. His eyes, deep under
a buldging forehead. followed
me to the door. The cold
night air. tapping against my
throat and crawling up my
sleeves, made me aware that
| was mumbling 10 myself.
mo matter what our
course" l told myself. "the
Comintern IL the only true
revolutionary force In the
world, and II men want social
revolution they must follow
the Comintern through fire
and water, and not weaken II
by bitter factiOnal strife"
TOLD TO WRITE ALL
At the Hotel d'Alsace l
found a typewriter note.
See me Immediately. II. G."
! walked round the corner
and A block along the Rue de
Seine to Ginsburg's atelier.
GinSburg was working over a
blueprint.
"You were with Comrade
Ewert all this time ." he in
CURED pleasantly.
Yes l am tired
He gave you instructions -
mo. We talked unofficially."
Roger Ginsburg put port
table Continental on low
steel table. He opened a
drawer, and took out paper.
II will make a strong coffee
with cognac,' he said. "Sit
down here. Write a report
about everything omrade
Ewert said to you. Write IL
In detail, please"
But why?'
Break the character and in
dependence of your man, and
you will have an obedient
trooper. That was the new
weapon of the Comintern.
My duty as a Communist was
10 betray Arthur Ewert, my
reSpected teacher. Was
treachery among comrades TO
become henceforth the price
of loyalty?
/ wrote the report. Gins
burg kept toiling over his
blueprints. never raising his
head or looking around until
| had typed the last letter OF
the last word and made ready
TO leave.
Better sleep at my place
tonight" he said. you'll leave
for Germany In q few hours"
Ginsburg's pale face was
like a mask. l saw through
H. He was determined 10 give
me no chance TO warn Ewert
before l left Paris.
A motherly Frenchwoman
of considerable girth. one of
the couricrs OF the Paris APP
parat. escorted me to the Care
de FEST, purchased my ticket.
and put me aboard a train TO
Strasbourg.
At the Strasbourg station.
another courier recognized me
by a Red Cross insignia in
my coat lapel and led me 10
the offices Of the Strasbourg
laison agent, in modern
apartment house on Avenue
Jean JaurcS.
The agents name was Sor-
gus. He was n dark-Skinned
AlSatian in his thirties, a con-
Scicntious worker. whose
hobby was collecting Of but
terflIes.
On orders from Sorgus,
tall. thin. taciturn young girl
from the Strasbourg party Of
flee accompanied me at night
10 the village OF Lauterburg.
which lies at the point where
the Rhine passes into German
territory. Here the Comintern
maintained a border post.
In a little house. which