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WHITE By Ernest Lorsy. European Staff Correspondent TERROR IN THE FEDERATED PRES T. fvitations were accepted a fact which rawer disconcerted t!i gran- in tiie last wok of April. Then thereame, led bv Colonel Wedgwood, member of parliament and m &h the Intepend pnt Labor Party, lour delegates of the jfisli Trade Unions: William Harris, Fred W. Jowett, (i. H. Stuart Bunning, and Joseph B. Williams. They have just returned from Budapest. (To be continued) VIFA'XA, May (By Mail) The downfall of proletar-1 lords of Hungary. Fiisi emne the b'l'irat of tlu shm;iIi.-' ian dictatorship in Hungary, caused by the fact that the Red party of Italy, Alceste Delia Seta anil Arturo Vella, both of Troops had been defeated in open battle by the Rumanians them members of the Italian parlianienffi who reached Hun- whom counter revolution hail called in to help, w;i followed, after a short democratic intermezzo, by the first period of White Terror. It lasted until the Rumanians evacuated Buda pest on November 16th, 1919, and was characterized by the strange feature that the Rumanian troops were able to give the disarmed Hungarian workers some protection against the raging vengeance of the Bourgeoisie and especially of the Hungarian officers. The second period of White Terror in Hungary is stamp ed by the personality of the Supreme Council's representative in Budapest, Sir George Clark, who, with unrivalled hypocrisy, played into the hands of the oppressing classes every con stitutional and diplomatic advantage for enabling them to go on with the White Terror on a larger scale. This period lasts until the first meeting of the National Assembly and the election of Horthy as Governor on March 1, 1920, and differs from the previous period by n considerable increase, and above all, the systematization of White Terror. All political acts of this time, elections for the National Assembly, and the election of the governor by the National Assembly may all be considered as functions of this Terror. The third period lasts from March I until the signing of the treaty of Xeuilly. expected shortly. This period is marked by serious attempts to deny and conceal the facts of the White Terror. Instead of decreasing, the terror .-hows a tendency to grow. Vet the appeals of the tortured Hungarian workers have reached their comrades in western countries and the latter have, after all, been strong enough to extract from their respective governments the semblance of a protest against the terrible methods of Budapest. It was at the end of March that the Hungarian premier. Dr. Simonyi Semadnm, read to the National Assembly, a letter from the president of the Hun garian peace delegation, Count Albert Apponyi calls upon the country to recstabl'sh legal conditions, warning it that the deeds of terror committed had changed the mood of Paris, not unfriendly towards Hungary in the beginning, to its re verse. He said the continuation of terror would but definitely estrange from Hungary those occupied territories for which the Hungarian peace delegation had demanded a plebiscite. This letter, which seems to have been sent by wish of the Supreme Council, brought no results whatsoever. The White Terror went on as before, and even' seemed to increase daily. Meanwhile the endeayors to throw sand in the foreign peoples' eyes wore intensified. Impudent invitations followed for thost workers' organ'zations who hud tried to plead the cause of the victims with the present rulers of Hungary, to come and see that there was no such thing as a White Terror. These in- The Toiler has received copies of "The Hungarian Xews", an inform iition paper published by the Hungarian Socialist Information Bureau at stmkholi.1 for the socialist press of tho world. Concerning conditions now extant in Hungary under the rule of the bourgeoise after their victory over the communists, deputing the awfulness of the White Terror we reprint a few excerpts, TO THE WORKING CLASS OF ENGLAND. i O.MR A PES: Von know how the Hungarian socialists are being treated by the White Guard government of the Hungarian bourgeoisie. During the last two month? J -T legal murders were executed, other than numbers of socialists illegal and secretly killed. Twelve thousand working men aie interned, without sufficient food, eqver, clothes, horribly J rented, tortured, flogged, their eye struck out. In several eases prisoners have been maimed, hurried alive, and stab bed to death with bayonets. In spite of those horrors an English burgess is vile enough to tell his superiors that there is no terror in Hungrily. In these days corpses are fished up from the Danube every day. Holder send" the " highcommissioner " a report which unmistnkeablv proves that there exists u strong solidarity between the English bourgeoisie anil that of Hungary. The English delegation of workers which has already Kit will soon he aide to ascertain if terror exists or not. GRIEVIOUS DOCUMENTS. Budapest, May loth, 192 A Hungarian paper edited by social-democrats in Vienna 'publishes tho following documents: In, November the police got a report that three socialists had been L111J !!. t A. .. . . ..I . Miu-ii in me military prison. ,m ti:e narrncrfs ol Keiensold two corpses were found which were killed hy the offic rs and then hidden. The paper also is in possession of n document whi. h undoubtedly proves that the man ufacturer. Menalt, was buried alive by the Danube detachment. By some hand its also six comrades all of them honest and brave combatants were murdered. All those occuranecs were reported to tho police. However without any result whatever. Xo inquiry was started, and Captain Pronay is . still an of ficer 6f the national army and Horthv's nest friend. British Labor Demands Sell determination for keiand FIND TAYLOR "GUILTY" SCARBOROUGH, England- Pull self determination for Egypt and In dia and a just settlement of the Iris-t question were demanded June by the Brititth Labor party conference in session here. The I ri-li plank called for the establishment of a constituent assembly to determine the form 01' government to be adopted by Ireland, without any condition or limitation im posed hy Great Britain, and the com plete withdrawal of the army of oc cupation. At the Sessions thus far held, then unanimously passed resolutions calling for revision of the pence treaties, for recognition of the soviet government of Russia, abstention from direct or indirect attacks upon Russia. fu'l freedom of trade with her. The ahol ttion of secret treaties and control of food and raw materials by an Intel national body were demanded. The eonference decided to send a joint deputation composed of members of the Labor party executive commit-1 tee and the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union Congress to call upon Premier Lloyd George and insist upon the neeetsity of immediate peace with Russia and the lifting of the blockade. The committee was also :a struct. d to lay before him the report of the Labor party delegates who have heei investigating the While Terror in Hungary. The British Socialist party delegat ion urged the calling of a nation ii MafoTeace for the purpose of organ!- ing ii general strike; and Robert Mail lie, who reeoived n tremendous ovation, (Wept the whole meeting bv his de clarntion that something more than a deputation to tS0 Premier would be necessary to enrrv nut the demand') of the conference. Should the deputation be rebuffed, he said, a special con ference should at once consider plans lor a nationwide withdrawal of labor. O RED ARMY RELEASES MINERS MOSCOW (Via llelsing'.us) The Labor Council has derided In mobilize Mil miners between the ages of IS and 00. All miners will be released from .the armv and transferred to the mines, The Soviet government has r gni. ed the newly formed republic of la-! em Caucasus nnd its provisional go vernment. Diplomatic mid commercial illation are soon to be opened. The "work week" in Belaahon re suited in n triumph. During the trees J: liver best" Were repaired. The metal workers have voluntarily prolong ed their working day to ten hours. sax FRANCISCO John c. Taylor, fourth Communist to be tried in Oak land, has been found guilty. After eight hours deliberation, the jury fin ally agreed that he advocated force and violence. This, in spite of the fad that S'vrelary of Labor Wilson has ruled that the platform of the Communist Labor Pnrty roes not ad vocate force and violence, and that membership in that organisation is not sufficient cause to deport an alien. Taylor was sentenced Monday, Jane '.'1 and will appeal. Eleven "Criminal Syndicalists" are serving sentei in Saa fluent in. twi are out on bail and one is awaiting the transfer. Of these, not one has actually committed any act of violen ce, John Craig of Sacramento was sent need to five years after pleading guilty. -I. K. Pols,, ii s retrial has been postponed to some time in September. I. E. Snyder was to come up duly I in Oakland. All the deportation eases have been dismissed, due to (he efforts of Fre derick Dnbovskv. attorney; Old King Canit Old King Canute sj i see Lived ages ago lie had so many courtiers Who praised him so much t That he thought at last lie eiiuld do ' By Anise. Whether his throne was saved, Or engulfed in the flood, i It all depended, I guess, i in whether he MOVED In TIME! ANYTHING So he set up his throne ' On the shore of the sea When the tide was low And said: "Go HACK, sea! " r i. F "For I urn KINO!" Then the tide turned $ i And the little waves -0- PALMER S CASES STILL FALLING NEW voifK-Many of the raided QO perfect case- ol the Department of Justice are dvv angling to zero. The Deportment of Labor has notified Barry Weinberger, Max Qendlin. David Orlick, Luna Chenovsky, .Inftnin Lnpi dns. that their warrants of arrest have been Conceited and their bonds releas ed. Many of these had originally he.-n arrested without warrants, and war rants obtained later; some had bee i beaten up in the raids, ' In 'he rase of Voto Mnriani. long held on the state charge of criminal anarchy, arrangements have been made whereby he was disebargad without bail on that charge, nnd ordered de potted to f Italy as an anarchist. This i- just what Manani desired, lie will I be dcpnr'ed shortly. Carl Vns nnd Emile Eoltmnn nho hsd long asked to be deported to I Germany a-d who had been kept a long lime in jail, have finally hce-i deported to (Icrtmtny while Tlmmns Martimv who fought deportation to Mexi n tie ground that his life would be in danger, has been releas ed on bail. I t W ere coming NEARER. ? t r i m I ii. Somehow or other 1 can't help thinlmig i . ; Of old King Canute. When I fee our rulers I t I I Hut old Kin'fl Canute ... Kept wax ing his seeptel Over them. ' Saying, " I command vim, w.u. i. NOT to ADVA NCR!" Then one little wave first Sneaked up one hide, . And another little wave Bniaked up on the other, Paying SO attention to the word Of the King, 'i- For they were drawn t a u By i I'OWEit 1 OrMtM thai obi King Canatal 3 lliuh nnd invisible SOS i The call of the MOON ' . Kept pulling them up the Mtrj 0 And before crv Inns The king hud to run For his I.I I E And it isn't on record 1 f Waving the bills and injunctions Over the railroads, Saying complnncentlji ' 'V V "On back STRIKE Don't any of you workers saw DARE TO ADVANOEl Foi WE arc government! " . . I And f.rst one lit 1 1- strike f Sneaks up on one rub' ... -j Ami anolher little strike Pomes on tl i her side, WWW Hut still the sen: fe waves Its mighty s.-cpter . i Over the switchmen, Saving: "Ho back! l hurl.'" 120 COMMUNISTS PROSECUTED. Budapest, May 14th, 1920. The fnriousness of the Hungarian executioners does not diminish. On 1 2th inst. a communist process was opened against some comrades charged with complicity iu the execution of some counter-revolutionaries at Szolnok. More thau 120 persons were prosecuted, and possibly the, scandalous Hun garian "justice" now will sentence several of them to death. A POWERFUL PROTEST AGAINST THE WHITE TERROR IN HUNGARY Budapest, May loth, 1920. The social-democratic post official, Oskar Levai is in Budapest charged with murder. Levai belonged previously to the Red Army, and then he had to bring into execution all death warrants against soldiers of his detachment. Becausi of those "crimes" he is now treated as a murdrrer. Tt is proved that he acted on compulsion, but this fact is not at all mentioned by the prosecutor at court. The post officials of Germany, Italy, Fiance, and Belgium have by wire informed the Hungarian government that the telegraphic and telephone rommunicationa with Hutlgary will he broken, in ease Levai will be executed. THE TREATING OF THE HUNGARIAN CHILDREN. Budapest, May Kith, 1920. Eighteen persona in Budapest were recently dragged out of their homes, and then quite disappeared. A paper states that nearly all proletarian children in Hungary are shut out from the charity institutions and even from the places for feeding Iff' ranged by the foreign missions. Tile Hungarian workers' society for tho protection of children, which had nothing to do with politics at all, was dis golved without any reason being given, 'V EXECUTION'S WILL BE DONE IN THE COUNTRY. Budapest, May 16th, 1920. The police court of Budapest got a secret order from the government in which it is charged to briog some of the communists now prisoned those who surely are to be sentenced to death into the country, ho that the execution may not be easilv known among the public. THE LEARNED ARE PERSECUTED. Budapest, May Kith, 1920, The Hungarian Academy of Sciences has at its last meeting expelled the following members, well known in all Europe: Oscar Asboth (Slavic philology). Hernhard Alexander (philosophy aestetics), Emanuel Beke (mathematics), Ladlslaus Eber (art history), and Adolph Lend! (zoology), because they did not leave their posts when com mnnists were in power Further, the faculty of philosophy at the university of Budapest refused the former popular deputies Joseph Pogqny, George Lu- kacs the former section leader of the educational commissariat, Bela For garasi their doctor's degree, although Hungarian Law does not authorize denial of doctor's certificates lis a punishment for common crimes. j V I a power S (fa mail I Rut THEY are drawn bv ... Higher than government, ... Planted ages ago . In the spirit of MAX And it isn't nn record yet If even the mighty throne . . of CONGRESS . . Is to he laved " t Or engulfed In the timid, ... f It all depends, I ges, r On whether ihev MOVE . , -ar ia TOW a jjjfc. a; Entente's Support Strengthens Russia (Continued from page 1-st.) of the old land proprietors. 1 assure you that at the present time the peasants not only accept us, but thev love us, and that is a source of great power. They feel that thev amount to something ill our state. For instance, our president, Kalenine is a peasant of the Province of Twerska, who continues to own his - own pieec of land and returns to it frequently. It is the peasants who now enable us to lesist Poland, and who will enable us tn resist Poland as long as neces sary. Bourgeois Rally to New Regime. "That brings to me the third great service that the Entente has rendered us. It is bringing to our aid a great part of the former Bourgeois and In tellectuals. In permitting Poland to start against us an entirely useless war, the Entente persuaded a great number of our former , adversaries to rally to us. This factory manager, this General, that engineer, began to see that we were actually the only force in Russia able to resist the foreign assailants. If Poland fights long enough you will see every one in Russia united with us." "But how about your reverses on the I'krainian front.'" Krassin was asked. 'Fine business," he answered. "Who ever saw Russian ready nt n given moment! We always begin by getting beaten. Then, as soon as we have learned our lesson, we come back in marvelous Style, l'oland hns not been sincere with us. We hnve Jiro posed peace on several occasions. Her Nationalist Government pretended it wished to negotiate, but all the while was nrenarina the offensive ordain ed bv the Entente." "But the Poles maintain it is the Russians who boh sincerity," tho in terviewer remarked. "That is untrue," affirmed Krassin. "What do you think we ask of Po land? We lire delighted nt her inde pendence, for which the Polish people fought so long and so heroically. Even if we are fighting her we do not wish at all to destroy Poland. However. Po land under one pretext or nnoth-r wishes to continue the war. At pres ent it is n question of the Fkraiue However, from December of Inst year up to March of this year we were proposing peace to Poland, and we would have accepted n proposition for the withdrawal of both armies from the t'kinine and for n plebiscite. "Then there was the story of Bo risor, which shows in tangible manner the bad faith of the Polish Govern ment. Tt demanded that Uhe pence pourparlers take place nt Bnrisor. It did not wish any armistice except at the spot where pence was to bo dis cussed. Borisor was the most vulner able spot nn the Polish front nnd nt this time the Poles were preparing their offensive against Kiev. We pro posed all sorts of places for meeting but they refused. They would go only to Borisor. We refused. ' "Above all we continue to wish for peace, for continuation of war hind ers our economic recovery. We can with our present resources keep up the war for years without being beaten, but that will increase the burden of privations which we have so long borne. That is all the Entente accomp lishes in throwing the Poles again-' us. For that country were it not for the aid of the manufacturers of mu nitions and arms would not think of lighting us on its own resources. But despite our privations the Entente obtains a result which is only negative it reconciles with us n great part of our former adversaries in Russia. "On the other hand the people of other nations, and especially Frame, deceive themselves in believing thai we wish to carry on propaganda in other countries. There are men among us who believed that Soviet Russia ouhl endure only through a world revolution. The events of the last few years have dearly proved that the So viel regime ,can endure in the midst of a world of capitalist Governments. We now accept this state of things nnd our engagements with foreign states are sacred." i The Black Sheep (Continued from page 2.) 1 for one am going to Colorado this summer and lea in the truth about all this, if 1 have to go barefoot, ha, ha." The rest of the letter dealt with personal matter relating to her sehool work, and other common places which need not be recorded here. When he returned tn the cabin Ool litis wrote the following note. "My Hear Mis Anderson: I am glad to notice that you have entered into n correspondence with our friend. Jack Thurston. I feel that vonr words have inspired him to greater and nobler efforts in behalf of humanity. The boy has n wonderful mind, and will grow up to be a power in the world, especially if he has some one to spur him on. Alreadv thev have brought a wonderful effect. He has de dleated himself to the cause of human good. Orentfnllv and siceretv, K. 0, That afternoon it was decided that the time for getting busy was nt hand and accordingly they began prepare lions for the storing of their secumu luted effects and incidentally to qunrel about the hcM places to look for the necessary Job. Robins Unveils Free Speech (Continued from page 1.) Basts of Free Government. Kobins said three fundamental prin ciples underlaid free government "Americanism," as he persisted in calling it. lie named them as: Religions freedom, political freedom and the right of private property and economic freedom in industry. The audience appeared to believe that the rose would smell ;just as sweet under, another name " Americanism". Per haps that was because they were most ly Internationalists. .lust what he meant bv economic freedom was rather cloudy but in answer to a question, he stated that "some American workers receive less than they produce nud some receive more, but if a majority believe they are not getting justice and refuse to change the system, they hnve only themselves to hlnme." Robins favors the exploitation of the workers as long as the workers don't object. Put if they do object we wc.nld their object ions to take a perfectly legal course, not at varienee to the rules of the capitalist political game. Bobins favors the ballot ami its freely permitted use as the proper method to institute all chnnges in government. He is violently against the use oil force, but when the point was raised by a questioner as to what steps should be token when legal means were overruled by governmental use of violence, be admitted that, under such conditions, the use of force is necessary. That Robins' audience was composed largely of socialists aad communists was1 evident the minute questions were allowed. Here are some of the ques tions and answers. How should the war debt be paid? Bv the profiteers. Would yon release Eugene Ar. Debs if yon had the power! Yes, Debs was guilty according to the law but for" political expediency 1 would not have eat him to prison'. He is more power ful for wrong in jail than out. That the audience frankly disagreed with Robins statement, that Debs was guilty was evident by tho applause that greet ed his name. What do you think of the action of the Xew York Legislature m nusung the five socialists? Tt was the most un-American action in the political history of the country. Why should not the American work ers di) what the Russians have done to re-establish free speech in this country? The conditions are different. The will of the majority has not been thrust ii'"!e like it was in Russia. This answer brought forth a round of protests. How about our two socialist ooncilment How about our socialist school director? the audience shouted, referring to the action of the local Cham ber of Commerce in directing the ousting of socialist officials in leveland during the war. How about Albany and BerA ger, thev answered back. Do viui think our soldiers should have been sent iuto Siberia and do you favor the blockade of medicrfles and hospital supplies from America.' I was .tJwM .....ainst the sending of Ame rican troops into Siberia. It wns an :., . inlntiori of our historic -rrme-- rican policy. T favor the sending of medicines to Russia. A Butting of Heads Against Stone. To one who lias Tead "Raymond Robins' -own Story" of the Russian Revolution, listening to his speech i like reading for the second time the lie..- chanter of that cleverly written anil intensely interesting book. Robins is one ssneng the army of int' leettinl liberals, who has enlisted in the futile effort to turn back the tide of financial and industrial evolution. His philosophy is one in which the nnderlving economic, forces which rule human sncietv do not exist. He is bnttlelng for that which has forever vanished from the face of a capitalist -Icolly ruled world. He is seeking a re naissance of an age that is past, Ut terly unknowing of the principles of economic evolution. Robins does not know that the principles of "American ism" hnve been east aside by the ruling tlMM, not because it is "wicked" and soulless, but because the raging class struggle which has developed with the intensification of the in dustrial processes, creating two utterly opposed classes, necessitates the ex tinguishing of popular liberties if tho , nt ruling class is to survive. It is no mere coincidence that liber als such as Robins are, allowed the freedom which would be denied any Class Which reallv threatened the power of the ruling class. Their pitiful pleas for the return of a dead age may well be listened to and tolerated by the rilling class. The Oarys, the Morgans, the Gnggenbelma know that the pm ,,.ss,.s of industry and the social Hvstem will not be turned backward and a little freedom is fine bait for some fish which might be hard to land without a little playing. Xo. we take it that Misses r rev Si h and Free Assemblage will not 1, allowed In company of the rode proletarian and eommuntsta on w ...... P. ,l.i;.. Minuire unehaiieroned l I u Pnl, lie jsiinaie inn-n.ii.t- by the City Club by permission of the Chamber of Commerce. Hie ve fair Damsels, to your Nun nerv behind the portals of the Cham ber of Commerce But if you are com ing out on parade each Saturday noon ,srhe fit v Club promises, we shall bo , t and shall see if there dwells not a sly twinkle in the corners of vour eves. We lUggesi that our renders may nn great deal about Uussia from Itnbins' book which Clfl -be had for 4 1. ."ill bv addressing The Toiler. Adieu THE EDITOR. SOVIET HOMES APPEAL! (Continued from pnge 2.) ngain hll food Is provided by the State. After school hours be goes to nnc of the neighborhood children's clubs, where he has games, books, and school bonks nnd Is watched over until l is mother hns finished her work nnd is rendy to hnve him nt home. When he has attained the nge of IH I it tier enters the university on state pay or becomes a worker In tho industrial life of the community. ( I I