New-York tribune., 1918-12-19

which it is proposed to call into being
that express provision be made 2 part
of the constitutions of suck states be-
fore they shall be finally recognized
as states by the sicnatorics of the
treaty as follows.
ssi All inhabitants of the territory
Of -. including such per-
sons, together with their families,
who subsequently to August /, 1914
fled, removed or were expelled there
from, and who shall within ten years
from the adoption of this provision re-
turn thereto, shall for ali purposes be
citizens thereof, provided, however
that such as have heretofore been sub
jects of other states. who desire to re-
! tain their allegiance to such states OF
assume allegiance to their successor
states, to the exclusion of citi
zenship, may do so by a formal declara-
ton to be made within a specified
period.
Makes New Restrictions Illegal
go For a period of ten years from
the adoption of this provision,
no law shall be enacted restricting any
former lnhabltant of a state which in
cluded the territory of from
taking up his residence in ---.. ano
thereby acquiring citizenship therein
ss2 All citizens o. -----, without
distinction as to race, nation
ality or creed, shall enjoy equal civil
political, religious and national rights
and no laws shall be enacted or en-
forced which shall abridge the priv
leges or lmmunltlcs OF. or impose upor
any person any discrimination, disabil.
ity or restriction whatsoever on ac-
count of race, nationality or religion
or deny to any person the equal pro
lection OF the laws.
81 The principle Of minority rep
resentation shall be provided
for by law.
rs. The members Of the various ma
tional, as we'll as religious
bodies OF shall be accorded au
tonomous management of their owl
communal institutions, whether they b,
religious, cducational charitable o
otherwise.
Provides for Sabbath
st6 No law shall be enacted re
; stricting the use of any Ian
guage, and all existing laws declarin
such prohibition are repealed, nor shal
any language test be established
s.7 Those who observe any othe
than the first day of the wee
! as their Sabbath shall not be pre-
t hibited from pursuing their secula
> affairs on any day other tina
: that which they observe; nor sha
D they be required to perform any act
, on their Sabbath or holy days whic
they shall regard as desecratio
, thereof"
In reply to a proposal made recent
E by the national Polish department an
the Polish national defence committe
that a committee of two Jews be az
pointed to cooperate with a committe
of two Poles and two other disinte'
ested Americans in an investigation
: the reported pogroms in Poland, II
, congress decided to accept the offe
Judge Mack and Mr. Marshall wel
chosen to arrange the necessary deta
I and select the two Jewish members
the committee
In accepting, however, the cengrc
declared that despite protestations
the contrary, the reports of pogroms
$, Poland and Galica undoubtedly We
IL true, and resented the aspirsions ca
l. by the Poles on the Jews of Ameri,
u because they believed these repor
d to be true.
/, "The numerous cablegrams." said tt
q reply, land the reports which come
other countries are SO circumstant tis
C and emanate from sources of such his
n standing and responsibility, that "
g cannot doubt the 1rustworthiness
l. The information.
- Moral Proof of Probability
|e "Moreover the conceded fact TIL
i during the last six years a boycott
unparalleled rancor and bitterness al
r, of such huge proportions as to precip
r. tate an entire people into the depths
% misery has been increasingly wage
d against the Jews of Poland atfor,
n moral proof of the probability that Il
n charges are true"
,e President Thomas G. Masaryk of Il
new Czecho Slovak Republic, wi
had been cabled by the congress wi
!, reference to the deportations of Jey
N from Bohemia, replied that he had il
medately placed himself in commur
cation with the Ministry of Foreign A
& fairs and had given strict instruction
to put an end to it.
During the forenoon the entire mer
II bership of the convention visited Ind
= pendence Hall.