The Denver Jewish news., 1919-02-26
Latest Information OF
Conditions In Poland
PROMISES AND FACTS CONTRA
DICT EACH OTHER IN LIFE
OF SUFFERING PEOPLE.


The Polish Jewish representative to
the Peace Conference. Abraham Ped
lishewsbi has Just arrived here. hav-
ing lert Warsaw on February 10. His
description of the present condition Of
the Jews in Poland is heartrcndins.
In the recent elections to the Polish
Constituent assembly. every means was
used to abridgc the power of the
Jewish electorate. On the basis of the
former election districts ns defined
under the old regime. the Jews of
Poland would have been entitled to
40 representatives. But the districting
was so changed 10y the present admin
istration that under the best conditions
the Jews could have elected only IL
candidates. They actually succeeded
in electing 10. Five places were lost
because in certain districts the orth-
odox Jews and the Observation-Disclosures did
not vote for the Jewish candidate hut
for the candidates of Polish parties.
1t appears from the latest informa-
ti0n which has been received here tiiat
ten Jews have been elected as rep
resentatives i'm the constitutional con-
vention in Poland.
The Jewish representatives arc DIR.
Thann of Cracow. DIR. Rosenblatt OF
LodZ Greenbaum of Warsaw and Vein
zieher of Bendin. ZiOnists; Halpern OF
LOdz and Perlmutter of Lublin. Ortho-
dox. Drs. Roscnfclt and Schiffrin.
Poalei-Zionists Noah Prilutski ana
Hirshhorn both of Warsaw. Peoples
party.
In a statemen. issued by August
Zalewski. the Polish representative in
Paris. he declares that the Jews OF
Poland will he placed upon basis OF
complete equality with the non-Jews.
With, regard to the recent pogroms
Zalewski stated that 1.50O persons We're
arrested and 10 executed for com
pl;city in the pogroms.
The Polish Government has appoint
ed n committee of five to look into
the causes of the disorders In Iemberg.
Two Jews. Dr. Pauzncr and DIR. Dia-
mand. are members Of this inquiry
board. Z.ilewsII stated further that
the Polish Government had nnnoinc-
I'd that it would indemnify those Jews
who have suffered from the pOgroms.
'..Au citizens of Poland" concludes the
statement. will have equal rights.
The word. Jew. will not even ie men
toned in the Polish constitution.
However the numerous varieties oi
persecution which succeeded the po
groms in Poland continue to he the or
der of the day In Jaroslav. Gaiicia-
n certain Dr. Hosenberger has been
arrested as politically suspicious per
son and has been sentenced To inpriS-
onment until peace is declared. ltoseh-
berger is the Zionist leader Of the dis
trict and also president of the JEWISH
Curncil i'm JarOslav.
In Javartzna. the Poles have made
the situation of the Jewish members
of the city council so uncomforinhie
as to force them to resign.
In Warsaw. raids on Jewish ci'ibs
and meetings occur nightly. The pre-
text for these raids is that documents
are being sought showing that there
is conspiracy among the Jews against
the Government.
Poverty is becoming more hbject
than ever. The free soup Kitchens.
the children's schools. the orphan asy-
lums and similar institutions would
have been compelled to- close their
doors. If help does not come soon ana
in penerous measure. the very exist
cnce of the Jewish masses VII he III
jeopardy. There are no poGrons 1T
Warsaw But Jews are subjected I"
frequent insults and assaults upon the
streets.