Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-17
STATUS OF THE JEWS.
Despite Denials They are Subject to
Massacre and PiIIaqs.

from the American minister at War
saw making light of the anti Jewish
movement in Poland, and in spite OF
the direct denial attributed to Mr.
Paderewsh that any pogroms had
taken place, there can be no doubt
amongst those in any way acquainted
with the situation, that the position
as regards the Jews In the new re-
public is as scandalous as 1t Is deplor-
able. The most superficial study OF
recent dispatches to the state depart
ment on the subject shows them to be
not only contradictory in nature, but,
by their very denials to admit all that
is contended on the other side. Tins,
on or about the same day that the
state department received the dispatch
from the American minister at War
saw, referred to above, 1t received
from the same source a statement
from the provisional government of
Poland to the effect that that govern
ment had given assurance that II
would discountenance anti-Jewish DO
sroms." The Polish premier, in an i'm
passioned declaration on the subject
insisted, 80 the dispatch showed, that
the persecution of the Jews brought
shame upon the name of Poland and
could only harm the country" and an
nounced that he had warned the army
I'm peremptory order" that the per-
secutions would not be tolerated. All
Of which goes to prove still further. II
any additional proof were needed, that
pogroms have taken place, and that the
army has been quite definitely con-
nected with the business.
New reports as to the outrages COM
mitted against the Jews in Poland,
| during the past two months, have been,
| it is true, conflicting. The statements is
sued through such channels as the
committee for the defense of the Jews
in Poland, although circumstantial
and apparently well confirmed, have
been met with swift denial by the Po-
lish authorities, whilst these denials
have apparently been confirmed by
the American legation in Warsaw.
However, all this is really neither here
nor there. The campaign against the
Jews In Poland Is not development
merely Of the last two months. It has
been carried on In an even more ag-
gravated form for nearly a year past,
and, as far back as last March, this
paper was able to print a dispatch
from its London News Office giving
detailed and well-attested account Of
series Of pogroms against the Jews.
dating from the October of last year.
What are the facts Of the matter? In
the early days Of the present year, the
L.oList organization in London with the
consent and good offices Of the British
foreign Office, dispatched commission
to Poland to investigate the treatment
which was being meted out to the Jews
In that country. This eommissieher
was Mr.. Israel Cohen, an able writer
on economic questions and a skilled
investigator and he represented an or
ganization the policy Of which Is d.
rectly opposed to that which might
find expression in an effort to stir up
trouble between the Jew and the
Christian in any country. Mr.. Cohen's
report was sufficiently terrible. Thus
in describing what happened at Lem
berg on the 22d and 23d of last Novem-
Der, Mr.. Cohen, after telling how 1,200
Jews were killed in the two days, con-
tinued: Lootinz and wanton destruc-
ton followed upon the first massacres.
The legionaries, under the command Of
their officers, plundered systematical-
ly, breaking open shops with bayonets
and hand grenades. The officers them
selves took part in the plundering.
Shops were burned, Their Jewish own
crs sprang from the top windows seek
ing to escape. Those who fed were
shot. Martial law was proclaimed on
the oath, after two days Of totally un-
checked murder and looting. Many
houses and three synagogues were
burned. Those who attempted to fly
from burning houses were driven back
with bayonets. So Systematically had
the pogroms been organized that the
water supply had been cut off before
hand. At the close Of the massacre the
whole Ghetto was mass of ruins"
What happened in Lemberg was du-
plicated in Warsaw, in Cracow, in Pre-
zemysl, in Lappy, and in many other
places, outrage, murder, torture, cruel
ty, of the most awful description
everywhere.
Now to any one accustomed to weigh
evidence, the fact Of the perpetration
of these enormities between october
and March would go long way toward
the establishment of the contention that
they continued on into April and May.
There is, indeed a quite remorseless
similarity between Mr.. Cohen's report
of last March and the statement issued,
the other day, by DR.. Rachmilevtz, In
Paris, giving. an account on the out
RACES against Jews in Wilma and Ida;
1,500 persons killed in Wilma alone,
thousands deported and subjected to
the most cruel treatment robbery and
violence on all hands. 1t is surely
time that an end was made Of this
business, and the first step toward
such an achievement Is unquestionably
the uncovering Of those secret influ-
ences which are endeavoring to Liscre-
dit testimony, and to use perfectly
well-intentioned persons for the fur
therance Of their designs. NO DO
groms in Poland" as a statement Of
fact, should, at this date, be able to dc.
ceive no one.-Christian Science Mon
itor.
Does Not Anticipate Ratification
Coyernors of various states have been