The Denver Jewish news., 1919-06-04
As An American Sees Polands
Jewish Question
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Of independent Poland that had helped
the Jews to preserve their tradifionai
life. and this was afterwards regarded
uy the intolerance of oppressed lipland
as an obstacle to the regaining sqf her
freedom. That tho politiciansi twere
utterly mistaken in their reading of
their country's destiny has been amply
proved by the events of the last few
months. Poland has secured Der in
dependence once more as a result of
the triumph of the Allies, who cham
poined the cause of the small nations
and enunciated the principle of ma
tional elf-detcrnination. 1t therefore
bchoovcs her to allow weaker pco-
pic in her midst to enjoy. at least i'll
n small measure, the blessing that has
been conferred by the greater Powers
upon herself. The independent Pol
and of the twentieth century should
not follow in the footsteps of her Rus
sian or Prussian Opprcssors. but revert
10 her own liberal traditions of previ-
Gus centuries. The prestige Of the New
Poland. as the creation of Liberal
Alliance, requires this; the laws of
humanity and the principles of civili-
zation demand 1t.
When discussed the question lit
tie while ago In Warsaw with Profess
sor Grabski, one of the intellectual
leaders of the National Democratic
party, he frankly admitted that lie
had formerly been an anti-Senlite, and
declared thst, now ,he wss nv longer
'hdJ a Saliil ~ aadsa .sss9 1ppos-
Cd ~ N tasncltse e.~hicsi6, I'm his opin-
i6m. Weakened the Polish struggle for
Independence; but that now that the
Poles were masters in their own coun-
try they could be hospitable and wish
cd everybody in their MIDST to feel
comfortable. This sentiment is echoed
most sincerely by the Jews. who long
~ feel comfortable in their native
country, whilst fully prepared to share
in all the tasks OF her reconstruction.
Eut they will not feel comfortable as
long as the present policy of anti
Seinitism prevails. and they are de-
pied the right of cultivating their own
traditional life. Quite apart from at
tacks upon persons and property ]
-. nf m.
justice towards Jews during my recent
tour of investigation in Poland.
fund that the economic boycott of the
Jews was maintained with unabated
vigor; that Poles who sold houses or
property to Jews We're branded as
traitors; that Jews were excluded, as
!, rule. from Government service; that
at Javorzno all the nine Jewish mem
bers of the Town Council were COM
PEELED to resign; that ut Tarnow the
speaking of Yiddish was forbidden; !;
that at Cracow a numerous clausus for
the Jews was in force ut the Uni
ycrsity medical faculty: that ut Oswie-
elm the Jews had to pay 65,0OO crowns
a month for the upkecp Of militia
ior their projection and tl,at in War
saw, altho the Jews formed nearly
forty per cent. of the population and
paid over fifty per cent. of the COM
mlinal taxation, they received practic-
ally nothing Of this revenue for the
maintenance of their own public insti-
tutions. AS long as such cases of
manifest injustice continue, there is
bound to be state of discomfort, and
the development of Poland as n lib
cral State will be jcoplrdizcd. NJ.
I'ndcrewski, whose so:ourn in the
United States has shown him how II
country benefits when she treats her
Jewish citizens justly and literally,
assured me that he would do every
thing in Ills power to bring about an
Improvement in the Jewish situation
lie has now an excellent opportunity
OF applying the lessons that he has
learned across the Atlantic.
There are three million Jews in the
United States, and there are also three
million in Poland; but whilst in the
former country they constitute only