New-York tribune., 1920-01-19

DerleS until the next morninp wher
adequate officers patrols were sent out
through the streets and order was
established: The private houses Of
many OF the Jews were also broken
into by soldiers and the inhabitants
were beaten and robbed.
Z. There have also been here and
there individual cases of murder not
enumerated in the preceding para
graphs, but their detailed descrint;on
has not been considered necessary. in.
asmuch as they present no cha ractcr-
istics not already observed in the prin-
cipal excesses. In considering these
excesses as whole, it should be borne
in mind that of the eight cities and
towns at which striking disorders have
occurred, only Kiclce and Czcstochowa
are within the boundaries of Congress
Poland.
's. Just as the Jews would resent
being condemned as race for the &C.
ton of a few of their undesirable CO.
rcligionists, SO it would be correspond
ingly unfair to condemn the Polish ma
tion as whole for the violence com
mitted by uncontrolled troops or local
mobs. These eXcesses were apparently
not preme meditated, for if they had been
part of preconceived plan the num-
ber of killed would have run into the
WV odnuS lnStedu OF amounting to
about 280
go. Besides these excesses there have
been reported to the mission numerous
cases of other forms of prosecutions.
thus, in almost every one of the cities
and towns of Poland, Jews have been
stopped by the soldiers and have had
their boards either torn out or cut off
10. Whereas it has been easy to de-
termlne the excesses which took place
and to fix the approximate number of
deaths, it was more difficult to estab-
I1sh the extent Of anti-Jewish discrim-
nation. This discrimination finds its
most conspicuous manifcs station in the
torn of an economic boycott The
National Democratic party has contin-
uously agitated the economic strangling
of the Jews.
III. Furthermore, the establishment
OF cooperative stores is claimed by
many Jewish traders to be a form of
discrimination. 1t would seem, how
ever, that this movement is a legiti-
mate effort to restrict the activities
and therefore the profits of the middle
man.
"12. The government has denied that
discrimination against Jews has been
practiced as governmental policy,
though it has not denied that there
may be individual cases where anti
Semitism has played a part Assur-
ances have been made to the mission
by official authorities that in so far as
1T lies within the power Of the govern
nent this discrimination will be cor
rected.
"13. In considering the causes for the
anti-Semitic feeling which has brought
about the manifestations described
above it must be remembered that
evor since the partition of 1895 the
Poles have striven to be reunited as
This continual effort to keep alive their
rational aspirations has caused them to
look with hatred upon anything which
might interfere with their aims. This
has led to a conflict with the national
ist declarations of some of the Jewish
organizations which desire to estab-
lish cultural autonomy financially sup
ported by the states.
IA The strained relations between
the Jews and the non-Jews have been
further increased not only by the great
war, during which Poland was the bat
tie ground for the Russian, German and
Austrian armies, but also by the pres
ent conflicts with the Bolsheviki and
Ukrainians
"15. The great majority Of Jews in
Poland belong to separate Jewish po-
litical parties. The largest of these are
the Orthodox and Zionist and the Ma
tional. Since the Jews form separate
political groups, it is probable that
some of the Polish discrimination
against them is political rather than
anti-Semitic in character.
"16. The relations between the Jews
and non-Jews will undoL btedly improve
in strong democratic Poland. To
hasten this, there should be reconcilia-
tion and cooperation between the SO
per cent Christians and IA per cent
Jews.
az. 1t was impossible for the mis-
sion, during the two months it was in
Poland, to do more than acquaint it.
self with the general condition Of the
people. To formulate a solution of the
Jewish problem will necessitate care
full and broad study, not only of the
economic condition of the Jews, but
also of the exact requirements of Po-
land.
"18. This comission should devise a
plan by which the Jews in Poland can
secure the same economic and social
oppo rtunities as are enjoyed by their
coreligionists in other free countries
"19. All citizens OF Poland should