The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-01-16
Friday, January 16, 1920.
MORGENTHAU'S REPORT.
Poles Think Jews Are Too Numerous
and Seek to Get Rid of Them.


Judaeans at the Hotel Pennsylvania
told of the conditions Of the Jews in
Poland and the proposals which he
made to the Polish government in or
der to save the people, thousands of
whom, he predicts, will die of starva-
ton this winter.
"The matter" Mr.. Morgenthau said,
"comes down to the fact that the
Poles lack the courage and will not be
helped so they are drifting. The coun-
try is in terrible condition, the Poles
are looking for some one to blame and
the easiest way out is to blame the
Jew, who, they say has profiteered and
has at times helped the Germans and
the Bolsheviki during the war.
81 got my first impression of what
the Poles thought of the Jews when
met Dmowski in Paris. Stripping it Of
all else, this was what it came to:
There are too many Jews in Poland
for the good of Poland, and some Of
them must be moved out. The IA per
cent. are too many for the country to
assimilate, and some way must be
found to rid the land Of them without
arousing the country Of the world.
eve found that not as many MUIR
ders had been committed in Poland as
the Jews had unfortunately proclaim
ed, but the sight of many dead bodies
and of hundreds of others being ship
ped away in cars was justification Of
the feeling that all those who were de-
ported had been killed. But the eco
nomic boycott is absolutely as fearful
as II has been pointed. While among
the Turks saw how they sent the Ar
menians out into the desert with re-
leased criminals and had the latter
kill them on the way. The Poles have
a more refined, if you will, method.
They thought they could strangulate
the Jews by not dealing with them.
Jewish railroad and government en-
ployes were discharged. No officers in
the army could be Jews. In designat-
ing the professors for four universi-
ties they were organizing they had
not a single Jew on the list. They i'm
pressed Jews into service regardless
Of age and made them do the HARDEST
kind Of work, and the old bearded Jews
were afraid to go alone in the dark
for fear that their boards would be
torn or cut from their faces.
"The conditions in Poland are indie
scribable and cannot be appreciated
unless actually seen. In wilma we
were told Of the man who was tied to
a horse and had to run five or six Kill
omters around the city at a pace set
by the soldier who was mounted on
the animal. The poet Jaffe, man Of
fine fibre and beautiful soul, was ar
rested, beaten, stripped Of his cloth
ing, thrown into car with fifty others,
and allowed to go for three days with
out food or drink. A boy who had been
buried alive with Ave others told how
he had extricated himself at night.
"If American Jewry wants to cure
the evils Of Poland they must get at
the root of it. Sending 100000 or g.
100000 Jews to Palestine will do little
good. The evil consists in allowing
the Jews in town to follow one or
two pursuits. Where there are 5000
perhaps 1000 Of them could make an
honest living, but 5000 must cheat
each other or starve. They must be
given schools Of instruction. They
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