The Washington herald., 1921-05-22
JEWISH REFUGEES
PUSH INTOPOLAND
Emigrants Flee Horrors of
Russia Under Soviet
Rule.
Especial Gable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)
By L.. G.. WALTER.
By l.. G. WALTER.

WARSAW, May 21.-Hundreds Of
thousands of refugees are pouring
into Polish territory from soviet
land, on horse carts. in cattle trains.
on foOt-a fresh invasion from the
east which promises to increase in
volume with the imminent exchange
of the Riga treaty ratification by
Polish and soviet delegates at
Minsk.
For the most part the civilian
refugees are Ukrainian Jews flock
ing to Poland on their way to Amer
lea.
As they come across the new Pol
ish- Russian frontier. old men, wom-
en-. children, each carrying a bundle
of earthly possessions slung across
their shoulders. agents of the Amer
lean Urgent Aid Socety, the Ameri-
can Relief Administration, and
the American Junior Red Cross
guide them to the nearest food
kitchen and temporary shelters in
and near the border towns.
Tragedies Ayerted.
Starvation, disease. and frequent
ly death follow on the heels of the
mass migration, but hundreds of
tragedies are averted by doctors
and food and clothing distributors.
Judge Hugo Pam, of Chicago, who
came to Poland as a delegate of the
Hebrew immigration Aid Society,
after examining the conditions un-
der which the influx of Ukrainian
and Russian Jews is taking place,
has arranged with the Polish gov
ernment for facilities in feeding and
housing the immigrants. Beyond
stipulating that the refugees should
be kept out of congested Warsaw
until in each case everything is
ready for the passport formalities.
the Warsaw authorities have raised
no obstacles, Judge Pam told The
Herald correspondent.
One of the sights in Warsaw is
the throng of Jews assembled daily
in front of the American passport
bureau. Although working fun
force. the American consulate has so
far been unable to handle more than
about $50 applications for vises a
day. In the first rush of emigrants
over 1900 requests were submitted
daily, but strict orders were re-
ceived from Washington to exam
Inc each case minutely, as instances
occurred of full-blown Bolshevik
agitators seeking passage to Amer
lea as refugees.
Refugees Patient.
Fresh from the Ukrainian hell,
most of the refugees show patience
when they reach the purgatory
stage of their trials on Polish terri
tory. Between day dreams of the
American Ell Dorado, where mosts
OF them have close relatives. in
some instances well-to-do New
York and Chicago merchants, the
refugees calmly submit to delousers.
baths and hair clippers.
Thousands of the refugees in the
frontiers towns are doomed to wait
from six to eight months before
their vises are granted, each person
receiving a number as his or her
case is submitted to the American
officials in Warsaw. Rather than
wait until November or December,
many refugees from the Ukraine
and Galicia are taking the Vienna
route westward, 1t has been sscer-
tained- Terrified at the sight of
new food consumers. the Vienna au-
thorities encourage the Jews to mi
CRATE farther.
In contrast with the mass fight
OF Russian and Ukrainian Jews
through Poland. Rumania. and Aus
tria is the steady current of Rus
SLAMS returning to Sovdepia through
Riga Many OF these. according to
Judge Pam. who studied the situa-
ton in his tour of the Balkan coun-
tries, are Russians frankly attached
to their country. although the ma
jority are traders bent on business.
Copyright 1871