Evening star., 1932-05-07

I'll UNIVERSAL, Mexico, D. F.
L The war ministry is promulgat-
ing a new code of morals for
IL army officers. No longer Is
laxity of behavior which in
any sense might be considered a bad
example for enlisted men to be toler-
ated. For many years-in fact, it is
rather tradition Of military life
commissioned ranks were felt to be
privileged exponents of a more or less
licensed system of conduct. Exposed
to perils and hardships or every sort
in times of strife, they were compen-
sated in times of peace with immunity
for many offenseS which would have
been severely condemned and punished
in other vocations.
Henceforward, however. army OFF,
GERS must not be recalcitrant to the
trust imposed upon them. They must
no longer comport themselves as Lo-
tharioS and Bacchanals, but as sedate
and temperate men with moral stand
ards which will reflect credit upon the
service and inspire the rank and file
to Worthier emulation. 4 special corps
Of military police will be organized and
empowered to report and discipline any
discovered infractions of the new and
revolutionary order D1Sorderly con-
duct of every sort among the officers
will hereafter be visited with condlgn
punishment.
Distress of Jews
Pictured in Poland.
Jewish Chronicle, London-A poig-
nant picture of the economic distress
among Jews in Poland was given by Mr..
L. PilichowSki, the eminent Jewish ar
tist, who has just returned from visit
to that country, at a special meeting OF
the executive Council of the Federation
of Jewish Relief Organizations.
Mr. Pilchowski, after describing the
appalling poverty he had witnessed
among the Jews in Pojand, said that
in Lemberg he had had a talk with
Deputy Dr. Jaeger, who was the presl-
dent of the Lemberg Community, and
he (Mr. Pilchowski suggested to him
the calling of a conference and the for
nation of a committee consisting OF
representatives of all sections of Polish
Jewry to see what could be Gone to
help not only the Jews IN Lemberg but
those in outlying districts. He also dis
cuSSed the proposal with Mr.. Gruen-
baum and Mr.. Farbste1n and other
leaders of the community and succeed
ed in bringing together at a meeting
those who were most sharply opposed
in regard to certain matters of policy.
He impressed upon them the fact that II
they wanted the Federation of Relief
Organizations to help them, they must
call such a conference together and
supply them with the necessary facts
and figures He was told that the or
ganiZation was sending money princi-
pally to Russia and the Ukraine and
that the requirements OF Polish Jewry
al tnl
that the money that was sent to Poland
was infinitesimal in proportion to the
requirements and that il was the lea
which was supplying them with the bulk
of the relief.
The Polish community was at its
wits end to deal with the vast army
of unemployed and he could not re-
frain from paying a tribute to the way
in which the community organized the
work of tackling this problem. This
work was done in spirit Of Won
derful Self-sacrifice and words were
inadequate to describe the way in
which that help was being rendered.
People who today had been reduced
almost to beggary were still continuing
to help their brothers and sisters as
they were wont to do.
Dr. Machower promised that the fed
Grafton would do everything possible TO
afford help to the Jews in Poland. AS
chairman of the Food and Clothing
Subcommittee. he gave a report of the
federation's arrangements with the
Soviet government for the issue OF
food. clothing and other commodities
to the destitute in Russia.
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Auto Safety
Drive Urged in Glasgow.
Evening Times, GlaSgow.-To the
Editor. When one considers that in