Evening star., 1938-10-29

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Uho haze lett Poland.
3, the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 29.-Thousands of
frantic Polish Jews were held at Ger
man concentration points awaiting
possible deportation to their homeland
today while the Warsaw and Berlin
governments debated the meaning of
a new Polish citizenship law.
Polish police estimated that 100
Jews. rounded up in swift night raids,
had already been shipped to Poland
through Schneidemuehl. An unre-
vealed number was kept at Neu-Bents-
chen. another border town. by secret
police. Additional thousands in secret
police custody elsewhere were ready to
be evicted If Polish German negotia-
tions should fail.
Must Have Passports Certified.
Poland has ordered that nationals
living abroad must have their pass
ports certified by consular Offices or
lose their right to reenter Poland.
Polish Jews believed the law, effective
tomorrow, might be an attempt to
deprive Polish Jews abroad of their
passports. Informed quarters said
Germany feared many Poles would be-
come public charges if refused revali-
dation stamps
The government estimated that l5O,-
900 Poles live in Germany, of whom
only = fraction are Jews.
c"Energetic Polish intervention"
against the deportations was an
nounced by Poland. warsaw re.
ported negotiations were under
way to stop the deporta tions from
Germany and to allow those already
expelled to take their property with
them. The Nazi drive was called
4 misunderstanding" in authori-
tative Warsaw circles.)
The thousands OF male Jews who
had been routed from their homes in
the night throughout Germany and
confined to barracks and border sta
tions pinned their hopes to the nego-
tiations, scheduled to continue today.
Na.is Keep Silence.
Nazi spokesman, however kept the
Strictest silence about details and the
possible results of the negotia tions, the
failure of which would set the deporta-
ton machine in full motion. with the
deadline at midnight tonight.
Roundups continued in Vienna
where black-uniformed IS guards, as
the executive organ of the secret police
tGestapo) resumed combing the city's
Jewish districts the number taken into
custody was estimated to exceed 1000
about 500 Of whom were Hungarian
and Rumanian Jews. They were re-
leased later.
About 5000 Polish Jews were esti-
mated to live in Vienna, and it was held
likely that those not repatriated might
be taken to the Mauthausen concentra-
ton camp lately established in Upper
Austria.
Women relatives said they were not
told whether they would be allowed to
follow their menfolk to Poland.
Reich Rejects Polish Viewpoint.
WARSAW. Oct. 70 (P).-Informed
Polish sources said today that Ger
many thus far has refused to accept
the Polish viewpoint in negotiations
through which Poland is attempting
to stop German deportation of sew
eral thousand Polish Jews.
The Polish government maintained
that new Polish law requiring ex-
animation Of passports of Polish cit
izens abroad was adopted merely be.
cause 1t suspected many persons had
no right to. them.
German authorities, informed mar.
ters said, took this measure to mean
Poland was trying to rid herself of
Polish Jews living abroad and adopted
deportation to keep from having sew
eral thousand men without a coun.
try" inside the Reich.
The Polish Jewish Relief Commit.
tee said 5000 Jews were on the Ger
man-Polish border awaiting results
OF negotiations between the two
countries. About half of them alreadv
were in Poland and the others in
trains on the German side waiting to
be sent across the border.
The relief committee said it had
the assurance Of the Polish govern
ment that Polish Jews in GERMANY
would be defended "energeticallv ;,
The committee chairman asserted that
Polish Jews expect the Polish pov-
ernment to apply retaliatory measures
to German citizens living in Poland {"