New disorders and bombings flared in Polish towns today as Jewish delegations from many parts of the country came to Warsaw to appeal to the Government for protection against anti-Semitic terrorism, which, they said, threatened to erupt into serious pogroms.
General Roman Goerecki, Minister of Commerce, declared to a delegation of Jewish war veterans who asked him to induce the Government to protect the Jews:
“The Polish Government will continue to treat the Jews with the same tolerance as hitherto.” General Goerecki is president of the Polish War Veterans Association.
The Jewish delegations reported that in the Opoczno region Jews had been openly threatened with massacres unless they left the towns.
In Otwock, a Jewish house was bombed last night and the windows of several other houses smashed by anti-Semites. A local rabbi, Ziemann, was attacked at the railroad depot by a mob shouting, “Death to the Rabbi.”
Time bombs were discovered before a Jewish house in Goclawek, a Warsaw suburb, and in front of a synagogue in Filipowicz. In both cases they were discovered by the police before they had gone off. In Filipowicz, planting of the bomb was preceded by distribution of violently anti-Semitic leaflets in front of the local church.
Anti-Semitic Nationalists in Karczev attacked Jewish houses, seriously injuring an aged Jew, M. Blomberg, and wounding several others.
While the Government was charged with taking a passive attitude in the face of anti-Jewish disorders, arrests of Jews in several towns was reported here today. A number of Jews were seized in Radom for leading the demonstration last Tuesday protesting against the Government’s failure to check excesses.
A young Warsaw Jewish student, Zivia Hasterblum, was arrested and jailed for having shouted, “You’re cattle !” to anti-Semitic Nationalists who were beating up Jews at Warsaw University. His bail was fixed at 25,000 zlotys.
Further arrests of Jews in Przytyk, scene of anti-Semitic disorders two weeks ago, were made today in pursuance of what appeared to be the intention of local authorities to fix the blame for the excesses on the Jews.
In Radom, central city of the district which includes Przytyk, Governor Tremarucek forced a number of Jewish leaders to sign a statement that they recognized the Jews as being equally responsible for the disorders.
Twenty Jews arrested last week in Selenica for organizing self-defense units were released pending trial.
A Senate committee will tomorrow consider the bill passed by the Sejm to curb kosher slaughtering and the Senate will take up the measure Thursday or Friday. Jewish deputies have been invited to testify before the committee. Comment in Jewish circles on the swift passage of the bill last Friday was that it had been railroaded through the house with speed usually reserved for such urgent Government measures as armaments.
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