Laxity on the part of the authorities in suppressing anti-Jewish agitation and riots was bitterly condemned on the floor of the Polish Parliament today by Deputies Sommerstein and Rubenstein. Immediate action to stem the anti-Semitic incitement and the resulting attacks which have reached pogrom proportions in the last few weeks was demanded by the Jewish deputies of the Premier and the Ministers of the Interior, Justice and Education.
Pointing out that the anti-Semitic agitation covers almost the entire country, the deputies accused the authorities of failing to combat the “poisonous attacks” against the Jews.
University authorities were singled out by the deputies who charged that they had neglected precautions for the maintenance of order, although they had been repeatedly warned of the impending trouble.
The deputies assailed the university officials for their refusal to permit police to enter the university grounds to quell the rioting Endek (anti-Semitic Nationalist) students.
The deputies concluded their polemic against the authorities with a demand that adequate protection be accorded the lives and property of Poland’s Jewish population.
Anti-Jewish outbreaks in various sections of the country have in the past few months resulted in the death of five Jews and injuries to several score.
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