An internal conflict in Zionist ranks appeared today to be developing here as a result of Heschel Farbstein’s failure to be reelected to the Sejm. Farbstein, president of the Warsaw Jewish community, was a party to a pre-election arrangement according to which Deputy Isaac Gruenbaum was to receive the first seat of the Zionist candidates and Farbstein the second. But Farbstein was not elected in Bialystok while Dr. Rosenblatt, another Zionist candidate, was elected in Lodz. Rosenblatt is unwilling to resign his seat in favor of Farbstein.
Farbstein, however, insists that the pre-election arrangement be carried out. Deputy Gruenbaum is reported to be willing to resign in Farbstein’s favor but the Zionist press is urging him not to do it. Two delegations, one of the old Zionists and another of student Zionists waited on Farbstein requesting him to waive his claim. Meanwhile rumors have spread that Deputy Gruenbaum is considering going to Palestine or settling in London in the interests of the Tarbuth (Hebrew Schools). Deputy Gruenbaum however authorized the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to deny these rumors.
Meanwhile a deputation of more than a thousand Zionists gathered in front of the Jewish community offices here today to demand that Farbstein waive his claim to a seat in the Sejm. Farbstein however insists that Dr. Rosenblatt resign in his favor and if this is not done threatens to bring the matter before the Court of Honor of the Zionist Congress. It is noteworthy that the Zionists of Lodz have resolved not to permit Dr. Rosenblatt to resign since he was elected by the entire Jewish population of Lodz.
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