A duel of words took place here yesterday between Deputy P. Areiczewsky, member of the anti-Semitic National Democratic (Endek) party, and Dr. Jeshua Then, leader of the Jewish Parliamentary Club, resulting in the handing of the dispute to the tribunal of the Polish Parliament for a decision.
The anti-Semitic deputy allegedly insulted the Jewish member of the Polish Parliament by calling him a “denunciator of Polish military affairs” for a speech which Dr. Thon delivered in Parliament on November 7, criticizing the government for spending too much on military purposes and burdening the Jewish population with heavy taxes.
Dr. Thon sharply retorted to the remark of the anti-Semitic deputy, pointing out that Jewish members of Parliament have the same right as the Polish to express their opinion. An excited exchange of remarks between the two followed, culminating in turning the case over to the Sejm tribunal.
In his speech of November 7, for which he was attacked, Dr. Thon pointed out to the Parliament that the Polish government has spent a billion zloty for military purposes and has imposed this sum in taxes upon the cities, where the Jewish population form a majority, and not upon the farms.
“Why should not the city enjoy the same protection from the government as the farm?” Dr. Thon asked in his speech.
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