Polish Jewry is split wide open over the Se jm election issue. With the General Zionist, Socialist Zionist and Jewish Socialist parties refraining from taking a part in the elections, Zionists of Group B, Mizrachi and Agudists today announced their candidates for the six seats which Jews may possibly win.
In Warsaw seven candidates, of whom five are Jews and two are non-Jews stood today for election in the Jewish quarter where only one deputy can be elected.
Dr. Thon, oldest Jewish Se jm deputy, failed to be nominated by the Kracow electoral committee, which nominated instead an assimilated Jew, Leopold Spira. As a result the Zionist Organization in West Galicia proclaimed that it will not take part in the elections.
In Lodz, the Agudah candidate Mincberg was nominated. In Wilno Rabbi Rubinstein, and in Lwow Deputy Sommerstein will be candidates. Bialystok has no Jewish candidates.
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