Polish Government circles today declared that the allegations made by Wanda Wasilewska, editor of a Polish Communist newspaper in Russia, that Jews are being discharged from the Polish Army in Russia in order to prevent their joining the transports of Polish troops proceeding to the Middle East, will be answered by the Government next week.
The Government reply will be given at the forthcoming session of the Polish National Council where the question will be raised by Dr. Ignacy Schwarzbart, one of the two Jewish deputies in that body, a spokesman for the Polish Government stated.
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