Polish opposition newspapers, including organs of the Socialists, Endek anti-Semites and the Christian Democrats, today openly expressed their hostility to the agreement between Poland and Germany to guard against attacks on either country. The full text of the agreement was officially released today.
Opposition papers declared that the Polish nation did not desire to see a reproachment between Poland and Nazi culture and demanded the publication of the secret clauses in the agreement as to what the Polish press may write on events in Germany. They also pointed out that the German-Polish agreement was not a law.
Only the government official and semi-official press expressed any satisfaction over the agreement.
The Yiddish newspapers avoided the subject completely, but continued to publish Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports on anti-Jewish events within Nazi Germany.
According to recent reports from London and Paris, negotiations between the Foreign Ministries of Poland and Germany have been going on for some time. An agreement was reached, it was said, for mutual protection against attacks on either country in the press, books or on the radio. The two nations also agreed to foster closer cooperation by means of an exchange of lecturers and speakers.
The London Daily Mail also stated that a secret agreement had been reached providing for suppression of unfavorable comments against either country. In practice, it was pointed out, this would mean the absolute suppression of all anti-Nazi news, while the columns of the Polish press would be freely opened to favorable Nazi propaganda.
Yiddish newspapers in Poland have, in recent months, been forbidden to publish news unfavorable to Germany and specifically warned to halt their attacks against Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler.
During the visit of Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels in Warsaw, Yiddish newspapers frequently appeared with gaping holes in their pages, where the press censor had insisted on the removal of anti-Goebbels articles or stories.
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