Polish Past Governments and Parliaments Accused by Deputy Rosmarin of Being Responsible by Their Ind

The Polish Governments and Parliaments of the past were accused of being responsible by their indifference for the present tragedy of the Jewish situation in Poland in a speech which Deputy Dr. Rosmarin, the Vice-President of the Club of Jewish Deputies, delivered to-day in the Seym in the debate on the budget for social welfare work, drawing attention to the widespread and catastrophic pauperisation of the Jewish population.

We are all in favour of social reform, Deputy Rosmarin said, but why should the Jewish population be compelled to be idle tow days in the week because of the Compulsery Sunday Closing Law? what does the Government intend with its new campaign for the compulsory reduction of prices? Deputy Rosmarin went on. The entire campaign, he said, seems to be aimed at eliminating the middleman. We know the old song about reducing prioes in the interests of the consumer, but we want to know what is behind that. We demand a clear answer to a clear question: Does the Government seek to declare war against the trading world, and to deprive hundreds of thousands of Jewish souls of their only means of livelihood? The first thing that the syndicates and the monopolies do, as we know from past experience, is to throw Jews out of employment. The impoverished Jewish population of Poland, cannot solve their own problem, Dr. Rosmarin said, and the assistance which the Jewries abroad have provided is now coming to an end. What are these unfortunates to do? Dr. Rosmarin asked.