and representatives of the Bund, the Jewish Socialist party, made repeated efforts to learn the reason for the arrest of the Jewish leaders, were merely told that the political behavior of the men was “suspicious.”
Searches conducted by the authorities in the homes of the arrested leaders failed to reveal incriminating matter save manuscripts and newspaper clippings of no political value.
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