Violence Mars Yom Kippur in Poland; Socialists War on Anti-semites

ANTI-JEWISH VIOLENCE HERE, IN WILNO AND IN THE TOWN OF CZEDLADZ, NEAR SOSNOWIEC, MARRED OBSERVANCE OF YOM KIPPUR LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.

JEWS RETURNING FROM KOL NIDRE SERVICES LAST NIGHT AT THE FRIDHOF SYNAGOGUE ON OKOPOW STREET HERE-WERE SET UPON BY GANGS OF HOODLUMS. IN THE RESULTING PANIC, A JEWISH CHILD WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND THREE JEWISH WOMEN INJURED. THE CHILD, WHICH HAD BEEN TRAMPLED UPON, WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.

IN CZEDLADZ, NARAS (MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL RADICAL PARTY) SMASHED WINDOWS OF A SYNAGOGUE AND A NUMBER OF JEWISH HOUSES. MANY JEWS WERE BEATEN ON THE STREETS WHEN FLED THE SYNAGOGUE IN PANIC. SEVERAL OF THE NARAS WERE ARRESTED. NARAS DEMONSTRATED ON THE STREETS OF WILNO, ATTACKING MANY JEWS.

THE POLISH GOVERNMENT WAS REPORTED MEANWHILE TO HAVE TAKEN STRINGENT MEASURES TO HALT ANTI-JEWISH TERRORISM IN WARSAW. IT ASSERTEDLY ORDERED THE POLICE TO SUPPRESS DISORDERS AND NOT ALLOW THE PICKETING OF JEWISH BOOKSHOPS BY NATIONALISTS, WHO ARE WAGING A “MODEL BOYCOTT.” THE ARREST OF PICKETERS AND IMMEDIATE TRIAL BEFORE SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS HAS BEEN ORDERED, IT WAS STATED.

SOCIALISTS FIGHT BIAS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECISION OF THE POLISH TRADES UNION COUNCIL THE POLISH SOCIALIST PARTY PROCLAIMED A “MONTH OF FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM” IN WARSAW IN ANSWER TO THE “ANTI-JEWISH BOYCOTT MONTH” ANNOUNCED BY NATIONALIST GROUPS. LARGE MEETINGS OF POLISH AND JEWISH WORKERS WERE HELD IN VARIOUS PARTS OF WARSAW TUESDAY NIGHT AND TODAY, AND ANTI-NATIONALIST LEAFLETS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE STREETS. NATIONALIST ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE WORKERS CARRIED BANNERS WITH SLOGANS DENOUNCING ANTI-SEMITISM.