The Archive · 1937

GERMAN-POLISH ISSUE AMICABLY ENDED

Agreement Signed for Freedo to Rights Berlin, Nov. 6.

An important development in rela~ tions between Germany and Poland jis marked by the conclusion of an Jagreement to-day concerning the {treatment of their respective minorities.

The pact forbids any atteript to] assimilate the minority, grants minor! ties free use of their language and the right to form organizations, maintain schools and have church services in their own language, and provides that they should not be hindered in the profession or acquisi-ton of real estate.

Herr Adolf Hitler, in receiving a delegation of the Polish minority. in Germany, expressed the hope the agreement would further friendly relations between Germany and Poland, He announced he had ordered the release of a number of Poles arrested in Germany on a charge of Megat political activity—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account