The Archive · 1938

Plea for Polish Jews

Warsaw, Jan. 24.

An appeal to Great Britain to allow Polish Jews to enter Palestine was made to-day by the Deputy, M. Woochechowski, speaking before the Finance Commission of the Diet.

"We appeal to France and Great Britain to whom Polish Jews have frequently addressed compin'rts on their situation," ne said. "We particularly appeal to England. in the name of humanitarian sentiments, to open Palestine und other sparsely populated forrit ries to the immigration of Jews."

Poland had sheltered hundreds of thousands of Jews fleeing from Russia after the Great War, thus aggravating the Jewish problem in the country.

"The Polish Government," the Deputy concluded, "will avoid by all means possible the occurence of anti-Jewish riots, and give their assurances to England that the reactions of the famished and desperate Polish people will cease as soon as Poland is rid of her excess Jewish Japanese Peer Criticizes

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