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Show The Poles May Be Martyrs ELSEWHERE on this page is an article en-, titled "In Vanquished Poland" which purports pur-ports to tell the story ot what has happened within Poland since Russia and Germany Invaded In-vaded and partitioned that country between them several months ago. The article Is undoubtedly prejudiced, being based on Information from the exiled Polish government In France. It Is charged In the , article that the toll ot those executed by the nazls, most ot them without trial, Is 18,000; that many more thousands have been sent to concentration camps; that millions have been forced to evacuate their homes, leaving behind all their possessions but the barest necessities. We'll grant the article could properly be labeled propaganda, but there are a good many reasons for believing that It Is a fairly true picture of conditions In Poland today. Let's examine those reasons. First of all. It Is a known fact that neutral correspondents and observers have been denied the privilege of making any extended Investigation Investi-gation ot conditions In either German or Russian Rus-sian areas of Poland. That In Itself Is tantamount tanta-mount to an admission by the German and Russian governments that there Is plenty of oppression, brutality and suffering In the conquered con-quered areas. Secondly, It Is a known fact that the past record ot both the German and Russian governments gov-ernments Is one ot ruthless and savage oppression oppres-sion of political opponents and ot minorities. When Stalin and his butchers will kill Russians by the thousands, when Hitler and his axmen will murder Germans by the thousands, and persecute and ruthlessly exterminate a million Jews In Germany and Austria, there Is no reason to believe that an alien subject race like the Poles will be spared. Consider the Story of new German restrictions restric-tions against Jews, published recently, which must be authentic inasmuch as It came through Berlin censorship. Apparently a deliberate attempt at-tempt Is being made to starve out the Jews, ai under new regulations Jews are denied meat and certain vegetables regularly allowed to other Germans. Even on the limited rationing permitted them they are discriminated against because the letter "J" Is stamped on their ration cards and tradesmen often refuse to sell them the food to which they are entitled by their cards. In addition the Jews are restricted to two hours of shopping in the afternoon, a time when many food stocks are already sold out and always the best food is gone. Jews are denied the tight to buy clothing, or even yarn or thread to make repairs, or new leather soles lor their shoes. They, may not go |