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Show jPolish Military Chief Says Pogroms at Lem- ' berg Being Probed. ; OPPOSE BOLSHEVISM1 i i I Jewish Party Chief Pre-! sents Grievances ... Against Poles. WARSAW, Sunday, Dec. 15. Gener- i al Pilsudski, the military head of the Polish government, spoko freely today to-day with the correspondent relative to the situation in this country. ' "The Jewish question is most diljfi- cult for Poland," he said. "One of the best proofs of our tolerance toward the Jews may be found In the fact that they were permitted to participate I in the recent election. I "A special commission is investigat- j ing the alleged pogroms at Lemberg. ' It has been established that the first act of the Ukranians after occupying that city was t6 release prisoners. I These prisoners began to pillage the j city. When Polish patrols entered i the Lemberg ghetto they were fired jupon from windows and hot water was ! poured upon them. j "At the beginning of the trouble the . 'forces of Polish regular troops in Lem-: I berg were unable to cope wilh the I situation, but when reinforced, re-i i stored order and placed in jail fifteen! I hundred persons, many of whom were I tUkranian soldiers." I Noah Prilaki, a leader of the Jewish I I Nationalist party, said to the corres-1 Ipondent: I j "The trouble between the Poles and 1 i the Jews is the outgrowth of the in-1 i disposition of the Poles to meet our demands in the light of President Wil-i Wil-i son's terms. We have aspirations sim-' ! liar to the Czechs and the Sorbs but ; lack territory. Anti-Semitic agitation i I began forty years ago when Poles 1 jwere urged to take up land, open small J j stores and overcome Jewish competi-' ' tion. I "Jewish nationalistic aspirations ' look form nine years ago being stimu-1 jlated by the Russian revolution. After the present war tho Jews hoped to i gain political freedom but friction be-i be-i tween the Poles and Jews began again. (When German occupation came the j Poles accused tho Jews of co-operating with the Germans. It was then that Warsaw elected its first municipal j council. "In this council began the formation of parties which now exist. Our Nationalist Na-tionalist party seeks autonomy for the Jews, reconciliation by the Polish state with them, the right to havo our own schools and libraries and the privilege of using Yiddish in the schools but to study Polish history and the Polish language. lan-guage. "Wo have no objection to the Polish flag but wo wish to have the right to regulate matters affecting Jews. The representatives of our party arc largely large-ly Socialists but aro opposed to Bolshevism. Bol-shevism. Also unlike German Socialists Social-ists we are not internationalists. It is not true that Jews acted as spies for the Germans. "It is true that Jails were opened at Lemberg but Polish soldiers .began the disorders by setting fire to the homes of Jews and then thieves came. PARIS, Dec. 17. In discussing the severance of relations botwecn Poland and Germany, the Petit Journal sees an alliance in the near future of an alliance al-liance between Poland and tho Democratic Demo-cratic government of Posen (German Poland). The Democratic government, the newspaper says. In preparing to adhere completely to the entente allies- A |