DIFFICULTIES IN POLAND

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22919, 16 January 1940, Page 7

DIFFICULTIES IN POLAND

GERMANY’S PLANS HAMPERED RECONSTRUCTION NOT YET BEGUN (exited pbess association —copyright.) (Received January 15, 8.30 p.m.") LONDON, January 14. The Berlin correspondent of the Danish newspaper “Politiken” states that no reconstruction has been carried out in Poland since the campaign. One hundred and seventy thousand were killed during the siege of Warsaw where, immediately after the capitulation, endless queues waited for food. The situation deteriorated because of the arrival of fugitives from all parts of Poland, increasing the population to 1,500,000 and baffling the German efforts to feed and shelter them, since a large part of the town was destroyed. Three hundred thousand are being collectively fed daily. The Riga correspondent of “The Times” says that in spite of German tribunals’ heavy sentences, the number of murders in the Warthe valley on the German-Polish frontier, is increasing, probably as a result of Polish resentment at the presence of repatriated Germans. Lonely farms are the scenes of frequent attacks. A family of six was murdered near Torun. The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that Jews between the ages of 14 and 60 in Poland are undergoing two years’ forced labour, which may be prolonged “if the instructive object is not attained.” The Jews provide their own tools, food, and blankets.