POLES FOODLESS

Grey River Argus, 16 January 1940, Page 7

POLES FOODLESS

PUSHED OFF FARMS To Make Room lor Conquerors [Aust. & N.Z. Cable- Assn.] (Received January 15, 7.10 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, January 14. The newspaper “Politiken’s” Berlin correspondent states: “No reconstruction has been carried out in Poland after the campaign. There were one hundred and seventy thousand people killed during the siege of Warsaw. Immediately after the city’s capitulation, endless Warsaw queues awaited food. The situation deteriorated owing to the arrival there of fugitives from all parts of Poland, these increasing the city’s population to one million and a half, 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 in Warsaw;. POLES KILL THE “PLANTERS” LONDON, January 14. “The Times” Riga correspondent, says: “Despite German tribunals imposing heavy sentences, the number of murders in the Warthe Rive.r Valley and on the German-Polish frontier is increasing. Probably this is due to the Polish resentment at the presence of repatriated Germans in the area. Lonely farms there are the scenes of frequent attacks. A family of six were murdered near Torun. POLISH JEWS FORCED TO LABOUR. (Received January 15, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. The Berlin qorrespondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that Jews between the ages fourteen and sixty in Poland are undergoing two years’ forced labour, which period may be prolonged "if the instructive object is not attained.” The Jews provide their own tools, food and blankets.