- “No compensation has been paid for the dam¬ age done.” (Samuel.)
“This mission is advised that on the basis of official investigations the government has begun the payment of claims for damages resulting from these events.”
(Morgenthau.)
“Payments had begun to be made in Wilna, Pinsk and Lemberg before our departure from Poland.”
(General Jadwin.)
The occurrences in Lemberg were bad enough, to be sure. But Sir Stuart Samuel let it be understood that all the blame rested with the Poles. The other investigators gave reports that explain the matter, although no report could excuse it. And all but Samuel agreed that the Polish Government did what it could to repair what had occurred and to prevent recurrences. This from the American report is worth considering: “General Jadwin was present at the taking of Minsk and a personal witness of the strenu¬ ous efforts of the military authorities toward prevent¬ ing acts of violence.” The fact seems to be that as soon as any sort of order could be brought out of the chaos of war, the disorder ceased. And yet wre read, even today in our newspapers, of “thousands and tens of thousands of Jews being slaughtered in Poland.”