Moreover, the Jewish separate schools were estab¬ lished by law in Poland. Poland’s great trouble has resulted from her lack of schools in which all the popu¬ lation could imbibe Polish ideals expressed in the Polish language. The Peace Conference authorizes the continuance of that source of trouble.
In Article 11, “the Jews” were mentioned. In Article 9, the term used is “Polish nationals.” The reader will 'save himself a great deal of misunder¬ standing in the perusal of European news if he will translate the clause “racial, religious and linguistic minorities” to mean simply Jews. They are the “mi¬ nority” that is at the bottom of most of the difficulty, and they are the minority that is most heard of. It was this minority that dominated the Peace Con¬ ference.
“Article 9—Poland will provide in the educational system in towns and districts in which a considerable proportion of Polish nationals of other than Polish speech are residents, adequate facilities for insuring that in the primary schools instruction shall be given to the children of such Polish nationals through the medium of their own language. * * * “In towns and districts where there is a consider¬ able proportion of Polish nationals belonging to racial, linguistic or religious minorities, these minorities shall be assured an equitable share in the enjoyment and application of the sums which may be provided out of public funds under the state, municipal or other budgets for education, religious or charitable purposes.”
But even that is not all. The Polish State is to hand over the money, but the Jews will distribute it:
“Educational committees appointed locally by the Jewish communities of Poland will, subject to the JEWS USE PEACE CONFERENCE TO BIND POLAND 243 general control of the state, provide for the distribution of the proportional share of the public funds allocated to Jewish schools in accordance with Article 9 * * * ”