HC Deb 19 May 1919 vol 116 c78W
Mr. KILEY

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that since Poland has regained her independence there have been anti-Jewish pogroms in over 140 towns and villages in Poland and Galicia, involving considerable loss of life and property, and that massacres of Jews have just taken place at Pinsk, Lida, and Vilna, and whether His Majesty's Government will take action to prevent a continuance of the persecution of the Jews in Poland?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

The attention of His Majesty's Government has been drawn to the reports of anti-Jewish pogroms in various parts of Poland and Galicia as well as to the massacres at Pinsk, Lida, and Vilna, referred to by the hon. Member, and inquiries have been addressed to His Majesty's representative at. Warsaw, with instructions to make urgent representations to the Polish Government, if they are found to be true.