HC Deb 29 May 1919 vol 116 cc1467-8W
Lord H. CAVENDISH - BENTINCK

asked the Under-Secretary of State foreign Affairs whether the Polish Government has appointed a Commission to inquire into the most recent anti-Jewish pogroms in Galicia; who are the persons constituting this Commission; and whether there are any Jewish members on the Commission?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

The answer to the first and second parts of the question asked by the Noble Lord is that, according to reports in the Polish Press, the Polish Minister of War declared on 16th May, in the Diet, that a Commission of Inquiry, composed of representatives of the War Office, Home Office, and the Ministry of Justice, had been sent to Galicia to inquire into the alleged anti-Jewish pogroms. The Polish Diet also decided to send a further Commission composed of seven of its Members. The answer to the last part of the question is that His Majesty's Government have no information on this subject.