EAU CLAIRE REICH PLEDGED TO LIFT BAN ON SILESIAN JEWS Germany to Abide by League's Findings, Hitlerite Says (By Associated A Press), GENEVA, June 6.-A representative of Chancellor r Hitler's government pledged his before a public League of Nations council meeting today that Germany will give back to Jews the positions they recently lost in German Upper Silesia. The question of Germany's treatment of the Jews in Upper Silesia was brought before the League Coundil on May 20 when Franz Bernheim, German Jew, presented a petition charging that the barring of German Jews from professions in that area contravenes a Polish-German conventon guaranteeing certain rights regardless of race or religion. Caustic words passed between Friedrich von Keller, German representative, Stephan Osusky of Czechoslovakia, and the Norwegian representative, Christian L. Lange, at the meeting today. Herr von Keller charged Lange with having challenged the good word of Germany when the Norwegian referred to the necessity of preventing local officials from misunderstanding the purport of general laws and insisted that Osusky went beyond the agenda when he hinted that the entire problem of minorities should be handled by the League Assembly. Subordinates Blamed Recently, the German representative declared that if there had been any infractions of the German-Polish convention, this could only have been the result of subordinates acting in erroeous conception of the law. He also threw the responsibility for any discrimination against Jews in Upper Silesia upon German local authoritles. Mr. Lange denied that he had doubted Germany's intention to fulfill her pledged word. The German delegate previously announced he was unable to agree with the findings of a committee of furists who held that Bernheim was entitled to petition the council concerning the treatment of the Jews. Nevertheless, he said, he could not overlook the opinion of impartial experts. Then he announced that the errors of committee officials in Silesia which constituted violation of the -German minority treaty would be rectified. Report Scores Boycott With. Council Germany and unanimously Italy abstain- adopted report that the boycott of Jewish shops and some laws affecting the status of lawyers, notaries and doctors conflict with the Polish-German minorities convention. The report directed attention to Germany's statement that if infringements. had occurred they were the result of errors by subordinate officials and would- -be corrected. "Germany's declarations imply," the report continued, "that persons belonging minority who lost employment or are unable to practice their professions will be reinstated in their normal positions without. delay" It concluded with the statement that Germany would keep the League informed of what was being done to correct the situation and that reparations to the Jews will be handled by German officials. The German tenor of the discussion in the council was that Germany had done the right thing in Upper Silesia. Salvador Madaraiga, 'of Spain, paid tribute to Germany's "wisdom" and said settlement was another proof that the League was the guarthe dian of international law. Nothing developed at the meeting about what Germany will do concerning Jews. in Germany proper. Some delegates thought Captain Anthony Eden of Great Britain was alluding to this when he said that progress had been made and expressed the hope that it would be continued "so that there will be a solution of all the difficulties connected with the problem." To Respect Committee Findings BERLIN, June 6.-Germany W will respect the finding of the juridical committee of the League of Nations Council in the Bernheim case, it was authoritatively stated today. In German opinion, the committee's report has no practical significance for settling the Bernheim case, it was explained, but has far -reaching juridical significance in that an uninvolved individual can interfere in behalf of someone drectly affected. "Germany will naturally in later cases, should this be deemed advisable, revert to the juridical committee's opinion," & spokesman said. The Germans contended that Bernheim was not legally qualified to protest in behalf of the German/ Jews of Upper Silesia. He was not, they said, bona fide member of the minority.
