The Minister of War Moravski delivered himself on this occasion of the following characteristic utterance: "We cannot allow that Jewish blood should mingle with the noble blood of the Poles.

What will Europe say when she learns that in fighting for our liberty we have not been able to get along without Jewish help ?" [Footnote 1: Polish patriot and publicist.

He subsequently fled to France.

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109.] The insulting refusal did not cool the ardor of the Jewish patriots.
Joseph Berkovich, the son of Berek Yoselovitch, who had laid down his life for the Polish cause, decided to repeat his father's experiment [1] and issued a proclamation to the Jews, calling upon them to join the ranks of the fighters for Polish independence.