Daily order by the Supreme Commander to the troops of the Ukrainian People's Republic
This order will be read in the divisions, the brigades, the regiments, the battalions and the companies of the armies of the Dnieper and of the Dniester and in the detachments of the insurgents :
* The sinister men of the " Black Hundred" and the "Red Hundred" are but one band. They are assiduously weaving the spider's web, provoking pogroms of the Jewish population, and on many occasions they have incited certain backward elements of our army to commit abominable acts. They thus succeeded in defiling our struggle for liberty in the eyes of the world and compromise our national cause.
Officers and Cossacks! It is time to know that the Jews have, like the greater part of our Ukrainian population suffered from the horrors of the Bolshevist-communist invasion and follow the way to the truth. The best Jewish groups such as the "Bund", the " Unified ",. the "Poaley-Zion" and the "Folks Party" have willingly placed themselves at the disposal of the sovereign and independent Ukraine and cooperate with us.
It is time to learn that the peaceful Jewish population, its women and children have been oppressed in the same way as ours and deprived of national liberty. This population has lived with us for centuries and divides our pleasures and our sorrows.
The chivalrous troops who bring fraternity, equality, and liberty, to all the nationalities of Ukraine, must not listen to the invaders and provocators who hunger for human blood. Neither can they remain indifferent in the face of the tragic fate of the Jews. He who becomes an accomplice to such crimes is a traitor and an enemy of our country, and he must be placed beyond the pale of human society.
Officers and Cossacks ! The entire world is amazed at your heroism. Do not tarnish it, even accidentally by an infamous adventure and do not dishonor our Republic in the eyes of the world. Our enemies have exploited the pogroms against us. They affirm that we are not worthy of an independent and sovereign existence and that we must be enslaved once again.
Officers and Cossacks ! Ensure the victory by directing your arms against the real enemy, and remember that our pure cause, necessitates clean hands. I expressly order you to drive away with your arms all who incite you to pogroms and bring them before the courts as enemies of the State. And the tribunal will judge them for their acts and the most severe penalties of the law will be inflicted on all those found guilty.
The Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic has addressed an appeal to all inhabitants of the country to resist the activities of our enemies who provoke the pogroms of the Jewish population.
I order all troops to listen well and to retain this appeal and to spread it as much as possible among their comrades and among the people.
PETLURA. Commander in Chief.
The Jews in the Ukraine
Interview appearing in the "Jewish Chronicle," of London, England, granted by,
DR. ARNOLD MARGOLIN, Representative of the Ukraine at the Paris Peace Conference.
Dr. Arnold Margolin in explaining the position taken by the Jews towards the formation of the new state, said: