The news from the provinces of Lviv, Tarnopol and Stanisławów was alarming. First arson Homes and farm buildings belonging to Poles began in July 1930. Soon also telephone and telegraph lines began to cross. On July 30, five robbers attacked a postal ambulance near Bóbrka – the escort was shot and 26 thousand people were robbed. PLN. The police had no doubts that they were behind the attacks Ukrainian nationalistsi. “It cannot be denied that these attacks (…) undermine the authority of the state authorities, and even the State itself, and the latter is the important goal of this work by UWO (Ukrainian Military Organization – ed.)” – warned the Provincial Police Headquarters of the State Police in Stanisławów in the report drawn up on August 20, 1930.
At that time, the Polish people of Eastern Galicia began to prepare to fight the Ukrainians. Members of sports societies and the Riflemen’s Association organized units that patrolled villages and towns and searched travelers. The locals also volunteered for them The Jewsrealizing how much the Ukrainian peasants hate them. This state of affairs threatened that soon clashes between hostile nations would break out in Galicia.
Meanwhile, the Second Polish Republic was plunging into a crisis. In June 1930, at the Congress for the Defense of the Law and Freedom of the People in Krakow, the leaders of the Center announced that their goal was to “fight against Piłsudski’s dictatorship.” The solidarity actions of the popular and left-wing parties aimed at the Sanacja strongly disturbed the Marshal. In July, preparations for a crackdown with the opposition began: targets were prepared for its leaders in the old fortress in Brest-on-the-Bug.
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