Reading diaries and press accounts from the first months after 11 November 1918, it is difficult to shake the impression of the chaos that occurred at that time. On December 15, one of the articles in the weekly “Na Posterunku” published in Krakow wrote: “A fight is raging in Poland. When the invaders leave the country, the Poles attack each other. An orgy of the most disgusting slander from posters, newspapers and demonstrations celebrating a terrible victory. Instead of joy, hatred is spreading in this country. The situation was no better as described by Marian Kurman, who lives in Warsaw. She wrote, among other things, that “a new series of strikes and demands for increases in wages and expensive allowances took place – both from workers and craftsmen, and even from officials and agricultural staff. ” According to him, the provision of subsidies was met with various accusations – although it is not known who exactly – that it weakened morale and made “working people” lazy.
Representatives of the intelligentsia, such as doctors, also received support. On November 23, “Kurjer Warszawski” reported that a special committee appointed by the Ministry of Health decided to distribute the amount of PLN 12,000 in aid to 30 remigrant doctors. brand.