Jewish Persecution
\VKH TINIT^D PRKSS ASSOCIATION.) London. VI ay 14. Intelligence has been received that an an ti- Jewish outbreak has occurred at Corfu, and that two persons have been lulled. A thousand are hurrying away from the Island, fearing that their lives are in danger. A British warship has been ordered to the Island to protect the British residents* May 15. The outrages on the Jews at Corfu continue to be committed by the Greek mob, who to-day killed two and injured many others. The situation at Corfu is desperate. The populace at Corfu is so infuriated against the Jbavs that the latter are unable to bury their dead without the aid of the sold : e/8» The Times denies that the decree ex. re ling the Jews from .Russia has been tii pended. Paris, May 13. I Information has been received that 3000 Jews are starving at Corfu s one of the lonian Islands on the coast of Greece. The Rothschilds and Baron Hirsch have sent a relief committee to the Islands. A French Cruiser has been ordered to Corfu, in view of trouble with the Jews. Athens, May 15< A mob invaded the Jewish quarters in Corfu, disarming the troops and murdering seventeen Jews. The Governor and Mayor of the town have been removed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 139, 16 May 1891, Page 2
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216Jewish Persecution Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 139, 16 May 1891, Page 2
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