PERSECUTION OF JEWS

Grey River Argus, 1 August 1935, Page 5

PERSECUTION OF JEWS

NEW YORK PROTESTS Nazi Counter Protest (Aus. and N.Z Cabin Assn.) (Received July 31, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 30. The State Department, to-day received a note from the Berlin Government, protesting against the insult to the German flag that was offered durhig the riot on the liner Bremen at New York by Communists. Ir. is reported that the note demands that the persons responsible shall be punished. The State Depar intent officials withheld comment. They have forwarded the communication to Governor L«'httian of New York State, as the incident occurred in Now York, and those 'vhn are charged with the disorder nr<> ‘iib.ieet i-'o ; tho. iurisdiction of the courts in that State. Meanwhile, however, tho Adminis-f-aiion took occasion to express official with the Jews, (who are undergoing persecutuion in Germane, in response to a request for iiuervon'ion bv e’fht Jewish ‘eadors. ’The acting-Secretary of State, AH’ Phillips, has published a Jotter that ha* been addressed to them jointly as follows: ”1 fully understand your -opcituae. regarding the experiences of those gioups who are reported to be suffering in Germany. The concepts of religious freedom and of liber'y for all constitute the most fundamental prineip’es of our civilisation and .u/itical faith. This being so, the Amor'can people are alwavs sympathetic to the main I enaiice of those concepts in the United States as well ns i n other countries.”

SOLOMON SAVES THb TLAG ! WASHINGTON July 30. The Mavor of New York. Mr La Gm i din, who happened to bo in Washington tn-dnv pointed out that ‘hi l Jit tuckers of the liner Bremen’s German Hag were under arrest, and that ‘hev would he prosecuted for th*' offence Then wi'h a smile. Mr La Guardia added: "The flag wa q saved by a member of the Police Force—<in American eit'zen, named Morris Solomon • ’ * ECONOMIC OSTRACISM. .. JEWS TN RITTNELAND. (Received Jnlv 31 nt 950 p.m.) LONDON. July 31 The "Daily Telegraph’s ’ ’ Berlin correspondent snvs: A new development in til ■ Nazis anti-Jewb<h comnai"n is reported from the Rhineland where local decree*. in many towns n nd villages. fork’d Jaws to settle or '’cquire land Th n decree adds that the nurchasn of goods from Jews wi l be regarded as treason against! the nation.