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blood, and a million more ::ire ·ufferjng
Pil -
terly in their own lands. 'fheir ·uffering alon should call forth our deepest sym- pathy and our utmost •ffort.. But in the J e\vs we rec.:ogni e the rnce in to which orn·
Lord \Vas born, and our fellow wiL11csses to the fundamental belief in Goel a righteous and ruler of the world. On these as \V 11 as on general grounds of human fellow- feeling we are under spee ial obli.ga tion to help them in their nee<l. That need ex-
<.'. ·eds all capacity in inclivicluul to meet it.
'rhere is an imperative call to Go-vernments to take action, and to none is that call more insi, tent than to our own Govern- ment nnd tho. f' of the ])orninions. · ·
IHHHOP OI<' DURHAM ISRCRIBIW JX GOI1DEN BOOK
London.
.... \ deputation reprct"enting .i.. orth-E~stern
.T C\\'l'.V ·waited upon the l3ishop of Durham, Dr. Henslev Henson at Auckland ·~.1St.le
nnd presented him
,~-ith
a frnm cl repli ...~
from the Jewish Nntional Fund Golden Book on which bis nnme had been in- scribed.
'I1he d ~pubtion paid a tribute 1.o tl e Bishop for hi· clrnmpionship of tlie .Jews n 1H1 hiR condemnation of Lheir tr "'atment nt the hands of the 1.otalitnrian , tntes. An ins<'rjption on 1.h bool{ read. : ''From the
• orth-EuHt rn J ,wi h comm unities in grnleful nppr ·c·iniion of Or. II nsnn ':-; clis- i ingni;:-J1ecl clefenc of the .T cwi. h people in its hour of lrinl."
In reply the Tfo~lwp s1tic1: ' I lnm2llt Uw L the sitnnt ion ~}10ul<l hn\'e aris n in whic·h you nre Ji re, repre, entnti\'c of n n anC'i 'nt n n(l rnmons rnc· which finrh it JH' >..,Rnr\'
1o spPal· in terms of high npprpcintion ~f s1wh a pcd l~r sNviee n" T llflvc be n fl bl in rc'n1l r. T 1bin1· \Oll mu ! t:ikP f'onif r in tl11· th1111ght tltnl. in .'our ho11r of 1 -fr ·m1 n11g11i:li :incl clinic•111t. • , n11 ,ll'l' heing hrn'lH' 11p h_v n '1l'PHf ,·olrnn of ·.'rnpnth1 lie f('l'l-
i11n wliiC'li I stq>pose at no prt vinu. p •rind in flH' history of n111nl\i11cl c·o11lcl hnv hecn
JlOR iblc' .... - .J .'f'. .
.\ rnmc N PROTESTS GAL 'S1' BRITISH GOYER .. -)IENT'S IlEFUl-IAl.1 TO AD::\IIT
JEWISH RT~F GRE CHH1DRBX TO P T.1ESTl:SK
New York 'l l1e J3riti::-;h < ioverm11e11t ·~ clec·isio 1 110
!u nrlmit 10,0 Jewj Ii ehildren from U 'r- 111nny into Prtle tine has nroused a lonn of
·riticism in Zionj t nncl 11011-Zi011ist: cir ·l • thronghout the Unit <l Rtale:-;.
A 111t>eli1ig
or
Zi()}1i:-;t ttllCl i1011-Zi1H1ist rnenibers of the J e\' i::;l1 A"PJ1 ·v for 1)HleB- tine held here issued u ~tute111~ut •:xpress- ing their grid and amniernenl. at :\[1. fol- C'olm i\IaC' 011~1ld's am10uncement o[ th Cfovemm nt · rleC'i ion in 1 he Hou:c• ofommon~.
'J he u1111ou1w ment~ tl1e ·taternent pui1dH ont, is incon. istent with <11· 1at Britain'·
rccen t generous a tti l 11de t owarcl. the rc- f ug ,_, prob I 'UL · • Providi11g homes for re- fuge' <'hildre11 is a mat ll·1· of lttmrnnih' a1t<1 shoulcl take pr •c.; •clem:e o\'l'r polit ir·al c.;011-
siderati011s," the stutemeut ·onc;lucles.
~\n emergen ·y m •el ing c..:all d 1.Y t Ii • Hoard of tli Am riC'an \Y mnen ·K Ziollist Organisaliion · · Hnclas~uh ·' pn. ::-ecl a resol 11-
tfo11 c1ec1nri11g 1 hnt .. Ir. \.Iae Dmrn1tl' · stat·- ment in the House of < 'ornmo11s ··implies Urnt the fJlWstion of r 'S<'lll' \\us a politicnl nncl uot n. hmnaniluri:rn nn '." lt is pointL~cl
out, howev>r, tlrn{, tli · Youth _\liy.ih, ll1e regular Pnl stine ; out 1i immiurat ion rnm e-
THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
ment sponsored by the Hadassab, was not affected by the Colonial Secretary's an- nouncement.
A i1rotest meeting against the Briti. h Government's refu al to admit 10,000 re- fugee chikfren from Germany to Palestine was handed to Mr. Anthony Eden by a delegation of the American Christian Pro- Palestine Federation ..
The delegation expre sed ihe hope that Mr. Eden would use his good offices in order to prevail upon the British Govern ment to open Palestine for the immigration of Jewish refugees.-J.T.A.
AMERICAN STUDJ<JNTS TO AID RE.Pt;G.K.t£S.
New York.
The Harvard Univen;ity Corporation de- l'iclecl to estubfo;h twent 500 dollar scholar-
·hips for German refug e8, with a proviRo
t hut en.ch be supplemented by 500 clolln.rs for li"\'ing expen es rai.'ecl by an under- graduate committee on refngee students.
l")resident James B. Conant "xpresseJ sa tis- faction with ·ampaigns by studen:Ls at
1-Ian'Hl c1 m1c1 other .\JttC'ri~;lll inRtitu1ioDf-\ of high education to rai8e funds ''to take car, of cnpnb1e students who ar, fleeing the terrors of a clictntorship. ''
A re~olution pledging R11pport or a11y prn- jcC't to aid refugees in the rHited Stalc•s wu ncloptccl by representntiYefi of Reven 11p-.. tnte colleges meeliug ut ,"" ·he11cctady, New York State.
A resolution urging thut a limited llUlll·
her of carefully sele ·t cl <i rm an .Jewish stud nts be invit cl to eontin11 th ir :-:; udies at Mount Allison Uni,·-.rsity was ncloptecl
h~· n. stuclent mnss m ,etil1g, at Hnekville, ew Brurnnvic.:k, n.nacln. 'Jlhc rei:;olu1.io11, wliirh lrns th :1pprovul
()r
1 lle T} ivcn~itvPn-,·idt nt. nlc.:o 1· qlll'. I. reln nti 11 of
<'nnnd.i'· l:1w· 1o p nnit <'OlltrollPcl 1'l1ll'.\ ol 1·1·f11g 'l'~.-.J .'I'.A.
PUl<~Sll>l•J. '1 HOOSE\'.EJ/1 .\WAllBEll A::\JEHI A.' HEmn:w ::\JBOAl.i.
New York.
Pre, iclent Hoosevelt \ ns uwnrded bv n
<"!llllmittee of j u<lges L11e .A mericnn-Heb.r 'W
Medal, 1038, for the promotion of petler 1111clershmcling between 'hrisLinns and .Jews. In its decision tl1c r·ummiUee eited the initintiYe taken by the Pr sicle11c in th nUempL to ~ob e th .fowi:.:;h rise:;; nncl in
<·01wening the Evian r1onf r'nce on rc- fug 'es.
I>resident RoosevelL deehu eel Urn.t he woulrl glnclly accept t11 .. honour conferred upon him and that he "a.· touched by the generou citntion.-J. T. . •
HERUN JEWISH '0:\-DH'NITY .F LES BANKRUPTCY.
Berlin.
l Tn]e, · ~ Tazi · wndify or with hoi<l , trid Pnforc men of their recl'nUv mnenclecl wel- for lnw, the .Jewish omrn;mitv of B rlin rnn>' face virtual bnnkruptc\· b f~re lh end of .January. 'rhe ornrnunit:v, although it
i:.:; the larrrest in the Ole]
n
ir h has not the111enn!" to support tlie tn·mencl01rn extra burden which clevoh l' upon it ufLer lsl .Janunry.-J. T. A.
Ql'J1~1-iTIOX OP A. 'Tl-.JEWJSH )IEASl'HlGS I T ZE HO-Hl10YA1UA.
Pmgue.
, 'e' •1al large zecl1 f-inn:-., includmg th
~kmb \\Yorks arul the Hnta 8lio :\lan11fn<'- i11ring C'ornpan,\', hnve re<"ei,·ed orcll'r~ from .\111eric1l with the added r-onclition that no
.J mrnary 6th, 1939.
unti-J ewi 'h laws are introduced in Czecho- Slovakia. A the orders amoUllted to
everal million kronen, the firms ap- proa ·hed the Czech Government to find out whether they could safely accept the orders under such conditions. The firms were in- formed, the J.T.A. learns, that there was no danger of anti-Semitic legislation being introduced in Czecho-Slovakia and that for thi' reason they should have no scruples in aceepting the orders.
The question of anti-Jewish legislation is.
however, still being discu sed by the Party of National Unity which was recently or- ganised by the zech Prime Minister, Dr.
Beran. There is a <listinet cleavage of opm10n on this question among members of the party, one section of who1n is in fav?ur of an avowedly anti-Semitic policy, while another fears that an official an ti- HemiLic policy might entail economic dis- advantages, particularly as regards exports to the United tates.
A number of anti-Jewish measures have•
been i sued by the authoritie in Slovakia.
.J ff'i\ s ha:e been forbidden to take pai:t in
the Christmas trade. J ewi h owners of liquor hop have peen ordered to dispos1..;
of il~em to non-Jews by the encl of the year.
J ew1sh dort?r~ mplo) d by the railway in- sunmce societ1es have heen given notice to relinquish thPir po, ts by Jmnrnry Jst. - .J.T.A.
JTA 1.N TO FJ. rPROPHIATl•J .n~WJSH PROPERTY.
Rome.
rJ'Jw JtuJiall 10UllCii of l\IiniRfer:-- haVP approved n deere' obliging <di Italim1 .Jew:.:;
to regi:-;l r all their propPi t v above tht·
limit!" c1stnhli~h cl b.\ Jh-i cl •f'r~' of ... ,.ow·in- i,, r· 17th 11<1111 l, , lnnd with <J l:i_-1d>lc' tnltH·
nf O\'('l" !l,000 lir0 nnd h11ildi11gs
nr
m·pr20,!}()() lirP. r11hP Pxc·v:.-;s 111·opl'l'l.\ is (o lie
t 111·11 'cl O\ Pt to n im erm1w11I ng 'lH' 1· whic·h is to liquidntc il. rI'lll' .)t'Wish ow'1i'el'R an•
to he compen, ~ilecl with R!nll' hontls h Hr-
ing 4 p r c nt. interest.
.Jewish fi1·n1s . ernp oynig 1 · 10() . 1w1·r-;ons whic·h Hr of imporbmr-e to iwlionnl <1ef rn·e nre to be put under the superviRion of the R!n1· '. The owners arr lo hl' gi ren ff cer- tain time jn which to rlispo-.,e of j h ·rn, after which th' St Rte ouhl eitl1 ,r tnkc them O\·er or Jirp1idu t them.
rrhe well-known Germnn C'OllclllClor, \Yil helm Sieben, ha been nppointed l\.upel1- meister at the Scala Theatre, :\Iilan r - plaeing the famous .Tewish
condu~tor.
Eri ·h J\.leibC'r, who formerly orf'upied a similar post at the Stu! e Opem iu Berlin.
DEATH OF PUESIDF,~T ())1' noe:'.\-IA:'\'JAX KEREX HA YESOI>.
Bucharest.
The death took place her, of }Ir. Adolf Bemhurdt, President of t11e Kne11 Hay •- ::;ocl jn Roumania·.
.Mr. Bernhardt wa.' u member of the /.ionist 1eneral Council. Hi .. Zionist aeti- tivies date from the tjn1e of Dr. Theodore Herzl. He was formerly President of the :{ionist Organisation of Roumania and 0£
1.he Jewish Tational Fnnd.
The well-known J ""'ioh indu trialist and sol' in] worl-er, n-'.Ir. Lnzar 1-forgulies, suc- ceeds :\fr. Bernhnrcli ns l)r sident of th Kt>rc·n Ha.y soc1 in Romnanin.-.J.T.A.