M. Coty, in the course of his antisemitic campaign, recently attacked the Jewish ex-soldiers in France.
We know, he wrote in his paper, “Ami du Peuple”, that groups are being formed of armed Jewish workers, and even in Paris they are under the mask of Jewish sports groups, recruiting mostly Jewish ex-soldiers who can easily be converted into active revolutionaries.
The Federation of Jewish ex-Soldiers has started a libel action against M. Coty, and in addition it has published the following protest resolution:
The Federation of Jewish Volunteer ex-Combatants who served in the French army and have their military papers feels itself deeply insulted by Coty’s ugly attacks and libels, and makes a categorical denial of his allegation. The Federation has been created solely for the purpose of maintaining and assisting the material and moral interests of the former voluntary Jewish fighters at the Front, their widows and orphans and of perpetuating the memory of their loyalty to France. Under cur Statutes, all political and religious discussion is prohibited in the Federation. The activity of the Federation and its propaganda on behalf of France has received the praise and encouragement of the most important personages in all political and religious quarters. The organ of the Federation, the “Volunteur Juif”, openly publishes reports of the activities of the former Jewish front-fighters, and gives the sources of all the Federation’s funds. The Federation of former Jewish Voluntary Combatants protests vigorously against the ugly accusations made by M. Francois Coty, who for the sake of his polemic has not hesitated to hurl the charge of disloyalty, and to discredit the former Combatants, whose loyalty to their adopted country has never been questioned.
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