The Alliance Israelite Universelle has submitted a memorandum to the Roumanian Embassy here, signed by the President, Professor Silvain Levy, urging that the Roumanian Government should take steps to open a new enquiry into the shooting affair in Soroca, in accordance with the promise made in Parliament by the late Premier, Professor Jorga. The memorandum also raises the question of the anti-Jewish excesses in Jassy in February, when the Tapistry Synagogue was desecrated and scrolls of the law were burnt.
The memorandum also deals with the new Nationality Bill introduced into the Roumanian Chamber by M. Valerian Pop, the Minister of Justice in the late Jorga Government, expressing the fear of the Alliance that the bill will put obstacles in the way of Jews desiring to regularise their position in Roumania.
Both the Soroca shooting affair and the Jassy excesses were raised by Colonel Wedgwood in the House of Commons in February, and the discovery that Britain was watching the situation caused a stir at the time in the Roumanian press.
Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, replied in regard to Soroca that the facts as reported by the British Minister would not require the Government to take action.
In respect of the Jassy excesses, Captain Eden said that the British Minister in Bucharest had been requested to report on the developments.
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