(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The British government will be asked, in the name of English Jewry, to raise the question of the mistreatment of the Jewish population in Roumania in the Council of the League of Nations, according to a decision taken by the Board of Jewish Deputies, the federation of Jewish communities in England, at its monthly meeting held yesterday.
This decision was taken when the Board adopted a strong resolution of protest and condemnation against the anti-Jewish excesses in Roumania, for which the Roumanian government was held responsible.
The adoption of this resolution marks a radical departure in the policy of the Board in its relation toward the Roumanian government. For the past seven years the Board of Jewish Deputies has always endeavored to maintain friendly relations with the Roumanian government rejecting any proposal to submit a complaint or to invoke the aid of the League of Nations with regard to the attitude of other governments toward their Jewish populations. This departure was made necessary, it was explained, due to the fact that the position of the Jewish population in Roumania has become so intolerable that further toleration of this state of affairs would be the failure of English Jewry in its duty toward Roumania Jews.
The resolution, which was adopted unanimously, expresses protest against “the barbarous attacks on the persons, property and honor of our Roumanian co-religionists” and against “the failure of the Romanian government to protect its loyal Jewish population in accordance with the provisions of the Roumanian constitution and the international treaties.”
The Joint Foreign Committee, representing the Board of Jewish Deputies and the Anglo-Jewish Association, is empowered in this resolution to intervene with the British government to raise the question before the League Council.
In moving the adoption of the resolution, Mr. D’Avigdor Goldsmid, president of the Board, stated that the Board has no quarrel with the Roumanian people but is protesting against “the organized violence of the anti-Semuites which the Roumanian government is making no effort to control.”
Lucien Wolf, secretary of the Joint Foreign Committee, in seconding the resolution, declared that the expostulations of the Board to the Roumanian government have remained without result. The deputies would be wanting in duty to their persecuted Jewish brethren if they would delay action any longer. It is impossible to continue the policy of waiting when Jewish rights in Roumania are openly disregarded. This resolution is only the first step of the Board, he stated.
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