Within a few days of the acquittal of the prisoners accused of having set fire to the Jewish quarter in Salonica last summer, although three of the prisoners were actually found guilty of incendiarism by the jury, another attempt has been made during the night to set fire to a tenement house occupied by four Jewish families in the Jewish quarter 151, adjoining the Greek refugees quarter Kalamaria.
The fire was observed in time, and put out before much damage was done.
The Jewish Community is demanding an enquiry, and stronger police guards in the district to keep guard against further such attempts at incendiarism.
The authorities are inclined to give permission for a special guard to be organised to protect the new tenement houses during the night.
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