Austrian Jews Protest Against Anti-jewish Persecutions in Roumania

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The protest of Austrian Jewry against the anti-Jewish persecutions in Roumania was voiced at a huge mass meeting held at Olpmpic Hall Sunday night.

In eloquent addresses Chief Rabbi Zevi Chajes and Mr. Ornstein charged the Roumanian government with direct responsibility for the anti-Jewish excesses. The speakers described a number of gruesome attacks on Jewish individuals and groups, which were verified and cannot be denied in any way.

In a resolution adopted by the mass meeting which was called by a joint Austrian Jewish committee, embracing all sections of the Jewish population. Austrian Jewry went on record as joining the protests of British and American Jewry against the anti-Jewish excesses. The resolution appeals to the conscience of the civilized world and urges intervention in behalf of Roumanian Jews. The resolution further states that Roumanian Jews have been all to patient during a full year, negotiating with their government to no avail. Roumanian Jews must be given equal rights and protection with other citizens.

“Prime Minister Averescu will not be in a position to maintain that our protest committee is composed of Bolsheviks,” Dr. Chajes declared.

Prior to the holding of the meeting, the Roumanian Ambassador here attempted, through the intervention of a prominent Jewish attorney, to call the joint protest committee for a conference with him, apparently with the intention of counteracting the effect of the protest meeting. The committee accepted the invitation with the understanding, however, that it would take ## after the mass meeting was held.