The Anglo-American conference on refugees which is scheduled to be held shortly in Bermuda is expected to occupy about one month, the British press reported today. Not more than fifteen delegates will participate in the conference, the report said.
The delegates will be guests of the Bermuda Government, it was announced yesterday at a session of the Bernuda Assembly. Their maintenance and inland travel expenses will be provided for by the Bermuda administration.
The London News Chronicle, a leading English newspaper, today editorially demanded that the British Government take the lead at the Bermuda Conference by announcing its own plans for admitting refugees from Nazi countries. It points out that anti-Semitic elements in the country have stepped up their propaganda with the view of obstructing the efforts to alleviate the plight of Jews in Nazi Europe. “But the Government need not fear these elements,” the paper writes. “Speed and energy must be displayed in all measures which can lead to the saving of Hitler’s victims.”
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