If any proof were needed of the existence of a secret Nazi ring in Europe whose purpose is to spy on refugees from Germany, the mysterious death of two German-Jewish women in London has furnished this proof.
As early as a month ago, the Swiss police, in their investigations of the kidnaping of Barthold Jacob, established that the headquarters of the Nazi kidnapers are in London and that it is from London that the Nazis are operating an espionage system among the refugees from Germany all over Europe.
This theory of the Swiss police has now been substantiated by what is believed to be the murder of the two women in London.
SPYING IN PEACE TIME
The system of espionage which Nazi Germany is now conducting in different countries, reveals itself more and more clearly. It is reminiscent of the days of the World War, when Germany flooded America and Europe with spies to whom the life of any enemy meant nothing. It actually amounts to keeping the opponents of the Nazis under terror, not only in Germany but even on foreign soil.
It is therefore no wonder that the Swiss government is now determined to put an end to this system of Nazi war spying in times of peace. The efforts of the Swiss government against Nazi espionage will no doubt be supported not only by France but by all civilized countries. After the suspected poisoning of two innocent women in London, the British government will be as interested in checking the Nazi activities outside Germany as the Swiss government.
BREAKING DIPLOMATIC TRADITIONS
There is an unwritten tradition existing among nations and observed by all civilized governments. This tradition provides for non-interference in the life and activities of other countries and their inhabitants. It is to this tradition that Nazi Germany always refers when it complains against intervention in the internal affairs of the Reich.”
This tradition has now been violated by Germany, not only in Switzerland, where it has been established that Herr Jacob was captured by Nazi agents on Swiss soil, but also in England, where German agents are believed to have poisoned the two German – Jewish women. The breaking of this tradition is now exposing the lives of thousands of refugees to danger.
U. S. AND THE GESTAPO
There is no doubt that something will be undertaken by European nations to check the Nazi terroristic activities in foreign countries. This will have to be done not only by the countries where the work of the Nazi agents has already been exposed, but also by those countries where this work has, unfortunately, not yet been discovered.
In the general chorus of protest, the voice of the American government must also be heard, since no one knows how far the terrorism of Nazi agents may go, and whether the long arm of the Gestapo has not already reached America.
A Jamaica Zionist Club has been formed by members of the Jewish Center in that community. Officers are Cecil J. Bier, Sam Weinstock and Pearl A. Goldsmith.
The Hebrew Free Schools of Brownsville held its annual dinner last night at Grabel’s Rose Manor, 1830 Pitkin avenue, Brooklyn.
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