The British Government is not satisfied with the way the German compensation law is working out and has raised this question with the Bonn Government through the Allied High Commissioners, G.H Turton, government spokesman, declared today in Commons. He said that the Allies will discuss the matter with Bonn representatives at official talks next week.
The question of the recent anti-Semitic incidents at the German Party rally in Berlin and the increase in anti-Semitic propaganda in West Germany was raised by Barnett Janner, Labor, who demanded to know what action the Allied Powers and the Bonn Government would take against such developments. He was joined by Laborite Emrys Hughes, who insisted that it was time the government informed Chancellor Konrad Adenauer that “we regret this anti-Jewish propaganda.”
Mr. Turton, who said that on Monday he had dealt with the same matter and had expressed the view that it was primarily the concern of the German authorities, also noted that under German law such propaganda was illegal. Asked whether the British Government would ask, Chancellor Adenauer to take some action to reassure public opinion in Britain, Mr. Turton said that he thought the recent Berlin election results–the German Party lost considerable strength–had demonstrated that only a very small percentage of the Germans “believe in such methods.”
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