THE DEAN OF THE BUCHAREST BAR DECLARED TODAY “AS A LAWYER” THAT “IF THE ARABS DO NOT LIKE THE JEWS, RUMANIANS HAVE NO RIGHT TO USE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT JEWS IN ORDER NOT TO HAVE THEM HERE.”
PROF. ISTRATE MICESCO ASSERTED IN AN ARTICLE IN CURENTUL, NATIONALIST NEWSPAPER, THAT “I AM NOT CONCERNED WITH THE ATTITUDE OF THE (LEAGUE OF NATIONS) MANDATES COMMISSION TOWARD THE JEWS.”
“THERE IS A JEWISH PROBLEM AND SERIOUS RISKS THAT IT WILL BE SOLVED BY VIOLENCE,” HE SAID. “BUT MY CLIENTS ARE RUMANIANS, WHOSE HOLIEST TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY THE JEWS AND I DO NOT CARE TO INSURE THEM (THE JEWS) AGAINST VIOLENCE.”
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