A comparison between the treatment of the Jew in the British Empire and in such countries as Germany, America, Austria and Roumania is made by the Daily Express today in commenting on the appointment of Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs as the first native Governor-General of Australia.
Under the heading The Chosen Jew, the Express says “while Hitler is inflaming young Germany with anti-Semitic outbursts, while America is banning the Jew from exclusive clubs and even certain hotels, and Austria, Roumania and Russia joining the world movement against the Jew, Australia chooses Sir Isaac as its first home appointed Governor-General.
“Such a choice is a tribute to the man and to the Empire, proving once more that the splendid qualities of the Jewish people find their fullest outlet in adopted British citizenship.”
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