Opposition by the government of Holland to plans for settling Jewish emigrants in the Dutch East Indies or in Surinam was revealed in Parliament yesterday by Premier Hendrikus Colijn.
The Premier’s disclosure came in the course of a reply to questions concerning the possibility of settling German Jews in the Dutch Indies.
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