(Jewish Telegraphic Agency
While two leading Greek papers are concluding the publication of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in a Greek version, the Greek Government is considering the issuance of a decree prohibiting further publication of the forgeries.
A report was current today that instructions were issued by the Ministry of Justice urging the editors of the “Phos” and “Macedonia” not to continue publishing the protocols. The “Phos,” Royalist paper, has already finished the entire series, while the “Macedonia,” the organ of the followers of Venizelos, Republicans, will shortly complete the publication.
Leaders of the Jewish community here were given the assurance that the order will not prevent them from presenting the Jewish point of view on the protocols in the newspapers.
In reply to the interpellation of the Jewish deputy, Bessantchi, concerning the memorandum of the Prefect of the Evrou District asking for the expulsion of Jews from the frontier region, Minister of the Interior, Maris, declared that the Jewish population has no cause for anxiety. The Government does not consider acting upon the prefect’s suggestion to expel the Jews. No Jew will be persecuted because he is a Jew.
The Government does not find it possible, he stated, to dismiss the prefect or to transfer him to another position because of his opinion.
Deputy Bessantchi remarked in reply that the prefect is known for his anti-Semitic views and there is always danger that the Jewish population will be subject to discrimination under his jurisdiction.
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