The solution of the German-Jewish question is the subject of prolonged negotiations between Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, leading Nationalist, according to revelations made by Freytagh Loringhoven, described as Hugenberg’s political adviser, in the Austrian press today. The plan under discussion is to grant Jews cultural autonomy as a national minority, with state subsidized and state supervised Jewish institutions as well as cultural and religious schools, Herr Loringhoven declares.
It is admitted in the discussions that the “shortcomings and gaps” in the Nazi regulations regarding the Jews have “offered grounds for foreign protest,” and therefore the granting of some sort of cultural autonomy is “considered essential.”
“It is perhaps also advisable to admit Jews to public offices, but only in numbers in proportion to the Jewish population, and in situations distinctly separated from German life,” Loringhoven reports. This solution of the Jewish question, he asserts, would be unassailable, and within the minority policy of the League of Nations. It is now being considered by the government, he asserts.
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