Hungarian Officials Resent Germany’s Objection to Admission of Jews from Poland

Resentment of Germany’s criticism of Hungary’s relaxation of its anti-Jewish laws is felt by political circles in Hungary, the Budapest correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Gazette de Lauzanne reports today. He adds, however, that no formal reply will be issued.

The report emphasizes that officials in Hungary are “amazed” at the article published last week in the Berliner Boersen Zeitung in which it was stated that “Jewish influence” is guiding the present policy of the Hungarian Government. The correspondent quotes Hungarian officials as stating that the Jewish question in Hungary is a purely internal affair and that “nothing resembling intervention in internal affairs of a sovereign country can be permitted.”

Exception is also taken by Hungarian officials to the German objection to Hungary’s admitting Jews from Poland and Slovakia, “Foreign Jews,” the correspondent quotes officials as stating, “obey our laws and don’t abuse Hungary’s hospitality.” These officials also pointed out that “thousands of refugees from all parts of Europe have been admitted to Hungary irrespective of their nationality and religion.”