It is believed that the new Bolivian totalitarian regime of President German Busch will take early measures to halt immigration of Jewish refugees from Europe, New York Times correspondent John W. White said today in a dispatch from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“Bolivia is one of the few South American republics that has permitted the entry of Jewish refugees,” the dispatch said. “Recently, she has been admitting approximately 800 a month in compliance with requests from the United States and British Governments last November.
“In a country where the white population is as small as it is in Bolivia, the arrival of 3,000 or 4,000 foreigners is more noticeable than it would be in other countries. The Bolivian Government has insisted that these refugees proceed to the interior to engage in farming, but as they are all professional or business men they have tended to settle in La Paz and Gochamba.
“There has recently been a loud outcry against these newcomers. Among other things, it is charged that they are speculating in foodstuffs. They are blamed for the recent heavy increase in the prices of certain foods, especially eggs and meat. Army officers, who are openly anti-Semitic, are in sympathy with the anti-Semitic campaign that has been raging recently.”
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