(By Our North African Correspondent)
The Jewish population of Tangier is impatiently awaiting the issue of the Tangier Conference in Paris, to which it has submitted a memorandum containing demands with regard to the status of native Jews.
Meanwhile, economic life here is at a standstill, paralyzed by the uncertainty of the present situation. Dissensions have broken out in the council of the Jewish Community between the majority, the younger elements, and the minority, consisting of the older genration. The younger members of the council are mostly former pupils of the schools of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, which has played a great part in the intellectual development of the Tangier Jews.
Chief among the problems which divide the two opposing groups is the demand for a revision in regard to the bequests which have been made in recent years for the benefit of the community. One of these, known as the Ben Shimol bequest, is likely to be the subject of a trial shortly, in which several leading French lawyers, including M. Henri Torres, will appear.
A public subscription has been opened to raise the expenses of the trial.
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