Not a single Jew will remain in the employ of the Far Eastern Railway system now that it has been sold by the Soviet government to Japan, it was learned here today.
The number of Jewish employes in the Far Eastern Railway was 468, but all of them will be eliminated now that the new administration of the railway started a registration of all European employes. The registration is being carried out by a special committee composed of anti-Jewish Czarist emigres, who announce that they will not permit Jews to remain in the service.
Most of the Jews who will be dismissed are not in a position to lodge any complaints as they are neither Soviet citizens nor refugees from Russia who are “men without a country,” having no consular protection.
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