“Kid” Lewis, the famous Jewish boxer, who is standing as a candidate of the Mosley Party, is to have a straight fight in “hitechapel against Mr. Barnett Janner, the Liberal candidate, who is supporting the National Government. The Conservatives have decided not to put up a candidate against Mr. Janner. In the Whitechapel bye-election a few months ago, Mr. Janner, who is a prominent London Zionist, stood as a Liberal candidate, concentrating on the opposition to the Labour Government because of the Passfield White Paper, but the Labour candidate, Mr. Hall, was never theless elected.
Two Jewish members, Major H. L. Nathan, the Liberal member for North-East Bethnal Green, and Mr. Percy Harris, the Liberal member for South-West Bethnal Groen, both largely Jewish constituencies, are supporting the Government, and will have no Conservative opposition. Mr. Franklin a nephew of Sir. Herbert Samuel, is a in H
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