The members of the Club of Jewish Deputies abstained to-day in the voting on a motion of no-confidence in the Government proposed by the Opposition, which was defeated by the big Government majority in the Seym.
The Club of Jewish Deputies had prepared a declaration explaining why it was abstaining, which was to have been read out by Deputy Sommerstein, but the President of the Chamber closed the debate after the spokesmen of the big Parties had made their statements, so that the Club of Jewish Deputies as a small group had no opportunity of presenting its views.
The declaration with had been prepared set out the many causes of dissatisfaction which the attitude and tactics of the Government in regard to the vital needs of the Jewish population, in particular the Government policy in the matter of taxation and State trading monopolies which is leading to the economic ruination of the Jewish population, but went on to make it clear that in spite of its dissatisfaction with the Government the Club of Jewish Deputies cannot vote against the Government with the National Democratic Party, which is avowedly and openly opposed to the principle of Jewish equality, as witnessed by its introduction of the numerus clausus resolution aiming to restrict the number of Jewish students at the Universities, and by its conduct of the anti-Jewish boycott agitation.
Deputy Gruenbaum, however, voted with the Opposition against the Government.
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