All twelve passengers of the refugee vessel Euxenia which was ordered from Turkish waters back to Rumania last month, were rescued when the cutter foundered in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast, according to information from Istanbul received today by the office of the United Rumanian Jews of America here.
The rescued refugees, all Jews, landed at a small Turkish port southwest of Izmir, where they remain at present, the information stated. Another cutter, the Michai, which reached Istanbul from Rumania carrying Jewish refugees, is still in Turkish waters. Only five of the refugees aboard were permitted to land in order to proceed through Turkey to Palestine. The remaining refugees are still aboard the cutter.
The fate of the Jews in Nazi-dominated Rumania will be discussed at the annual convention of the United Rumanian Jews which will take place in New York on Sunday, April 26. The gathering will be addressed by Charles A. Davila, former Rumanian Minister to the United States.
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