(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An embarrassing situation for the Kishineff Jewish community has arisen as a result of the visit here of Col. Hammond, an American who has come for the purpose of investigating the situation of the minorities in Bessarabia.
Col. Hammond, instead of collecting data privately, appeared at public meetings and asked for replies to his questions. At a meeting of the municipality he asked a few question to which Rabbi Zirelson, Chief Rabbi of Kishineff, replied that he is prepared to give the information, but is unable to do so at a public meeting. This caused the anger of the Roumanian councillors who induced another Jewish member of the council to declare that “everything is all right in Kishineff.”
The Kishineff Jewish community is entirely in sympathy with the attitude of Rabbi Zirelson.
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