An attack upon Jewish businessmen in Panama is contained in an advertisement published by the Association of Panama Merchants and Industrialists in Panamanian newspapers received here.
The advertisement says, in part: “Gradually Chinese, Japanese, Hindus and Polakos (this term is used for Jews) have come, taking hold first of all of our commerce,” It adds: “The principle contained in the constitution of 1941, which restricted participation in commerce to nationals of Panama, was the realization of a very old and just national aspiration.”
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