Mexican Anti-jewish Demonstration Passes Without Disorder: President and Members of Government Decid

Thousands of Mexicans attended to-day the mass demonstration arranged by the Union of Mexican Small Traders, ostensibly against foreigners, but actually against Jews. The marchers assembled near the American Consulate with bands and banners, slowly moving through the central district towards the National Palace where the President of the Republic, Senor Rubio, and all the members of the Government were present.

Although they had promised to attend the demonstration, the President and the members of the Government decided, however, at the last minute that they would not take any part in it, probably realising the complications which might ensue.

The demonstrators carried banners with inflammatory inscriptions, mostly anti-alien, although some were definitely anti-Jewish. The “voracious Israelites are the plague of our country”, one banner read, and another demanded wholesale deportation of all Jews from the country. Speeches were delivered denouncing the foreigners and accusing them of taking the bread out of the mouths of the Mexicans, and swallowing up all the riches of the country.

Almost all foreign businesses were closed to-day, and it is understood that the Government is deeply impressed by the importance of the foreign business interests in the country revealed by this demonstration. All Jewish shops in the city were closed and adequately protected. A group of demonstrators who tried to force a British shop to close was quickly dispersed by the police.

Extraordinary precautions were taken by the authorities to prevent trouble. The city literally swarmed with police, mounted and on foot, armed with rifles and fixed bayonets. No excesses occurred, the police taking stringent precautions and keeping a particularly watchful eye on the demonstrators while they were dispersing to prevent any small parties getting away and starting rioting.