The discussion revolving around the Jewish school bill for Montreal and the municipal elections which take place Monday have given the local anti-Semites an opportunity to raise the race cry against the Jews, though no serious consideration is given them. Their papers, the French weeklies, “Le Miroir” and “Goglu,” printed editorials stating that the Jews seek to get control of the province and the government is a pawn in the hands of the Jews.
Under the heading “Jewish Peril,” “Le Miroir” declares, “let us not be afraid to say that if we do not defend ourselves against the Jews we will be destroyed as a Catholic and French Canadian race by Jewish influence which bores in the dark and fosters various conspiracies to attain its aims. For us French Canadians there exists one country, Canada, where we desire to live. The Jews have Palestine. It will give us great pleasure to see them move as far away from us as possible.”
The same paper printed an anti-Semitic caricature depicting Premier Tascherau of Quebec in the role of promising the Jews of the province everything at the expense of the French Canadians. “No Jerusalem Wanted” was the slogan used in an election district where four Jews are candidates for alderman.
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