(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Several music directors of Emden were fined by the authorities for playing in public the anti-Semitic Borkum hymn. The authorities regarded the performance of the hymn as dangerous to the peace of the city and inciting the population against the Jews.
The Ministers of the interior and Justice of the Prussian government have instructed that copies of the hymn be submitted to them. It is believed that the government will issue an order prohibiting the singing or playing of the hymn.
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