Addressing a public meeting, Minister of Interior Anton Koroshetz discussed the Jewish question in Yugoslavia.
“In Yugoslavia there are 70,000 Jews,” Dr. Koroshetz said, “and we can all testify that a Jewish question does not exist in Yugoslavia. Our country belongs to one of those rare states where such a question does not exist. This is the best proof that the Jews enjoy the fullest protection of the law in Yugoslavia. We share with the Jews all the privileges that the laws of the country confer upon us. It is, however, self-understood that the Jews, like the rest of the citizens of the country, must comply with the spirit and the letter of the law.
“As regards the immigration of Jews from other countries, a question which is today of international importance, we consider that no state under present circumstances can wish for an increase in its minorities, whether religious or linguistic. To this principle we hold fast, and I believe that this attitude under present circumstances is both wise and reasonable.”
(Through an error in transmission, the Belgrade cable dispatch in the JTA NEWS of Sep. 13 said that M. Koroshetz “flatly denied that there is no Jewish problem in Yugoslavia.”)
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