(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The chances for relief for Lithuanian Jewish merchants from the compulsory Sunday rest law became less likely when the administrative commission of the Lithuanian Sejm took a step contrary to the promises of the Lithuanian government.
At yesterday’s meeting of the commission, representatives of the Lithuanian Peoples’ Party introduced a motion that the present Sunday closing law remain in operation in Kovno. The motion was carried by a vote of 7 to 2.
Leaders of the Jewish population and of various Jewish organizations have unanimously urged the Club of Jewish Deputies to fight in the general Sejm session against this decision.
Anti-Semitic agitators in three Lithuanian towns, Vilki, Salant and Plite, were on trial for inciting propaganda. Ten of the agitators were sentenced to prison.
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