The number of Jewish refugees in Rumania never exceeded 50,000, Leonard G. Montefiore, president of the Anglo-Jewish Association, declared today at a meeting of the Association. He revealed that in 1924, when Jewish bodies negotiated with the Rumanian Government on refugees, Lucien Wolf gave the figure of 8,000 refugees in a report, which Mr. Montefiore said was probably correct. He pointed out that the Government then accepted figures much lower than those now circulated.
Referring to American, British and French representations to the Rumanian Government, Mr. Montefiore declared there was some doubt as to how far Premier Octavian Goga intended to follow the German model in treatment of Jews. Commenting on Rumanian declarations that only post-war refugees would be affected, He said there was also a time when it was said in Germany that anti-Jewish measures were aimed principally at wartime and postwar immigrants.
The Times, in an editorial on “Goga in Office,” declares: “There are indications that the anti-Jewish policy will not be pushed as far as speeches and acts by National Christian ministers have suggested. King Carol’s appeal for tolerance must have impressed the Government of his making and was reinforced by action of the British and French Governments in drawing Goga’s attention to the minorities treaty of 1919.”
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