The British press is indignant about German criticism of the debate in the House of Commons concerning the situation of the Jews of Germany and the Hitler Government’s decision to file a protest through its Ambassador with the Berlin Government. British newspapers are particularly unanimous in objecting to references in the German press to the speech of Barnett Janner in the House, in which they referred to the deputy as “this Jew.”
The “Manchester Guardian,” in an editorial, expressed the hope that the German Government, in protesting against Sir Austen Chamberlain, realizes that he spoke much more than for himself. Other newspapers reveal that the German protest is directed not only against Sir Austen’s attack, but chiefly against Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, because Sir John, in reply associated himself with the protest.
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