Reports that Catholic conversion propaganda is progressing in Greece and that vast sums of money are being spent upon it have reached the Minister of the Interior, it is announced. Catholic priests and nuns are busy building new schools and convents in the whole country, the communique adds, and the Minister of the Interior has decided to take measures in order to counteract this activity.
Rabbi Dr. Sevy Koretz, chief rabbi of Salonica, today interviewed Periclis Rhallis, Minister-Governor General of Salonica, and requested him that the government take immediate steps in order to stop proselyting among Jewish boys and girls.
The chief rabbi was also instrumental in having a young Jew. Isaac Saltiel, returned from Paris to his father’s home in Greece. Saltiel had been converted to Catholicism by priests in Salonica and sent to Paris where he was sequestrated by priests.
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