Five thousand persons crowded the Civic Auditorium here last night to protest against the treatment of Jews in Germany. Fully three thousand failed to gain admission.
The speakers included representatives of the Anglican, Catholic and United churches, as well as the mayor of the city, members of the Provincial Legislature and prominent Jews.
All speakers emphasized that the protest was not against the German people but against a system of propaganda and incitement that threatened to humiliate the German people no less than the Jews. They were unanimous in the view that Germany was losing the sympathies of the civilized world. The resolution of protest, proposed by Prof. Osborne of Winnipeg University was forwarded to the Canadian Prime Minister.
In an apparent effort to influence the protest demonstration, the local German consul wrote to the speakers at the meeting, denying the stories of atrocities, but without any effect whatever on their addresses.
Of particular consolation to Winnipeg Jewry is the sympathy of the local press as well as of private Gentile organizations a number of which have adopted protest resolutions.
Among the official utterances and declarations of interest are the resolution adopted by the Winnipeg City Coucil on the proposal of Aldermen Gray and Blumberg, and the condemnation of German Jewish persecution in a statement by the Premier of Saskatchewan Province supported by the leader of the Opposition. It is understood that a similar expression of opinion is to be voiced in the Provincial Legislature of Manitoba this week. Apart from these, protest meetings are being held all over Canada.
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