Race Guaranty Considered by Saar Jurists

The Jurists Committee of the League of Nations met today in camera to examine reports on questions affecting the Saar plebiscite to be held next year. In this plebiscite the inhabitants of the Saar valley are to vote on whether they prefer to return to German rule, become a part of France or remain under the rule of the League of Nations Commissions now in charge of the Saar.

According to information received by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the Jurists Committee discussed the question of whether the League of Nations Council can demand guarantees for racial and religious minorities, no matter what the outcome of the plebiscite.

Since the advent of the Nazis a strong campaign has been carried out by them urging the people of the Saar to vote for return to German rule. Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen is Nazi Commissioner for the Saar region. In a speech made recently von Papen urged the Jews to vote for Germany in the coming plebiscite, telling them that their rights will be respected by the Nazi government.

The League of Nations has received numerous complaints of Nazi actions in the Saar. It was claimed that the Nazis had set up a secret Nazi government in the Saar parallel to the regular League government and was terrorizing the inhabitants of the region who opposed them. The Saar region is heavily industrialized and contains valuable mining properties. Over half the population is Catholic.

WINS ROME SCHOLARSHIP

Naphtall Lewis, a City College graduate, was awarded a fellowship in the American Academy in Rome, it was announced yesterday Lewis will receive $1,250 for each of two years and an allowance of $300 for transportation expenses to and from Rome. He is now studying at the Sorbonne.