REBEL RULE IN SPANISH MOROCCO HAS RESULTED IN ANTI-SEMITIC PERSECUTION AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION REACHING HERE.
JEWS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HOLD RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES IN PUBLIC. FUNERAL PROCESSIONS ARE FREQUENTLY ATTACKED BY MOBS AND STONED, FORCING JEWS TO BURY THEIR DEAD AT NIGHT AND TO TAKE THE COFFINS TO THE CEMETERY BY A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE.
CERTAIN SPANISH AND MOSLEM GROUPS HAVE ESTABLISHED SPECIAL PHALANGIST (FASCIST) ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE CHIEF AIM OF PROVOKING ANTI-JEWISH INCIDENTS, REPORTS SAY. THE FRANCO GOVERNMENT FORCES JEWISH COMMUNITIES TO PAY LARGE SUMS OF MONEY, ALTHOUGH A RIGID ANTI-JEWISH BOYCOTT IS MAKING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR THE JEWS TO COMPLY WITH THE DEMANDS.
GERMANS, WHO ARE NUMEROUS IN SPANISH MOROCCO, HELP TO SPREAD ANTI-JEWISH PROPAGANDA AND THEY DEMAND IN THEIR NEWSPAPERS THE INTRODUCTION OF ANTI-JEWISH LEGISLATION.
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