An attempt to stir up anti-Semitism in the industrial areas of England is reported by the “Manchester Daily Express.”
Labels carrying insulting references to the Jews are distributed at open air meetings, plastered on walls and public buildings, the paper discloses.
The paper describes the attacks as malicious and some of them as unprintable. The Jews are made responsible for the troubles in Ireland, Egypt, India and China.
The sources responsible are unknown. It is known only that the labels were brought from London and that the distributors are sworn to secrecy.
The “Express” publishes an editorial on these disclosures in which it condemns “the silly reminiscences of the Middle Ages.” The editorial says these manifestations would be a sign of decadence were they not confined to a few cranks and ignored by the vast proportion of the community. It expresses the hope that the harmonious relationship between Jews and non-Jews will not be disturbed.
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