The League for Combatting Anti-Semitism made representations yesterday to Premier Eduard Herriot, who is its honorary president, with regard to the recent riots in Tunis.
The communication addressed by the League asks that rigorous instructions be issued to French officials to protect the Jews of Tunis.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns that a Parliamentary interpellation is pending and that the government will probably appoint a commission to proceed to Tunis.
Sfax, the scene of the riot, is a seaport community. Eleven Jews were injured in the attack, which started with a quarrel between an Arab and a Jewish merchant and ended with an attack upon the Jewish quarter.
The French Resident, General Manceron, has been criticized for his alleged failure to take adequate measures to protect the Jewish population.
The situation in Sfax continues tense, while the Arab propagandists spread the report that Jews are responsible for the destruction of all the mosques in Russia.
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