Salonica Jews Protest Against Numerus Clausus

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)

The mass meeting held here to protest against the Numerus Clausus movement accepted the following resolutions:

“The Jewish population of Salonica is of the opinion that the Numerus Clausus Law, which is in force officially in Hungary and administratively in Poland and Roumania, is a serious obstacle to the development of the Jewish youth in the above countries. It therefore protests energetically against the Numerus Clausus Law and against any enactments which are contrary to the Minority Treaties, and which prevent the Jews from devoting themselves to intellectual pursuits.

“It also protests against the anti-Semitic excesses in Roumania which endanger the honor and the existence of nigh one million human beings for the only reason that they are Jews.

“The meeting, therefore, appeals to public opinion of the world in order that an end should be put to all those enactments which are bringing back the restrictions of the Middle Ages. The meeting also demands from the Governments who are the natural protectors of the national minorities in the abovementioned countries, to exert their influence for the abolition of the Numerus Clausus Law at a time when intellectual co-operation all over the world is in a fair way of being established. The meeting finally empowers the Presidium to transmit its resolutions of protest to the Legations in Athens of the Governments of Roumania, Hungary and Poland and to Mr. Eric Drummond. Secretary-General of the League of Nations, with a view of requesting the League at Geneva to intervene with the above-mentioned Governments.”