The hope that Germany will keep its promise given to the League of Nations not to victimize the Jews in the Saar at least for twelve months is expressed today in the Manchester Guardian in connection with the transfer of the Saar to the Nazi Reich tomorrow.
Pointing out that nothing can now save the Trade Unions in the Saar as well as the anti-Hitlerite press there from being liquidated by the Nazis, the Manchester Guardian emphasizes that public opinion abroad will watch closely how German officials in the Saar treat the Jews and those who voted during the Saar plebiscite for a status quo.
“The world at large,” the paper says, “has a right to expect that Germany will keep its pledge to refrain from victimizing any of those residents of the Saar who did not vote for the return of the Saar to Germany. Public opinion abroad and particularly the League of Nations should see to it that this pledge given by Germany is not broken.”
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