(J. T. A. Mail Service)
The Jewish Party, representing the Jews of Slovakia and Carpathorussia, made a public declaration on the subject of the campaign carried on by the Jewish Chancellory in Budapest in favor of a revision of the Peace Treaty of Trianon. The Hungarian Jewish Chancellory in its appeal had spoken of the “oppression of the Jews in the Succession States,” which, it said, necessitated the carrying on of a political activity along the lines of Lord Rothermere campaign.
The Jewish Party, in its declaration, which appears in the entire Czechoslovakian daily Press says: “We stand out quite definitely against the memorandum, and declare that the Jewish Chancellory in Hungary has no right to speak in this matter in the name of the Jews of Slovakia and Carpathorussia. We Jews of Slovakia and Carpathorussia have no reason to envy our Jewish brothers in Hungary, because of the conditions obtaining there, insofar as they affect the Jews. On the contrary, we deplore the position of the Hungarian Jews, because of the injustice committed against them in the Numerus Clausus and other regulations.
“We Jews in Slovakia and Carpathorussia have convinced ourselves that both our beloved President, Dr. Masaryk, who is looked up to all over the world because of his liberal and humanitarian attitude, and also the Governments of the Czechoslovakain Republic during the last ten years have, procceding on the road to consolidation, done their best with regard to the Jews. The Jewish Party, therefore gladly and openly identifies itself with the development of the Czechoslovakian Republic, and decisively repudiates the memorandum of the Jewish Chancellory of Hungary.”
The newly appointed president of Slovakia, N. Drobny, received a deputation of representatives of the Jewish Party headed by Dr. Julius Reisz, and of the Federation of Slovakian Jews, headed by Dr. Knoepfelmacher.
The deputation assured the president that the Jews of Slovakia repudiate all calumnating allegations concerning them, that they are ready, as always, to collaborate in the upbuilding of the state, and hope that the new president will in his activities take into account the interests of the Jews and will deal with them with good will and justice.
The president, in his reply, assured the deputation that he was desirous of retaining the continued loyal cooperation of the Jews in the difficult task of administering the country.
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