The Jewish population of Montreal, numbering thirty thousand, turned out yesterday afternoon to participate in a mammoth demonstration of protest against the massacres of Jews by Arabs in Palestine.
All Jewish places of business were closed throughout the afternoon.
Headed by Hon. A. David, Secretary of the Province, Mayor Houde of Montreal. H. M. Causeman, President of the Zionist Organization, the denaturants marched two miles through the principal thoroughfares to Fletcher’s Field, where a huge mass meeting was held.
Participating in the parade were Zionists. Legionnaires, one thousand Orthodox Jews, children of the local Talmud Torahs and National Schools, members of the Hadassah, Poale Zion, Ziere Zion, and Jewish boy and girl scouts.
Addresses were delivered by Hon. A. David. Mayor Haude. H. M. Causeman. Rabbi Abramowitz, and Rabbi ### C###.
Mayor Houde, in a warm and impressive address, expressed the hope for a firmer establishment of the Jewish National Home under the Balfour Declaration.
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