The international congress of the societies and groups working for the prevention of cruelty to animals will be asked to go on record as being opposed to the schechita, the Jewish method of slaughtering animals for food, according to indications in the local anti-Semitic press. The congress will be held in Vienna.
In order to prepare public opinion for this move, the Hakenkreuzler press here started what virtually amounts to an anti-schechita campaign. The newspapers insinuate that a large number of Jews are members in the societies for the specific purpose of preventing the societies to oppose the schechita. The schechita, the papers assert, constitutes a desecration of the civilization of centuries. This time, however, the delegates to the international congress will free themselves from the influence of the Jews and will deliver a heavy blow to the Jews by the adoption of a resolution asking for the prohibition of the schechita, the papers write.
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