(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The anti-Jewish agitation in this city, which was started some time ago, has been renewed. Jewish passersby were insulted in the streets and in the cars. The Salonica chamber of commerce has issued a proclamation condemning the anti-Semitic movement as “harmful for the peaceful cooperation of all citizens of the country.”
An interpellation was introduced into parliament by the Jewish deputies, concerning the anti-Jewish outbreaks.
In the recent elections four Jewish deputies were elected to parliament, two are Zionists, two Communists.
A deed on the part of the famous Greek poet, Maboucas, president of the White Cross, has made a favorable impression on the population. M. Maboucas, who is a friend of the Jews, adopted two Jewish girls of Vole, whose parents were killed in a battle in Asia Minor.
The correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in Salonica recently explained the result of the parliamentary elections in the following manner: “How did the Communists achieve their unexpected victory? How is it that of 10,000 Jewish electors, 4,000 were carried away by the Communists? The answer is quite simply this–that the bloc of the Jewish political union was not a bloc. Divisions in the camp, Zionists and Mizrachists on the one hand, the supports of the Alliance assimilators on the other, together with the indifference of the bourgeoisie, made possible the ‘Communists surprise.’ It has caused consternation among the Jews and indignation rose spontaneously in all classes of the Jewish population who at bottom are an element of law and order.”
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