(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The unpardonable pogrom agitation of the anti-Semitic newspaper, “Volkskampf,” the organ of the Hakenkreuzler, reached its peak yesterday.
The newspaper, which has been conducting ritual murder agitation for the past few weeks, published yesterday as fresh news the 87-year-old story of the ritual murder accusation in Damascus, the falsity of which was proven. The newspaper appeared with screaming headlines: “Jews Murder Pater in Damascus.” Newsboys were selling the paper in the main streets of Vienna. The police took no action, notwithstanding the fact that the Kehillah has officially protested to the authorities against the pogrom agitation of the “Volkskampf.”
The newspaper also demands in its editorials that the majority of the Jews in Austria be expelled from the country and that the rest be enclosed within the walls of a ghetto.
The will of Peter F. Meyer, who died on March 9, bequeaths his estate of approximately $2,000,000 to charitable institutions, including a bequest of $10,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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