The condition of the Jews of Yemen has been badly aggravated by the Palestine troubles, it was revealed by Lucien Wolf, secretary of the Jewish Board of Deputies, at a meeting of the Board here. He said that the Moslem fanatics of Yemen had become more excited by agitators throughout the country who were calling for the extermination of the Jews.
Mr. Wolf’s report showed that the number of Yemenite refugees in the Mediterranean ports number 300 families and 250 orphans. Eighty Yemenite families are at Aden in the utmost misery while 50 families were recently transported to Palestine but further permits are difficult to obtain, for aside from cost of transportation the Palestine authorities require a guarantee of maintenance for orphans amounting to $1,000 each. The Joint Foreign Committee of the Board of Jewish Deputies and the Anglo-Jewish Association is corresponding with the Zionist Organization and the American Jewish Committee, he said, concerning relief for the Yemenite Jews.
Regarding conditions in Roumania, Mr. Wolf declared that there were no serious disturbances of late but only the usual minor incidents of an anti-Semitic character and complaints of the inactivity of the police which the government denies. He pointed out that the ineffectiveness of the anti-Semitic campaign in Roumania was indicated by the results of the March municipal elections in which attention to the fact that the government, however, “still makes no sign of satisfying the legitimate demands of the minorities for constructive legislation and that even the long promised nationality law has not yet seen the light.”
Turning to Russia, Mr. Wolf reported that he had received no acknowledgement from the Soviet representative concerning the Board’s resolution on religious persecution, although he said that Foreign Minister Henderson had replied promising to use a suitable opportunity to intervene on behalf of religious liberty. Mr. Wolf reported that the anti-religious agitation had greatly subsided in Russia.
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