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‘white Knights.’ British Jew-baiting Order. Sends Threatening Messages

August 19, 1927
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The White Knights of Britain, the newly formed anti-Jewish secret order, is adopting a threatening attitude, according to reports published to-day in the “West-minister Gazette” and the “Daily Herald.”

The newspapers stated to-day that they were informed that the order already has a membership of 100,000 and is under the leadership of a small body of in##tial English businessmen. They have sent warning letters to Jewish businessmen in London. stating that no member of the order is allowed to do business with persons not of English parentage.

The “Westntinster Gazette” and the “Daily Herald” have received threatening messages, the reports state from the White Knights because of their having published accounts of the order. “You will be dealt with as Semitic vermin. We shall soon rid Britain of the Jewish menace.” the messages stated.

LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN BACK

Ludwig Vogelstein, chairman of the Executive Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, returned to the United States on board the steamer Leviathan. Mr. Vogelstein spent two weeks vacationing abroad.

Dr. Irving Fisher, Professor of Political Economy at Yale University, sailed on the Mauretania for Geneva, where he will lecture on “Unstable Money” before the School of International Studies on August 29. 30 and 31.

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