A DEATH THREAT CABLED FROM NEW YORK TO TWO AMERICAN ZIONIST LEADERS HERE LED TODAY TO A REQUEST FOR AN INVESTIGATION BY THE UNITED STATES CONSUL.
JACOB FISHMAN, EDITOR OF THE JEWISH MORNING JOURNAL OF NEW YORK, ASKED THE CONSUL TO LOOK INTO A CABLE IN HEBREW ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS WHICH SAID:
“LIPSKY, FISHMAN SENTENCED DEATH.”
LOUIS LIPSKY, ALSO OF NEW YORK, IS A MEMBER OF THE ZIONIST EXECUTIVE. BOTH HE AND MR. FISHMAN SUPPORTED THE CONGRESS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON ITS PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE.
THE OPINION WAS EXPRESSED AMONG ZIONISTS HERE THAT THE CABLE WAS SENT BY A CRANK.
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