The Rumanian people are restrained only with difficulty from starting pogroms, Prof. Alexander Cuza, Minister Without Portfolio said in an interview published here today by the Voelkischer Beobachter, official organ of the Nazi Party.
“We are forced,” Cuza declared, “to confront the western democracies with a dilemma: either to open new territories to Jewish immigration or to accept, for better or worse, the solution of force. Only with difficulty do we restrain the people from the path of pogroms. Let London and Paris know that we shall not always be able to do it. A decision must be made quickly.”
Steps taken in Germany against the Jews were described by the Rumanian anti-Semitic leader as “splendid acts for European civilization.” Recalling his earlier proposals for a world anti-Semitic congress in which Germany, Rumania, Poland, Spain and Italy would take part, Cuza said that Germany and Rumania should struggle side by side.
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