(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The German government in an official message to the president of the German Keren Hayesod teiterated its sympathy for the aims of Zionism. The message, which was read last night at a huge gathering given by the Keren Hayesod at the Krollfestsaele, where Col. Josiah Wedgwood was the main speaker, declares that the German government, being a member of the League of Nations is a co-guarantor of the Palestine Mandate and recognizes the right of Jewry to establish in Palestine a National Home. The government sympathizes with the Palestine reconstruction work, which is a factor for peace, the message stated.
Kurt Blumenfeld presided at the gathering. Prussian Prime Minister Braun and representatives of many Jewish communities and of the Federal government were present. Addresses were delivered by Col. Wedgwood, Franz Oppenheimer, Georg Pembard. editor of the “Vossiche Zeitung;” and Willy Dreyfus, banker. The speakers emphasized the d?rty resting on Great Britain to carry out the promise it made to the Jewish people in the Balfour Declaration. On the other hand, it is the obligation of all Jews to make the greatest efforts to carry out the Palestine reconstruction work.
Col. Wedgwood, in his address declared that both Germans and Englishmen are united in their willinguess to cooperate in the creation of a “new, free people in its national home.”
The amount of 100,000 Marks was raised for the Keren Hayesod at the gathering.
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