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FOREIGN NEWS
Palestine Pays Polish Jewess
$1,250 for Death of Son
Warsaw.—Compensation of $1,250 was
recently paid to Mrs. Pesse Birnbaum, a
Polish Jewess and a resident of Radom,
by the Palestine government for the death
of her son Chaim Opatowski, who was
killed in Palestine while defending the
Jewish settlement of Mekor Hayim, a
suburb of Jerusalem, during the riots of
last summer.
England Refuses to Admit
Trotzky
London.—The British Government has
finally refused to admit Leon Trotzky to
England, despite a petition signed by
Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and other
prominent Britons.
Zionist Student Groups Plan
Palestine Passover
Excursion
Riga.—Plans for an excursion of
Jewish students from all parts of the
world to Palestine during the coming
Passover were adopted at the conclusion
of the first world conference of Zionist
student corporations. The conference
was attended by over 1 (K) delegates from
eleven countries.
Resolutions were adopted protesting
against the suspension of immigration to
Palestine, the persecution of Zionists in
Soviet Russia, the activities of the British
Shalom Society, and Dr. Judah L. Magnes
in Palestine. It was also decided to es
tablish a world union of Zionist student
corporations.
Auer to Be Buried at New
York
Dresden, Germany.—The body of Leo
pold Auer, celebrated violinist and teacher
of Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz,
who recently died here, will be taken to
New York for burial, in accordance with
the wishes of the late musician and his
widow. v
Palestine Government Taking
Precautions on Eve of
Tisha B'Ab
Jerusalem.—The customary notice pro
hibiting assembling in the streets and the
carrying of arms and weapons was posted
by the government in connection with
Tisha B’Ab, the Fast Day when the Jews
make their annual pilgrimage to the Wail
ing Wall, the remnant of the Temple, to
recite the Lamentations of Jeremiah over
the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction
of the Temple. Tisha B’Ab starts Satur
day at sundown.
In order to avoid the possibility of any
clash with the Arabs, it is understood that
the Jewish National Council has requested
the Jewish youth organization and other
Jewish groups to dispense with their usual
custom of walking around the city's wall.
No interference is expected with the
ordinary procession to the Wailing Wall.
Podlishevsky, Polish Jewish
Leader, Dead
W arsaw. — Abraham Podlishevsky,
one of the outstanding leaders of
Polish Jewry and President of the
Polish Hias, died here at the age of 68
He was noted for his varied communal
services and also as a Zionist worker.
The cause of Hebrew culture found a
steady supporter in him. At one time
a wealthy merchant, he lost his money
during the war, but he continued his
active affiliation with Jewish leadership
in Poland.
Austrian Deputy Attack
Jews In Par ha lent
Vienna.—Attacking the polic
Austrian Government for havin
Major Pabst, Fascisti leader, fr the
country, Deputy Steigel, membc f the
Heimwehr, anti-Semitic milit
ganization, called upon the gov- ment
to explain its action. He inquii -1 why
Galician Jews are permitted tr cntrv
and exit from the country whih , fj m !
upstanding, German Christun-like
Pabst is summarily dismissed fr.
country. Pabst had been chart. <| with
fomenting a military revolution
94.3 Per Cent Arabs and 5.7
Per Cent Jews Employed
by Department of Public
Works in Palestine
Tel Aviv.—While 94.3 per cent of the
laborers employed by the government de
partment of public works are Arabs, only
5.7 per cent are Jews. These figures are
the result of a census taken by the
General Federation of Jewish Lal*>r. Th<
laborers employed by the department <>
public works total 1,296, of which num
ber only 84 are Jews. These do not in
clude the 700 laborers on the Haifa harbor
where there are 100 Jews employed, tin
roads which are being built by Jewish
organizations with the government aid,
nor the foreman and superintendents.
In the meantime the town council oi
Petach Tikvah has appealed to the Jew
ish planters to employ Jewish labor, point
ing out that the number of Jews working
on Jewish plantations has decreased, with
some planters not hiring a single Jewish
worker. The appeal also points out that
the unemployment is seasonal and com
paratively light.
Three Jews Win Seats in
Canadian Parliament; None
Member of Conservatives
Montreal.—Despite the smashing
victory of the Conservatives in the recent
Dominion-wide elections to the C anadian
parliament three Jews not members of
the winning, were elected. In Toronto
Alderman Samuel Factor, running on tin
Liberal ticket, defeated his Conservatiu
opponent in the Centre West district, be
ing the only Liberal elected in Toronto.
Not only is Alderman Factor the tV'
Jew from Toronto to be elected to the
Canadian parliament but he is the first
Liberal from Toronto to win in thirty -
eight years.
The other two Jews elected were in
cumbents, S. W. Jacobs from the C* r lf
division in Montreal, and A. A. llcap? ;
Laborite from Winnipeg. Mr
was an easy victor over his Con>cr\a
opponent, Louis Wolfe, also a Jew. J 1
ing the campaign the Conservatr- < - ■
frankly sought to defeat Mr. J ;ic " " 1
cause he as a Jew was representing
district where the French-Canadui
olics predominated.
Anti-Semitic Students l ^ >rV
ise Riots if Codreanu Is
Not Freed
Bucharest.—Accompanied b.v 1 ^^
new anti-Jewish excesses
groups in the provinces, the Q r _
committee of the Central Mu,lt ' de .
ganization at a meeting here
manded the immediate _ release
Codreanu, notorious anti-Semi
who is now under arrest an
trial.
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