The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26
Friday, September 26, 1919.
AN INTERVIEW WITH A ROUMA-
MAN MINISTER AND WITH
A FORMER SENATE
PRESIDENT.
Continued from Page 81.

VIII NC ndue, as III Ill Quiet COuH-
tries, and Jews will later be able to
become citizens under that law. The
two months period will possibly be
heightened later Mote: An extension
Of three months was actually given la
teri. Concerning the rights of the
Jewish soldiers, he remarked that
that too could possibly be rectified.
Coming to the question Of the ratifica-
ton Of the law decree, by the Rou-
manian Parliament, he stated that it
would positively be ratified, and that
the Parliament would not be able to
disregard what had already been ac-
complished.
permit me also to state what Rou-
manian officials think about the So
called Jewish rights" | said to DR..
Anghelescu. "a few days ago a Jew
ish young woman made an application
to the war ministry for position
which had been advertised in the pa
pers, and although she had documents
showing that her father was citizen
according to the law decree, Mr.. Fam
firescu, the chief Of the department,
rejected her application on the ground
that the young woman was foreign
er, and that the law is not valid" This
statement | confirmed by documents.
also reminded him that several bar
associations have refused to recognize
Jewish lawyers, on the ground that
they were foreigners and that the So
called law decree is unconstitutional.
He admitted that these instances were
true, and that they were deplorable,
but declared that the country had
adopted the law, and that it would
positively be enforced.
remarked that his statements
could not be satisfactory if the law
had to be amended according to the
points which | had raised; that there
was still much to be done before the
question would be really settled, but
even II did adopt his standpoint, and
il the Jews were ready to do the same
thing, it would still be impossible to
create friendly feelings-and that l
must entirely decline to take any ac-
tive part, so long as 5000 Jewish SOL
diers languished in prisons or invented
charges, and so long as the Jewish
soldiers who were returning from pri-
son camps were being subjected to
such disgraceful, inhuman and unjust
treatment.
detailed for him list Of heart
rending sufferings which returning
Jewish soldiers were being forced to
undergo shall write of them at
length later, but shall mention only
one instance here. Several companies
Of Roumanian prisoners were return
ing, among them twelve Jews. The Of
ficer in charge ordered the Jewish SOL
diers to stand on table, and that the
Roumanian soldiers look at them
carefully and recall which of the jew
ish soldiers had not treated them in a
friendly fashion while they were in
prison camps; and he would immedi-
ately order his arrest and send him
before a court-martial. OF course, the
soldiers understood what was meant,
and all the Jews were arrested. The
epidemic Of Jewish arrests, | remark
ed to the minister, has no equal in the
world, and If you wish to be friends
with the Jews, you must free all the
unfortunate Jewish soldiers. There
is only one means by which this can
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