The times-news., 1938-12-14
AFRICA LOOMS
FOR HEBREWS.
LEAVING ITALY
No Choice Seems Left as to
Home for $4,000
Non-Citizens
BY STEWART BROWN
United Press Staff Correspondent

hOMC, DCS. 4. WV ASssty -
anti-Jewish campaign, initiated
with unexpected abruptness in
September, is rapidly approaching
its goal, but it will not enter the
final phase until February II,
1889.
Branded as "enemies of Ease
ism," 1taly's 10000 Jews have
beer subjected to series of re-
strictive- measures. which in three
months have. covered almost the
same ground as the anti-Jewish
legislation adopted in Germany
during the past five years.
The principal measures Off
cially taken so far are:
/. Jews cannot teach in ltal-
ian schools.
2. Jews cannot attend regular
Italian schools.
3. Foreign Jews cannot live in
Italy, Lydia, or the Aegean is
lands after February ~, 1888.
? 4. Italian citizenship granted to
Jews after January /, 1919, has
been revoked.
5. All foreign Jews who enter
ed Italy since January l, 1919,
must leave the country before
February II, 1889.
6. Italians cannot marry Jews
and other non-Aryans.
7. Jews cannot belong to the
Fascist party. ''
8. Jews cannot manage any
business employing more than
100 persons.
9. Jews cannot own more than
so hectares of land.
10. Jews cannot serve in the
Italian armed forces either III
peace or war time.
RULING ON MIXED
PARENTAGE
According to d, ruling Of the
Fascist Grand council these mea-
sures affect only those persons
whose mothers and fathers are
both Jewish. Persons of mixed
blood are not subject to these re-
strictions unless they profess the
Jewish religion.
Without waiting for official
legislation, newspapers, hospitals
and business concerns have been
liquidating their Jewish employees.
Publishing houses have ceased
handling books written by Jews,
theaters have stopped producing
plays written by Jews, and radio
stations have quit playing music
composed or executed by Jewish
artists.
There are number of eXemp-
tions for families of Jews who
have voluntarily fought, been
wounded or decorated in one of
Italy's four wars in l.ibya, Eu
rope, Ethiopia and Spain. These
exemptions do not apply to the
ban against entering Italian
schools. ... -.. ,-..
TO GET FULL PENSIONS
Jews who have lost their jobs
with the government are, entitled
to their full pension. Special
schools with Jewish teachers are
being organized for Jewish stu
dents. Jews are permitted to wor-
ship without restriction. Those
who wish to emigrate to Italian
East Africa will be given special
facilities and assigned to special
regions.
These concessions, the Fascist
Grand council decided, may be
entirely suspended OF increased to
the advantage of the Jews, de-
pending on "the attitude which
the Jews assume toward Fascist
Italy" E
This flexible ruling is inter-
preted to mean that those Jews
living in Italy. may be considered
as hostages for the good or bad
behavior toward Italy of. Jews
living in other countries.
In view of this decision few
Italian or foreign Jews are anX-
ious to migrate to Ethiopia be-
cause they feel their position
there would be too uncertain. But
necessity knows no choice and
therefore many ofvthe $4,000 for-
eign Jews in Italy may be oblig-
ed to go to East Africa, if they
cannot find any other country
which will accept them before
February IL. As more and more
frontiers are closed to them,
thousands have lost all hope of
choosing their future home.