Reich Ponders Edict to Halt Anti-semites

An official announcement that the Jewish problem has been solved by existing governmental measures eliminating or curbing Jews in various walks of life is being considered in government circles, it was learned here today.

Such an announcement would bring to an end the incessant anti-Jewish agitation which is still being conducted against the Jews despite the various drastic measures which have been adopted against them.

It is pointed out that such an announcement is the maximum the Jews may expect. A reversal of Nazi policy cannot be looked for Anti-Semitism is such a fundamental part of Nazi doctrine that any reversal would seriously embarrass and shake Nazi authority.

WOUD PACIFY JEWS ABROAD

It is believed that such an announcement from the heart of the government would go a long way toward pacifying Jewish sentiment abroad. The Jewish population of Germany would be given opportunity to adjust themselves to the new conditions created by the Nazi regime and the cessation of anti-Semitic propaganda would allay the fears of Jewish communities abroad about the spread of anti-Semitism outside German borders. Such an announcement, it is hoped, would take the wind out of the anti-Nazi movement.

For some time past, certain official circles have disavowed the extreme anti-Semitic propaganda as indulged in by Julius Streicher, the Nazi chief of Nuremberg. It has been pointed out that the German government should not be held responsible for purely local activities such as those carried on by Streicher in Franconia. The various decrees and declarations issued by cabinet ministers against Jews in the field of business are more representative of the government policy than Der Stuermer, Streicher’s violently anti-Semitic organ. The government is mainly concerned with curbing the political and cultural influence of the Jewish element, it is declared, and it is not anxious to deprive the Jewish element of its economic opportunities.