Washington, June 18.
Administration oficiais\ indicated here today that the. breach between the United States and Germany was widening as they studied latest reports of Nazi terrorism and persecution renewed against German Jews.
No official comment on the developments in Germany was forthcoming, but oflcials indicated they believed the present Nazi purge against Jews violated all humanitarian principles, especially since the attacks have been directed against small. shop-keepers and other Jews too poor to flee from their native land, Friction between the United States and Germany has been, growing for many months, mainly because of the German persecution of Jews. Some Washington observers believe this friction has reached serious proper-_ tions—United Press,
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