Rome, Sept. 3.
The announcement gave rise to the belief here that Premier Benito Mussolini is preparing to colonize Ethiopia with Jews, especially in view of the fact that the recent decrees against foreign Jews do not mention Ethiopia and because the Ethiopians themselves are a branch of the Semitic race.
Leading foreign intellectuals affected include the geographer, Sig. Roberto Almagia, and the economist, Sig. Riccardo Bachi.
It was expected the Grand Coun in October would purge the Fascist party of Jews which would affect Sig. Mussolini's friend, Sig. Margherita Sarfatti, the—biographer—United Press,
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