The Archive · 1938

Pope Shows Sympathy With Nazi Victims

Archbishop of Capterbury

Condemns Bullying ser cat ro mmm "We London, Dec. 10.

A telegram from the Vatican was read by Lord Rothschild, speaking at the Mansion House yesterday in support of Lord Baldwin's fund for Jewish refugees.

The telegram, sent by' Cardinal Pacelli, Secretary of State to the Vatican, read:

"Pius XI's thoughts and feelings may be correctly interpreted by declaring (hat he looks with hümane ana Christian approval on every effort to show charity, and gi effective assistance to all those who are innocent victims of these sad times of distress, "The Archbishop of Canterbury said that he had talked to many refugees, and "their tales reveal an ingenious and elaborate system of persecution which would be incredible unless we knew what is actually happening.

"It is strange that it should be possible in a great State in. the Twentieth Century to have recourse to systematic persecution without parallel, even in the somewhat over-maligned, Middle Ages.'—Reuter.

Washington, Dec. 10.

President Roosevelt stated day that he intended to gress for an additional appropriation to meet the si disclosed by the recent spy t which has by no means ended.

The President added that effective ce-ordination had been effected among the intelligence forces of the Government.

He declared that no OGPU.

(Russian Secret Police organization), or Secret Police was needed to watch the American people, but the nation did need to have its own people watch the secret police of Other nations.

President Roosevelt declined to disclose details of how the new coordination between the intelligence units had been achieved, "since the publication of details would dest 80 per cent. of their effectiveness.

He added, however, that a "great many agencies were involved,—Reuter.

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