REVIEW OF THE MONTH
Fear Judaization of Vienna University
It is not difficult to see beneath the surface of the new restrictions decided upon by the medical faculty of the Vienna University. Only 400 medical students are to be admitted to the first year, and preference will be given to students from Lower Austria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and other Crown provinces that have no University of their own. The effect of this new regulation amounts to the exclusion of students from Galicia, Bukovina, as well as students from foreign countries. That this measure was intended to keep Jewish students from Galicia, and Russia out of the University is evident from the commentary of the "Ostdeutsche Rundschau which characterizes it as the most effective measure against "the Judaization of the Vienna University." Liberal Circles in Austria denounce the proposed restriction as one which is likely to lower the standards of the University.
Defending Jewish Interests in Galicia
Owing to the approach of the elections to the new Diet, on which the Poles and Ru- thenes are already at work in spite of the holidays, the Central Committee of the Zionists in Galicia has issued an appeal to the Jews in the provinces, urging them to combine for the effective defense of Jewish interests, and in order to secure adequate representation in the new Diet. The prospects of the Jewish Nationalists are said to be favorable.
Czar Relents in Face of War
On Thursday morning in the midst of the War News, appeared this notice: "By order of the Emperor, the enforcement of the legislative resolution restricting the acquisition of real-estate and also the inclusion of Jews on Boards of Directors has been temporarily suspended." This is the proposed war against which Russian financiers had been protesting.
Expulsions from Kieff
The authorities of Kieff have hit upon a plan for the expulsion of some 40,000 Jews from their city where the latter have hitherto lived in peace. The plan is this: the Kieff authorities have decided that Jewish artisans, in addition to producing and paying for an annual certificate, must also show that they served their apprenticeship in one of the four cities in which alone Jewish trade-guilds are allowed to exist, from which the certificates are obtained. These cities are Odessa, Berditchev, Kutsch, and Kisheneff. As the greater number of the Jewish artisans in Kieff served their apprenticeship in other cities, the aim of the new regulations is quite obvious. Hitherto the local authorities have not dared to interfere with the Jewish artisans, as these provided a proof of the groundlessness of the charge that Jews shun manual labor. But the inventive genius of Russia is boundless. As a result of this new pretext, thousands of Jews are suffering expulsion from Kieff.
Herr Bradsky Aids
At a meeting of the Hebrew Loan Society of Kieff which was considering the problem of the hundreds of families who were being forced to leave the city as a result of the new "regulation," the well-known millionaire and philanthropist, Herr Brodsky, announced that he would donate a considerable sum of money for the purpose of establishing the persecuted families in Palestine. No sooner was this announcement made than a number of other Jews of means declared their readiness to co-operate with Herr Brodsky. The ICA communicated with Herr Brodsky and offered its assistance. Systematic plans are being considered.
Dr. Schmarya Levin
Dr. Schmarya Levin Dr. Schmarya Levin of the Inner Actions Comite is again in this country. He sailed on the now historic voyage of the Kronprincessin Cecelie and remains