§ SIR ARTHUR HAYTER (Walsall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the law passed in Roumania in March last, prohibiting the employment of Jewish working men in any trade or calling, is in accordance with the provisions of the Berlin Treaty; and whether His Majesty's Government has entered, or will enter, any protest against this legislation.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE, Rochester)The law in question, which applies to all foreigners, does not specifically mention the Jews, but if in effect it constitutes a disability of the Jews as such, it would, in the opinion of His Majesty's Government, be inconsistent with Article 44 of the Treaty of Berlin. His Majesty's Ministers at Bucharest has made friendly representations to the Roumanian Government on the subject, and will continue to do what he properly can in the interests of the Jews.