My resignation, Sir, is my only method of protest against the grossly unfair and all too prevalent discrimination against the battalion to which I have the honour to belong. I desire to point out to you, Sir, the fact that this unfair and un-British attitude affects not only my honour as a Jew, but my prestige as a British officer, and this latter point must inevitably handicap me in the efficient discharge of my military duties. The disgraceful exhibition of yesterday morning is but a fitting climax to the endless series of insults and annoyances to which this battalion--because it is a _Jewish Battalion_--has been subjected, almost since our first arrival in the E.E.F. Insults to a battalion as a whole, Sir, are insults directed to every individual member of that battalion, and as long as I remain a member of His Majesty's Forces, I regret to say I find myself unable to fittingly resent in a manner compatible with my own honour, and the honour of my race, the insulting attitude towards my race, and through my race, towards me, of my military superiors. In passing, may I point out that my being a Jew did not prevent me doing my duty in France, in Flanders, and in Palestine, and in the name of the countless dead of my race who fell doing their duty in every theatre of war, I resent, and resent very strongly indeed, the abusive attitude at present prevalent towards Jewish troops. I have innumerable instances of petty spite, and not a few cases of a very serious character indeed, all of which I can readily produce should the occasion ever arise. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Y.Y. It was not only my Jewish officers who found life unbearable under these conditions, but the other officers also felt the strain. I received the following letter from one of my senior Christian Officers after an outburst on the part of the Staff: To the O.C. 38TH BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS. Sir, I have the honour to request that I be immediately relieved of my duties and permitted to proceed to England for demobilization. I am 40 years of age, and have had nothing except my desire to do my duty to keep me in the Service. The impossible conditions forced on the battalion by higher authority are too much for me, and I very much regret that I should have to trouble you with this application at the present time. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, SS. Bir Salem, 24TH AUGUST, 1919.