One hundred and thirty Hungarian anti-Semitic students were arrested at Debrecen, Hungary, when the authorities began today to take vigorous action against the anti-Jewish excesses by student organizations, which have spread to Budapest, Debrecen and Szegedin, endangering the public peace.
In Debrecen, street fighting between the students and the police occurred, while in Budapest and Szegedin, the fighting was confined to the university grounds.
Several students suspected of being Jewish were beaten by the anti-Semites, but none of the Jewish students were actually hurt, because they had been expelled from the colleges early this morning before the beginning of the lectures.
Anti-Semitic Hungarian student organizations have forwarded a series of demands to the Ministry of Education, declaring that they would call a strike in all the universities of Hungary, unless they were given a satisfactory answer by Saturday.
Included in the demands are:
1. The strictest application of the numerus clausus against the Jewish students.
2. The limitation of the granting of diplomas for practice for Jewish students who graduated abroad.
3. Vigorous control of Jewish immigration into Hungary.
4. The limitation of the number of artisans’ licenses granted to Jews.
A boycott of all Jewish students was determined upon today at a meeting of the anti-Semitic Hungarian students. They also discussed further tactics in their campaign for numerus clausus against the Jewish students.
They resolved not to speak to the Jewish students, but at the same time decided to refrain from violence against the Jews and not to prevent Jewish students from attending classes as long as they occupied only the back benches.
The boycott is to continue until the anti-Semitic student organizations receive a reply from the government on the demands they submitted to it.
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