“A number of our students do not keep their promise to preserve law and order,” the “Indreptarea”, official organ of the Roumanian Government, writes here today. “Regrettable incidents still occur,” the paper continues. “Peaceful citizens, both Jews and Roumanians, are stopped in the streets by the students and asked to show their identity papers. If they refuse to comply they are assaulted and beaten. Thus, for instance, a young Roumanian, named Panasesca, was assaulted and mercilessly beaten in the Callea Victoria Street.
“This behavior on the part of a section of students must be strongly condemned. The authorities have already decided on measures to be taken against students who so grossly imperil public order. Those students who will continue to stop people in the streets and demand to be shown identity papers will be at once arrested and punished in accordance with the statutes of the criminal law. Even if certain political parties or organizations will make use of the students for the sake of their party ends, it will in no way influence the Government. On the contrary, the students who continue to take an active part in politics will be punished more severely, because the interests of the country demand that the students should study and not occupy themselves with politics. We warn all those who have already taken part in these street assaults not to do so again,” the paper declares.
Of the 34 students elected to the Princeton Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, five are Jewish.
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