(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Professor Alexander Cuza, leader of the anti-Semitic movement in Roumania, was arrested in the express train from Bucharest to Czernowitz.
It was declared that he was arrested on the charge of being involved in the Hungarian 30 billion franc counterfeiting plot. The train was stopped between stations in order that the authorities could board the train and arrest him.
Professor Cuza was scheduled to deliver an address before a large anti-Semitic gathering in Czernowitz on Sunday, January 17. This announcement caused great anxiety among the Jewish population of Czernowitz who feared disturbances. The Jewish community asked the government officials to prohibit the meeting.
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