Anti-Semitic scenes took place in Parliament yesterday following a controversy between Chancellor Dollfus and Dr. Otto Bauer, noted Socialist leader.
The incidents which started with verbal abuse soon developed into a free for all fight. The Christian Socialists started the fracas when they assailed Dr. Bauer as “You Dirty Jew!” Others shouted to the Socialist benches: “This is not a synagogue !”
Thereupon a Heimwehr deputy, Leichtenegger, using inkpots as missiles, proceeded to throw them at Dr. Bauer. He missed his aim, however, and hit instead Minister of Trade Jakoncig and a deputy, Dannenberg. None sustained injuries, but many were smeared with ink.
The Speaker adjourned the session amid cries: “Out with the dirty Jews!”
This is the second time that a Heimwehr deputy has attempted to perpetrate physical acts against Dr. Bauer. Last July 19, a Heimwehr deputy, Henzl, threw an inkstand at him during a controversy at a meeting of the Finance Committee of Parliament. Dr. Bauer sustained such serious injuries that for a time his life was despaired of.
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