Government Cannot Take Drastic Measures to Stop Anti-semitic Student Riots

Stormy Session in Hungarian Parliament When Count Klebelsberg Makes This Statement; Opposition Charges Riots are Instigated by Authorities (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Hungarian government is in no position to take drastic measures against the students who are perpetrating the anti-Semitic riots but instead will attempt to pacify them by means of persuasion. Should these efforts fail, other measures will be taken.

This statement was made in parliament yesterday by Count Klebelsberg, Minister of Education, when the student riots were the subject of a heated debate.

Deputies Legemenykis, Pakots and Bela Fabian introduced an interpellation charging the government with deliberate weakness in order to create abroad the impression that the modification of the numerus clausus is premature due to the state of mind in the country. Count Klebelsberg declined to offer a reply to this interpellation.

In the lobby the Minister of Education told newspapermen that it was extremely improbable that the numerus clausus bill will pass parliament before the March session of the Council of the League of Nationsm although, as it was proven by statistics, the proposed amendment of the numerus clausus bill would increase the number of Jewish students by merely one half of one percent.

While the debate was going on in parliament, leaders of the Democratic deputies conferred with Deputy Julius Goemboes who undertook the obligation of seeing to it that no further riots take place today or at least as long as parliament debates the question. No new riots occurred today for the reason that all Jewish students absented themselves from the colleges.