A crowd of 300 Rumanian lawyers ranged through Bucharest today on a hunt for Jews, driving Jewish attorneys out of courtrooms, assaulting many and participating in disorders around the Palace of Justice.
A number of Jewish lawyers were removed to the hospital seriously injured, among them some of the outstanding Jewish barristers of Rumania.
Meanwhile, an anti-Semitic mob roved through the streets, overturning tramcars and throwing out their Jewish passengers. Many Jewish passersby were beaten.
The riots follow on the heels of a conference between Premier Tatarescu and Minister of Interior Inculet after which it was announced that any form of anti-Semitic violence would be swiftly suppressed by the Government.
The present disorders began yesterday when anti-Semites forcefully ejected Jewish attorneys from a meeting of the Rumanian Bar Association at which election of officers was to be held.
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