The accusation in the Hungarian parliament the Jews of Hungary maintain secret armed organizations was stoutly denied by Minister of Interior Rakowsky who said police investigations had shown all such reports to be pure fables. Neither in Budapest nor elsewhere Jews concealing arms, the Minister declared in reply to an interpellation by the anti-Semitic deputy Lendvays.
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