Many Jewish Students Injured in Riots; Threaten to Brand Shield of David on Foreheads of Jewish Students and their Christian Friends (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The introduction today of the bill long heralded by the Hungarian government to amend the numerus clausus law limiting the number of Jewish students in Hungarian universities and colleges was accompanied by a series of severe anti-Jewish riots in all Hungarian colleges.
The excesses, which started Friday, continued throughout the day and on Saturday. In the attacks perpetrated by the anti-Semitic students, many of their Jewish fellows were seriously injured.
In manifestoes issued by the Hungarian Students’ Organization, the anti-Semites threaten that if the bill is passed in parliament, the Jewish students will be boycotted and the sign of the Shield of David will be branded on the foreheads of the Jewish students and those Christian students who sympathize with them.
The authorities took no drastic measures to quell the riots. In Jewish circles deep disappointment was voiced at this attitude.
Count Bethlen attempted to quiet the disappointment of the Jewish community in the provisions of the new bill which does not in reality abolish the limitation of the number of Jewish students. Speaking in parliament, Count Bethlen declared that “it will be enough to remove paragraph 3 of the numerus clausus law at this time and leave the rest for the future.”
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