The Jewish Telegraphic Agency here has succeeded in securing the text of the resolution adopted by the Union of Jewish Students of Lwow, protesting against the anti-Semitic riots, which was confiscated by the authorities which refused to permit its publication.
The resolution charges the University authorities with doing nothing to pacify the rioters and with creating the impression that the rioters would not be punished.
The resolution refers to the funeral services held for Jan Grotkowski, the Polish student killed after he and five companions in a drunken state attacked Jewish passersby in Lwow, declaring : “The attitude of the University authorities who officially participated in the funeral for the victim of drunkedness lent to the funeral the character of a manifestation to which the University authorities in no way contributed measures for pacification. Rather they fostered the impression that the rioters would not be punished.
“The Jewish students protest against the mild and considerate treatment accorded the rioters by the University authorities, declaring that even the appeal of the rectors issued on the fifth day of the disturbances was not in accord with truth or a sincere condemnation of acts committed by Polish students of Lwow.
“The Jewish students have further established that National Democratic leaders utilized the tragic death of Grotkowski who was killed by drunkards in order to provoke brutal excesses on chauvinistic grounds,” the resolution asserts.
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