News Brief

The University of Breslau, which resumed classes yesterday after it had been closed following anti-Semitic disturbances, was closed again this afternoon by order of the University Senate.

The Senate is considering keeping the University closed for the remainder of the semester. The anti-Jewish disturbances which arose when Professor Ernst Cohn delivered his first lecture as Professor of Law on November 10th and which have been almost continuous since, were resumed today on a large scale.

The first act in today’s developments occurred this morning when a bomb exploded outside the home of Professor Cohn. It exploded with a thundering sound, but caused no damage. Undeterred, Professor Cohn held his regular scheduled lectures this morning which were permitted undisturbed.

At noon, however, throngs of Nazi students assembled and proceeded to sing enciting songs directed against the Jews. These were dispersed by the police.

The students soon were augmented by Nazi Storm troops who besieged the University campus, erected loud speakers and inveighed against the Jews. They held their position for hours and prevented Professor Cohn from leaving the campus.

Finally, mounted police dashed through the crowd and dispersed it. The students then congregated at a student house where clashes between them and the police occurred.

The greatest tension prevails throughout the city as a result of today’s incidents.

The renewed demonstrations of the Nazi students are laid at the door of Hitler’s failure to form a government. A Nazi proclamation issued yesterday toyed with the hope that things would soon change and a Nazi government would be formed. The Nazi students now blame the University Senate, the Minister of Education and the Nazi fraction in the Prussian Diet for the appointment of Professor Cohn.