Press criticism of the Halsmann trial, especially a cartoon in the illustrated supplement of the “Montag Morgen,” a labor-sport paper, which showed Halsmann crucified by a headless chief justice, was the cause of stormy interpellations in parliament today. The Christian Socialists claimed that it was an insult to the Christian religion to compare Halsmann to Christ, and they demanded that the “Montag Morgen,” as well as its Jewish editors, be prosecuted and punished.
A deputation of the leaders of the Christian Socialist party, which is now the government party, also saw Chancellor Schober and put this demand up to him.
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