The situation of the German student refugees was one of the chief topics discussed at the conference of the International Student Association now in session here.
An unprecedented compromise was adopted at the meeting in order to deal with the difficulty created due to last year’s decision to hold sessions this year in Germany.
In view of the Nazi regime, one section of the Student Association insisted on the transfer of the sessions to some other country, while the German delegates no less vigorously demanded that the conference be held in Germany as scheduled.
Realizing that many matters now vitally affecting the students could not be freely discussed in German territory, the conference split into two parts, the general discussion taking place in Germany, and the detailed decisions being made in Switzerland.
James Parkes, English student delegate, was appointed president of an autonomous executive committee to handle the work for student refugees from Germany, develop scholarships and prepare a program of reorientation.
But even the fact that the first section of the conference was meeting in Germany did not prevent the British and French delegates from denouncing the German attitude towards the Jewish population.
The Jewish delegates did not participate in the discussions in Germany, but joined the second section of the conference meeting in Geneva.
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