Roumanian Anti-semitic Movement Demonstrates on Anniversary of Foundation

The Roumanian Anti-Semitic movement here celebrated the tenth anniversary of its foundation by means of a demonstration throughout the city. A great number of anti-Semitic students assembled in the center of the city, but found themselves confronted with huge police forces which prevented the gathering proceeding to the excesses which had frequently been a feature of such demonstrations.

In addition, special police guards were stationed in the Jewish business quarters.

Demonstrators in Bucharest were compelled to satisfy themselves with raising anti-Semitic cries and painting swastikas on tram-cars and other vehicles.

Later it was learned that a number of students returning from Bucharest entered a third-class compartment in which Jews were travelling to Oradea Mare, and commenced beating up Jewish travellers. In order to secure protection, the Jewish travellers made a handsome payment to five soldiers travelling in the same compartment on condition that they would protect them for one hour. The soldiers then extracted more money by a continual threat that they would leave before the stipulated time. After the hour the soldiers departed and the students immediately fell upon Rabbi Jechial Taub, the aged Rabbi of Marghita, and beat him into unconsciousness, while the conductor and two policemen who had entered the two policemen who had entered the train at an intermediary station refused their protection. Finally, the conductor took pity on the battered Rabbi Taub and transferred him to a second-class compartment. But the Rabbi was soon forced back by the ticket controller into the third-class compartment where the beating was resumed.

Alter Zsabo, an aged Talmudist, was also beaten up by the students.