Bethlen and Klebelsberg make Statements; Christian Students Beaten for Protecting Jewish Girls; Riots Seen as Renewal of Anti-Semitic Campaign (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The anti-Jewish excesses were the subject of a debate in the Hungarian parliament yesterday. Count Bethlen, Prime Minister, and Count Klebelsberg, Minister of Education, in statements made to the house declared that they will restore order in the university or close it.
While the debate was going on in parliament, the attacks on the Jewish students were renewed in the Art College. Many of the Jewish students and Christian students who attempted to protect the Jewish girl students were severely injured. The riots are being extended to the colleges in the provinces. An anti-Jewish movement was started in Debrezen, where the professors initiated the anti-Jewish agitation.
In a special official statement issued by the government an attempt was made to placate the reactionary element, declaring that the numerus clausus law will remain in force as a social, political necessity, only paragraph three being eliminated. This has become necessary because the foreign powers consider this paragraph a violation of the international peace treaties which guarantee the rights of the Jewish minority, the statement declares.
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