A policeman and a student were seriously injured, 18 students were arrested and the windows of a Masonic lodge were smashed when a crowd of 1,400 anti-Semitic students clashed with the police here late last night after the gendarmerie had sought to break up a planned demonstration in front of the King’s palace.
The efforts of the police to hold the students in check failed and the anti-Semitic mob marched on the house of General Mardarescu, former minister of war. With the police still seeking to disperse the crowd of shouting and cheering students they finally gathered in front of the house of Prof. Alexander Cuza, anti-Semitic leader, and gave him an ovation.
A sudden rush of the police, by this time reinforced, finally dispersed the crowd but not before one policeman had been beaten and one student seriously hurt. Eighteen students were rounded up as ringleaders and arrested. The entire city is now being patrolled by reinforced police squads on the alert for any renewal of last night’s demonstration.
No Jews were attacked during the clash.
Meanwhile anti-Semitism again came up in Parliament with Deputy Michael Landau seeking an opportunity to participate in the debate on the King’s speech. Professor Cuza had spoken twice during this discussion, each time attacking the Jews and Judaism. Fearing a renewal of the heated anti-Semitic discussion, the speaker moved to close the discussion but Deputy Landau protested, particularly since Cuza had been allowed to speak twice for a total of six hours. The speaker finally agreed to let Deputy Landau speak and he will take the floor today or tomorrow.
Professor Cuza’s attack was also the subject of a protest in the Senate by Senator Neimirower today. No reply has yet been received from the government to whom the protest was directed.
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