RESENTFUL STUDENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20741, 27 February 1939, Page 8

RESENTFUL STUDENTS

RIOTS IN WARSAW STREETS ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATIONS •DANZIG MUST BE POLISH V , - (Totted Press Asot.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 27. 3.15 p.m.) WARSAW, Feb. 26 Over ten thousand students milled through the streets this afternoon, shouting: “Down wijli Germany 1 Danzig must be Polish !’* Strong forces of police prevented an approach to the German Embassy. Twenty thousand students first met in the university courtyard and passed * a resolution banning German students from Polish universities for one day, as a reprisal for the anti-Polish activities of German students in Danzig. Such action has hitherto been reserved for Jews. Colonel Jan Tomaszewski, Commander of the Academic Legion, urged the meeting to break social relations •with German students. GERMAN STUDENTS BEATEN SCHOOL FURNITURE DESTROYED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 27. 3.15 p.m.) BERLIN, Feb. 26 The German News Agency alleges that twelve German students were beaten with sticks at Cracow. Polish students also scattered the entire furniture of the German High School and the students’ hostel. MORE STUDENTS’ RIOTS CLASHES WITH THE POLICE ' APOLOGY TO GERMANY (United Press Assn —Flop TpT. Copyright’. WARSAW, Feb. 26 The University students in various parts of Poland renewed their demonstrations yesterday. They denounced anti-Polish scenes in Danzig. After their meetings they marched to German Consulates, which were heavily guarded. The marchers clashed with the police at Cracow and elsewhere. Several were injured and numbers were arrested. The police dispersed 5000 demonstrators who were attempting to attack the German Consulate at Poznan, where a mass meeting of students had demanded the expulsion of Germans from the University. The anti-Nazi riots extended to-day to Vilna and Posen. The Polish Foreign Office has apologised for students’ smashing of the German Embassy’s windows.