The Denver Jewish news., 1921-06-22

an article by Miss Dorothy Thompson,
the representative of we'll known Ameri-
n visit to Hungary. This article gives n
clear picture OF the Jewish situation In
| that country as seen from the standpoint
| of Gentile)
BY MISS DOROTHY THOMPSON.
While it is true that open anti
Semitic demonstrations have practic-
ally ceased in Hungary subtle. un-
derground persecution continues to
exist, finding its chief expression in
economic discrimination in measures
taken against refugees All cinema
licenses, a large proportion of which
were formerly held by Jews, have
been REVOKED. and are being redis-
tributed solely to Gentilcs An inter-
pellatiOn recently made In the Hum
garian Parliament by Mr.. Rubinek. n
peasant deputy. revealed the fact that
no financial settlement was being
made in this connection. a Jew who
had just purchased cinema for 4O.-
600 kronen had it taken from him and
restored to its former christian"
owner. who thereby had his cake and
ate it. One old woman. Mr.. Rubinek
cited. had been completely ruined. The
same policy is being applied to re-
distribution of tObaccOnists licenses.
scores of which have been in Jewish
hands.
This persistent campaign to eXterm-
mate the Jew by an economic discrim-
inatiOn applies in the professional
fields as well. The famous '.numer
Gus clauses" law. passed after the fall
of Bolshevism, limits the number of
Jews who may register in the Uni
yersity of Budapest to five percent. of
the total enrolled, has had the effect
of reducing the attendance from o.
600 to $500. Unfortunately for Hun
gary the law which bars Jews from
higher education has not had the re-
verse effect of stimulating greater
Interest in education amUng the Hun
garfan youth. In the nexf gebcration
1t can only mean 4 general profession
al shortage. And what Hungary could
do without her professionally trained
Jews is question. Sixty percent of
all the physicians in Budapest today
are Jews. Forty per cent of all
lawyers and an equal proportion of
engineers and teachers are Jews in
spite of the fact that the Jewish pop
ulation is only five per cent. of the
total in Hungary. As one who be-
came pretty familiar with conditions
in Budapest hospitals during two
months stay, I can say that it is i'm
possible to Imagine what would be to-
day the state of Hungarian children
and invalids had it not been for the
heroic efforts of Jewish physicians.
After the Roumanian invasion Hun
gary was left destitute of all hospital
supplies. Patients have had to be
cared for in wards where there was
neither linen, bandages, soap nor
medicaments. and all hospitals have
been overcrowded. Budapest has more
"lupus"-Tuberculo of the skin,
very serious and unpleasant disease
than any city in Europe, and the num-
Der of cases of venereal disease is sim.
ply appalling. In fact of these diff
ficulties and in spite of the discrim-
ination against them because of their
fight to keep Hungary well. l remem-
ber seeing one young Jewess, sur
geon, who was performing the most
delicate orthopedic operations in a
children's hospital, averaging ten
cases day. and receiving for this
service the sum of GOO kroncn II
month. $3.50 at the present rate of ex-
change.
The rounding up and internment of
I'LL Jews who entered the country
since 1914 continues without let-up.
All countries of Central Europe pur-
sue this policy of deportauon-and n
1nadder and more futile one was never
invented 1t is not to the credit of
the League of Nations tnat the only
decision which it has passed in re-
gard to this matter has been to up
hold the theory that country may
shove across its borders any citizens
whom it considers undesirable. The
result is that on one side of the city
of Budapest are box cars and bar
acks housing hundreds OF native Hun
garians deported from Transylvania
by the Roumanians, while on the 9th
err side of the city great internment
camps are housing Galician Jews
whom Hungary is trying to ship to
ether quarters. Hungary is CARRYING
on great propaganda Of indignant
protest against the treatment accord
ed to Transylvanian Magyars by the
Roumanians-and with cause-but she
could speak with better grace if she