The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-04 00:00:00

THE PERSECUTION OP JEWS IN MOLDAVIA

The correspondence on this subject, which has
this day been presented to parliament, contains the fol-
lowing letter from Baron Rothschild to Mr. Hammond at
the Foreign-office, dated the 20th ult. :
" New Court, Juno 20, 1867.

"My dear Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your
letter of the 18th instant in which you inclosed a copy of
further instructions which bad been ad,ressed to her
Mijesty's agent and consul-general at Bucharest, respect-
ing the persecution of the Jews in Moldavia. lam sorry
to add that the latest accounts which have been received
show the necessity of these remonstrances, and of the con-
tinuation of the powerful assistance of her Majesty's
government. It appears that the cruelties and persecu-
tions were still being carried on, and that the Moldavian
government had not shown that energy and determina-
tion which could have been expected after the repeated
representations. lam sure the whole community wil
join with me in offering to Lord Stanley and to yourself
their best thanks for your exertions against such shatnefu
conduct. —I am, &c.,
(Signed)

" LIONEL DE ROTHsEEi Li .."

On the 22nd ult. Lord Stanley telegraphed to the
British representative at Bucharest to " convey to prince
Charles the hope of her Majesty's government that on his
visit to Moldavia he will make inquiries about the com-
plaints of the Jews with a view of putting a stop to their
persecution." Dating from Bucharest on the 42nd, Mr.
Green, the representative in question, writes to Lonl
Stanley, " no further complaints have reached me on the
subject, and, as I anticipated would be the case, the °beer.
ration, I made to the prince by your lordship'. instruc-
tions no doubt had their desired effect." A week before,
however, the Israelite community at Jassy wrote to M.
Crimieux as follows

"Sereth, June 16, 1467.

"M. Cretnieux,—The persecutions continue, though
they make less noise. Commercial Jews travelling with
passports not in order are thrown into chains. They seize
upon individuals everywhere they find them, always under
the excuse of their being vagrants. The people continue
hostile and menacing meetings ; and if the process of the
projected extirpation of the Jews is no longer done so
openly, thanks to the intervention of the high powers, it
nevertheleu is continued more quietly by the authorities,
who deem the will of the minister to be higher than the
law. Bratiano has planned the destruction of our nee in
this oountry."

LAT

T INTELLIGENCIL
nLioc&TE OF MAXIMILIAN.
The death Of Maximilian, generally assumed as
a fact during the past few days by the press and
courts of Europe, is now officially confirmed by an
Atlantic Cable telegram received this morning. The
Emperor Francis Joseph, who was at Munich when
the first telegram announcing the sad and unexpected
death of his brother arrived, left at once by special
train for Vienna. The court of Saxony has or-
dered a mourning for three weeks on account of
Maximilian's death, and the Emperor Napoleon
is said to have issued a similar order to continue
for 21 days. The news came upon the inhabi-
tants of Vienna and Austria, by whom Maxi-
milian was greatly beloved, like a thunderstroke.
At first the people refused to believe the report,
but the publication of the government despatches
deprived them of all hope. " The Empire of
Mexico has fallen" says the Vienna Press ; " The
Empress Charlotte is mad and Maximilian has
been shot. Why did he not listen to the advice
tendered to him by the unanimous voice of
public opinion in Austria when he was about to
embark for Mexico i"

The feeling in Paris is also very strong. "The
Emperor Maximilian has been executed," writes
the Temps ; " he has paid with his blood the cruel
fault of an abortive enterprise, which will form the
most lamentable page of contemporary history.
What a contrast to the brilliant hopes which were
held out at the commencement of the adventure ;
what a tragic dinoilment ! Maximilian condemned
to death, like a common criminal, by a council of
war ; the Empress, his wife, bowed down by a woe
which has extinguished her reason, slowly pining
away at Miramar !"
" It is bitter news," says the Nord, "this of a
young prince shot and of a young princess whose
madness is her only protection from the sorrows of
a catastrophe which was foreseen. In ordering the
execution of Maximilian, Juarez has lost a fine op-
portunity of giving a sold basis to his government.
Neither the Mexican government nor people—
the first unstable and fought for ;...the second a prey
to anarchy—has the moral authority required to give
the world the terrible example of the fatethat awaits
monarchies imported from abroad. Juarez and
Mexico are under the ban of public opinion for
this deed, which pretends to be an act of justice
and is no more than a useless crime."

(REUTER'S TELEGILUI4.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, JULY 4.

The Committee of American residents in this capital
charged with organising the fate celebrating the
Anniversary of American Independence have re-
solved that the fête shall not be held, on account
of the death of the Emperor Maximilian.
The Moniteur of to-day says :—" The Emperor
has received letters from the Queen of England by
which her Majesty terminates the mission of Lord
Cowley as ambassador and plenipotentiary extra-
ordinary at Paris.