Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-07
The Jews I'm ROumania-What Are
the Real Facts I'm the Case?
From the New. York Herald. July 81

| Jews w maj ~ ~
the Real Facts i'm the Case?
From the New. York Herald. July2.
Lord Palmerston was once asked by
an acquaintance what he thought of the
Schleswig- -Holstein question, since he
was the only individual living who had
the reputation of understanding it. All!
my friend, replied his lordship, with a
slightly perceptible grimace, "there was
one other person who comprehended that
affair; but he is dead, and, pom my
word, have forgotten how the matter
does stand "
This is about the quandary most peo-
pie are in when they try to get the bear
ings of the various political and geo
graphical subdivisions of territory known
as the Danubian Principaities, lying in
the southeastern part of Europe, between
Austria, lower Russia and Turkey. Rou-
mania, or Roumelia, Romania Rumeha,
as it is variously called from the Turkish
words RumsiH, or Room-ele, mean
ing g the Roman land, was quite
recently province Of the Otto
man Empire, having, some hun
dreds of years ago, sought the protec-
ton of the Grand Signor against the fo-
rays and attacks of the older-date Hun
garians.i But. since 1928, although recog-
nizing sort of mediate sovereignty in
| the Sultan, it has virtually ceased to be
part of his domains. By the treaty of
Adranople the Hospodars or local ma
tive princes were restored to their full
powers. But by the treaty of Paris, COR
cluded March 30, 1856 and the conyen-
| tion of August 10, 1858, between the Eu-
pean Powers, the duchies of Moldavia
and Wallachia were brought under the
sway of one prince, each, however, re-
tanning its special administration and
local legislation, and both together regu-
lated by a sort of central commission,
which met at the town of Foktchany, on
the boundary line of the two principali-
ties. in 1859 they became more thor
oughly consolidated, and of late years
the whole region, embracing the two
former duchies, has been known by the
general title of Romania, according to
the proclamation of their union made at
Bucharest and at Jassy, on the 23d
of December, 1861 The reigning Hos
podar is Prince Charles, of the house of
Hohenzollern-S -Sigmaringen. and is, con-
sequequently, an offshoot of Prussian
stock He is known in his royal capa-
city as Charles L., and was SO proclaimed,
with hereditary succession, by the ple-
biscitary vote of his dominions, on March
80, 1866 and finally recognized by the
Sultan of Turkey on the ensuing 24th of
October. The Constitution of 1866 is in
full vigor. and is administered legisla-
lively. by a Senate and Chamber of
Deputies, elevated to office by the cleo
toral colleges of various districts The
superfcies of United Roumania is 2l97
geographical square miles, and the pop
ulation about 4, 1000, 900 by the latest off
cial report for 1861 The same docu
ment gives an estimate of AZ, 800 Roman
Catholics, 29,040 Protestants and 20S,-
$50 Israelites, the remaining population
being Greek Catholics, with sprinkling
of Mohammedans During the past ten
years there has been a heavy influx of
Jews from Russin and of Bulgarians |
from Turkey, and the rapid growth of
the former in wealth and influence has |
been the cause of bitter jealousy and |
heartburning among older inhabitants.
The scene of the disturbances which |
have recently been exaggerated by tele-
graph into wholesale persecution and |
massacre of the Roumanian Jews, and t
for time set the whole lsraelitish COM
munity in Europe and America in a blaze
of excitement, was the town of Botus-
chany, the chief place of the district of
the same name, one of the original thir-
teen subdivisions of Moldavia proper. 1t
lies fifty-nine miles to the northwest of
the Moldavian capital of Jassy, and con-
seduently not far from the Austrian from
tier. while also near to the river Sereth,
a tributary of the Danube. 1t has about
four thousand five hundred Inhabitants,
and is qnite noted for its trade fairs. 1t
enjoys considerable traffic in cattle, wool,
wine. wax, tobacco and honey, and the
Jewish residents are particularly active
in every branch of commerce, and amass
wealth rapidly: n I'd al o9
In the earlier time, and, indeed, until
the siagslag. prosecutions Of the past
year. Roumania has been peculiarly lib
eral to all seets, and especially 70 the
Iews She afforded them shelter from
.he horrible Impressions Of the Middle
A ges. as abe did TO the Protestant. who
Iled from Germa1y stfer the downfall of
John Huss. Article forty-six Sf BE Con- |
rention of 1855 guarantees equal liberty I
o al Christian ereeds, with the faculty I
u its its leqisIatiyo extension to all other
sites. This extension va. one OF the I
-lories Of the constitution "a 1865 As We J
,,;s.a.ry,snd II, and under these dlsposi- !
IONS The Israe,S ,Stes have increased IN 7
lumber to four hundred ssenusand souls
n Roumania in 1879. With one huncreu
md sevenfy-six synagogues. In France, '
vith thirty nine million Inhabitants, '
here are butone hundred and sixty thou 9
and Jews, and in the British Islands,
Nth thirty millions, only forty-fve thou \
and o. that unmixed race. From these g
fa6sties It Is quite apparent that the '
Iews must have been invited to Rou-
mania by superior rindacementsandt there J
.herished. Hence the more surprising 2
,ecomes the persecution which, as the 9
Iocount given in our translation from {
he Neue Freie Presse New Free Press G
# Austrian Vienna shows, has been sys- c
emstically carried on for some months
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