The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-15

The Hebrews anu he W"''
The faet that The sentiment of the con
xention Of the Board ot Delegates ofl
American Israeli,cs. inst held in New
>ork div. was agninst the Russians AMI
,svorahle ia the Turks III the war be-
,vaen those countries. has caused con
silcr,hle comment PRO anA con, a sun
,onn,..er visited the Rev. DR.. 6nstavc
t.at,heil. tie wcll-kn0wn Jewish rabbi
=, tlat civ. who haS made The relations
l,e,wean Russia and Turkey the subject
~ many wears study. lie assured the
,cnorter that there Is general mi~lp-
,,rehensiun ia the United States ~ q the
no.itinn of the Irws. There = rresa-
lent motion among people moi acquainted
with the actual facts that The israelileS
fsyor the Turks brcausc the Turks are
au,i-chri>tian. This i Il mistaken no.
lion. The hatred entertained by the ~
raelitcs toward the Russians i not based
mon religious prejudice. 1t Is q politl-
eal. and in no sense religious hatred.
The Russian government has always OPP
pressed the Jews. a Hebrew ~ me
cNes of the Russian government. ms no
RIGHTS which should be respected me
Lev. DR.. Goithcil continued: "Ialk
about the bondage and misery which the
I,raelites suffered Al the hands OF he
Egyptians. The Egyptians were merci-
MI compared with the Russians. Wher-
ever the Great Bear has domain jew
Il recognized in neither the upper MOI
lower class OF society. The Hebrew
cannot belong 10 The aii>focracr. aud ~
cannot BE- peasant but he can bs
ground under the iron heel OF opprcs
Sion. Is il any wonder that the Jew
hate The Russians. The poor down
trodden Hebrews run away from M
Great Bear and come 10 the tnifes
States OF America, whore they can en-
iov personal and political freedom
There i not more patriotic race o
people in the United States than th'
Jews. who love this land of freedom. be
cause in il they have the rights of life
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
The Turks gave tile Hebrews many po
litical and social privileges. A jew j
Turkey is much better of than he Is i
Russia. In Turkey he is even given
voice in tie government. and is treate
as man in other respects. lie j. allow
ed to engage in such trades and occupa
tons AZ he chooses. and Is not troddc
under foot because lie is jew. 1t
perfectly natural. therefore. that IL
Hebrews should feel friendly toward q
Turks in their struggle with Russia"
TIE Rev. DIR. Adolph Hnebsch sal
that there j. more natural utilization ,
tween Jews and Russians. This af1li
tion is not merely q modern matter.
has existed for centuries but IL has. hoy
ever. increased. rather than dininishe
with advancing years. The Jew has
natural hatred of the Russian Cover
ment--a hatred that has been engenda
va by the cruel policy of the Gar I
ward the Hebrews. The policy Of !!
Car toward the Hebrews has been
tolerant to the greatest degree. A
system of taxation imposed upon /
Jews by the Gar Is Of the most ontra-
ou- sand unfair character. A Hebrs
CONGREGATION is charged for the to
iaxes assessed upon all of It's memhe
and ifany OF its members run away
fail to pay their taxes. the congregati
ton has 10 pay for the absentecs and (
faulters. The Hebrews have no spec
pre ference between the cross and
crescent. 30 far as religion il concern
They do not believe that either Christ
Mohammed was the Messiah or II
prophet. The jews recognize christia
IL Al great civilizing influence, and
that respect far ahead OF Mohammed
ism. The Greek church. however
less tolerant toward the Jews than
the other christian churches. But
Hebrews prejudice against Russi
based upon political. not religious, !
sons.
Several other Jewish rabbis. "
whom the reporter conversed, expires
the views Of Drs. Gottheil and Hneb'
One said the Hebrew capitalists,
other capitalists, will be likely to !
where they can get the most interest
the greatest security.