Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-12
THE JEWS In TURKEY.

1m Ippeat on Behalf of His Race I'd
dressed to Lord Beac0nsJietd.
In connection with the work which the
congress of Berlin has already done in pro
curing the amelioration of the condition of
the Jews in Servia and Roumania, the fol-
lowing correspondence. which the JeuisA
Chronicle publishes, is of interest,"
New Court, ST. SwITH1N's LANE, May 81 .
197s.-MY LORD: I have the honor of
writing these few lines to your lordship, on
subject in which take tho very greatest
interest, and hope you will excuse my adj
dressing you at a moment when your lord
ship is deeply occupied on most important
matters.
The subject about which take the liberty
of troubling your lordship is one which viii
be brought before the congress now about to
assemble at Berlin; and your lordship will. [
hope, excuse me for first expressing my own
feelings and congratulating your Iordship on
the very successful and happy result of the
exertlons of her majesty's government in
bringing about the meeting of congress, and
also OIL the very high and powerful position
her majesty's government has thus OBJ
tained
The influence, therefore, which her rnajestv's
government will have in the congress which
is about to meet will, have not the slightest
doubt, enable her majestys representatives
to carry any question which they may pro-
pose and support and / have every reason
to hope that your lordship, as one of those
representatives, will exert yourself in favor
OF placing every religious denomination on
the same footing of equality in the countries
for the better administration and for the
regulation of which the congress is now
about to meet.
In Servla, by the decree of 1861, the Jews
are forbidden to trade in the interior in GER
tain kinds of goods. to open shops or to buy
real estate, the right to trade in goods not
expressly prohibited is not transmissible to
their children or heirs, the consequence be-
ing that all Jews are compelled to live in Bel
grade.
In Roumania particularly, as your lorelship
Is no doubt aware. the Jews are still more
cruelty oppressed and frightfully prosecuted.
and the Roumanian government is even so
illeberal that in their treaties of commerce it
IS expressly stipulated that Jews of the
country with whom they make their treaties
are to be considered and treated on the same
footing as Roumanian Jews.
May L, therefore, be allowed to ask your
lordshlp that while her majesty's represent
atives advocate religious equality, they may
also endeavor to remove those disabilities to
which have referred, and under which the
Jews in Roumania and Servia are sufferina2
The British government has on all occa-
slons so warmly supported the cause of reli
glous liberty all over the world that 1 hope
you will excuse my repeating that we have
every confidence in the kind assistance we
may hope to obtain from your lordship: and.
IN conclusion, begging again to apologize for
lntruding on your lordship's attention at
this important time, l have the honor to be.
my lord, your lordship's very obedient ser
want, LIONEL DE RoTHseyHr1n
The Right Hon. the Earl of Beacons6eid.
(. S.-Since the foregoing was written it
has been ascertained that
In Servia the Jews have been expelled
from their homes, and have been forbidden
to obtain domicile in the country, the city of
Belgrade excepted and while their political
rights nave been left intact, by strange
irony their civil rights have been withheld
from them.
In Roumania the Jews. though attached to
tneir native land, lost of late years, by
series of laws more outrageous than the yio-
lence ofrayahs, the right of establishing them
selves IN the communes: of holding land in the
provinces, even on lease; of becoming pro-
prletors of houses in towns; of bidding at
public auctions; of taking part in the manu-
factufe and sale of tobacco, which edict alone
affected upwards of five thousand families
and OF retailing any liquor in the communes.
In Bulgaria, under Turkish law, the Jews
We're exactly in the same position as the
otner rayahs-at this moment most of the
are broken up. and the rein
gees dread returning to their homes for fear
OF the Bulgarian Christians, who have i'll
used those who have returned.
NO. 10 DOWNING STREET, WHITEHALL. June
SIN: Lord Beaconsfeld has had the honor
OF receiving your letter of the 31st ult,, upon
the subject of the Jewish populations in the
East, and desires me to say that the matter
shall receive due consideration. I have the
honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
ALGERNoN TURNoR,
Baron de Rothschild, etc.
Yonng Lady No. but it is SO easy for
young Englishmen to tell les Young lady
No. 2-.'Yes; but you see George Washington
wasn't born in their countrv.n