Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-19
An INSULT no THE JEWS.

The rupture between Prince Bismarck and
Baron Won Ruthart, the Bavarian minister,
hitherto mentioned by the cable dispatches,
has remained unexplained save by hint.
The hint is sufficiently broad, however, to
place the German chancellor in a very I'M
enviable position. 1t seems that at recent
interview between the two, Bismarck charged
the baron with conspiring with the Jews of
Hamburg against the empire, whereupon the
latter quit the chancellor's palace and de-
manded his letters of recall.
1t does not appear whether or not the Ba-
varian minister is an Israellte. The presump-
ton will be that he belongs to that nation
ality. Bot one thing will strike the intelli-
gent reader forcibly-the absurdity of con-
connecting the Jews with any conspiracy
whatever against an existing government.
The race may, perhaps, be justly accused of
some faults, but certainly there can be
no ground for the present charge.
The Jewish race is widely scattered. Its
members are found in every country on the
face of the globe. They are distinct from all
other nationalities, though they themselves
can claim no country as their own. They
are literally strangers in strange lands, but
wherever their lot may be cast they are loyal
to the civil government under which they
live, and can never be found among the
ranks of conspirators. The English Jew is
b. Rrikioh
subject of her majesty: the German Jew is
loyal to the emperor; the Russian Jew is true
to the car. They have been subjected to
prosecutions for ages past in all the countries
of Europe and Asia, Though they have pro-
tested against the indignities heaped upon
them, they have never rebelled-never en-.
tered into conspiracies to overthrow any
government under which they lived, no mat
ter how intolerant it may have been towards
them.
The past history of the race ought to be
a guarantee of its present character. 1t has
submitted peacefully to the most outrageous
prosecutions, and in some parts of Europe
to day Jewish blood is sufficient bar to So
cial privileges or civil rights. IL Austria
they have few rights; in Russia they have
none; in the late dependencies of Turkey
they are treated more like brutes than human
beings. Yet under all circumstances they
have been as loyal to the government under
which they lived as the most favored citizen.
There are no nihilists or socialists among
them. Where they are denied political rights
they abstain from participation in politics.
Where they enjoy those rights they prove
themselves the staunchest defenders of sta
bility in government, honesty in administra-
ton, and economy in expenditures. They
seldom aspire to public Office, but when they
do they prove themselves to be careful legis
latOrs and judicious advisers. They are never
conspirators, and the accusation of Bismarck
against those of the nationality in Hamburg
is an evidence of his growing recklessness
of truth, and his lack of appreciation of q
race that has contributed more than any
other to the greatness of the German EN-
pire.
The Jewish people need no defense among
intelligent men. That prejudice against
them exists among the ignorant is not to be
questioned. But that prejudice is far more
detrme ntal to those who entertain it than to
those against whom it is directed. One
thing is certain: II the Israelites should
withdraw their moral aud financial suppor,
from Germany in retaliation for the insults
of the chancellor, the nation, as such, woald
disappear from the face of the earth in an
incredibly short spaos of time.