The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-19

Anu JOu1nellseS VINO GUIDE the public |.
opinion OF Europe; Statesmen who have
ed the conservatives OF England, the
liberals OF Germany, the republicans Of
France.
This power is not the result of a few
decades of prosperity; but the out |
growth of that mental and moral vigor,
which has perpetuated their race and |
made them an heroic people IN all their |
dark struggles.
After the fail of Jerusalem. the Jews |
sought refuge in Europe. But wherever
became dominant, they met
and persecution. An empty
treasury or an expensive war was always
a pretext tor exIorting money from the
Jews When rulers could wiring no
more from them by torture they expelled
them from the land and seized upon their
possessions.
Protestants think with horror of the
Spanish inquisiIion, that destroyed the
lives Of so many thousand Christians;
Catholics retort that like treatment Was
received by them at Protestant hands
but all the tires k,ndled for Professionals
and Catholics, pale before those in
whose flames the lives of inEumera-
BILE Jews were sacrificed to the demons
-bigotrY, avsrice and intolerance.
Robbed in England of the last farth-
ing, sold like cattle and finally expelled
by Edward l.. banished from France
by Philip Augustus; plundered in the
imperial cities of Germany and after
wards driven out, in the kingdom OF
Spain the Jews found refuge under the
inf1del Moor. Here protested and hon
ored they rivalled the Moor in that
wonderful enlightenment that made
Spain the noblest spot on earth. They
became husbandmen, teachers, phYsi-
clans, philosophers, chemists and
writers: the interpreters of Arabian
learning for modern Europe, and the
author of modern financial systems.
At length Moorish power fell before
the rising might of Ferdinand and lisa.
bella. And in 1892 decree went forth
for the expulsion of all Jews. Even
now we can see in Imagination throBgs
of exiles driven from the only land that
had sheltered their race during the
Dark Ages. The sage, who had helped
make Spain the noblest land in Europe,
| the delicate woman used to a life of lux
ury and tn infant snatched from The
cradle are there. Neither age nor affl C.
tion spare any. As they toll on along
the hot, dusty road. beneath the burning
sun, the air is filed with their lameHta-
lions and weeping. We hear them plead
for rest, for food and shelter. Go
CD! go on!'' shout the rahble behind
them. 1--WE faint! We perish our babes
and mothers are dYing" Go OF! &c
ou!" the Jealous Christians cry. Thus
they were driven to the sea shore and
forced aboard ships that bore them tC
hostile lands Forbidden to take oDt
piece of gold or silver, one quarter of {
million went into exile-"eXile wIihOu
an end and without an example il
story" o, Christianity you weep ovel
your own martyrs, but here you martyr
ed nation.
Oppression alone made the Jews wha
they were. Were they crafty, avarIcIou'
and cunning? For ages usury was lef
tor their sole occupation. All trades. al
professions, all offices were CLOSED
against them. What wonder they
boarded gold as a treasure since il aloui
could secure freedom and save the love-
ones from torture. Were they merciless
When did they receive mercy
Every bond they held sacred has beer
broken. The virtue of their women ha
been trampled and dragged in the dust
Were they bloodthirsty? Did they no
see their own blood flow through tn
streets of nearly every city in Europe
and fertiliZe the soil of every country
Forsooth a Shylnck was not noble! 81
fam would have claimed pound of flesl
''to feed his Yengeance!"
Far back in the ages God rent the vel
of heathenIsm that covered the face q
the earth and revealed To Judea. Hi
wondrous glory. So the day Is at ham
when the veil of prejudice, that has en-
shrOuded the Jews for so many centuI
les, will be rent. Fiction will no longe
grossly carIcature them, the world vii
cease to buffet them, we shall acknowl
, edge the unparalleled vitality and III
unrivalled her0ism of the race, and vii
pay them the inestimable debt we ow
/ | them.
Mr.. Alfred Docking of the Stat
Normal was the last speaker. HIS orr
, ton was the most practical one of tn
, evening and showed much originality
, In his delivery he entered into the spir
of his address and showed much earn
estness, holding the close attention {
the audience. The judges decision
i the best criticism. The following
his Grafton in full:
THE CONGO CONFERENCE.
, Again, after SO many centuries th
thoughts OF men are turned towards th
Ozark Continent" While Africa stun
7 group of statesmen in Bismarck's palaC
: at Berlin is deciding her future.
We see large room, somewhat Pari
? ian in its appointments, a model OF ell
4 gahce and refinement. as becomes Il
great Imperialist minister. Near Il
{ window sits the Baron de Cource
l Short, square built, keen eyed, with
2 slight touch of reserve in the lines of b
/ mouth, he seems fit representative
the designs of France in this conventio
= In conversation with him IS the PortJ
!, gese envoy, tall and spare, firm, al
q olive skinned Beyond, stands a man
Y robust physique, and genial but rath
a aristOcratic expression, Sir Edward Ma
:. ct, the fully commissioned agent
g Great Britain; beside him Mr.. Kasso
d our own representative, somewhat tale
g aud with en- earnest, decided bearing,
:, if he too had an interest IN the result
It In groups, here and there are represent
tIves from some fourteen powers, In q
Ii ABOUT forty persons.
l. Prince Bismarck enters. a glance
3, the German statesman shows that tin
Y has been busy with him, his hair
n tlnged with gray, and the lines IN b
y face speak plainly OF the cares OF stat
o And now the session begins. VIII
shall be done with the Congo basin, tn
B. vast fertile tract of African soil? HC
lie shall it be governeds And by whom
n These are the questions which this boo
st of men has met to decide.
d The homer of representing the Iute
)" national Association. of bearing It's -
blem Of peace, single star in sn 6zu
>. field, has fallen happily upon oil
tinguished American. the rescuer
livingstone. Henry NJ. Stanley. He la
d before the congress the proposed plan
ID governm aut ter The territory, intern
ID tional control, by n board Of comm
sio0ers appointed by the powers.
g maps out The boundary line with
|. which no individual nation shall ann
land, and insists that it shall enclose q
the mere geographical, but the enti
commercial basin of the river and
81 affiueHts. Trade relations are to
e equally open to all nations. The f.
the association Is II be recognized as II
Al of an Independent power, and the eutl
d neutrality of the territory is to ne 10 ii
a tanned. He is heard with ettentIO
r. his plans are received with favor, and .
"a African assoclati N is established by I
m powers
If But our interest in this congress is r
7 with its members or their discussions (;
is not with the settlement of that Marie
d strip OF territory along the Congo; II
ne not with the establishment OF Intern
,e tional trade relations with Southe
IL Africa. lis title to our gratitude is
e. the discovery and acceptance of Il
,e principle, that international law, whi
a shall hereafter govern tue cOloniZati
is of the world Here is the thin end
,e the wedge which, driven home by I
70 blows OF justice and national boa
shall split the base, sordid crust OF blo9
n, conquest, which for centuries
al shielded the national conscience.
a. Yesterday, an Alexander, Caesar, Cn'
e. lem3gne or Napoleon would have SEES
Of mere handful OF men into OeighD'
- ing country II build fort, hoist i IL
ami declare that land fief OF the hUi
lie government. And even to-day Her M
esty's foreign minister commands, [
telegraph flashes, an admiral annouaC
n the decFee and New Guinea is
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