The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-19
BARON MIRsCH on JUDAIsM.
lie Says TIat Ae Expected Messiah
Will, Never Come in Bodily Form
VondltsoA u the Jews in Russia.
New Yorkferald.1

second sdveIls Of Messiah. When will
Messiah come p, l. asked yesterday uf
ii prominent Israelite.
"Messiat is already come ard is Mt
tits nlOtnent sips Parls 3, sWas. his s,sstpn-
istiing reply. D Z Of co,ifse stsppset4l the
person with whom I. was ,stalkin& il-
tended to- inys,ify ine, lint hv was
serious. pressed hirn with .iurlher
questions. His explanation was as
foilowa e..-e 20 :ei,i. -
Eve Jews have long ago lost faith
in the literal incarnation cot, the Mes
slab. s.rhAt Ee.sla not Compatible
wifi tile Jdeas Of nsodssu :civilizttipO,
but ANEW doctsi Ne hns now taken roo,
in the hearts.of the Jews @ai over the
world 1.-The Jdnctrinef of assimilation
with Ghrisitanll md thsl Apostle OF
ttetiectrine9i ieettsie ia. u,etne ssoou,
the setv1tiaD1H Israel Is now ia Paris
sni tsuu olher tban Baron sGsrensh de
HifschY tha Weil-k nowna PsrielNA ban
Ter. Tho ma aiScn 40verssd nss 6anildred
millions ofiraucs in Russia aNdg Aus
Fia sAlQloaf dsvard caEryihH oft this
glerfa sep tid.l.'a n
fWtll yQp @,tskt, me to see Baron
III lrsch3 4saskeL. - =. a.
ksCefSpt," wass thereby! = 4 9
Ina o,ne,ts, l., was: seated. be-
side Baron Harsch in bis. tssla0nitcept
tiousa ne xtEto s,ey Patais de n Eysse.
Baron tgaeSz ID. > Gnes lodk Ing p6sU, Of
nae iesght, atfsaeaicz hastd and is
apparently about fify years. old. His
eyes are bright, gray and briun full; Of
| Intelligence. His nose is aquiline, bis
jaw, has u ,,Ieterinfa,ed look about 1t
and his iorg moustache is mingled
with gray. He looks more like an
Austriar cavalry office. than. n
| fnancier. ~ .Lltano: -.
| BARON HIRscH's IIBERALITY.
"Win you tell me, Baron Hirsch,
about the motives that induced you to
make your.c'npsttus in Russ'n:s'
as,.cL ga Z II p Is So
"My idea is lhis,'' replied Baron
Uirsch. 81 am bitter enemy Of
fanaticisin and bigO.ry, ana the Jewish
question can only he solved by the
disappearance" Of the Jewish race,
which will inevitably I've accom- p',>heu
by the ainrlsamation of Christians aud
Jews. The fluids which have Placed
at the disposal of Russia are not for
educational purposes OF Jewish chill
dren alone, but IF Christian children
\
millions OF Jewish children in Russia.
They are in most destitute condition.
They do not even know the Russian
language. :!',,ry speak sort of He.
brew of their own. They nri.. fright
fully handicapped in all that CONCERNS
earning their bread aud lnuk ing their
way IN life. There is a complete
Chinese wall around them, isrla,ing
| fyn, IN of
idea w,s Il, k mock cut the r,rner-stone
Russia on condl,,on that they should
he open 10 Jews and Christians on
terms of perfect tuualiiy.'
THE GOVERNMENT SUSPICIOUS.
ssDoes The Russian government,
facilitate the establishment Of these
schools in Russia :''
s.'rhe government seems 10 fear that
there is some political motive behind
the plan. The trnih is that | happen
TO possess more Of the sr-c,iird good
things uf this wor!i ihau my wants
require. l carefully studied how !
could best accomplish an nc, II pure
philanthropy. 1 looked about aud
found on the whole that the condition
OF Jews III Russia WAS worse than in
any other country Of the civilized
world. am Il jew myself. l felt for
those of the same race, aud set about 10
give them II fair chance to work side
by side with and assiniiate themselves
with people of the country in which
they live. the money is Intended for
| the establishment Of schools for Chris
tians and Jews. The mixed schools
that nre established in Galiria and
Austria are u success. SO they would
be in Russia if the government would
Gully consent to lisaouss Itself of TIE
idea tina, there is political Motivs in
the offer. ...-s
| AsSIMILAr ION THE REMEDY.
"inu feel convinced" asked, "ihet
the doctrine of assimilation is the
solution Of the Semitic question :''
"Ciearly 80" replied Baron Hirsch.
"Why, YOU have only to look about
to see that this is the universal ten-
dency of modern times. The younger
members of the firmly OF Rothschild,
IIeinr, Cammnnd, Montetio,e and
dozens OF others are assiinila:ed.
"In other strata of society the same
| law prevails. In st. Antoine aud
BelIevilie mixed Christian and Jewish
marriages take place every week.
The Jewish race is now disappearing.
There arc numerous instances Of con-
! version of Jews TO Christianiiv hnt 7