The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-19
New Yorkherald.1

lSllaug f0pty.1 u OF course ssfpBttst'9 The
person with whom + was sialkiltR iu-
tended to inys,ify me- lint i,v was
serious. I pressed him with further
questions. His explanation was ns
followa: e..4 81 .t,ise4
s.'N,s- Jews have long ago lost faith
in the literaL incarnn,i0ss cot. the Mes.
slab ,thA. would not he 0mpalIble
WITH the 'ds ~ Of ilodssu :civiliz stop,
but a1iiswldoctii Ae hns now taken roo,
in the hearts Of the Jews all aver the
world Tftle dnctrine of assimilation
WITH Ghrisitann " mud the apostle OF
'EsdectriueJ eteetihedssto a,fine. 5ahou,
he-eRtv1tinBrH Israel Is ..s,Vs, iu Paris
snd ia.no other tt,an Barou fss re1th de
HEsch3 ths ~ els nown PssslakHa ban
ket.SNlaQ. tf8e s5Scn over dfe Mildred
millions ot fraues in Russia and Aus
tEia SAl0Ansl dssafd carr Tying out THIS
gloriOne eepticn.'s tzc.
OWN son -take me, 10 see, Baron
II lrsct1ss asked. - -
ssCsltesnty, - was, thereby. = Z
Ina noineuts, L. was seated be-
side Baron Hisseh insehis ,sisagnit1cept
tIouse nextSto Hhe5 I'aiais de II Eysse,
Baron AtsseS Ia i ane looking MISC, Of
,neS3lHxh neSeht, atfiaeaic h0Itd and is
appare,ttIyabor fifty years old. His
eyes are bright, gray and brin foil of
intelligence. His nose is aquilipe, bis
jaw has u asieterinined look about 1t
and his ioEg ,noustact,e is mingled
with gray. He looks more like an
Austrian cavalry officer than
hnancier. - .y-,I-s,.os -.
BARON HIRsrH's JIBERALITY.
~ ipli por
about The motives that induced you to
make yOurssI'nn att.u.s ia Russ,a:s' l
asked q 3 ~k
only idea is uhis,',, replied Baron
Hirsch. "l am bitter enemy OF
fanaticism and bigo.ry, ami THE levi st,
Question can only he solved by the
disappealance Of the Jewish race,
which viii inevitably he accom- Pills neu
by the a,nrlsamation of Christians aud
Jews. The fluids which have placed
at the disposal Of Russia ure not for
educational purposes OF Jewish chill
dren alone, but IF Christian children
as well. There are four and a half
millions " Jewish children in Russia.
They are in II most destitute CONDITION.
They do not even know the Russian
Language. :!,ry speak sort of He.
brew of their own. They are fright
fully handicapped in all that CONCERNS
earning their bread aud Mak ing their
way IN. life. Tne.e is complete
Chinese wall around them, iscla,ing
them from the rest Of humul.iiy. My
idea wis 10 k mock cut the cornerstone
of the wall by establishing schools 10
Russia on condi,iun that they should
he open 10 Jews and Christians on
terms of perfect equali,y.'
THE CovERNMENr Suspicious.
"Does the Russian government,
facilitate the establishment Of these
schools in Russia :'' ..'
s''rhe government seems 70 fear that
there is some political motive behind
the plan. The truth is that | happen
| to possess more Of the sr-Cmiird good
things OF Tins Wor!t Inan my Wauts
require. l carefully studied how !
| could best accomplish an net 1T pure
philanthropy. 1 looked about and
found on the Whole that The condition
OF Jews III Russia was worse than in
| any other country Of the civilized
world. i am jew myself. l felt for
those OF the same race, aud set about 10
give them fair chance to work side
by side VITA and asSimiiate themselves
with people of the country in which
they live. the money is Intended for
| the establishment OF schools Tor Chris
tians and Jews. The mixed schools
| that nre established in Galiria and
Austria are success. So they would
be in Russia if the government would
ouly consent 10 hisabuse Itself of tire
| iueH that there is political motive in
the offer.
| AssfMftAr THE REMEDY.
"I Oh feel convinced" aske, "thet
the doctrine of assimilation is the
solution Of the Semitic questto ?"
"Ciearly so,' replied Baron Hirsch.
'Why, you have ouIy to look about
to see that This Is the universal ten.
dency of modern times. The younger
members of the firmly OF Eo,hschild,
lleine, tammcnd, Montetiole and
dozens OF others are assirnila:ed.
| sIu other strata of society the same
law prevails. In ST. Antoine aud
Bellevilie mixed Christian and Jewish
marriages take place every week,
The Jewish race is now disappearing.
There are numerous instances Of con-
version Of Jews TO Christianity, bnt |
cannot recall solitary instance of a
Christian becoming converted to Ju-
daism. The salvation of The Jews is
in assimilation. Let them be ama,ps
mated by Christianity and merged into
Christianity. Let the fusion he COM
1 1t.