Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-14
THE SPIRIT OF INTOLERANCE.

THE SPIRIT OF INTOLERANCE.
ACCoRBISG % cur DISPATCHES
there j. a very general feeling Of in
dignation in Europe over the al
legged renewal in Russia Of persecu-
against the Jews. The report has
been denied. tut it appears that the
eiicts Of ISs2 against the Jews in
Russia have been revived and are
now enforced.
BY theterns Of these eiicts He
brews are prohibited from living
outside Of certain provinces. This
may not be 50 cruel As Punishment
from the country but cannot fail TO
work inexpressi5le hardship, as il Is
for many virtual banishment from
home ami utter ruin for some.
II is estimated that there are fully
five millions Of Jews in Russia, and
that at least n million viii be more
or less affected 10y these harsh meas
ures, for which there seems 10 be
neither right nor reason.
This anti-Semitic spirit, which
breaks forth at intervals in certain
places, is similar in some respects 20
the nti-~AIcrmon'' virus that,
without real cause. animates not
only the Ignorant masses but people
who ought 10 know better and
should be- free from those bitter
prejuiices AMI intense animosities
which figure in all religious perse-
cutious.
As in the case Of the .sAIormons,''
some slight incident, in itself
harmless either 10 individuals or
society, is maynifiei and distorted
by designing persons until it ap-
pears to be a gigantic evil. The
false side Of the story is widely pub.
lished aud generally accepted. The
truth, when told. Is seldom repeated
10y the press. And thus the public
receive only the malicious and d.
ceptive report ani remain in the
dark as to the facts.
The expulsion Of the Jews from
Spain toward the close Of the if
teenth century was consequeutupou
popular fury aroused 10y falsehood.
1t is now regarded As not only a big
blunder which has worked evil 10
that country, but n one Of the black
spots in history and an evidence Of
the Intolerance and brutality Of the
times.
In relation TO the effort In progress
to induce the wealthy Hebrews Of
Europe to join in a boycott against
Russia, 10y way Of retaliation anu a
a means Of inducing a relaxation OF
the raid upon the Russian Jews. this
has been tried before but failed. III
one manipulating house closed its |
c0I=rs against the Car, another
would open its pockets, and thus the
refusing firm lost in business aud the |
oppressed Jews gained nothing.
It would seem that the better way
woulj be 70 help forward an exodus I.
Of the oppressed % some more favor |
able Land. II America is too far. /
Turkey i more liberal than Russia
AMI Is near II hand. 4 nation that
VIII treat the Jews As Rus,il does is
unworthy II their presence, thei-
talents and theirthriN. Itshould be
made 10 suffer the los which would
Ice consequent upon their entire re-
m0val from iis cities and it, soil.
Nations will have to reap the har- /
vest o. their own plantingas do indi- /
viluals. The seeds OF injustice and |
wrong bring forth fruit in their /.
kind and come back 20 vex the SOW I
er5. The oppressors OF the jew aud |
the 0ppresSors Of the .'AIOrnon'' will |
each have TO take the results of their |
acts. And the nations and people OF /
these times Of theoretlc Liberty and |
ideal tolerance are more guilty when
they DO violence to the principles Of
freedom and equal rights than their
prototypes Of the dark ages, and will
therefore reap a bitterer recon-
pense.
Both Russia in its treatment Of
the Jews and America in its treat
ment OF the sAIormous-' would do
well to note these truths euuuciated
10y the C9IUTsr-yJlTHaE
There j. no more important lesson
for nations to learn than tia: religious
intolerance Is an expensive luxury.
The spirit that prompts IL j. irrecon-
cilably opposed to the spirit Of pro-
gresS. Its vigorous exercise is there
fore an ominous symptom in any
country, and, even II IL does no,
mark the decadance Of the nation. il 4
j. always prophetic OF future trouble |
and arrested development. The policy
most consonaut with reason and Jus
uce Is always the best in the long run.
with nations as with individuals