San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-11

persecution ?n
"No.n
"Is it true that any positive cruelty
special laws?"
"Here and there-yes. Last year,
for instance, q governor of one of the
fifteen provinces where Jews are per-
mitted to live put an anti Semetic
official in the control Of town on the
border. You know that Jews are ac-
cused of being such incurable smug-
glers that they are not permitted
within fifty versts of the frontier. This
| official discovered that the town
had gradually grown until 5000 of
its inhabitants were living on the
wrong side of the restrictive line. In
other words, these people were living
on the ground forbidden to Jews.
The official gave these people notice
that they must leave outright aud
get inside Of the line within two
weeks. Think Of the ruin and suf-
fering and Of the cutlery from these
bewildered unfortunates."
"And 30 they were all turned out
of house and homer"
"Well know"
How did it end?"
"rhe central government inter-
fered."
THAT officer was too zealous?"
sit appears so; but also think the
central government must have winked
at the proceedings in the beginning"
what makes you think so?"
ut is simply my suspicion"
"Why are Jews not permitted to be
officers in the army"
Because it is Russian officers
duty to see that his soldiers pray
every morning. A Jew could not
very we'll command his Christian
subordinates to do that-at least tn at
is what the Russians say"
SIS the land i'm the Jewish pale
good or bad; is it productive and
pleasant to live in or otherwise?"
"1t Is the finest in the Russian
empire; no one will deny that"
Can you suggest any movement
that will really help the cause Of the
Jews at present."
Eyes. If some great Slav would
write another "Uncle Toms Cabin"
it would start an agitation In Russia.
But, as / said before, outside influence
would do us more harm than good.
This is not simple problem. The
Russian government has a very COM
pIicated question to deal with. We
are grateful to all who have sympath-
lied with us, but it is the Gar who
will finally see way to giving us
larger measure of liberty"
There you have the vital points of
the case, given by man who speaks
for the Jewish people. One cool.
headed, conservative man like this
can do more to help the Jews than
all the penny.a-liners in England.
Russia is particularly warm-hearted
to Americans, and American Jews
may come here without let or hin
drance. The Russian government
lets American Jews alone because
they are different from Russian Jews
Under the law American Jews are
subject to the general restriction, but
the government makes the very case
an exception. The Russian Jew and
the American Jew, as a rule, are not
to be classed together. And those OF
us in America who are perfectly can
did, have only to examine the evil
dence on that point in our own land
to appreciate the folly of attempting
to give advice to the one man of all
others in the world who is INTEREST,"
in protecting his 100000 Jewish
subjects without interfering with the
supreme ambition of his race, the
qualification of the Slav race with one
language and one flag, from Arch
angel to Odessa and from the Baltic
and BehrIng Sea.