Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-28
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. THE RUSSIAN HEBREWS. Hirsh's Plans to AmeIiorate
 Their Condition. TEN PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH. Work of the Presbyterians
 at Detroit. THE CHARLES1oNS ARRIVAL AT PERU General GrOsvenOr's Talk
 on Immigration.
THE CHARLES1oN'S ARRIVAL AT PERI
THEJEwS IN RUSSIA.

The Present Measures Now Being Enforced Against Tn en-What They are Equivalent to-BarOn Htrsh,s
 Plans for the AmeliOratfon of Their Condition.
 PARIS, May 27.-Baron Hirsch in an in terview to-day with an Associated Press correspondent in regard to his plans for the amelioration of the condition of the Hebrews in Russia, said "The measures now enforced against the Hebrews in Rus sia are equivalent to a wholesale expulsion of the race from the Russian empire This fact does not appear to me to be altogether misfortune for the Russian Hebrews The worst thing that could happen would be to continue for an indefinite period the wretched existence which they have hith- to led in crowded, narrow streets without any hope of improving their condition in the future. This state of affairs has re- duced them to a condition incompatible with the dignity of human beings. The only means of improving their condition is to transport them to other countries where they may enjoy the same rights as the peo- pie among whom they live. They will then cease to be pariahs and will become citizens. What is going on in Russia to- day may be the prelude to this beneficial transformation; therefore, while we are filled with horror at the atrocities commit ted let us hope to derive from them some advantage for the unfortunate victims of oppression and facilitate their expatria- tion, which is their only means of salva- tion.
 The Russian government is persuaded that the Hebrews ought not to be tolerated within the limits of the empire and that their presence there is literally desecra- tion of the soil. This conviction does not arise merely from race antiquities, but is based upon religious belief. In proof of this it may be mentioned that dissenters from the orthodox faith are liable to measures analogous to those now enforced with such rigor against the Hebrews, al though of less violent nature.
 The treatment which the Hebrews of Russia are now subjected to is such as to excite the indignant reproduction of the en- tire civilized world. The facts recorded by trustworthy witnesses recall the most terrible episodes in history. People against whom there is no shadow of reproach have been aroused from their beds at night and have been driven with whips from their dwellings, loaded with chains and plunged into the deepest misery. Women, girls oho SA11NACh udSc DCCu cAp lTOu LuclT homes and compelled to wander for days and nights in cemeteries, famishing for want of food and exposed to all the inclem- ency of the Russian climate. Hebrew wo- men have given birth to children while lying in open fields and have there died from exposure and the want of medical at tendance.
 There are two ways of alleviating the miserable lot of the Russian Hebrew. FtoE Err@y yc k~ os,,l II IL truth in regard to the cruelties which are perpetrated daily in his country and in his name. If the czar was made fully aware of the facts in connection with the | treatment which his Hebrew subjects are l forced to endure I am certain that he would not hesitate to stop the barbarity ] complained of and, while maintaining, if necessary, the policy in regard to the ex- pulsion of the Hebrews he would order the application of this policy to be made in 8 humane and gradual manner.
 l Secondly, some method should be estab- lishedin the repatriation of the Hebrew. If the government wants to get rid of five million Hebrews let it allow many people who, like myself, are prepared to make many sacrifices in their behalf, to save them from the privations, hardships, dis comforts and sickness which naturally at tend wholesale and disorganized expulsion. Otherwise it is impossible to git rid of the Hebrews without slaughter. Perhaps the czar, who with religious zeal combines a sincere spirit of integrity and justice, will take the iniative in granting the Hebrews
 time to gradually and quietly leave
 the Russian empire and seek their fortunes
 in distant countries, where they will be
 more welcome than in Russia. For in
 stance, as a suggestion only, let the period | of twenty years be fixed as the time in
 which all Hebrews must leave Russia, and
 let it be determined that certain number
 of Hebrews must leave annually. But, OF
 the other hand, let the Russian Hebrews
 be left in peaceful possession of their pres
 ent homes until the hour fixed upon fol
 their departure for other lands. If th' | czar will order the adoption of these o. similar measures, those who are interested
 in the Hebrews will provide the fund
 necessary to convey the annual batch O expelled emigrants to countries where the.
 can find new homes