The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-02-19
AN OUTRAGE ON CIVILIZATION.
g ruelties IIeaped Upon tho Helpless Jows
In Russia,

| In Russia.
| LONDON, Feb. II.-Thc st Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph telegraphs important facts in CON
ncction with the possible result o. the
return by the Car, without comment
of the Guild Hall memorial IN favor OF
the unfortunate suffering lie brcws o
Russia. lie says:
"Britsh sympathy has aggra yatcd the
Jews hard lot, which was already Sc
wretched that it seemed impossible fol
it to be worse. Yet provincial govern
ors have rcdoublcd the severity Of the
laws. Where the statutes were inappli-
cable the governors have issued circu.
lars and ukascs to replace them. The
Jews bitterly repent the British well.
meaning but iniudicious zeal which has
eXasperated instead Of soothing the Rus
sian Bear. The daily severity prac-
ticed against the families Of unotlendn-
men, women and children are incredible
and wanton.
''Russia's reply to the Lord Mayors
respectful petition consists of secret cir
culars ordering her officials to vigorously
administer the ant-Scmitic laws and to
supply legal deficiency by their own de-
cisions harmonious with the Govern
ment's intolcrant spirit. The Poles, at-
ter the rebellion Of 1861, were less cru
ely and less inhumanly treated than the
Jews after the London indignation meet
ing.
Gen Gurlo, Governor Of Warsaw,
has issued circular regulating how
Jewish recruits arc TO be brought for
medical inspection. The Jews, through
the wrctchcd lives they are forced to
lead, are physically degenerate and be-
come the most striking embodiment OF
human life continuing III spite of the
gradual decay Of the vita! functions.
The ma. iority OF Jewish recruits arc found
to be unfit for service. In the event of
Christians being found unfit to perform
the duties Of a soldier they are sent home
and are finally released from military
service. Jewish recruits, on the other
hand, are worried to death. They are
sent home and arc subject during per-
iod Of three years TO be recalled at any
moment on suspicion ofmalingcring. A
| recruit consequently returns to his home,
hundreds of miles away, resumes his
| occupation and Il month later is sudden.
ly ordered TO rcappcar for medical cN.
animation. This process is repeated al
intervals Of a few months during lhrcC
years. Gen GurkO considers this meth
Od to be insufficient, as it leaves the jew
ish conscript the option Of transportin.
himself, on foot or otherwise, to the tOwi
where the medical committee sits. an,
gives him dangerous liberty and oppor
tunity to simulate illness. The resul
is that thcncetorth the police arc order
ed TO convey the Jews on foot to Tho
town where the committee sits. The
police are to arrest and imprison TIC
recruits until convict gang arrives
with which they arc to proceed to tho
next prison in company with murdcrcrs
and the drcgs Of society until they reach
their destination.
Young men beginning lilc arc sub
.iect to arepctitlon Of this process during
three years, until the youth wishes him.
selfa soldier, scrf or gally slave to save
himself from the society ormurdcrcrs and
thieves, who, while Jewish recruits arc
IN their gang, have the power of lite OF
death over them, can blackmail them,
whip them, MAIN them, even kill them
with impunity. The victims are irc-
| quently in delicate health and include
consumptive patients whom Russian
| doctors declare arc unable to bear the
hardships Of military service"