The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-11

ertcT TIE fights O. c2LAZ8rE11Es OF nave at4y
share In pubic affairs Tnis IS the liberal
warfare this inaulsstioa-rel.c = 70 recon-
mend 70 the people of the United States
lie should Be Informed on The start that
while the STUFF re offers In support Of his
POSITION may be convincing 20 the fanat.cas.
unreasoning. unclyslized ants-semites OF
Germany. the seeds OF dixcord he sows here
viii fan On barren ground This Is coan-
try o. free government ard liberation, and
the blgotry OF Or. Ablwardt Is as much
CIT OF place here as the advocacy or the
establishment OF a monarchy az Washing
ten City. Most people have heard OF Pas
tor Sucker. OF Berlin, he who spent his
time in planning new methods for perse-
cutting the Hebrews OK Prussia. Ahlwardt
out-s;ucksrs Sucker. He is the rankest
and mos; rabid preacher Of Semitic ostra-
cfsm. and for the good name OF the eoun-
try IL is TO be hoped that his alien fanati-
clsn will be utterly and absolutely rspudi-
ated ana the agitator himself sent home
with the information. stsngingly impaired,
that the United States is not a promising
fed In which TO preach medieval intoler-
ancs.
The man who seeks 10 stir one set OF
people against another through creed or
race disputes is Anticipated. hundred
years experience under a constitution
which guarantees freedom of conscience
should have taught the American pub
lie that in extending hospitality to
disturbing fanatic enamoured OF re-
Igious strife they are harboring a
viper. Only hatred. malice and dis
cord can be generated by Ahlwardts
preaching and the announcement that he
is unwelcome should be made distinct and
unequivocal. The attempts to array reli-
gion against religion In the United States
have, happily. failed ANONYMOUSLY. and in
the light OF great century of progress and
dellverance from the bondage of Middle
age b.gotry there can only be deserved
failure for this fanatical scheme TO start
a seni-barbaric race war al this .ate day.
The full import OF what this religious in
cendiary from Germany proposes to do can
be easily understood by looking at the app
palling results which have followed the
liendish prosecutions IN Europe. Russia,
Roumania, Austria and Germany have wit
messed an anti-Semitic crusade for years.
The pitiabIe condition OF the Russian Jews
under imperial oppression has made the
whole world shudder. It has meant not
only the denial OF political and social right,
but wholesale persecution that has coun-
tenanced house-burning. plundering and
killing. In Roumania there has been the
same Infamous course of treatment, and IN
Austria today the crusade is violent and
heartless. In Germany the old kaiser. a
man kind-hearted and liberal. considering
his ancestry and training. countenanced the
warfare which at times even approached
brutality. and Bismarck. while he leaned
on Bleichroeder always for financial help
and advice. suffered Incorporate bgots
like Sucker to ply their miserable trades
without interruption. These unholy doings
AhIwardt would recommend In a course OF
five lectures In the United States. Before
the first Is delivered II should be thorough
ly impressed upon his mind that he has
come to the wrong place for proseiytes.
Ahlwardt says his doctrine Is based on
the fact that the Hebrews are encroachina
on the wealth OF the world and are a men
ace TO the prosperity OF the other races
This Is the real motive. and not race
hatred, as - openly acknowledged IN Eu-
rope. They oppose Hebrews because they
are well-to-do and loan their money to
gentiles az high rates OF interest Envy is
at the bottom Of the trouble. In Russia for
the past twenty years the prosecutions
have been instlgated by debtors who have
been unwilling 10 pay what they owe and
would balance the account by Staying their
creditors. The worthless, impecunious and
extravagant people OF the upper classes
have borrowed money from Hebrews to
squander In vice. luxury and idleness. I'm
able to pay. they would hound as mis-
creants not tit 10 live those who have given
them financial assistance. They would per-
secute the Hebrew masses, because, for
sooth. some moneyed Hebrews are Shy
locks. but all Shylocks are not Hebrews.
In this country how many OF the so-called
''5-per-cent." men are there who profess TO
be Christians?
There are over half a million Hebrews in
the United States. They are prominent in
mercantile business, banking and other lines
of trade. They have he'd Office. been given
positions OF trust and assisted in forming
legislation. AS a rule they have been quiet,
orderly and peaceful citizens They have
attended to their own business and obeyed
the laws They have been charitable, have
shown public spirit and been a positive
force Tor good IN building up the country.
Swindlers and extortioners. no doubt. some
OF them are. but such are by no means
confined to the Hebrew element. And for
the avowed purpose OF melting Americans
to a systematic persecution OF these people
this Ahlwardt agitator. has uafurled his
banner 81 intolerance on American soil.
We 90 not want him. Ills intentions are
Infamous ana the sooner he returns 10 tho
haunts OF religious darkness the mor-
grateful The American people VIII be.
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The Springfield Republican says: The
honest money Democrats IN the house want
II understood they voted for Crisp for
speaker rather 20 suit the party etiquette
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