The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-07

number Of places in the Austrian province
Of Galicia. AT Schodnica, III that province.
the houses OF many of the Jewish innaD :
itants were destroyed and their inmates
were beaten. From Chodorow also there
have been reports of a similar character.
IN short, In all parts Ct the Austro- hun
garian monarchy, with the exception OF
Hungary itself, there is q bitter artago-
pisin TO the Jews, which has increased in
recent years and seems TO be stronger than
ever at this time. The more violent lead
ers OF the Judenhetze demand their expul-
sion from the country as public enemies.
The principal charges against them relate
TO their financial transactions, while the
working people are stirred up against them
because az the belief that 1t is they who
have introduced the sweating system
into the business o, manufacturing. In
consequence OF the prejudice against them
considerable numbers OF the Austrian Je"s.
particularly those of them who inhabit ga .
iicia, have left their country for the United
States.
t,nedrm a, Rournania the Jewish com
plants of restriction and OF prescription
have increased this year. They complain
az exactions TO which the other inhabitants
are no. subject. and OF laws by which their
privileges are curtailed. The government
OF the United States has been officially ad-
y.sed that the gcve, nment OF Bulgaria mas
,ssued an edict prohibiting Jews from en-.
,eTing the country. and a notification Of
like character has been received from
Eoumania. The Jewish immigration TO
the United States from these two countries
"a no, likely to diminish under existing
circumstances.
The Jewish complaints OF nti-Sernitisn
I'm Germany are net associated with ceeis
of violence. The lives and property OF the
sd y
OF the other inhabitants OF Germany; ana
their only grievance is the widespread
prevalence OF an antSenilttc pre1naice
which is often disadvantageous to them.
II is a noteworthy circumstance tAat
hardly any complaints are now heara
from the Jews OF Russia. the county
from which Jewish complaints We're ior
merly heard Increasingly: inere !..
the pale" for Russian Jews, and there
are vet come other restrictions upon
them. but their lot has been SO mucn
ir,nroyei in recent times that they ma
hui little fault with IL Not far from
half 4 million of the Jewish inhabitants
OF Russia have come TO the United
STATES within the past twelve or fifteen
years: but the Immigration OF them has
largely fallen off since Nicholas IL as
cendei the throne.
In the Turkish empire the Jews have
long enjoyed the favor Of the govern
mant.
A few months ago the Jews OF Persia
or rather those Of them residing at Te-
heran the capital were set upon by the
Moslems. who entered their quarter OF
the city. assailcd Thorn with sticks ard
stones, and pillaged their houses. II
was said that the assault was stimulat-
ed by the nlollah, who was DESTROYS o.
bringing them ever 20 the Mohammedan
faith. under the penalty OF extermina-
t;a -aa on hr
United States minister at Teheran. made
haste to appeal TO the shah's govern
ment for their protection, and his ap-
peal was successful. though the Jews
Of Persia have yet, within more recent
times. been subjected to oppression at
the hands OF their Mohammedan fellow
subjects.
From all the parts Of the world here
spoken OF. and from other parts of it
there have come stories of Jewish griev.
ances this year X was Max Nordau
one OF the men DESTROYS Of founding
Jewish State IN Palestine. who recently
said that the anti-semitic prejudice ex-
tends over the greater part OF the earth
Is constantly growing stronger. and is
often expressed IN. deeds OF violence.
1t does not seem as though this state
ment were sustained by experience OF
the records. Mr.. Nordau must surely
admit tina. the condition Of the Jewish
psopie almost everywhere at the emo oil
the nineteenth century is far bztter
than it ever was at any other time since
Judaism emerged from Palestine. II is
true, nevertheless that an.i-Semitism IL
yet strong In many countries AMI among
many races, and that the Jews can no,
count upon its disappearance within any
brief period of time Luckily for the
Jew. here in the United States and in
France and England. he possesses all
these franchises and rights that belong
to other people.