The age-herald., 1897-10-03
ISRAEL'S WOES
 IN MANY LANDS
From Algeria to Persia, From the Carpathians to the Balkans, the Jewish People Make Com
 plaint of Oppression This Year.
From the New York Sun.

Jewish residents of several foreign coun- tries. In no case has 1t been the duty OF the government to do anything in defenss of the complainants, none O. whom presented any claim to American citizenship.
 There a few things more singular In modern Jewish experience than the anti Semitic demonstrations that have oc- cured in the French colony of Algeria. The outbreaks against the Jews there, which were brought to an end by the French authorities, have bean followed by hostile proceedings of another knd, which are not so easily dealt with. The complaints have come chiefly from the Jewish inha abftants of Gran and Con- seahtine. They are to th= effect that there is discrimination against the Jews Tn business life, in the public service, in the educational institutions, in the hos pltals, and in the distribution of cha1itae Gle relief. The municipal council of Con stantlne is accuE d of mani sting it's anti-Jewish Jrejudices in a particla1-ly aggravating manntr. There are about 10000 Jews in Algeria, and there is no doubt that, by presenting to the French government any grievances from which thy may suffer, all cause for complaint Will speedily be removed.
 The complaints of the Jodenheize .at vienna and Othsr parts of Austria a1a hot less mum rouS this year than they were last year. They Ilsfer mostly to the political and business disa bilitiss to Which the Jews have there been subiect- ca m recene tim S. The imperial g5v- ernm5nt has striven to remove such grievances as it is able to deal with; but It canncit handle the anti-Jewisfl boycott which has been so largely ap- piled, more especially to the detrimens ot Jew sh operators an th= Bourse A singular incident associated with the Austrian JudenhetZe occurred at Wash lngton a short time ago. It had been reported that Herr Karl Mefttermayer. an anti-Semitic member of the Austrian redchstag, was on his way to th,s coun- try; and the report was followed by "a letter Of a prominent New York rabbi to the commissioner of immig,ra tion, at Washington, containing a protest against according permisson to Meittermayer to land in the United States. Of coufs. sucn protest could not be needed un- less some charge other than that of an- ti-Ssmetitism were brought against him; ana, in consequence, the prol=st de- scribed Meiu.srimayer, as. a 'pauper," and as a man 'who had been supected Of criminal acts" It was said that Rab- b1 Wiaefs protest had ,a large measure or Jewish support in New York, but it had to be disTegarded by the commits sioner of immigration. A far more ran oorous anti-Semite than Meittermayer came to thihs country last year. fcr the purpose CT siLnripg up an anlti-Jewisfl agitation; but Rector Ahlwardt suffered no molestation, and stayed in the United States till he was ready to return to Gler- many. -. fI.
 There we're anti-Jewish riots in the Austrian province of Bohemia a few weeks ago., in winch the synagogue at Pilsen and s the houses of the more promlnene sJsws we're attacked. The dlsturoanceS were quelled by the au- thorfties, who, however, cannot dissi- pate the apprehension that they may break out again at any time
 There have been even more serious troubles for the Jews this summer at a number of places in the Austrian prov 1nce of Galicia. At Sohodnica, in that province, the houses of many of the Jewish inhabitants were destroyed and their inmates were beaten. From Chod- orow, also, there have been reports of a similar character. In short, in all parts Of the Austro- Hungarian monarchy, with the exception of Hungary itself there Is @ bitter antagonism to the Jews, Which has increased in recent years, and seems to be stronger than ever at this time. The more violent leaders of the Judenhetze demand their expulsion from the country as public enemies The
 
 to their financial transactions, while the working people are stirred up against them because of the belief that it is they who have introduced the sweating sys- tenn" into the business of manufactur- ing. In consequence of the prejudice against them, considerable numbers of the Austrian Jews, particularly those of them who inhabit Galicia, have left their country for the United States.
 In the principality of Bulgaria and in nf Irroo o1ia fhes Taxxt xtfcrJ. complaints of restriction and of pro- scription have increased this year. They complain of exactionS to which the oth- CT inhabitants are not subject, and of laws by which their privileges are cur tailed. The government of the United States has besn officially advised that the government of Bulgaria has issued an edict prohibiting Jews from enter ing the country; and notification of like character has been received from Roumania. The Jewish immigration to tha ITnited States from these two coun- tries Is not likely to diminish unu
 istll.g circumstances.
 The Jewish complaints of anti-Semit- ism in Germany are not associated with deeds of violence. The lives and prop erty of the German Jews are as we'll protected as those of the other inhabf- tants of Germany; and their only griev- ance is the widespread prevalence of an anti-Semftic prejudice which is often
 
 It is a noteworthy circumstance that hardly any complaints are now heard from the Jews of Russia, the country from which Jewish complaints were for merly heard unceasingly. There is yet thu pale for Russian Jews, and there are yet some other restrictions upon them, but their lot has been so much improved in recent times that they find but little fault with 1t. Not far from half a 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 II as- cended the throne. In the Turkish empire the Jews have long enjoyed the favor of the govern ment. A few months ago the Jews of Persia, or rather those of them residing at Te- heran, the capital, were set upon by the Mos1ems, who entered tGsir quarter of the city, assailed them with sticks and stones and pillaged their houses It was said that the assault was stimulate ed by the Mollah, who was desirous of \