Arizona republican., 1900-08-23


 emosynary institution renders him in eligible. but there is a considerable colony of old Roumanian settlers in Lach town and there is not a newcOm- CT but some relative or friend of his may be found willing to stand his sponser and secure his admitance ac- cording 70 law.
 The persecution of the Jews in Rou- mania, the virtual boycott of all mz- chanics and tradespeople of the Mosaic faith by citizens of Moldavian or Wal lachian blood, has aroused the sympa- thies of the Hebrew population of this country. and the relatives of the de- tained immigrants vie with one anOth- CT in trying to get them into their hOus- es and to keep them until they are self supporting All that is necessary in most instances is to discover these rel atives and to bring them in touch with the inmate of the detention pen" and this is done by the barge office clerks, aided by the societies.
 One of the gathering places of the newly arrived ROumanian immigrants is at 112 Eldridge street, where one of their fellow countrymen keeps cafe. At nine o'clock one morning the side
 
 with the robust looking men. They had all come from Roumania a few days before and were waiting to be sent to a place in Pennsylvania where their friends had secured work for them. They all looked healthy. strong and in the best spirits, and when asked what made them so happy. one of them, an intelligent looking man If forty. with a fOrked beard and near-sighted blue eyes. said:
 Tt does us good to see ourselves sur rounded by Jews who are not down. trodden. and by genJiles who do not boycott human beings because they profess the faith of their fathers" He said that there was tacit un- derstanding between the Christians of his native country to employ Christian labor only, to keep the Jews out of the public schools and make things gener- ally disagreeable. so as to bring about a wholesale Jewish exodus.
 All this is done to make room for peasant mechanics and peasant trades folks" h. explained. The rural popu- atiOn has grown enormously, yet the boyars, OUT land owning class. our no bility, will not yield one scuare inch of their vast estates to enable their de- spoiled peasants to make a living. As result thousands of the farmers are f1ocking to the towns. clamoring for bread. There is revolution in the air. and to save their own necks. our aris- tocracy is anxious to get rid of the Jews so as to have d safety valve for tho revolutionary spirit-emplOyment for the starving peasantry. Besides. it does the nobility good to have the H. iterate ignorant farmer see how anx- ious they are to do something for the poor Christian at the expense of the fellow who does not believe In Jesus.'" "
 The Roumanian told of the walking parties" that start from his country on their way to the ports where they are to take passage for America. A few days before he left a party of young women was made up for the same pur- pose. They were expected to be about 200 strong. mostly working girls. with Sprinkling of educated women who could afford to ride but preferred to walk and share the fate of their poor CT sisters. These walking parties are intended as a demonstration calculated to attract the attention of the civilized world to the anti-Jewish policy of Rou- mania, and according to the man with the fork d beard. they have So scared the Roumanian government that an or dinance has been issued by several mayors forbidding any Jew from leav- ing his native place unless he shows railroad ticket.
 But ,ur people have no trouble in getting out. They can't keep us starv- ing said the immigrant. The jarty which l joined. for instance. was form ed outside the city limits of our town. Our wives. children and frie Gds were there to see us off. Speeches were made tears were shed, several of the wives and mothers fainTed. It was one uf tEose scenes which never fade out If ones memory. But our journey was full of simila" scenes"
 Here the Roumauian, surrounded by his fellow immigrants. who listened to his story with absorbed. sad faces. told how his p9rty wandered from village to village Till night overlook them. Foot sore and fatigued, the wanderers voted '" take shelter and rest in d small town which they reached about o'clock. but the delegation which they sent to find lodgings was stoppei by the authorities.
 -'Whn are you and what brings you here?' asked the mayor.
 We are unhappy sons of Israel Tn search of resting place. answered the spokesman. We are going to Ameri- ca. but meanwhile We want to spend hs night here. so that We can resume our tourney tomorrow"
 ''So you have-Ieft your native towns. have you? Tn that case you don't live in Roumanid any longer. You are for cign Jews and l cant ie. You in w. ave too many Jews of u.u own"
 When the delegation had reported the mayors decision, there were curses and taars in the camp ou side the town gates.