The sun., 1901-10-06

those who oppo-r th@ iunuafnfntal pm
ciple OF the modern State. TO wit: The equal
ity Of civil rights. regardless OF creed and
nationality. The history Of nnti-Semitism
during the last thirty years IN France.
Germany. Ausiria, Hungary. Roumania and
Russia will be found -et forth In detail on
pagcs GAL -sts of the first volume Of the
Jewish Encyclopaedia II IL In the countries
named that the opposition TO jews u mainly
based on the grounds of ethnical inferiority
Ia Persia and Morocco religious fanGticism
needs no scientific pretext. II cannot be
shid that anti-Semitism. properly ~ called.
exists either in England or in the United
States. although some social discrimination
agains, the Jews may be manifested in
those countries
The writer In this encyclopaedia deems II
undeniable by any fair-minded person
that some OF the anti-Semtic charges are
monstrou-ly absurd such were the
stories that III. Alliance l-ra"llt" Uuiyrr-
selle was advised of Nobling'- attempt
10 aSSassinate th. Emperor William /
and that CrSmieuN had offered a prize ~
10000 franc~ for the Empcror's head
No less prcpo-terou- wa- the accusation
that the firm of LIdwIg Lowe had furnished
bad guns 10 the German army. becaus..
th. Alliance lsra"lite l'ni,.rSclle wishc,l
To tce Germany defcatei. and the contra
dictory charge that Capt. Drcyfu- had
betrayed the secrets of IN, French army 10
Germany. because the Jews dc-ircd the
last named country to be victorious Among
'he forg"ri"- circulated by autl-Semitic
journals was fabricated letter uf IN"
German Ambassador to Pari-. Count Non
Miinpfen Who committed suiCid" April -.
lss:. IN which letter he Wa made 90 charg.
Baron Hlr-ch with being the cause - hl-
misfortune A. matter of fact. thr
uuiur, unatr man had asked the Baron,
~ hl- lest friend, 10 tako care 81 his family
Again. th. German aut.-Srmitcs hay"
fsIeal edly published M alleged addres,
q au English iief kabbi, R-HdClu. ia hch
the Jews we're admoni-hed tu put them
-ri,c, M thr 'u~~e-sion 81 all th" money
Of iua world 80 rhI' God. promise 90 Abia-
ham should H.. fulfilled H." source -
this pretended address was a novel, -GI"td,
Duprel. Warsaw by Herman Goed-chr.
wi, had been di~mis-ed from he Prus-lau
postal servic' brCau-c Of fDrgeiIe- com
mi'tcd hN linn, and wrote under ih"
p>cIIonym. sir John Ratc'irc such
have been 'hs methods hy which the anti
Semitic cause has been 'op frequently
advocated o. Iis books 81 Drumout aud
u'h"rs T. q very different category
bnlung hc .oi,"r charge PM forth hy l.a-s'.u.
Hsuan aud Goodwin smith THE latter
attributes to IA" Jews a. once tribal rN-
clu.iverc~S and oosmopuhtani~m n" pro
uouncr- them an unn--ooiahle race. ant
i,as- upon commerce ~ the ouly molty"
uf th,ir activity Eet"ri1g 80 Disp"li
nr ha- laid A Jewish statesman got up
Uogui>n,. uuch ~ he wou.J g'' upa -p".u-
il.I,e mania for oomin"r-ial rgrIp-e
Houlu l. credited with hlvias 'prg.i the
arm- winch the more -crul- ant. -Nruitr-
have used m their attack "n Jews and
Judaism Iu"lr - ~ doubt thai they
have repeated a. REFERENCE. O., the jew,
Wi,' Rruln sa,d Of tn" Nml'e- iu general.
namely. i.a' 'h"y tackled per -oial courage.
thai their mpru ideal wa- dir"rr'i' from 'hr
ArNau. that thrv wcr" selfish. chiefly u"ga-
tive. and al' together -unr race .rolmri"i"
How. in the face - 'he amazing exploits
- the Arab ouulucror- the S"niieS can y"
taNcd with deficiency Of courage T. un-
iutelligihe A. for their moral idea hr,ng
dircrent from tho Aryan. II i suH'cicn'
go rcreat Disracli'~ remark that one-half
of Europ, wor-lips a Jew and IA" other half
ssNf'~~ h'lANll 'ltNATftlF w 'i'N NfFA"''
10 tho history of 'hc semitic Language
warns th" rrad'r against Wrestling ,ndlvid-
rll Messages from tho contest and insisted
thai tine faciai element Wa counter balanced
hv many o. nor Influences He also pointed
ou. ha' hc jews Of uur age are not S"mi'e-,
bar modern men. and even denied the
II -t.nc" 81 q Jewish race.
TIE art,cl" or IA" subject IN this ency-
4
Indicate the extent va which anti-Semit Ism
ha. of late boon q political factor IN varous
countries We are rrmindcd for instance
that tho municipal el",tions IN Paris and
in Algeria held IN MAY. 1870 resulted IN a
Victory for tho Natioualists, who are mainly
cement ~ together 10y their common anti
~cmitism In Austria in isoj the anti
Scnites succeeded IN eler'ing n ma iortv
go 'he municipal council Of Vienna, and In
1897 their candidate. Iueg-r wa made
Burgonaster of that city after the i'm
r-rinl Government had twice refused 20
confirm him. The elections 10 the Cis-
lett han Reichsrath 81 1897. which were |
held on the basis of u new law eularging
the franchise, brought gains 10 th" anti |
s,etnite- Of different shsde~, notably 'o 'he /
Christian Socialists Riots against the /
Jews. resulting In bloud-hed. occurred at .
Prague IN December. 1897. a. Nachod m .
April. issa and NJ Hnlleschau IN October.
1899 The mupi"r ~ tgnc- llrii2a in P"lna. .
Bohemia IN March lSpa caused gr"a' ~
The agr-old charg" ~ ritual .
murder Wa revived and jew natW"d
Hulsner wa indicted. and found guilty Nv
a Jury Hu-ner was rrtri~d. aud uu nov.
u. ieo. was again found guilty Twenty
vcars ago n was supposed that antl-N"mii-
ism would never take root in Hungary
The disappearance - Esther Solvmosi.
however. a. Tsza- E-rlar ~ Aprll. lSSs.
aroused such excitement hat jewish
and christian Deputy came 20 blows IN
the Hungarian Chamber ~ pcpu'ies. sub
-rqueutlv auti-S"mitic riots occurred a.
prc-hurg. budapest Ocdeuhurg Iala-
Egcrsycg ana uthcr rla""- No' long after
va,i ,Orcl,nr. lsSyl. an nti-N"wltic party
,,as orgau.y.~i on 'I" Parliament tn"
uuiulrr e p"puric. composing II, which.
NJ Hr,i was only iuIr, vas increased n
y,a, later - seventeen IN" movement
b,p ,,,arh,sl IT, height and soon began
., decline VIZ 'h" now ecclesiastiCal
.,i-la,inn 90 iSa' which ahrugatcd IN"
,ri,f-g.i Position "i th" Roman Ch'hoh0