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mania have become reduced to state OF
wretched misery. Shut out from nearly
every avenue Of self-support which is open
to the poor of other lands and ground down
by poverty as the natural result of their
discriminat tory treatment, they are rendered
incapable of lifting themselves from the
enforced degradation they endure. Even
were the fields of education, Of civil en-
ployment and of commerce open to them as
to 'Roumanian citizens. their penury Woulo
prevent their rising by individual EFFORT
Human beings so circumstanced have Nlr-
tually no alternatives but submissive suHer-
ing or flight to some land less unfavorable
to them Removal under such conditions
is not and cannot be the healthy, lnteli1gent
emigration Of a free and self-reliant being.
1t must be- in most cases, the mere trans
plantation of an artificially produced dis
eaSed growth to a new pace.
America the Only Goal.
"Granting that in better and more health
full surroundings the morbid conditions Will
eventually change for good, such emigra-
ton is necessarily for time burden to
the community upon which the fugitives
may be cast. Self-reliance and the knowi-
edge and ability that evolve the power OF
self-support must be developed, and, at the
same time, avenues of employment must be
opened in quarters where competition is al
ready keen and opportunities scarce. Inc
teachings of history and the experience OF
our own nation show that the Jews possess
in a high degree the mental and moral
qualifications of conscientious citiZenhood.
No class of immigrants Is more welcome
to our shores, when coming equipped IN
mind and body for entrance upon the strug-
gle for bread, and iESpir1ted With the h1gn
purpose to give the best service of heart
and brain to the land they adopt of their
own free will. But when they come as
outcasts, made doubly paupers by physical
and moral oppression in their native land,
nd gener-
osity of a more favored community, their
migration lacks the essential conditions
which make alien immigration either &C
ceptable or beneficial. So well is this ap-
the countries where anti-Semitism has no
foothold, it is difficult for these fleeing
Jews to obtain any lodgment. America is
their only goal.
oppressed of all lands. But it's sympathy
with them in no wise impairs it's just lib
erty and right to weigh the acts or the OPP
pressor in the light of their effects upon
this country and to judge accordlnsly.
This Government Protests.
Putting together the facts now pain
fully brought home to this government
during the past few years, that many OF
the inhabitants Of Roumania are being
forced, by artificially adverse discrimina-
lions, to quit their native country; that the
hospitable asylum offered by this country
is almost the only refuge left to them; that
they come hither untitled, by the conditions
of their exile, to take part in the new life
of this land under circumstances either
profitable to themselves or beneficial to the
community, and that they are objects of
charity from the outset and for a long
time-the right Of remonstrance against
the acts Of the ROumanian government is
clearly established in favor of this govern
ment. Whether consciously and of pur-
pose or not, these helpless people, bur-
dened and spurned by their native land,
are forced by the sovereign power of Rou-
mania upon the charity of the United
States. This government cannot be tacit
party to such an international wrong. 1t
is constrained to protest against the treat
ment to which the Jews of Roumania are
subjected, not alone because it has unim-
the resultant injury to itself, but in the
name of humanity. The United States may
not authoritatively appeal to the stipula-
lions of the treaty of Berlin, to which 1t
was not and cannot become signatory,
but it does earnestly appeal to the prfncf-
pies consigned therein because they are the
principles of international law and eternal
Justice, advocating the broad liberation
which that solemn compact enjoins and
standing ready to land it's moral support
to the fufillment thereof by its co-signa-
torites for the act of Roumania itself has
effectively joined the United States to them
as an interested party in this regard.
this instruction to the minister for foreign
affairs, and. should he request 1t, leave
with him a copy.
81 have the honor to be.
''Your obedient servant,
.JOHN HAY"