Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-18
United States Calls on the Pow.
ers to Stop Their Per.ecu.
ton In Roumania
HAYS NOTE PUBLISHED TODAY
Harsh Treatment Of the Jews in Ra-
omonia Leads to Emigration to
United States Of an Undesirable
Class Of citizens-Demand That 6er-
lin Treaty Be Enforced.

washington, sept. lo.-feTSeculloIlo VI
the Jews in Roumania has been called
to q halt by the United States. Prompts
ondly by necessity Of stopping the mi
grafton of pauperized and Ignorant
Jews in thousands every year from
Roumania to this country, the govern
ment has issued a note to the powers
In a straightforward manner they are
told that the United States expects
them to enforce the provisions OF the
Berlin treaty, which brought to a close
the Turkish Russian war and created
tho Balkan states Of Roumania, Servia
and Bulgaria.
The treaty provided that no one IN
those countries should be discriminate
ed against on account OF religious Oe
liefs. that foreigners and residents
should enjoy equal civil rights. but
these provisions are overrun py tne
persecution which renders the lot OF
400, 900 Jews in Roumania the saddest
of any people in the world. They are
deprived of nearly every right.
The note was framed by Secretary OF
State John Hay on Aug. s. 1t had been
for months prior to that time subject
of administrative discussion. President
Roosevelt went deep into the question.
Prominent Jews in the United States
including many in New York, have been
influential in urging the step. lsador
Strauss of New York, former United
States minister to Turkey, has made
frequent visits to Washington and Is
credited with having helped to outline
the note.
The action of the United States In
issuing this note to the powers, In re-
gard to a convention to which she was
not party, was known to very few
people in Washington prior to yesteray,
when it was made public at the state
department.
Great curiosity is manifested here as
to the manner in which 1t will be re-
ceiyed by Europe. 1t was sent in Aug
ust to the United States ambassadors
at London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna. st.
Petersburg and Rome, and to United
States Minister LeiShman in ConStan-
tinople, with instructions to present 1t
at once to the ministers Of foreign af-
fairs of the respective governments to
which they are accredited. 1t is there
fore now in the hands of the govern
ment authorities of every country to
which it was directed. So far as can
be learned here no answers have been
received to it.
The position of the United States is
clearly summed UP in Secretary Hays
statement that, while the United States
affords always a. hospitable. asylum for
the oppressed Of all lands, it is not will
ing to receive those who are untitled
for the struggle of existence here and
are likely to become burden on the
Thus the United States holds to itself
the right to examine the character of
foreign immigration and to examine
any causes which render it obnoxious,
and IL these causes are originated by
another sovereign state to demonstrate.
The method by which the powers may
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take action, in accordance with the note
of the United States, is no.. understood
here, but 1t Is likely to be- Secured by
an international exchange of opinions
or international convention, or perhaps
by one of the powers taking the initia-
tive and serving Roumania with notice
that the provisions of the treaty of Ber-
lin must be observed.