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the old celestial empire was forced
10 send an envoy to the Christian EN-
peror of Germany with a personal
apology, but who demands redress
from the Christian Car for the inhu-
manities committed against Jews?
NO one! And why should we expect
1t so long as we promulgate a doc
trine which has produced men like
the pious Prince Ferdinand? He Chris
tlanized Europe at the sacrifice of
l2,OOO,000 lives and declared: Better
desert than a country peopled with
heretics." The Russians declare that
the Jews must become Christians or
leave the country. This leaves an
alternative, though Pope Sextus TX.
who established the Holy Inquisition,
gave only the choice of becoming
Christians or being tortured to death.
The Jews should, however take warn
ing from the fate of the 10000 victims
OF Charles TX and his mother who
planned the massacre of ST. Bartho-
lomew's eve, or they should recall the
holy charge of Peter the Hermit, and
the desolate march of the crusades
with death awaiting on the journey or
at either end of the line. The despis-
ed Jew of today with all his hardships
fares better than did the women with
ideas only little over a century ago.
The divine revelation declares: Thou
shalt not suffer a witch to live" and
tens of thousands of women paid the
Christian penalty.
The Inconsistency of the Car Mich
olas in calling peace conference and
in declaring for religious freedom
throughout his empire is only parall-
eled by the Inconsistencies and con-
tradictions in the holy book from
which he draws his supply of inspira-
ton, and his policy of Punishment for
the lovers of freedom, conquest of
weaker nations, Imprisonment of po-
litical suspects, intrigues with court
attaches and humiliation of women
chattels is in perfect accord with the
teaching of the Christian church boil
stored by the priesthood and backed
by the God of the Bible.
An Iowa editor recently remarked
in referring to this massacre of Jews,
NO Christianized people could have
been parties to the horrible massa-
Gre" Another says, I'VE need more
Christianity in Russia"
"Christianized people" who perpe-
trate the most horrible cruelties
against each other and against the
heather and history will bear me out
in the statement 1t will be claimed,
of course, that such results do not
flow from the right Christian spirit.
but the records show facts and must
be accepted, and when our Christian
al,aa4As. :. tll % llee@
eth not shall be damned" we need
search no further for the spirit of the
inquisition. | deny that we need more
Christianity in Russia or any where
else. We have too much of it already.
The practice Of it's tenets has placed
the deadly dagger of humiliation in
the heart of nations, poisoned the
milk Of human kindness, made fiends
Of parents and out-casts of children.
Its applied dogmas have filled prisons
and brothels and barracks and mad
houses with unfortunate, ignorant
fear and faith filled fanatics, and so
long as we cling to it's infamous in
congruities, Jew batting and cruelties
Of all kinds are bound to continue.
When a mediator stands ready to
forgive wrong acts upon simple
promise to believe in Him as the i'm
maculately begotten son of God we
should expect that injustice will be
done in his name. Why will people
rmeain blind to the fact that Humani-
ty and not Christianity is needed in
this old world of ours ?
Helpfulness and justice and knowl-
edge are what we need instead of ig-
norant faith and belief in divinely de-
clared dogmas.