Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-19
LONDON VIEW. OF MASSACRES
Press Comment on Course of the
Government is scRth- ....
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Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Coz
8 LONDON. May 1S-(New York World
Cablegram - Special Telegram.) - Minister
Plevhe's letter has awakened the London
press to the Kischineff horrors, which was
previously allowed to go without comment.
! The Pail Mall Gazette says; when one
remembers the massacre at BlagoVest-
chensk and the absolute acquiescence of
the Russian government in the slaughter
of Armenians, one can only ask whether
a power which permits and commits such
crimes as these has a right to be reckoned
among civilized countries"
J The Globe says: THE responsibility for
this CHASTITY crime against humanity lies
with that czar who would pose before the
world as the author of universal peace, bur
who allowed his minister to send orders
to the governor of Bessarabia which he
must have known could only have been
countersigned in the blood of the unhappy
Jews OF Kischineff"
The Star says; THE Kischineff massacre
is only a part of movement covering
the whole northwest and south west OF
Russia, where the despotic government ana
its parasites are using these Jews as an
anvil on which the hammer of popular dis.
content may fall"
BERLIN, May 1S.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram. FEATHER John
Of Cronstadt, who is in high favor with
the car, has written a biting article in
the st. Petersburg Novosto on the subject
of the Kischineff barbarities. In It he says:
''The heart Of the czar, who is concerned
for the general veal of the people, has
been filled with great sadness by the awful
atrocities and cruelties committed at
Kischinefr Russian brethren, why do you
transform yourselves into murderers? Why
do you perpetrate such slaughter? You
have thereby severed your connection with
Christianity"
BERLIN, May 1S.--(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram.)-The czar has
ordered Lieutenant General Won DeRaaben,
governor of Kischineff. dismissed, St.
Petersburg dispatch to the Tageblatt re-
ports, for neglecting 10 take proper meas
ures to put an end to the massacre OF the
Jews. A powerful reactionary clique at
the Russian court tried hard 20 save Gen.
eral DeRaaben, It is added, saying that It
would be a pity to sacrifice such distin'
guished man on account OF tie Jews put
the czar was resolute for his dismissal.
TTRAspOI,. Southern Russia, May 1S-
New York World Cablegram-special Tele-
gram.-Held up in transmission. )-Massa-
cres in Tiraspoi, Odessa, Nicolaieff, Eliza.
betgrad and Kieff, like that at Kischineff
have only been prevented by rigorous mill
tary measures. But for the comprehensive
precautions taken the widespread open
threats TO attack the Jews in Sh''N places
would have been carried out on the Rus
sian Labor day, the first of May whicn
falls on May IA according to the new style
OF reckoning adopted in most ciNilized
countries The streets have been strongly
patrolled for the last forty-elSht hoVrs by
Cossacks, infantry and mounted erdarmes,
while abundant reserves have been kept
under arms in the barracks.
At Nicolaieff the governor, Rear Admiral
Enkvist, was so impressed by the pcj'ular
attitude against the Jews that he had
cannon posted in the chief thoroIghfares
yesterday in order to deter the rio'cus'y
inclined elements from an open outbreak.