The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-29
A SCATHING ATTACHMENT.
Maxim Cork. the Russian Novelist, De-
nounces the Bloody Deeds Done
at Kisckineff,

Berlin, May 23.-Maxim Cork, the
Russian novelist, recently wrote an
article on the Kischineff massacre for
"a Mini Novgorod newspaper, but the
censor refused to allow it's publica-
ton. Cork then sent the article to
the st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Frankfort Kliene Presse, which
printed it Friday. The article is as
follows.
Russia has been disgraced more
and nor frequently Of recent years
by dark deeds. but the most disgrace
full of all is the horrible Jewish mas
sacre at K%ischineff, which has awak-
ened our horror, shame and indigna-
ton. People who regard themselves
as Christians, who claim to believe in
Gods mercy and,sympathy, these peo-
ule, on the day ~consecrated to the res
direction of their God from the dead,
occupy the time in numbering children
and aged people, ravishing the women
and martyring the men of the race
which gave them Christ.
who bears the blame of this base
crime, which will remain on us like
a bloody blot for ages? We shall be
unable to wash this blot from the sad
history of our dark country. 1t would
be unjust and too simple to condemn
the mob. The latter was merely the
hand which was guided by a corrupt
conscience. driving it to murder and
robbery. For it is well known that
the mob at Kischineff was led by men
of cultivated society. But cultivated
society in Russia is really much worse
than the people, who are goaded by
their sad life and blinded and en-
thralled by the artificial darkness ere
ated around them. The cultivated
classes are a crowd of cowardly slaves,
without feeling of personal dignity,
ready to accept every lie to save their
ease and comfort. a weak and lawless
element almost without conscience
and without shame, in spite of its eie-
giant exterior.
"Cultivated society is not less guilty
of the disgraceful and horrible deeds
committed at kischineff than the act
ual murderers and ravishers. It's
members guilt consisted in. not mere
ly that they did not protect the vic
Tins, but that they reioiced over the
murders; it consists chiefly in permit
ting themselves for long years to be
corrupted by man haters and persons
who have long enjoyed the disgusting
glory of being the lackeys of power
and glorifiers of lies. like the editor
Of the Bessarayetz of Kischineff. and
other publicists. Those are the real
authors of the d~isgraceful and awful
crime of Kischineff. To all the shame
full names hitherto given to these re-
pulsive men must be added another,
and the we'll deserved one of 'instiga-
tors of village murder. These hypo-
critics, with the name of God on their
lips, who preach in Russian society
hatred of the Jews. Armenians and
Firms, to-day heap base and cowardly
calumnies upon the corpses of those
killed through their influence. and
they shamelessly continue their hate
full work of poisoning the mind and
ltCllHS vi TIE NCdh-N lIlCu huSSldU SO-
ciety.
Shame upon their wicked heads!
May the fire of conscience consume
their decayed hearts. covetous only of
lackeylike honors and slavishly obse-
quious to power. 1t is nov the duty
of Russian society, that is not yet
wholly ruined by these bandits, to
prove that it is not identified with
these instigators of pillage and muir
der. Russian society must clear its
conscience of part of the shame and
disgrace by helping the orphaned and
desolated Jews and assisting those
members of the race which has given
to the world many really great men
and which still continues to produce
teachers of truth and beauty"