The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
WARNING OF
CATASTROPHE
Michael Davit Writes of Con-
ditiOns in China.
HE HAS HOPE IN ZIONISM
Neces sity OF the Actual Situation, Says
the Writer. in His Graphic Account
Of Things as He Saw
Them.
nv Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. Oct. 9.-Fresh from a
visit to the great centers of Jewish pop
ulation in Russia Michael Datitt has
written his estimate of the conditions and
of the future of those people In volume
entitled within the Pale" which VIII
be issued tomorrow from the presses
Of A. S. Barnes and Company.
..The Jew as he is ruled and oppressed
by Russian officials, is a far greater
danger to Russian autocracy than anti
Semitism is TO the lsraelites within the
pale, declares Mr.. Davitt, in the pre-
face to his work, .rhc danger he con-
tinues, was candidly avowed by all rep
resentative Russians from whom Solicit
ed light and information
FURTHER CATASTROPHE.
Mr.. Davitt sees further catastrophe
ahead because OF unnatural economic and
other conditions" The fact of the econo-
mic and social conditions within the pale
of settlement" he writes. "arc SO OBJ
3ective that the warning they give of
coming catastrophe cannot be ignored. 1t
would be like leaving an epidemic oil
smallpox to cure itsolf by neglect. This
condition of things IS fully explained and
expressed by tho term unnatural. 1t IS
analogous to situation which would
result from Federal law compelling
every European born artisan and laborer
within the whole United States to reside
inside of Pennsylvania and to be for
hidden to seek employment outside the
cities and towns Of that State. The MUIR
derous competition for employment. the
deadly rivalry for existence. the Dad
blood between opposing races, the poVer-
ty and social wretchedness which such
a condition of things would create-apart
from the operation OF coercive laws-can
readily be imagined by the American
reader But this is no overdrawn picture
of the economic anarchy prevailing within
the Russian pale OF Jewish settlement
BELIEVES IN ZIONISM.
Mr.. Davitt asserts that the Car can &C.
complish much for the Jews in his do
main by destroying the legend of the
blood atonement. an. DePlehews and the
Tsar," he AYERS, "can accomplish one
good and blessed work, if so minded,
without altering a single anti-Semitic
Russian law The Emperor can destroy
in Russia the atrocious legend about the
annual killing of Christian children
by. Jews, as an alleged part of the
blood a,onement in Hebrew paschal rites
In this humane and Christian task he Is
entitled to the cooperation OF the En-
peror OF Austria, the King of Roumania,
and the heads of other Balkan States,
where this story of ritual murder Is con.
stantly circulated. and not infrequently
as a part of political propaganda. There
ought to be truly Christian crusade
waged against this infamous product of
ancient. insensate. sectarian hate"
Discussing the amelioration of the Jews
condition, Mr.. Davitt says: II have come
from a journey through the Jews Pale
convinced believer in the remedy Of
Zionism. ! failed to see any other that
can offer an equal hope of success. 1t is
necessity of the actual situation and
faces the growing perils Of the Russian
Jew with a courageous plan of repara-
ton. Hope for partial or ultimate eman-
cipation in Russia. there Is none. Other
countries cannot be expected to relieve
Russia of the unhappy victims Of OPP
preston and poverty. Where then are
they to go?''