The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-16

the replies of Secretary Hay and Presi-
dent Roosevelt to his callers The
memorandum says the facts concern
ing the Kishenev massacre as officially
reported by the Russian government
have appalled, and Mortified not only
the Jews in Russia and elsewhere, but
the whole American people, who want
something done and whose hostility to
Russia, if nothing is done, will become
Intensified and fired. The Jews, it says,
likewise are fearful of the future. De-
nunciation of the Jews by Russian dip
lomats cannot placate the public, as
half million Russian Jews have come
here during the past twenty-three
years and have shown they are thrifty,
energetic, intelligent and ambitious
and daily are growing more influential
and popular. They are constant prop
agandistS against Russia and the mem
orandum says the result is to under
mine the traditional amity between
Russia and the United States.
1t is declared to be desirable to end
this state of things without breach Of
diplomatic etiquette or embarrassment
to our government and one or both of
the subjoined methods therefore were
submitted for consideration:
"A petition to the car to which
the B'nai Birth will get the signatures
of the leading men in the various
states. Our government to assist I'M
officially or semi officially in securing
the delivery Of this petition to the car
and in procuring a favorable reply
thereto.
"B-Using the Kishenev and other re-
cent incidents Of more or less similar
nature as grounds, an official invitation
by the United States, addressed to all
the powers, to an international confer
ence, to consider prosecutions and op-
preston growing out of radical and
religious prejudices and hatred, and to
protect civilization and international
concord from the evil effects of such
prosecutions and oppressions."
The tentative draft Of the petition to
the car declared local officials dere-
lict in the performance of their duty
and that millions Of Jews in Russia
lived in constant dread of fresh out
breaks. 1t therefore petitioned that
by gracious and convincing express
sion your majesty will proclaim that
none shall suffer in person, property,
liberty, honor or life, because Of his re-
ligious belief; that the humblest sub
Ject or citizen may worship according
to the dictates of his own conscience,
and that government, whatever it's
form or agencies, must safeguard these
rights and immunities by the exercise
of all its powers.
Far removed from your majesty s
dominions, living under different condi-
tons and owing allegiance to another
government, your petitioners yet ven
ture, in the name of civilization, to
plead for religious liberty and toler-
ance; to plead that he who led his own
people and all others to the shrine of
peace, will add new luster to his reign
and by fame by leading a new move
ment that shall commit the whole
world in opposition to religious perse-
cutions."
Secretary Hay and the president
made rather non-committal replies, the
former saying he trusted that good
would come out Of this evil, and the
latter praising the Hebrew race.
CHICAGO, June 15.-Palestine for
prosecuted Jews Is the remedy suggest
ed by Methodist preachers of Chicago.
who today adopted resolutions asking
President Roosevelt to take up the
problem along the lines suggested by
memorial presented to President
Harrison in March, 1891.