Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-19
IEXS MUCH 70 BLAME
Unfriendly Attitude Toward
Them In Russia Caused by
Their Chief Occupation
MONEY LENDERS, NOT FARMERS
In This Capacity, the Jew Takes Adj
vantage of the Russian Peasant, Says
Cassini and the Latter's Patience Is
Exhausted-lmperia Authorities Sc
riousiy Regarding kishinev Affair.

Washington, May 19.-Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, in conversa-
ton yesterday with representative of
the Associated Press, relative to the
There is in Russia. as in Germany
and Austria, a feeling against certain
of the Jews. The reason for this I'M
friendly attitude is found in the fact
that the Jews will not work in the
fields or engage in agriculture. They
prefer to be money lenders. Give Jew
couple of dollars and he becomes a
banker and money broker. In this
capacity, he takes advantage of the Rus
sian peasant, whom he soon has in his
power and destroys. 1t is when the
patience of the peasant is destroyed
that conflict arises. Ordinarily, the
Russian is very patient person. but
it is only natural that he should en-
terrain feeling of resentment for the
one who has wrought his ruin.
Emperor Nicholas l sought to help
the Jews by ordering the establish
ment Of agricultural colonies in south
ern Russia, hoping to induce the Jews
TO engage in agricultural pursuits in
stead of money lending, but the effort
was unsuccessful. nor have other pro-
JectS establishing Jewish states been
successful. The situation in Russia so
far as the Jew is concerned is that
OF the peasant against the money lend
er, instead of the Russian against the
Jew. The Jew ruins the peasant, with
the result that conflicts occur when
the latter have lost all their worldly
possessions and have nothing to live
upon. There are many good Jews in
Russia and they are respected. Jewish
genius is appreciated in Russia and
the Jewish artist is honored. Jews al
SO appear in the financial world in Rus
STA. The Russian government affords
the same protection to the Jews that
1T does to any other of its citizens, and
when a riot occurs and Jews are at
tackled, the officials Immediately take
steps to apprehend those who began
the riot and visit severe punishment
upon them. In the past, Russians have
been punished severely for attacking
the Jews. But, Notwithstanding these
attacks, the Jews continue to do the
very things that have been responsible
for the troubles which involve them"
Continuing the conversation, the am
bassador said:
The Russian readily assimilates with
the people of all other races, and il
he can not assimilate With the Jew, 1t
is apparent that the fault must lie with
the Jew and not with the Russian"
The ambassadors attention was
called to the statement contained in
press dispatches from st. Petersburg
yesterday to the effect that a minister
ial decree had been issued, forbidding
the Jews to arm themselves for their
own protection. II have received no
regarding the nature of the
decree" he said, but l know that when
the facts are made known IL will appear
and will be shown that the
decree does not discriminate against
the Jews. The fact that Lieutenant
General Raaben, the governor of Bes-
has been called to st. Peters
burg shows conclusively that the inn
perial authorities are seriously regard
ing the kishenev affair and are taking
prompt measures to punish the guilty
and to prevent repetitions of these dis