The Indianapolis journal., 1903-05-23
Well nOwn Novelist Denounces the
Crime and Urges Good Citisens
10 Help the Hebrews.
CRANKS WRITING LETTERS
SENDING THEM TO COUNT CASSINI
AND SECRETARY HAY.


BERLIN, May 2.-Maxim Cork, the
Russian novelist. recently wrote an article
on the Kishinen massacres for q Mimi
Novgorod newspaper. but the censor re-
fused to allow its publication. Cork then
sent the article to the ST. Petersburg corre-
spondent of the Frankfort Kleine Presse.
which prints it to-day. The article follows:
Russia has been disgraced more and
more frequently OF recent years by dark
deeds. but the most disgraceful Of all Is the
horrible Jewish massacre at Kishinef.
which has wakened our horror. shame and
indignation. People who regard themselves
as Christians. who say they believe in Cod $
mercy and sympathy. these people on the
day consecrated to the resurrection of their
Savior from the dead occupy the time in
numbering children and aged people. raw
ishing the women and marrying the men
of the race which gave them Christ
who bears the blame of this base crime
which will remain on US like q bloody blot
for ages? We shall be unable to wash this
blot from the sad history Of our dark coun-
try. 1t would be unjust. and too simple. 10
condemn the mob. The latter was merely
the hand which was guided BY a corrupt
conscience, driving 1t to murder and rob-
berry. For IT is web known that the mob
at Kishineff 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 aud
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 elegant exterior.
Cultivated society is not less guilty OF
the disgraceful and horrible deeds COM
mitted at Kishineff than the actual muir
derers and ravishers. It's members guilt
consisted in not merely that they did not
over the murder: 1t consists chiefly in COM
mitting 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
Kishineff, and other publicists. Those are
the real authors of the disgraceful and
awful crime of Kishineff. To all the shame
full names hitherto given to the repulsive
men must be added another and the we'll
deserved one OF 1nstgators Of village muir
der These hypocrites. 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 on the corpses of those killed
lessly continue their hateful work Of poi
soning the mind and feeling of the weak
wflled Russian society. Shame on their
wicked heads. May the fire Of conscience
consume their decayed hearts, covetous
only of lackey-like honors and slavishly
obseQuious to power.
1T is now the duty of Russian society
that is not yet wholly ruined by these ban
dts to prove that IL is not identified with
these instigators of pillage and murder
Russian society must clear its conscience
of part of the shame and disgrace by help
ing the orphaned and desolated Jews and
assisting members of the race which has
given to the world many really great men
and still continues to produce teachers OF
truth and beauty, in spite Of the oppressed
condition in the world. Come, therefore
all who do not want themselves to be re-
garded as the lackeys of the lackeys. and
who still retain their self-respect-come
and help the Jews"