The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-22
HEBREWS APPEAL TO
ROOSEVELT.
Roosevelt Tells B'Nai Birth Com
mittee That He Will Do Every
thing in His Power To
Secure Better Treat
ment FIR Hebrews.

Washington. June 15-Through their
representative association. B Mai Birth.
the Jews of America today laid the case
before President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hay.
Tonight a statement was given out at
the white house concerning the confer
ence. The statement consisted of a mem
orandum submitted by the b Mai Birth
on the massacre in April tentative
draft of a petition to the car which 1t
was desired this government should Of
hclally or semi-officially assist in de-
livering to the czar and procuring a re-
ply thereto and copies of the replies of
Secretary Hay and President Roosevelt
to his callers The memorandum says
the facts concerning the KIshinef massa-
ere as officially reported by the Rus
sian government have appalled, and hor-
rified not only the Jews in Russia and
elsewhere but the whole American peo-
pie. who want something done and whose
hostility to Russia if nothing is done VIII
become intensified and fixed. The jews
it says likewise are fearful of the fu-
ture 1t is recognized that the situation
plainly is different from that IN Rou-
| 1NaSTnuCn
are fleeing from mobs operating IN con-
travention of Russian law, while In Rou-
mania it Is the laws that make 1t un-
able for them to live there Denunciation
of the Jews by Russian diplomats, it
saws cannot placate the public as NAN
million Russian Jews have come mere
during the past twenty three years ana
have shown they are thrifty, energetic.
intelligent and ambitious and daily are
growing more influential and popular
They are constant propagandlsts against
Russia, and the memorandum says the
result is to undermine the traditional
amity between Russia and the United
States.
Methods for Consideration.
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 ooth OF the
subjoined methods therefore were sub
mitted for considerations
"A. A petition to the czar to which the
e Maj Birth will get the signatures
Of the leading men in the various states.
Our government to assist unoffically or
semi-offcally in securing the delivery
or this petition to the car and in pro-
curing a favorable reply thereto, either
by a direct communication or some other
form Of public expression. The manner
! ~ W. 49,. ~ - 49, siiggssted for Obvious
oa,'s. h,,t mo ,,ovcrnments interest in
~ 1,i.,, shoIId be made known
"B Using the kshinef and other recent
Incidents OF more OF less similar nature as
$500 S,++e .5drnssed to an the powers
+;,,.l cot,t.erenra ia slider
prosecutions and expressions growing out
OF racial and religious preludlGes ana
$50 tiorai concord from the evil effects
,''' ,>1rso.,,+jar,. and ornressions"
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0ScAShdAy AA'y > NNP5
In reply to Mr. Levy, who submitted the
recommendation Secretary HAY said.
-, 80 ,,,1,,,.,r,, b,,r,a,,i+,, can
have heard without deep emotion the
story of the cruel outrages inflicted upon
the Jews OF hlshlhel ntsF
events nave cauacu ~ ] NJ
especialIv In this country, where there are
50 many of your coreligjonists who form
s}Ich a desirable element Of our popula-
zion in Industry. thrift public spirit and
commercial morality Nobody can ever
make inc Americans think i'll of the Jews
as class or as a race-we know them
roo well
You will have observed that no civil
lied government in the world has yet
taken official action-this consideration
alone would bid us to proceed with care
The emperor of Russia Is entitled TO our
raencrt NOT merely as the ruler OF q
great and friendly nation but as a man
whose ~nersonal character is even more
elevated than his exalted station. We
shouid MOI he justified in assuming that
+hi, n,,liobta,,ad eo,,oroie1 who has given
"a many nroOfe Of his devotion to peace
and religious tolerance. has not done and
is not doing all that lies in his power
to nut a stop TO these atrocities. to pun
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