New-York tribune., 1903-03-19
THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.
DepLorabIc Condition Under Which
Theu LiUe.

Pittsburg. March 1S-At a mass meeting in
the washington Street Synagogue tonight >.
H. Church spoke by request OF the condition OF
the Jews IN Russia He said In part:
Russia's harsh treatment OF the Jew manitests
nseur u 9s6 bsr IN oS her 4d
ond, in the denial to him when he comes 10 hsE
Fight of donicile which she extends 10 other for
eigners VINO are not Jews Russia has among nsF
lions Of Jews, and because OF the long centuries o.
MSppIsssioL M @ ana ostracisrn Whicn tney H~ rot de-
fered a great many Of them are perhaps not oe
Russia live within q limited area called the pale.
or ghetto, herded sometimes like cattle, under IN
eptin as spectre Of death sweeping t5s 5as
cling in their forIorn SITUATION protect them from
such disease; Within the limits Of this Paie per-
only in towns and borouEhs. but never in villages.
They are not silowed to own real properly OF 70
tons They are, with only e trtlIng exception for
Colleges and pgiv,t5 ns heY cannot travel at
will from one part OF their common country 10 an
healthy national life prevents the development Of
any T foTee1a indviduaty among them NJ no
law no S9ur and no chief They enter o co Ine
mon soldiers food for xunpowder, they can rise
TO no higher grade than corporal IN the army;
The empire and are ofSially desgnaSed as stiaf tnG
aspiration. sunk 10 the lowest adversely, dsspised
by their masters and contemne6 by themselves. IN
people BY hordes Of their kindred who are treated
perhaps with even more severe repession IN Aus, s
erectsd barriers at her frontiers against
Now. this regulation strikes the United States
with peculiar am unWelcome force In two ways:
First. as recently described by Secretary nay , II
turns this dense population in almost nn%igsT9p g9 be
r7ne end eiitivsted on tn. soil on which God has
given it birth and. secondly, and this IS the moe
nfo b 1pn6ns If f hP ne who trave abroad
either for health. knowledge. business or recrea-
The Russian consul at New-York conducts tri-
sgRAl f. for the PTP9se d of o1 n he
honors or dishonors our own Eovtrnulents certn Si
cation % citizenship Shoulf our most dStln, i
kuished Jewish American go to Russia and gain ma a
Temporary residence thsre he fas at onGT I 1rGns 5
loses the equal station 10 which. under the Ieelas
natures Clod eutitle him. and he becomes q mem
her of the despised NTH class subject TO the a7-
The desire Of the American Government 70 secure
Jews BY Russia has be been earnestly pressed
1S". but without any apprecia pie measure OF 100 80
ctrcurar warning 'raturalized Americans Of Rus
sian birth Of the Jewish race. that ina sisI ,hEs er
not allowed to enter Russia except ny spe sp aJ Per pr
mission" for which the department Sann3L 7r asr !
IN Wn,on We seaq t9 %t Sttss e. has moi been able
treatment for ali American travellers in Russia
, 1q6S secretsrv Hav confessed the same failure
in hts message to Congress in reply to the Gold
Not one word Of crnsure have we fer Gar Ni:h- ho
through his fnspiration Of the Inter
national Peace Tribunal The Hague would give
him first place among those illustrious ones OF our
time whom mankind most gratefully esteems But
the decree for religious toleration issued last week
demonstrates again that he is actively sensible OF
the riseries of his people And IS high time that
so righteous a ruler has come to Russia.
1t IS amazing that the Russian throne. built upon
the abasement OF many human beings ana main
tanned by MEDIEVAL doctrine OF force survived
the nineteenth century and fell not The French french
Revolution overturned an evil system or reudai
oppression that more restrictive OF the
IA turaI rights OF society than that which has burnt
itself in harbarc fire upon the population OF HuS-
sa. ~, l., A. -
Let the Great White Car go onward He is tne
charnpion of civilization, armed cap-a-ple. anu
v nile the world holds its breath before the stu
pendous task he has set himself TO do II Rrays
that he NAV have strength given him by ulVIhe
ia vor to the victory the monster OF preJu-
which lies In wait