Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-09
MICHAEL DAV|1I
WRITES OF JEWS
His Book within the Pale"
Just Completed Tells of
Infamous Oppression
pEPLoRAsLE CONDITION SHOWN
The Jews in Russia, Oppressed by the
Cars Officials, Are Becoming seri-
Gus Menace to Russian Aristocracy-
Legend Of Blood Atonment Must Be
Destroyed.

New York, Oct. 9.-F'resh from Wis
It to the great centers of the Jewish
population, in Russia. Michael Davitt
has written his estimate of the condi-
tions and future of these people in a
volume entitled within the Pale,
which will be issued tomorrow. "Tha
Jew as he is ruled. oppressed, by Rus
sian officials, is a far greater danger to
ism is to the Israelites Of Pale declares
Davitt. The danger was candidly
avowed by all representative Russians
from whom I solicited light and infor-
nation"
Davitt sees further catastrophe
ahead because of the unnatural eco
nomic and social conditions. The
facts Of the economic social conditions
within the Pale settlement he writes,
-are SO obvious that the warning they
give OF coming catastrophe cannot be
ignored. It would be like
leaving an epidemic OF smallpox to
cure itself by neglect. This condition of
things Is fully explained and expressed
by the term unnaturalIt is analogous to
. situation which would result from a
federal law compelling every European
born artisan and laborer within the
whole United States to reside inside
Pennsylvania. and to be forbidden to
seek employment outside the cities and
towns of that state. The murderous
competition for employment. deadly RI
valry for existence, bad k'ood between
Opposing races. poverty and social
wretchedness. which such a condition
of things would create, apart from OPP
Grafton OF coersive laws. can readily be
imagined by the American reader. But
this is no overdrawn picture of econom-
ic anarchy prevailing within the Rus
sian Pale Jewish settlement.
The towns are crowded with arti-
sans and traders and as these are out
of all proportion to the producers and
consumers of the agricultural country
they necessarily become more destitute
and wretched as their numbers In
crease. They are too poor to emigrate.
They are prohibited from migrating.
They cannot seek work on land. They
are not permitted to engage in several
occupations"
Dayitt asserts that the czar can ac-
complish much for the Jews in his do
main by destroying the legend of the
blood atonement. He says: In this
humane Christian task he is entitled to
the cooperation of the enporer of
Austria, King of Roumania. and the
heads of other Balkan states, where
this story OF ritual murder is con-
etantly circulated and not infrequentiy
as a part of political propaganda.
There ought to be truly Christian cru
sade waged against this infamous pro-
duet of ancient, insensate sectarian
hate" After calling attention to the
striking economic growth of Russia,
Dayitt discusses ameloriation of the
Jews condition. He says:
II have come from a journey thru
the Jewish Pale, a convinced believer
in the remedy of Zionism. fail to See
any other that can offer an equal hope
OF success. 1t Is a necessity of the ac-
tual situation and faces the growing
perils OF the Russian Jew with cour-
ageous plan OF repatriation. Hope for
partial or ultimate emanciation in
Russia, there is none. Other countries
cannot be expected 10 relieve Itncsia
OF the unhappy victims OF oppression
and poverty. Where are they then TO
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