The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-01

By the Chicago Tribune! '>ci
Allowing the incipicnt cause of tbo H.,
slaughter to stand as it Is printed tho NV, s'ai
claims any intention to give oTcnsc IN H. U.s.
tencc which the rabbi separates from tho Sen
in order to convict the editor. The ort...H
question began by reciting that there J., ia, %
lost bctweeen Russian and jew" Is III; 1--WE
plain fact, plainly stated 1t being 50 r.l "''
Tense is visible in the sentence picked or4.I D.
friend, the rabbi: There may have been nrou. or
ton for the crime, but that does not conn,
hated Jew had taken the life of Rus.;.,- zoe
In the construction of composition and
mcnt of language, what is here meant br A. F"9
of tic words "hatcd Jew! BY whom f.. Il. F
hated-by the Cossack, by the editor Or Nv. w
BY both, according to Rabbi Reynolds. p; 5g'
out this sentence, the good rabbi undoubtog, 'D'
AGNES it is ample to clinch hi, charge tb,. ''
editor is prejudiced, and that the article :.
paper criticising President Roosevelt WA. iu-- ".
in advance by "a feeling of hatred toward tbo ''''
ish race. So far from such being the fact H.. ,
tor, i'll disclaiming is willing to bow to fl,
cisfon of any competent jury of literary me-.
Jews or Christians-thc evidence I'm fhc ca.o 49,,
the article on "An Oyster Bay Bhudcr.n onb;,
in this paper July Is.
If there is one charge which could prov,k, i
writer more than another, it Is that an Amor;
and Catholic could be a jew baiter-an ,,s
Semitic fanatic There IS no room for .u.b
this country. There should be no room f., ..
anywhere. The charge is borne les. patcptIv
the writer recalls his service upon the prr,. d.
Montana during the Dreyfus trial, when his SYM
pathies went out to the unhappy, prosecuted mi.
oner of Devils Island. Oh, good Rabbi Revpon
you fell gravely into error.
Concerning that mass meeting at New York
protest against the inhuman butchcry of Jew. d
Kishineff, it would be strange if anybody corr
find fault with either the spirit Of the resolufi,,
or the design to put them in force through FEEDER,
Intervention. This paper did not call the Jew
down 1t called the president down for assumr,
that he could do something impossible in dpor
acy, and encouraging Jewish citizens to fruiba
endeavor, ending as it did in the curt refusal BY n
ear to even receive the petition. That Rabbi
Reynolds does not perceive the vote hunter IN e
person upon whom he bestows so much aduation
one good reason why he is rabbi and not poFA
tician.
We do not know if Mr. Jesse Seligman the en-:
nent banker, we're present, at the mass meeting
Most likely he was there, because his heart aud
soul are bound up in the destiny of his people
Now, if Mr.. Seligman were present and he aus
to say something germainc to the object, he could
if he chose, put it in these words
my friends, / agree with you in protesting
against the inhuman butchery of our people
Russia-the most atrocious crime Of ceuu7
Your protest should arouse the world and per
haps it may~shame the car into putting an end
Jewish persecution If it does, something IS gained
But is anything to be gained by urging the prst
dent to do something the diplomatic interests Of
the government forbid! Nothing resulted from
the Hay note to the powers regarding the JeTi
prosecutions in Roumania. Dare we expect any
thing better to result through interference byPs
,ident Roosevelt with the internal affairs Of Rus
sia!
Let me tell YOU my friends, of an ncida
that happened in Rome some years ago, after tA
Russian government had issued an edict ezpehg
the Jews from certain sections of that country
was found impossible for many of the victims
obey without suffering great loss. and they %
pealed for more time to settle their affairs, dsPs
of their property and make preparations for d
parture from their former home. This was refuse
and notice was given that the edict would ~
idly enforced.
ut so happened that Archbishop ireland 70
stopping at my hotel. Meeting him there, IN %
course of conversations we talked Of the Ru'I
edict and the sufferings of the Jews in that cd
pire. Addressing the archbishop, inquired Vne,p
it would be possible, and if so, whether it would
proper, for the pope to exercise his influence ID =
half of Israel. After some discussion Archn''
Ireland resolved to make inquiries at the NauD
The next morning he called upon the cardlnaf
rotary of state, who received him very klndP
offered to submit the question to the pope WIZ
he did with his usual promptness. The nen
| was invited to the Vatican and eImOel
long stairs to the apartments of Leo Nil. II
top story of the enormous building the Holy ''
er listened with great attention and symqalV
my explanation of the case and promised 'n''
the Roman Catholic church had any hn S,.,
whatever with the Russian government, 1t V0u'
Immediately exercised in behalf of the Jews
''By his instructions the Russian diPlOmau',
resentative at the Vatican was sent tor '"' l..
views of the Holy Sec were fully explameo