The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-02
PROTEST OF
LEADING MEN
City Stirred by Infamous Cru
city in Russia.
VERY STRONG PROTEST
Eloquent Addresses by Governor Mon
..gue and Others--Resolutions to
Be Sent to Secretary Hay
at Washington.
VERY STRONG PROTEST

More than a thousand representative
citizens OF Richmond, including the GOV
ernor OF the State and ministers anu lay-
men Of all creeds and walks IN lie, satn-
cred Sunday afternoon In mass meetn &,
and as with one voice recorded an empha-
tic and Indignant protest against lie
Russian government for apparently per-
uniting and commencing the horrible
massacre Of Jews SO recently accom-
plished at kishineff.
The direct outcome of the meeting was
strong series of resolutions, to be com
rnunicated at once TO the Secretary OF
State of the United States government.
Efforts were made to have embodied IN
this paper formal request for the recall
s of tho present Russian ambassador Mt
Washington, Count Cassini, but the Of
fort was discouraged. and the great gath
bring contented itself with formally eS-
pressing Its horror at the savage and
bloody persecution which has startled the
world. AS finally and unanimously
adopted. with thousand loud-volced
ayes, the resolutions read as follows:
Whereas, authentic accounts have been
received of horrible and unprovoked mas
Sacres OF Jewish people in the city OF
erishineff. in the Russian province of
Bessarabia; and
Whereas, the savage outbursts appear
not only to have been unrestrained by
The officials. but even to have been con-
hived at by the representatives of the
Russian government; and
Whereas. the6e tragedies are so appal-
ing and heartrending as to make civill-
ration stand aghast and humanity to be
outraged and stirred to its profoundest
depths: be It,
Resolvtd That we. the citizens OF
Richmond, Va, irrespective of creed, have
heard with intense sorrow and indignation
3he accounts Of the shocking and brutal
atrocities that have been committed
pgainst the Jews at Kishineff. Russia.
i by an ignorant and misguided populacc.
III Resolved, That. as citizens of repub-
Tic where freedom sits enthroned and re-
ligious liberty is enshrined in the hearts
of every true American. we protest
against the persecution, the fanatic vo-
}enoe. and the savage shedding of inno-
cent blood. We protest against the spirit
{; Of medieval persecution which exists In
parts OF the Russian empire, and we de-
nounce these outrages as a stain upon the
civilization of the twentieth century.
Resolved, That we sympathize with
pur fellow-ciuzens of the Jewish faith
In their grief and anxiety because of the
undeserved affllction which has befallen
their co-religionists In Russia; and
Resolved. That we urge our government
at Washington to act in the name Of
common humanity by sending to the
Russian government remonstrance
against these occurrences; that it be
made known to that government that the
recurrence OF these bigoted and tyranni-
cal incidents will place her without the
pale OF civilized nations.
81 Resolved That a copy OF these reso-
lutions be printed In the daily papers and
copy sent to the Secretary of State
of these United States.
VICE-PRESIDENTS SIGN.
Appended to the resolutions. which will
nd rv,n ~ ~
be the names of the gentlemen who acted
as vice-presidents. The list, which In
cudes the names OF many we'll known
gentlemen, is as follows,
Messrs. Julius Straus, Judge. Samuel b.
Witt, John M. Higgins, Charles Hutzler,
Judge Daniel Grinnan, William NJ Tur-
pin. S. l.. Bloomberg, L. r. Morris.
Charles H. Phillips, NJ. q. Marcuse, Judge
George l. Christian. James NJ Boyd, T.
Archibald Cary. P. Whitlock, Judge Ed
mund Waddll. Jr., John Garland Pollard,
NJ. spiegel Joseph L. Levy, Judge B.. r,
Wexford, j. H. Johnson. Marx Gunst.
Ralph Levy, N. Cohen. Judge Beverly T.
Crump, Dr.. Moses D. Hoge, Jr., H. Brett
stein, "A: Gellman. DR.. H. H. Levy. Dr.
John A. cHgErtis, L. Dettelbach, H. s. Bins
wanger. a.. von'N. Rosenegk, Isaac
Cohen. Joseph .Weinstein, ]. THOMPSON
Brown 3. w. Fleishman, p. Raab,. Gen.
eral A. l. Phillips, John B. Purcell, Leon
Wallersteln, Moses Thalhlmer, John Muir.
ply, Judge L. L. Lewis. Otway 8. Allen,
Philip Levy, Henry L. Cabell, I. II,
Kaufman. H Theodore Ellyson. Judge
T.. Carter Scott. David c. Richardson,
JohP c. Easley Judge J. IT, Ingram. II.
selaon Taylor. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIII
The Meeting.
Tho meeting was held at $3.50 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon In the Bijou Theatre.
which had been donated for the purpose.