New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

memory Of its latest wrongs There is scarcely a
tenement house over in the crowded Ghetto which
has not inhabitant who knows from personal
experience the meaning Of anti-Semitc riot
Garry to them the tidings of another outrage, of
fresh outbreak in Odessa. in Kherson some other
Russian city. and you will be supplied with vivid
details of the affair, for Rumanian and Russian
Jew alike know the meaning of that fatal fury
against the Hebrew.
The passion of the prosecutors and the agony of
the victims in Kishinef have passed. but over on
the East Side there remains q lasting evidence in
the minds and in the character OF the people Of
this affair. This month the Jewish population of
this city celebrated the Fourth of July as It was
never celebrated by their race or by alien born
race before Their celebration, memorable in it's
way. that with the grim contrast of Kishi-
nef behind and truer comprehension Of the
difference between American liberty and Russian
oppression had come the immigrant Jew.
Never before in my life have I such
national holiday among my people in this country,
said prominent East Side Hebrew. "On that day
the Russian born outdid the American in the OBJ
servance OF Independence Day. Nowhere in Amer
lea was there such enthusiasm. and nowhere else
in this city there many flags, colors and
fireworks the lower East Side On Memorial
Day there met at the Educational Alliance
eight hundred Russian Hebrew immigrants to OBJ
serve the holiday in a manner never before known
on the East Side. Under the stimulus Of Kishineff
the Hebrew is emerging from past darkness into
the clear light of American life and grasping the
true meaning OF American institutions and tradi-
tons never before"
It is not without interest, therefore in view Of
the far reaching effect OF Kishinen on the Ghetto
10 glance for a moment at the East Side and trace
the change in public opinion under the influence
OF the great racial calamity recently befaen their
brothers in Europe. Before the English press had
caught even a whisper of the tragedy the East
Side had heard the news 1t is recorded that rumors
Of Waterloo reached Paris and London long before
a messenger could traverse the distance lying be
tween either capital and that famous battlefield
similarly, the rumor OF Kishineff outran all modern
communication, perhaps outstripped cable and
steamship It was whispered in East Broadway
long before it was authentcaly proclaimed in Park
Row.
Forty-eight hours after the first rumor came
Jewish playwright had completed and placed on
East Side stage drama portraying the massacre
Four weeks before the exact details OF carnage
were known in the Gentle world OF America a por-
trayal, later recognized marvellously accurate.
was night after night presented thousands Of
Jews the East Side.
You may doubt the statement that KshineG
conditions were foreshadowed accurately in that
drama" said DR.. David Blaustein of the Educa-
uonal Alliance. Let illustrate In that play
the Governor OF Kishinen represented
weak man, and the whole responsibility OF the
melting of the riot laid the bishop. Won
Plewhe was represented as sending circular 10
bishop and governor alike. permitting three days
Of massacre; finally the people depleted sack
ing a synagogue. burning the scrolls of the law
and throughout acting with the evident belief that
they were fulfilling the will OF the Car. When
the full story I the author OF the
play and asked:
How could you prophetcally picture that
massacre?'
All said he. it was to me as if I saw it all.
for twenty-one years ago. a child I II all
in the fearful days OF riot in Odessa There Is no
Russian Jew who cannot imagine such a massacre;
his memory is like musical instrument on which
you have but to touch the keys and music comes
The dramatic presentation OF the Kishinen mas
sacre shows the first appeal OF the AFFAIR TO De
emotions of the East Side. In structure this play