The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-28
CITY CRIES SHAME TO RUSSIA.
MIR. CLEVELAND LEADING IN THE
PROTEST OVER KISHINEFF,
But Urging Moderation In Denunciation
TIL the Guilt OF the Cars Governs
ncnt Be Proveti-Platt Writes-MayOr,
Schurrnar, shepard and Others Speak.

At the mass meeting in Carnegie Hal
last night to voice the indignation of Ameri
can citizens at the massacres in Kishinef
ex.Presideut Grover Cleveland advised
that fairness and Justice be shown the
Russian Government until its completely
in the massacree has been established
Mr.. Cleveland said that no one should &C
cusc Russia without proof and urged the
meeting to trust in the officials Of our Gov
eminent who bear the responsibility OF
our foreign policy to do what is right ir
this case.
At least $500 persons filed every seat
and all the standing room In the big hal
ten minutes after the doors were, opened
Then admission was shut OF. and crowd
which seemed as large as the audience IN
the building was left outside,
When Paul d. Cravath INTRODUCED Mayor
Low as the presiding Officer, the enthusi-
asm which manifested itself all through
cheered ana waved handkerchiefs at the
smiling Mayor for half a minute.
William H. Baldwin. Jr., read letters OF
were unable to attend. These included
the Rev. Drs. Newell Dwight Hills and
! Lyman Abbott. Carl Schurz and Senator
/ Thomas c, Platt
! Senator Plat wrote
| No one could entertain stronger feeling
/ ton Of INTOLERANCE on the par, Of one ad- .
herency OF IA religious system toward the
c '%2St'i that the published reports q re
ou,rases are true. Without KNOWING TIE
6essa or ha he ia
but no one, of course. can for an instant
excuse or tolerate such hagrant disregard
| Of the ethics that ought to be the genius OF
| the brotherhood of humanity.
! In opening the speaking Mayor Low
said in part
About two hundred and fifty years. age
some Spanish and Portuguese Jews found
From that day t., this the Jews have been
made to feel at home II New York until
! jews than any other city i'll the world This
| circumstance gives us warrant to say two
things. opt Of our own experience ir p dns
t t"S s." citizen. and, second, that il treated
/ With kindn ess instead Of with cruelty he
Il se he
such horrors as those of kishin eff.
| States, and there are especial reasons why
Americans think kindly Of her: but not for
hi cause snou,d d Es ee ,ba the %"
| may continue to be true, friends We, beg her
SO to deal with those who are to blame Tor
this shameful outrage as to make it I'M n
within her borders. In freedom, OF ,oRpor-
t nd mot j jew ak has 81
here in New York a cure. for such disturb
ances as those that in Russis have recently y
done for $50 years Russia can do. if she Will
May God put it in to her heart to do 40
The entrance Of Mr. Cleveland aroused
cheers which stopped Mr., Low in the middle
of his speech. The audience. even those
in the top galleries. jumped to their feet,
Cleveland walked to the front OF the plat
form and bowed When the ex-President
shook hands with Mr.. Low the cheering
began again, louder than ever.
Mr. Cleveland read this speech slowly
and with emphasis
counted among those who are In hearty sym
qthE %n the base Called g" ss snseths
to- night grow out of our recognition OF the
promptncs of Christian civilization and our
dutifu DEVOTION to the best and deepest OF
our national characteristics. This dem
onstration furnishes cheering and reassuring
evidence that our American sympathy Tor
the oppressed and abused wherever they may nay
attachment to justice and right are still active
and unimpaired There is another Io hm ef can
national character which is here exhibited
in most gratifying freshness and strength
Our people. when their sym ipa,ine,s are are
challenged and when their hatred OF oppres;
sion is aroused. are not afraid TO speak ana
tn s s%Gs oq esoasy soften MI their Words
Every American humane sentiment has
been shocked by a late attack on the Jews l N
Kussia-an attack murder GUS. atroclous and
the family Of mankind and as citizens Of
fe eel "t that should stir every true man and
every American worthy OF the name. There
is something intensely horrible in the whole
n mcn, Women H and children, Who have been
tactly.. If not expressly. assured OF , SAFETY
the eh q thnss rise to dis
tressng fear that even thu, enlightenment
of the twentieth century has neit ~ br,n ne
nature, nor wholly redeemed the civilized
world from mans inhumanty to man, -,
We and all our countrymen protest. ID IN s .nG
with all the moral force which our American
citizenship gives to us, against these muir
and condign punt shment ought TO be visited
upon their barbarous perpetrators. Nor
Is this Az we will in fashion quite ar. Gis
played when human distress appeals 70 us,
assist the families made headless and robbed
and terrorized and in hunger and want. have
been driven from their homes.
us to on ths us S Of G strong Ian snase and know
how naturally we are tempted to indulge In
overdrawn statements and extravagant de-
mands on such an occasion as this; but am
sure that In our characterization OF the crimes
we here contemplate. and in expressing our
destation of the criminals. we cannot go too
/ desire to avoid sounding discordant
note: but vet cannot refrain from the suR
gestion that the moral effect Of our protest,
and the usefulness of this demonstration,
will not be lessened II we require indubitable
proof before we accuse the Government of
Russia OF guilty completely in the crimes
committed within her borders And 1t seems
to me we may we'll consider the proper re-
lationship between nations before We un-
reasonably demand too pronounced inter-
ference on the part Of our Government.
do not say that the Russian Government
may not, by sins Of comm isson or omission,
be justly, deserving OF our condemnation,
but we should not be swift to assume this,
when we remember that We ourselves have
found il impossible to prevent mob violence
and murderous assaults upon the Oh inese in
Wyoming and the Italians In Louisiana. ]
am distinctly and uneQuivocally In favor Of
informing our Government In unmistak able
terms Of our INDIGNANT and deep condemna-
ton OF the late outra1es upon the Jews In
Russia: but I hope that in, obedience to the
dictates OF American conservatism and mod
Grafton which are never long obscured. We
may be- even now. just and fair. and that we
will be content to foreRo perplexing and
extreme demands upon our Government for
violent action.
Our public servants should hear us speak:
but we certainly ought to be justified In trust
ing the Cnre of our national honor and duty
in the premises. and the enforcement OF the
humane " tinCts Of our people so fur as this
may be within governmer tai action. to those
charged with the respon sihity Of mana ging
our public affairs
IN the meantime let the people Of the
United States. gathered together In such
nssemblages as this in every part OF the