Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
Anti-Jewish outrages in Russia
To the Editor of The Evening Star:

To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
Mephisto is rampant! The evil spirit of
gone-by ages melting man against his
brother and spreading in its wake death
and destruction Is again raging in all its
horrible aspects. That superstitious belief
of barbaric tendency. which caused pagans
to accuse the early Christians of employ
ing human blood for ritual purposes and
which subsequently made the Jew a prey
to wild outbursts OF brutal masses in al
most every age and country, is now again
playing havoc in darkest Russia The cable
is now busted with transmitting to US the
tragic scenes enacted in the city of Kish-
injev on the ground of the old blood accu-
sation,' the results of which are: Hun
dredS of Jews dead and many more injured
and crippled for life, while thousands of
hitherto prosperous families are destitute
and in dire dismay. The place now pre-
sents most appalling sight. Carnage,
plumber. confagration and defilement have
combined to form pandemonium which
even fiction would be incompetent to paint
1t is true, the unfortunate victims in the
case are neither Armenians, nor Macedon-
fans nor any other, save "only Jews" the
natural, everyday scapegoat! Yet I shall
venture to question: VIII the European
civilized nations all remain silent at the
outrage? VIII the entire western world toll
crate such deviltries? viii not the cry of
innocent blood awaken the heart of hui
mainly to rise In just demonstration against
this most shocking barbarsm? VIII the
true Christian spirit admit of such repeated
crucifixion of the Jew? Will human dig
nifty and the enlightenment Of the twentieth
century prevail? 1t is a well-known fact
that the masses in Russia will not be
tempted to pillage and murder of the Jews
before the evil spirit descends from
the upper spheres. and they were instigated
by newspapers Of official or semi official
character, cush as the Novoye Vremja,
Kiyerlianfn, etc.
The cause Of the trouble in Kishinjev, in
brief is follows: In Dubasor. nearby
town, there was recently found murdered
Christian boy, just a few days prior to
the Jewish passover festival And though
there Is the strongest suspicion that the
murder was committed by relatives who
had an interest in the removal Of the lad
from the way of an intended inheritance,
yet the SuperStitiouS masses are easily in
stigated against Jews while they receive
every encouragement from higher spheres.
The anti-Jewish outbreaks resulted.
The appeal sent out by the K1shinjev re-
lief fund committee for the amelioration of
the suffering living victims left in wretch
edness and starvation has already found an
echo in the hearts of all American Russian
Jews and moneys are being forwarded with
all possible speed to the New York central
committee and thence cabled forthwith to
Kishinjev. In this city. too, a committee
was at once appointed to make the neces-
sary collection, and today upward of 800
is being sent off to the New York central
committee
A noble example was furnished last night
by the Young Peoples Union of Zion,|
who have readily and unanimously respond
ed to the appeal by an appropriation OF
SIS from the unions treasury and the
starting of a collection from It's individual
membership. These will also be forwarded
Immediately. The Young Peoples Union
will also get up some affair, the proceeds
to go for the same purpose.
JULIUS T. LOEB