The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
FEARS SNUB
The United States Finds
Itself Confronting a
Delicate Matter
WILL GO SLOW
ty Handle the Requests of Mass
Meetings Held in Sympathy With
the Prosecuted Jews in Russia
The Russian Government Already
Incensed Mt Public Sentiment in
the United States.

Washington. May 18.-Some Of the
resolutions adopted last Sunday by
various mass meetings and organiZa-
ions respecting the Kischeniff massa-
ere reached Secretary Hay today. They
will all receive careful consideration
and it may be that some way will be
found. though none is now clear. by
which the substance of these resolu-
tons al be communicated to the Rus
sian government as an evidence of the
feeling aroused in the United States. 1t
is both a difficult and delicate task to
approach a nation, and especially one
SO a~utocratic as Russia. on the subject
of internal administration where 1t is
not alleged that direct interests of the
complainant are involved. Nations
reserve for themselves in such cases
the right to absolutely refuse to re-
celve from another a communication in
the nature of a criticism and no mat
ter how desirious the state department
might be of mitigating the lot of the
Jews in BesSarabia, it could not afford
to run the risk of receiving a severe
~' LUZ l al Ue Sdlu lHdC the Qe-
partment is keeping in close touch with
its agents in Russia and is resolved to
lose no opportunity to remind the Rus
sian government, when it can properly
do So of the strong sympathetic inter
est the people of the United States feel
IN the welfare of the Jews.
NO NEED FOR RELIEF.
st. Petersburg, May 19.-The Russian
government has received no repreSen-
tatlonS from the government of the
United States in REGARD to the Kischen-
eff massacres beyond an inquiry,
through Ambassador Mccormick sew
eral days ago whether the money and
supplies which We're being Offered from
ell parts of America for the sufferers
would be acceptable to the Russian
government. The foreign office replied
mat while it greatly appreciated the
American generosity there was no need
Tor relief, as the wants of the mia
OF kischeneff were being looked
after.
There is no doubt that while the Rus
sian officials much regret the Kish-
eneff m~assacres, they equally resent |
what they call the "anti-Russian agi-
tation In America" which they claim
is "femented by the influential En- |
gliSh press"
me report that Lieutenant General =,
Raaben, governor of Kischeneff. Bes-,
sarabia where the massacre of Jews !
occurred a month ago. had been dis |
missed by the Car is confirmed. The !
imperial dismissing the generaII
is dated May 18th.
LONDON JEWS INDIGNANT.
London, May 19.-The Jews of Lon-I
don are very indignant at the asser-
ton of Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador at Washington that the
troubles at kischeneff We're the out
OF the usury of the money len
ders. The editor of the jewish World
offers to give $3.50 to any American
institution named by Count
if the latter can substantiate
his assertion TO the satisfaction of
three Americans standing in the Unit
States.
DOUBLE THE NUMBER KILLED.
London, May 19.-The under foreign
secretary. Lord Cranborne. was asked
n the house of todayf for in
on the massacre of Jews at
IAlschenef, B~eSSarabia, a month ago.
The secretary in reply placed the total
number of killed at about double the
number given in the official Russian
report. Otherwise the facts did not
dlffer from those already published.
GOVERNOR ASSASSIN.TED.
Ufa, European Russia, May 19.-
Governor BpgdanOvitch was instantly
killed today by two men in the town
park.