The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-05-28
CRUEL TREATMENT OF RUSSIAN JEWS
HAS SHOCKED CIVILIZED WORLD

tx Relative to the massacre Of tn
Jews in Russia correspondent says
"A reliable person who visite'
Kishineff two days after the massa
ere declares that the, riots occurred
on Wednesday and Thursday Of tn
orthodox Easter week. The pretex
alleged but one that has been dis
proved, was a ritual murder.
I'm some instances revolving cruel
ties were committed upon men, womer
and children. One hundred and sew
enty.fve Jews were killed outright
and Of the 1856 wounded sixty after
ward succumbed to their injuries
making a total Of 235 murdered.
THAT the outbreak was wholly anti
Semitic was evident, since the Chris
tlans were unmolested.
Two Cossack regiments reached
here on Friday from a distance. Mar
tial law was proclaimed, and the SOL
diers arrested several hundred rioters.
Quiet was Immediately established.
"The Jews had fled in all directions,
many Of them half clad and without
shoes"
London, May Founder Foreign
Secretary Cranborne was asked in the
house of commons for information on
the massacre Of the Jews at Kishineff
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 differ from those al.
ready published. Lord Cranborne
added
According to the government in.
formation the disturbances grew out
Of the murder Of Christian lad,
which was, wrongly attributed to the
Jews. The latter retaliated on their
assaiants, and the result was an at.
tack on the Jews by a mob on Easter
Sunday and Monday, in which 1t Is
believed about hundred Jews lost
their lives and many more were In
jured."
The official announcement from St.
Petersburg May II said that forty-fve
persons were killed and 424 were in
jured during the massacre,
New York, May 2O.-On the steam.
ship Furnesia, which arrived here
from Glasgow, was Abraham Wolov-
nick, the first refugee to land here
from Kishinef, Russia, the scene Of
the butchery of Jews on Easter Sun
day and on number of occasions
since that day. In an interview
Wolovnick said that there had been
no exaggeration in the newspaper &C.
counts of the anti-Semitic atrocities.
1T was more frightful than can
picture to you in words" he said
THE attack came upon us suddenly.
Everybody a moment before had been
smiling and happy. Fathers, mothers
and children had been to their re-
spective synagogues.
"As nearly as l was able to learn,
the onslaught was begun by some one
saying: Let's have fight with the
Jews.
"Straightway the cry was taken up
and the massacre was begun. 1t was
undoubtedly prearranged affair, for,
starting in the center Of the city, the
attack spread to all quarters with re-
markable spontaneity,
In few minutes the scene was
one Of bloodshed and death. Without
any weapons to protect themselves,
the people attacked had to flee for
their lives, but as you know, all were
not successful. When left sixty-eight
were dead in the streets, while, be-
Iieve, others were lying in cellars,
where they had been surprised and
1.-The scene was horrible-men,
women and children were attacked
and their bodies dismembered. | saw
| number Of limbs lying about the
streets. Not content with spreading
leath on every side, those who waged
var against us rushed into the syna.
,ogues and destroyed everything they
,ould find. In addition homes we're
entered md all our furniture was
mash AZ
There was no protection to us by
be police or soldiers. The police were
ontent to and by and see the scene
f havoc and death, and no soldiers
we're permitted to come to our aid.
thousands Of Hebrews found refuge
n the home Of Christians, who gave {
hem shelter at the risk of their own {
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