Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
CORK ON MASSACRE
Russian Writer Condemns
 Cultivated Society.
4 CROWD OF COWARDLY SLAVES.
Russia Has Bean Disgraced by Atro- cious Acts Which Have Avak- ened Horror and Indignation
 Thr0ughout tine World.

0iOus Acts Which Have Awak- ened Horror and Indignation Throughout tine World.
 BERLIN, May 23. - Maxim Gorlxi, the Russian novelist, recently wrote an Mini Novgorod newspaper, but the censor refused to allow its publication. Gorki then sent the article to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Frank furt Rleine Presse, which prints it as follows: t
 Russia has been disgraced more and more, frequently of recent years by dark deeds, but tho most disgraceful of all Is the horrible Jewish massacre at Kishineff, which has awakened horror, shame and indignation. People who re- gard themselves as Christians, who claim to believe in Gods mercy and sympathy, these people on the day con- secrated to the resurrection of their God from the dead occupy the time in numbering children and aged people, ravishing the women and marrying the men of the race which gave them Christ.
 "Who bears the blame of this base crime which will remain on us like a bloody blot for ages? We shall be un- able to wash this blot from the sad history of our dark country. It would be unjust and too simple to condemn tho mob. The latter was merely the hand which was guided by a corrupt conscience, driving 1t to murder and robbery, for it is we'll known that the mob at Kfshineff was led by men of cultivated society. But cultivated soct- ety in Russia is really much worse than the people, who are goaded by their sad life and blinded and enthralled by the artificial darkness created around them. The cultivated classes are 8 crowd of cowardly slaves, without feel Ing of personal dignity, ready to accept every lie to save their ease and com fort, weak and lawless element with out conscience and without shame in spite of it's elegant exterior.
 Cultivated society is not less guilty of the disgraceful and horrible deeds committed at Kishineff than the actual murderers and ravishers. It's mem- bers' guilt consists in that not merely they did not protect the victims, but
 
 1t consists chiefly in committing them selves for long years to be corrupted by man haters and persons who have long enjoyed the disgusting glory of being the lackeys of power and the glorifiers of lies like the editor of the Bessarayetz of Kishineff and other publicists. These are the real authors of the disgracefuI and awful crime of Kishined.
 "To all the shameful names hitherto given to these repulsfve men must be added another and the we'll deserved one of instigators of village murder These hypocrites with the name of God on their lips who preach in Rus sian society hatred of the Jews, Ar menians and Films today heap base and cowardly calumnies upon the sorpses of those killed through their influence, and they shamelessly contin- ue their hateful work of poisoning the mind and feeling of the weak willed Russian society.
 Shame upon their wicked heads! May the fire of conscience consume their decayed hearts, covetous only of lackeylike honors and slavishly obse- quious to power!
 ''Tt is now the duty of Russian so- ciety that is not yet wholly ruined by these bandits to prove that 1t is not identified with these instigators of pill lage and murder. Russian society must clear its conscience of part of the shame and disgrace by helping the or phaned and desolated Jews and assist ing these members of the race which has given to the world many really great men and which still continues to produce. teachers of truth and beauty in spite of its oppressed condition Tn the world.
 Come. therefore, all who do not want themselves to be regarded as the lackeys of the lackeys and who still retain their self respect-come and helD the Jews"