Evening journal., 1903-06-02
FOR
JEWS EXPRESSED
(continued From First Page.)

OF the Car of Russia. Ii is hard for
us in free America to understand chat
any body Of citizens, guilty of no
crime. thrifty, God-fearing. charitable.
loving. Industrious people, should not
be allowed the liberty of lOcomotion.
but should be told that they must stay
i'm one corner Of the kingdom while
other subjects roam where they viii.
But / am told it is the case there I
cannot believe that it win remain so
forever. We We're told in the paper
the other day 1 think, perhaps, by
Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador
at Washington-not as an apology (for
/ suppose no man could breathe the
free air of America and then stand up
ond apologize for these atrocities) thai
the Jews had excited the anger Of their
neighbors because they would only en-
gage in trade, and would not engage in
agriculture. There were no farmers or
farm laborers among them. Now, l am
willing to be corrected if l am wrong,
for l wish to speak accurately and ex-
aggerate nothing; but 1 am told that
these poor Jews are not allowed to
lease. rent or own land, and yet we are
told that they are hated because they
do not engage in agriculture. They
are not allowed to practice the pro-
fessions except under certain limita-
tions. They cannot even be poor law
yers without a special permit from
the proper authorities. applause and
laughter). There are better things to
be than a lawyer, but a man does no;
want to be told he cannot be one
(Laughter). 1 understand that they
cannot be tradesmen without a permit
You cannot degrade % man ard
get anything good out of him. If they
are to be made what their Maker in q
tended them to be, then they must have
freedom to develop all the faculties thar
their God has given them. And if the
Car of Russia wants a contented peo
pie; if he wants, in place Of these
morally physically and mentally de-
graded people, which he says the Jews
are, a free, industrious people, then 1
tell him there is one way. and only one
way. in which he can bring that about
and that is, strike off the shaczles from
their limbs, from their minds. from their
hearts. and allow them to work out the
destiny that God intended. Let them be
free. and he will be statesmanship.
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the arts flourish among them and adorn
his empire as no other race has ever
adorned it. Here in America we know
what that race is capable of, and what
it has given to humanity. and con-
tributed to civilization. We would
tell his as his friend-tell him as the
head Of a great country with which we
sometimes say we have traditional
friendship-that II he wants the jew to
be to him what he IS to us, he must
make the Jew free, and he will hook
that race to him with hooks of steel
unite heart, strengthen his empire and
do glory to his race and TO his genera
| ton. (ADplause).
Following Judge Gray, Emanuel
Firth, of Philadelphia, held the atten-
| tion Of the audience for some time
with a strong speech.
Bishop coleman's Tribute.
Bishop Coleman was the next speak
\ er. He apologized for being late on
account of another important engage
ment, but told how glad he was to be
able to speak at the meeting. His ad-
dress was a scholarly one on the situa-