The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-06
An Explanation Of Kishineff
Massacre Is Received.
sCZAR'S REPLY TO MESSAGE
Ignorant Peasants Believed that Boy
Was Killed in Accordance With the
Jewish Ritual, and Their Passion
Was Aroused to Frenzy
rEy Associated press.)

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NEW YORK. June 5-The Christian
Herald, In response to cablegran sent
to the Gar asking for an official report
OF the occurrences at Kichineff. has re-
ceived reply from the director of the
Russian Police Department. The reply
follows:
st Petersburg. June 4.-The Christian
Herald. New York:
"Russia's agricultural and laboring
population Is Ill at ease. living the com
mon life with Jewish inhabitants Of wide
ly developed commercial instinct: hence
there is constant an ntagonism, the material
differences in racial and religious char
acter coming to the verge of frenzy at
the least possible occasion.
'.The strained relations existing between
the Russians and Jews of Bessarabia were
made worse by the fact Of finding In an
outlying village murdered Christian boy.
The murder was attributed by the
population to the Jewish ritual habits.
official denials of the ritual murder were
not given credit by the peasants,
who attributed other murders OF Chris
tions In the towns Of Kieff and Kishineft
likewise to tha Jews.
FRENZY. AROUSED.
ION Easter day. IN the market place Of
K1shinetf the workers. while holiday max
ing saw the Jewish proprietor OF q carous-
Ing machine strike Christian woman.
who fell to the ground. letting go hsr
infant baby. The Incident was the imme-
diate cause OF the outburst. The workers
began breaking windows and pulling
down Jewish stores as sign OF protest.
Tho police. who always leave much to
be desired In provincial towns. failed 10
make efiicacious intervention. many thou
sands OF onlookers and holiday makers
approving the riot and hndering the po-
licemens actions
After : 7.ons:rators came plunderers.
the outbreak lasting from In the after
noon to 10 in the evening. and leaving
rine Jewish bodies on the place. Night
brought the disturbances TO an end.
..'On the next day there we're further en-
counters. ard another Christian vas
KILLED. This, says the report. called
forth popular passion In all Its abJect
force and abomination. the Russian peas
ants. when driven to frenzy and e1-
cited by race and religious hatred and
under the Influence OF alcohol. being
worse than the Americans who lynch
l,Gegroes'
GOVERNOR DISMISSED.
The report concludes by saving that
ton, 'the governor, the chief OF police
and some other officials were dismissed
outright. many hundred rioters were In
prison. and hard work in the sihe.taa
mines awaits them. The minister OF the
interior has issued a circular to COVER
no-s all over Russia authorizing them to
make immediate use OF firearms In cases
of anti-Jewish disturbances. The Rus
sian government Is the firstto disapprove
OF such horrid acts OF violence, but 1t
cannot. in compliance with the requests
OF n radical and revolutionary press. give
the Jews new rights OF citizenship as
this would be sure to drive the Russian
nopnlation to new excesses against the
Jews. who are hated by the peasants
with such extraordinary force"