Evening journal., 1903-05-23
CULTIVATED MEN
LED RUSSIAN MOB
So Says Russian Novelist In
Denunciation of Massacre
of the Jews
ARTICLE REFUSED PUBLICATION

He Asks Russian Society That Is Not
Yet Wholly Ruined to Help the Or.
phaned and DesoIate Jews-A seath-
ing Denunciation.
Berlin, May 23.-Maxim Cork, the
Russian novelist. recently wrote an
article on the Kishineff massacre for
a Nijiy Novgorod newspaper, but the
censor refused to allow its publication.
Cork then sent the article to the st.
Petersburg correspondent of the
Frankfort Kleine Presse, which prints
it. The article is as follows:
Russia has been disgraced more
and more frequently of recent years
by dark deeds, but the most disgrace
full of all is the horrible Jewish mas
sacre at Kishineff, which has awaken
ed our horror, shame and Indignation.
People who regard themselves as
Christians, who claim to believe in
Gods mercy, these people on the day
consecrated to the resurrection Of their
God from the dead. occupy the time in
numbering children and aged people,
ravishing the women and martyring
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
unable to wash this blot from the sad
history of our dark country. 1t would
be unjust, and too simple to condemn
the mob. The latter was merely the
hand which was guided by a corrupt
conscience, driving it to murder and
robbery. For it is well known that
the mob at Kishineff was led by men
of cultivated society But cultivated
society in Russia is really much worse
than the people, who are goaded by
their sad life and blinded and en-
thralled by the artificial darkness
created around them. The cultivated
classes are a crowd of cowardly salves,
without feeling of personal dignity,
ready to accept every lie to save their
ease and comfort; a weak and lawless
element almost without conscience and
without shame, in spite of its 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 men,
bers' guilt consists in that not merely
they did not protect the victims, but
that they rejoiced over the murders;
1t consists chiefly in committing
themselves for long years to be cor
cupted by man-haters and persons who
have long enjoyed the disgusting glory
of being the lackeys of power and
glorihers Of lies like the editor Of the
Bessarayetz, of Kishineff, and other
publicists. These hypocrites, with the
name of God on their lips, who preach
in Russian society hatred of Jews, Ar
menians and Firms, today heap abuse
and cowardly calumnies upon the
corpses of those killed through their
influence, and they shamelessly con-
tinue their hateful work of poisoning
the mind and feeling of the weak-willed
Russian society.
ut is now the duty Of Russian so
ciety, that is not yet wholly ruined
by these bandits. to prove that it is
not identified with these instigators
Of pillage and murder Russian so
ciety must clear it's conscience Of part
of the shame and disgrace by helping
the orphaned and desolated Jews.
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
help the Jews"