The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18

It Is beyond doubt that the mob which
attacked the Jews at Kishineff was an
organized band led by educated people.
The anti Semitics of Kishineff have sent
out a number OF agitators among the
peasantry to assure them that the car
has issued an order to massacre the Jews. (.
Thus new outrages may be expected at
any moment.
The government inquiry into the case
has been intrusted to one Of the active
leaders of the onslaught upon the Jews.
WashIngton's View.
Washington, May 1S.-None of the: many
resolutions relative to the Kishineff OUT
break adopted yesterday at various places
IN the United States has reached the state
department and the officials have nothing
new before them upon which to proceed e
1t is not known whether further instruq-
tons have been sent to our embassy at S
st. Petersburg. So far the department.
has before it only newspaper clippings,
describing the Kishineff massacre, and it
scarcely feels authorized to move upon
that basis, even if it had the power to
do SO. Admitting desire to investigate
In disregard sof the formal assurance of
the Russian government to Ambassador
Mccormick, the department would prob
ably have to content itself with the sworn
statements of refugees from KishineH
To procure information thru the Ameri-iy
Russia would probably render our diplo-#j
matte agents persona non grata in case
they should cast doubt upon the official
Russian statements. The brief cable
gram from ST. Petersburg this morning
might open the. way for diplomatic ac-
ton on the part Of the United States in
this matter. That statement said the.
Russian government had forbidden the
Jews to arm or defend themselves with
a deliberate purpose Of forcing them to
emigrate to the United States, for no.
where in Europe could they find refuge.
| Such action would be similar to- that
| taken by the Roam anian government upon
which the state department laid down the
| doctrine that the dumping of hordes of.
emigrants likely to prove paupers upon
| their shores was obnoxious to the United
States. In this connection it may be
worth noting. that in spite Of the vigorous
protest against Roumania's action con-
tanned in the state departments circular
note to the powers the Roumanian goV-S
eminent never admitted our right to in
| terfere, even on the basis of immigration,
and conditions continue very much as they
We're SO far as the Jews in Rounania are
| concerned.
Count cassin Explains
Washington, May 1S.-Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, in converse
ton to-day with a representative of the
Associated Press relative to the Jewish
| troubles in Russia, said:
There is in Russia as in Germany and
Austria a feeling against certain of the
Jews. The reason for this unfriendly at.
titllde is found in the fact that the Jews
viii not work in the field or engage in
agriculture. They prefer to be money
lenders. Give Jew couple of dollars
| and he becomes a banker and money
| broker. In this capacity he takes advan-
| tage of the Russian peasant whom he
soon has in his power and ultimately de-
| stroys. It is when the patience of the
peasants is exhausted that a conflict, be-
tween peasants and Jews occurs. Ordi-
narily, the Russian is a very patient man
and 1t Is only natural that he should en-
terrain a feeling of resentment for the
one who has wrought his ruin.
Emperor Nicholas I. sought to help the
/ Jew by ordering the establishment of ag-
ricultural colonies in southern Russia,
1 hoping to induce the Jews to engage in
/ agricultural pursuits instead Of money
I1ending, but the effort was not SUCCESSFUL;
| nor have other projects establishing jew
ish states been successful.
! 1.-THE situation in Russia, so far as the
Jews are concerned is this: It is the peas
ant against the money lender and not the
Russian against the Jew. There is no feel
I ing against the Jew in Russia because of
1 religion. It / sas I have said-the Jews
4 ruin the peasants with the result that con-
ficts occur when the latter have lost all
their worldly possessions and have nothing
to live upon.
There are a good many Jews in Rus
STA, and they are respected. Jewish
4 genius is appreciated in Russia, and the
Z Jewish artist is honored. Jews also APP
pear in the financial world In Russia.
"Do Not Use Arms
London, May 1S-What purports to be
/ a confidential dispatch from the Russian
minister OF the interior to the governor
Of Bessarabia just before the anti-Semi-
tic riots at Kishineff, is printed in this
morning. Times The following is lit
eral translation of this remarkable doct,.
ment: