Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-04
are found in edicts that Ifll volume Of
| 200 pages DR.. Andrew d. White. when he
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are found in edicts that Efll a volume of
200 pages. DR.. Andrew d. White. when he
was ambassador at St Petefsours a lew
years ago, wrote therdepartment that:
THE treatment of the Israelites, whether
good or evil is not based entirely upon any
one ukase or statute. There are said TO pc IN
the vast jungle OF the laws OF TINS eihp ,ae
more than 1909 DEGREES and statutes relat-
ing to them besides innumerabie circulars
open or secret regulations. restrictions, e1-
tensions and temporary arrangements, gen
orally special and local. forming such
tangled growth that no human being can
say what the law. as whole. ts. Least OF
ali, can Jew in any provinces have any
E certain knowledge of his rights" -.
Dr. White then proceeds to recite some OF
the restrictions He says that'Jewsl are not
allowed to hold or even buy, property and
lands, or to take mortgage on lands,l or
to farm land; that they have been crippled
by regulations founded on Old Legislation
which, In the interest Of the servants SOUL
forbade Jew to employ Christian ;serv-
ant on the pain Of death. "A few million
aire Israelites," wrote he, ARE to be found
among the merchants Of the first guild in
some of the larger cities" But in the small
err towns their poverty Is so AFFECT that
they drag each other down, and they are
Obliged to resort to almost anything that
offers in order to Keep soul and body to-
gether. The vast ma jority of them are In
poverty and a very considerable part In
misery-just on the border of starvation.
z. Perhaps the most painful restrictions
are IN regard TO the eOuCatlOn OF their chill
dren. The world over as is we'll known,
Israelites will make sacrifices to educate
their sons and daughters, such as are not
made. save in exceptional cases, by any
other people. They are. as Is universally
recognized, very gifted race. but no mat
ter how gifted a voting 1sraelite may be,
his chances of receiving an educatfo are
very small The Russian universities are
theoretically open to Jews to the number of
per cent of the total number Of students,
but actually in most cases their attendance
is prohibited. DR.. White says that out of
seventy-fives Jews who applied for .admis-'
sion at the University at Dorpat, only seven
were accepted. The education restric-
tons are based upon the theory that IL
Jews were allowed to enter the schools and
universities they would monopolize the
'rned professions
=. "a few Israelites are allowed to become
engineers says DR., White, land they are
allowed to- hold per cent of the positions
OF army surgeons. but no more Is
rael1tes have been admitted to the learned
professions. and have received the rights
OF merchants of the first or second guild
by paying heavy fees and a certain few
artisans have been allowed to reside in GER
tain towns under special permits. and SINH
lar permits been granted to clerks"
DR.. White illustrates this condition by re-
lafing the experience of an eminent Jewish
banker. who had distinguished himself by
rescuing certain great companies from ruin
and by his integrity a4d skill in financial
operations. He waa Permitted, as a special
favor from the goVerument, to employ a
certain number oft.tewish clerks. but Eat
the expiration Of theif passes, say in few
months, all Of them mist leave st. Peters,
burg" The restrictions are not confined
to the practice Of meddtcine. but extend to
Dor, and the Jewish soldier has no chance
or promotion. AS late as 1894 all Jews
were expelled from the Caucasus and from
various other parts ofHussia. and all bank
ers. directors, employees in banks. clerks.
doctors. apethecaTesnan their assistants
from every section fof the empire.
Restrictionsfa s,to Passports.
The regulations which affect the Ameri-
cans more than ansndther are those which
relate to travelers' passports. Russia is
the only country Ia the world except Thu
bet, which all American citizens are not al
lowed to enter. ana to which a passport is
sued by the United States government Is
not recognized. No person Of Jewish birth
or protesting that religion is allowed to
cross the Russian boundary. Every pass
port issued for travel in Russia must con-
tain statement concerning the religious
ialth on the bearer, and all passports must
pc SHOWN at every railway station on the
border and. at every Russian port. The
Russian ambassador at Washington, as
secretary Hay, will wise the passport Of an
american Jew. If he is requested to do so;
put no Jew with any self-respeet Will &C
cepl soch a concession unless the reasons
are imperative. Volumes OF correspond
ence on this subject lie under the dust IN
the archives OF the Department of State.
TOT quarter of a century our Secreta-