The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-19
THE CARS UKASE on THEJEWS
A Deceptive Document Legaiizing Past
Injustice.
From the Jsrtsh Chronicle.

From the Jsuish Chronicle.
The new ukase In favor Of the Jsvs, h
which apparently important concessions arr
made as to their residence and trading. mus,
not be regarded Of any value to the prosecuted
jews OF Russia, or as anordina any rela1a-
ton OF the Ignatieif May laws. The ukase il.
In fact. only q ruse to secure the support Of
Jewish 1nanccrs on the Continent to the
hotation OF the huge Russian war loan about
to be issued Under the provisions OF the new
ukase the only Jews who will be allowed TO
settle or TO rent premises outside the towns.
that is to say In the agricultural districts n,
the pale. will be merchants OF the first guild
and post guild working artisans, and dis.
charged soldiers and Jews who have passed
course of higher education. All these cate
Rories would constitute an insignificant pro.
portion of the whole Jewish popul alton and
would comprise just those who, from their
position as merchants. artisans, graduates
and retired soldiers. would not desire 10 en-.
gage In rustic pursuits or to reside in the
country districts. The millions OF Jews who
were driven by the May laws from the vii.
lagos and hamlets OF the pale into it's crowded
towns and cities. and deprived OF the land
which they had cultivated all their lives. re-
main untouched by this delusive ukase
As 10 the extension Of the rights OF tradins
conferred by the new law. IL is dlficult To ses
who will derive benefit from the supposed
extension. or, indeed. whether any extension
is intended. Jews who possess liberal higher
education" presumably araduates) are not
very numerous. seeing that for about fifteen
years no university or high school has been
all lowed to have more than per cent Of Jew.
ish students. and seeing that lately many Of
these centres Of learning have been closed
as suspected OF revolutionary tendencies
Moreover. grady are not likely to b
anx ious to carry on business" As far a.
one can understand the complicated new
regulation, few exceptional first guild mer-
chants OF long standing may set UP buki-
ness in any part OF the empire outside the
TO Jews now serving in the army OF the Far
oession. for II the Jewish soldiers survive
close Of the campaign. and IL they perish the
uka VII not pc Of great service to them.
sud s4e 9e Ssre the .ha st and sO.d
towns for business as long as they do not
stay more than three months in any one place.
had, subject to police regulations and thoss
Of the second guild could always obtain the
right by administering the usual brides.
the ukase. it must be observed that applying
as 1t does, solely to very limited CLASSES o.
jews. merchants of the. first and second
and manufacturers, and soldiers still serving
in the Far East, that effect. II any. viii never
the mass q 0TI EsssP
for the past twenty;three years been unable
TO do business outside the pale OF settlement
and even there been subjected to ali the
prosecutions resulting from the May laws.
The last paragraph OF the ukase II q thor.
ough specimen Of Russian lawgiving, for n
renders nugatory all that precedes It. II
seems to have been added BY some Official
who thought the concessions In the body
OF the ukase dangerously liberal. for II L.
galizes and maintains In force all orderJ
heretofore made by the central courts which
prevented the free movement Of the Jews,
aleven should they have been issued literally
In other words. the new ukase y TO be With;
out prejudice toSpld and illegal decisions Of
the tribunals. Moreover. as the new refu-
lations do not apply to districts in which
special regulations exist for the circun-
scription OF Jews, that is. for the prevention
Of their free movement this last paragraph
means that the Jews for whose bsnsns
the ukase Is made are still 10 be subject TO
all the vexatious rules. exactions, and s1-
tortions Of the local police.
II the Russian Government desires TO secure
the sympathy Of Jewish capitalists In reesrd
to their gigantic war loan-and 1t II dimcnt
to imagine any jew. and stu less any British
Jew. favoring q Russian investment aA ths
present juncture-it cannot be BIZ such
will % the wisp as the ukase Just published.
To have any effect on Jewish temper o fees-
ing. there can be but one ukAso, the conn
plets and unreserved abrokat10n q The haee"
full May laws and OF ths pdls e 900 lsvs
based thereon