Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-09
JEWS HORRIBLY OPPRESSED
They Are Not Allowed to Exist Un-
der Sanitary Conditions
in Russia.

It was recently mentioned In the
London Telegraph that the Russian
medical congress, which met at St
Petersburg at the end Of January. was
dissolved by the police, on the ground
that It trenched upon politics when II
resolved that regular and systematic
campaign against tuberculosis could
only be carried out in Russia on con-
dition that personal freedom and the
freedom Of speech of the press and OF
meetings were granted" Such free
dom as that suggested does exist in
theory. so far as hygienic propaganda
are concerned. It is possible to de-
liver lectures on ventilation or on the
best method of keeping dwellings
clean. but whenever any systematic ef-
fort of this sort is made the organ
izers Immediately fall under the sus-
picion. Of the police. These benevo-
lent and charitable endeavors are
ascribed to some political motives. and
q scientific lecture on sanitation may
land Its author in Siberia.
The special correspondent of the
Lancet writes: Worse than this. how
ever. was to follow. The medical men
had not only the audacity to demand
that their freedom to teach the laws
of health should be absolutely guaran-
teed. but they actually touched upon
the burning question Of the treatment
Of the Jews. BY the Laws Of May
which Emperor Alexander III. signed
on May 3. 1892, the Jews were no
longer allowed to reside in villages,
but only in towns or burgs. The po-
lice were apparently left to decide
whether a place was village or a
burg. II they chose to call 1t vii
lage. then the Jews might be driven
out in "a hours. Thus. for instance.
in 1895 all the burgs of the provinces
ot Poltava and Tchernigoff were de-
clared to be villages. and the Jews
had to leave in "a hours. The re-
suits of this unnecessary haste are ap-
palling.
THE Jews have to sell their prop
erty at O ruinous sacrifice, and thus
poverty is added to the overcrowding
Of the shettos in which they are COM
PEELED to live. The vice governor oil
Kshineff some time ago gave orders
FOR the evacuation Of burg which was
to be qualified as a vii
lage. The subordinate who lived on
the spot Immediately requested that
this rigorous measure might be be de-
as a severe epidemic Of small
pox prevailed at that time.
This very natural protest was. how
ever. unavailing. The Jews were all
forced out of their houses. and. wheth-
sr i'll or In good health. they were
together into carts and driven
INTO Kishineff. 1t was mid-winter.
Many of the children died on the road,
Ind the epidemic Of smallpox was in
reduced into the town Of Kishineff.
Then there are laws which forbid
he Jews to battle in lakes or rivers.
Tor are they allowed to 60 to seaside
to sanitariums. or to
mineral wells. The congress. therefore.
,assed a resolution demanding that pa
tents, even II they are Jews, should
10 allowed to seek the benefit Of such
places.
AT present a Jew may not live In
he more healthy or suburban parts
Il his town, but must inhabit the
ghetto; though his life might be saved
" a change of air. still he must remain
n his ghetto. II he desires to seek
he advice OF a medical practitioner
rho lives in some other town he can
lot do so unless he first obtains spe-
ial authorization from the police"
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