The Washington times., 1905-03-27
FEARING DEATH,
ARMED TO FIGHT
FOR THEIR LIVES
Odessa Barely Saved
From Frightful Scene
Of Slaughter.
GOVERNOR Is WOUNDED
Hebrews in Defensive Or
ganlzatlon to Resist Op-
preston,
GOVERNOR IS WOUNDED

NEW YORK. March g7.-TAs Tsw1se
Morning Journal - this sssy SseSixe3
this letter ysssszts2y froza ssS 0asssa
correspondent.
We expected s-ecs eree4ale ~ 0.aessa
First rhe revoElzs1saSsns were rlseaHlasss,
q grand Gsnse1serashsfi see Fs,s,sassx r,,
the anniversary es ssts slsersss!srf es sas
serTs Oh see eEaer hand INT sseasras
were rcerarfSg = gesad massacre ess
Jews 10 As Esse& Is q sa1ssSaf Wa2xa ~
ward OF 4 PcrR2as sgrssssss, asaSsisE eaa
g0yer1=gn1 Ene Jews en- cifssiss ssz-e
took al peeeza-oss Cor ea,sir 3sssatsas
They Organized eeneassss Ql armed lslssgt
TO ighS for their Hves al sais w;ss
GOEe quietly bat sseh sisie sri:s@ u e'fe
preparations OF Ehe. eCher
For the eeerar organization 96 z19e
massacre. the azsfl0ria5fs brought e.-frIi
St Petersburg t1e aICi1uF OF lsle 61s5le-.
Def u1ass1Ere. krusilevan. and ei1e grsa1
snr1-SeEz5ce spent more Than a. ve4sS N
this CITY he was. however c9E1aeiiesi
TO leave before the dax of the mas
sacTe- 1t t5ci1 piiacs IN this WY
Governor Ia Wcura
After krusheHanz arrival, Cs41xez.rissf,
Neidgzrt0 RECEIVED numerous aE1tsny-
NOUS letters which warned him ttfn1 he
would STARE efie fate OF Piehxe and
SergiGs If he I'D not send Krugi.eszzs
away The writer's also ri,rsfatsi1s=tf 70
blow up the government buildings. Tnk
letters had the desired effect, and ax.
Friday. February Is. KrGshevan left the
city II WIS known however. that ire
massacre had not been Abandoned. ard
that fl was 10 take place the next day.
You can imagine how we felt As
/ said. the Jews were not idle Every
able bodied Jew was enlisted in the de-
fensiye Organization The ZionIsts had
prepared stores OF arms and supplied
every Jew with gun or other wea pom
we had reyolvers, knives daggers
lances, and knonts. Even women were
armed. The Jewish Social.stic work
ingmen OF the Bund withdrew from the
Tevolutionists and Joined the Zionists
Tor mutual defense. Also students OF
other nationalities mainly of the East
ern races and the Caucasus. have Join
ed us. among them numerous Armen-
1anS and GruzunS
Places for Rendezvous.
I'VE had selected places for rendez.
yous where every jew was TO report al
the first alarm Knowing that It was
to be war. we prepared to care for oul
wounded. The rich Jews opened dua:.
ters for hospitals. and engaged MANY
physicians, nurses, and Sisters o.
Mercy, and prepared a great number o.
band2S Ses
You may be sure that the admins
tratscn would not have had such al
easy job as at Kishenef We wee sur,
OF victory. We had plenty OF hand
grenades ard the slaughter and de
struction would have been frfghtfl1l
While prepared to fight the Jews sen
delegation 10 the governor to ask hin
TO prevent bloodshed. He answered tina
he Enew what was transpiring, but h,
was unable TO interfere. He said tha
as soon as the demonstration began tn
police would be powerless TO preyen
the mob from taking revenge Tor TN
insults 10 the Little Father the Ca
lin other words. stop the demonstra
ZION and there Will be no massacre
Warned the Mayor.
The Jews then went to the mayor
Who is very liberal and sympathetic II,
was warned openly that If q rnassacr.
was permitted the city was doomed. II,
was told that the bIocdshed would b.
worse than IL Tag IN the Caucasus a q.
that the bombs would work fearfu
havoc. The mayor took the h!rt H
vent straight to the governor. and afte
q confer nee they telegraphed 70 ST
Petersburg.
The result was that the manufactur
ers and directors Of ali Industrial con
Germs in Odessa received orders from tn
government 70 call together the work
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