New-York tribune., 1905-11-21
" ANT JEWS TO BE ARMED
Defence Sentiment Spreads Among
Those Working for Relief Here.

'If the voice of President Roosevelt could stop
the massacres in Russia, it would l can say. have
been raised long before this" These words were
uttered by Oscar 5. Straus, at meeting of Ma
tiona Committee for the Relief of the Jewish Sur-
ferers In Russia, held yesterday afternoon Tenn
pei Emanuel, over which he presided.
At the meeting the strong undercurrent OF senti-
ment among the Jews for the arming of the He
orews in Russia crept out and the enthusiasm
with which its mention received showed that
the movement is spreading
Even Jacob H Schin treasurer of the commit
tee and one of the conservatives while taking
sion to deny any connection with the Jewish De-
fence Association, said:
Of course If the Jews had been armed so that
they could have defended themselves against the
hs 0os na tne number OF massacre victims would not
At meetng. last night of the Jewish Defence
The suggestion, of the Rev, DR.. Maurice. II.
Harris to the chair at the NATIONAL committee
tian business and professional men & for aid to the
sulzberger secretary of the committee. who said:
While we will gladly receive financial assistance
from our Gentle friends, common decency forb1ds
our going further. If the consciences Of the Chris
tian people have not yet been sufficiently awakened
TO assist in this great work, should not put our
selves in the position of begging for aid. We must
Mr. straus. however, In his address in opening
the the meeting, stated that in many committees the
the corrections and contributions to the fund. He
particular the good work they had done
Nj Straus said that responses have been re
ceiyed from 262 cities OF the 454 appealed TO- Con-
tTi6utions have come from every State from
The catastrophe to the Jews in Russia was
even more dreadful than at first supposed Eighty
supposed were de7a2tated st He exhBed photo
graphs which he received yesterday, depicting the
odessa.
the he d rS be o
the number of dead at 1900 and 100000 wounded
law, Vengeance is mine and as for the living
Nv Scbiff reod oablo ajS0atcb rrbjnb no se1t
yesterday to Sir Samuel Montagu chairman of the
relief lief committee mn in London ri It S read on o
We urge not to accumulate too greatly, but rather
istins distress Keep strict supervision over dis
bursements to enable eventually full accounting to
Judge Greenbaum, of the Supreme Court urged
that the committee cease not its laoors when SlOol
than was believed when this maximum amount was
That the $1,000 900 will be soon reached there
is now no doubt f, The go total collected up to noon
Additional contributions announced yesterday
amounted to s63,56 % Several of the trades com
national committee These additional subscriptions
At the enthusiastic though somewhat turbulent
meeting held by the Jewish Defence Association
was decided to distribute the collections between
the Ziohists. the Jewish Bund and the defence fund
nent iTSs crganiaaton tor About $50 delegates Of the
sentative element and are opposed to the general
arming OF the Jews in Russia
The sentiment in favor of placing in the hands
of the prosecuted Jews the means of self-defence
preGominated. however, and within fifteen minutes
S3 600 had been contributed toward the arms fund.
like amount was contributed for the r. rehef M @ fund
ing address:
The history of every people shows that they have
defended themselves against their oppressors Snail
Jews be the only people in the world who
shall not fight when attacked? This is to show our
herolsm and not our humanitaranism
Another of the speakers said: The Jews must
learn 10 use arms"
There was a determined opposition to the adop-
ton Of the resolutions by members Of the Bund
The defence element, however, carried its point
The resolutions said that the National Defence
Association would take immediate steps toward the
organization in Russia of permanent natonal
committee for the sef-defence of the Jewish people,
Other Jewish societies in the United states Will
be asked to join In the movement
The Hebrew public school teachers OF TINS city
for the defence fund.
The principal contributions TO the general fuhu
yesterday were: