The Jewish outlook., 1905-09-08
FOREIGN
Massacres in Russia.


the most horrible and atrOciOus massacre or
Jews that has occurred in the Russian prov
inces since that of Kishineff The massacre
occurred at Balystok, city of $4,000 inhab
itantS, three-QuarterS OF them Jews, fifty
miles southwest of Grodno. Drunken sol
diers, purposely given vodka to arouse their
most brutal instincts, paraded up and down
the principal streets shooting and bayonet-
ing men, women and children, entering
houses and killing and rObblng the Occu-
pants. The number of killed and wounded
exceeds 600. The majority of the victims
were shot in the back, showing that they
were fleeing from the madly-drunken sol
diers. The wild savagery of the troops was
almost beyond belief The police joined in
the riot of slaughter with the soldiers. Where
the wounded were not dispatched they were
tortured by the refusal of the soldiers to per-
NIT surgeons to attend them. The cOrpses
of women and children, ruthlessly shot down
in their homes and in the streets, were hor-
rbly mutilated. The full horror of the mas
sacre will never be known, as details have
been smothered in the official reports, which
blame the Jews for the attack. Many OF the
details of the massacre and rioting cannot be
printed. Women and young girls were
treated with nhuman barbarity. There was
no effort the part of officials to stop the
massacre until the soldiers were stated with
blood.
A letter written on the day the Massa-
ere, August 18th, by merchant OF Baly-
stok to his two sons in Chicago is as follows:
MY Dear Children-The outlook is critical
for the Jews of Biaystok, and live in
constant terror. A day two of peace
seems like year. Once again the mob has
broken out against the Jews, and the sub
urbs in state of fear. All the Jews
who can are leaving. But where can we go?
We have no place in all Russia, my chill
dren, to go to, save the great sea. In Baly
stok our situation has become very grave by
reason of the false accusations they are
spreading against u.s. They accuse us OF
putting poisoned candy around the streets
for the children. These lies came from Met
lanko, the chief of police, greatest of all the
Jewbaiters. Our hearts are heavy with sor
row and fear for what may follow We do
not dare to show ourselves the
about the parks. We hasten our business SO
as to be out little in the streets. Business,
in fact, is paralyzed. There is talk of form
ing a guard to protect our homes. Only God
knows what is coming; must write no
more"
Paris.-FOr ten days the town of Girdj
in Bessarabia has been the scene of a Jew
ish massacre according to reports that just
reached here to-day. The outbreak has been
accompanied by plllaging in the Jewish quar-
ter. Shops and houses have been devastated.
The police, the reports say, have directed
the pillagers and encouraged the work OF de-
struction. Left without protection many OF
the Jewish residents who escaped slaughter
have fled in terror from the town. The num-
Der already killed is not estimated. A gen
eral massacre of all the remaining Jewish
inhabitants of Girdj is expected.
Vienna.-Dispatches received here from
the Crimea tell of another outbreak
against the Jews in southern Russia, in
which upward of fifty Jews were killed. The
scene of the latest outrage was Kertch, in