New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
PLANS HEBREW EXODUS.
WANTS $500, 900, 900 FOR 1T.
Physician Offers Part OF Fortune
GottheI for Resistance.

DR.. M. J. Burstein. a well TO DO East sue PuJSi-
clan, Of No i7s Henry-st. sent out circular yes
teraav which IS looked upon as showing the ardor
with which the Jews aiding their russian
brethren. He offers to subscribe tenth OF ms
fortune or s25 600, toward the purchase OF tract
Of land on which to settle all the Jews OF RUSSIA
He called on his coregionists 70 join him IN the
movement This. he declares is the only solution
OF the question of permanent relief of the Russian
Jews
we must raise" says DR.. Burstein mot 100000.
$4,000 ooo or g0o000oo9, but $500, 0ooo
Dr. Burstein says in part in his circular, OF Whch
he is distributing many thousand copies
Help the sufferers is the eTg 2g One m.i9n
sary for immediate reliefnot to let those have
been reduced TO poverty staEve and also help those
gh ~ha pssn dees Gdsea as sa eef
only to relieve the threatening symptom while the
single pail from q spring to keep its bed dry. and
not We esn 5nS a 4ad the Of Panf an in the
States to settle all the Jews of Russia and make T
sss ssstesF Nothing less a9' tsan saa the
fs ons a''Gry PROPOSE OF my r re to ase that
sve up % she Per cent % Of his his
yearly earnings. but of his capital or nus
fos the nea afce ten Tnsn yea 10 G
aid Of good Christians will surely sum up to Gvsf s
with government for the purchase th G snS
numbers / am writing this letter to all the Js"s;
think 1t over. BY all means. let US ACT "I'i4ou'
delay. =, , ro,.aa
I am willing TO subscribe one-tenth OF my posses
sions for the cause at once
Dr rs,,rstai, said last night that he already has
promises OF support for his proposition and hearty
response his apepal
The Socialist party has also become actlVeiE IN
terested in the Russian troubles although its espe
cal interest is In the revolutionIsts The socialists
have sent to several sections of the party an ap-
peal, asking for cooperation in raising fund to
aid the revoutfonists.
The appeal says that the real revolution has be-
gun. and that mere resolutions Of sympathy are
ineffective.
Professor Richard GottheiI, professor of Semitic
languages at Columbia University, speaking last
night before q meeting of the Zionist Society of
Columbia University Earl Hail. said the time
had come when it not exclusively necessary to
apply the funds which being raised TO allay
present suffering, but, he contended, they should
be applied TO taking measures to prevent the re-
currence of the massacres which have so startled
humanity.
Professor Gottheil said the Jewish Defence So
oiety had taken up the work of guarding the He
brews against future attack, and that such steps
they advocated might be those necessary TO
prevent future outrages.
Other speakers were Professor Friedlander, of
the Jewish Theological Seminary and represent
ative of the Jewish Defence Society. committee
of three was appointed to wait President Butler
TO ask permission TO solicit funds in the college
But with all the appeals and meetings. the one
spot where the genuine pathos of the situation is
TO be seen in the Ghetto. 1t Is there that the
outrages on the Russian Jews are fsft more tnaa
in all the country; for its dTellers are some
whose families have suffered at the hands Oh tne
bloodthirsty mob
Another pathetic story told there YESTERDAY;
1t was of Isaac Gilman. nineteen years ola ana
his sister one year his senior. They came TO thls
country from Russian two years age ana m tnae tn
time have succeeded by hard work In saving SlVo.
The news reached the Gillmans few days ago
that their father and mother were among the sur
ir prOu
charecterictic Of Jewish children they went
to the State Bank yesterday, and giving their banR
book to Arnold Kohn. the vtce-president' askea
him to spend their last dollar In bringing thelr
parents to this country.
Mr. Kohn announced yesterday that the contribu-
ions to the relief fund through the state Bank, Tor
the last six days. amounted TO a3,S5s o.
The total amount received yesterday by the Ma
tionai Committee of Relief was s7ssI3 20 This was
received in S67 contributions. from many times tna
number of eontTibutors. making total received
to date OF &43 343 "a. -, 49,. nnr
A. mesting or ths Board OF Jewish Ministers ana
the Union OF Orthodox Congre ations it was re-
solved that December be aside as a day or
rnourning and that other religions be called on TO
mark that day by signs Of mourn!ng and py sucn
other observations as will express their griet'