Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-22
RUSSIA AND THE JEWS.

The news from Russia reflects a
deplorable condition. Murder and
robbery are Of daily occurrence.
Strikes add to the confusion. and the
price on food rises. Under the cir
cumstances. tho prediction that the
country will. In a short time. be IN
the grip Of a revolution appears far
from improbable. only, the threaten
cd upheaval will be worse than a
revolution under recognized leaders,
Il viii be anarchy wild and uncon-
trolable. as the raging torrents after
a cloudburst
a Russian correspondent 81 the
Berlin Nation, some time ago, fore
Swallowed the coming storm, IN case
the Donna should be dissolved In
answer to the question, what will be
the consequence he says:
The delegates VIII 90 from house
90 house telling the people, especially
the peasants who are building up the
lreattst hopes on the Douma. how
they have been treated by the govern
ment This will be quite enough 70
rouse r storm throughout the country
and set on foot a popular uprising
such as Russia has never before seen.
We must bear en- mind that the peas
ants have hitherto only spOradically
taken part In the struggle between
the people and The government. In
october. November and December ~
last year Il was only the working men
and the townspeople who took part
in the important events Of that strug-
gle The election campaign has. how
ever. drawn the peasants into the
maclstrom OF political conflict. and the
outcome of the election shows plainly
that the masses are standing and viii
continue 90 stand on the side Of the
New Russia what Will be the next
act IN the national Douma Is therefore
not difficult to predict
To many the constantly recurring
popular onslaughts upon the Hebrew
population appears inexplicable. They
prove. however. 70 what length ignor-
ant people can 70 IN brutality when
inhamed by hig7try and urged on by
vlllalnous agltators Falsehood 81
sometimes a terrible power. Even IN
our own enlightened country We have
seen recent examples Of this A short
time aro a man and a woman told the
city authorities AZ Springfield No.
that they had been nccosted and the
woman insulied 10y two negroes The
negroes Vcrc arrested ana subsequent
rs murdered by one of the most
brutal ~ American mobs II was since
shown that the woman lied and that
tlc man vilfully corrohorated her
ialsehood Another instance has been
brought 20 public notice by the press
dispatches 4 young girl IN an Illi.
n1's town stayed ont late one night
ana being afraid Of chasiisement, told
O. terrible story ~ having been attack
"a hy a negro The negro was ar
rested. ana within O few hours a mob
vfs formed 10 murder him. Before
ihis aas done. however. he Girl under
severe Qucsuoulng. confessed that her
story WAS fiction. Tho mob then skunk
away n uch occurrences can take
place in this country 10 Is not difficult
20 understand how race hatred can
produce mob murders in country
Ike Russia. The Jews have property
Much Of this falls into the hands o.,
me rioters during the confusion at
tending the msssacreS This f. one
q the strong incentives. and We pre-.
sumo some o. tho officials share IN
the plumber and therefore fall TO give
tho victims the protection 70 which
they are entitled
How Ions Ia the rOFld to witness the