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massacres. That right we have; let
us exercise It. 1t win be declara-
ton to Russia, to the Gar, and to the
grand dukes, who are directly or In
directly responsible for these crimes,
that the American people and the
House of Representatives Of the
United States sympathize with the
Russian Jews the rame as we would
with any other outraged and down
trodden and oppressed people, and
that we are opposed to these race
crimes and that the ruthless exter-
nina ton Of the Jews in Russia must
cease. II this is all we can do, let
us do Il, and do II quickly; and / be-
lieye that II we do our protest, our
condemnation, and our denunciation
will be heard in st. Petersburg and
that the Russian Government will
quickly see to II that the wholesale
hutchery of Jewish communities Is
stopped. We can not ignore these
crimes against humanity. We can not
escape our duty and our responsible
ity. These innocent victims are our
brothers and our sisters-mankind
throughout the world are one. A great
and continuing crime against one race
is the concern Of all the other races.
Can anyone who believes in the
Fatherhood Of God and the brother
hood Of man successfully deny It?
For mankind are one in spirit, and
one instinct bears along,
Round the earth's electric circle, the
swift fash Of right or wrong;
Whether conscious or unconscious.
yet humanity's vast frame
Through its ocean-sundered fibres
feels the gush Of Joy or shame
In the gain or loss Of one race all
the rest have equal claim.
(Applause)
"Mr. Chairman, I have said that we
do not know one-half Of the truth
regarding the terrible crimes against
the Jews in Russia. The facts az
present are unobtainable. Russia
suppresses them. In the dying throes
of their official power, the cruel and
heartless rulers of Russia have sense
enough to preclude the world from
knowing the awful truth of the I'M
precedented barbarities that are TAX
ing place within their dominions. To
their credit be 1t said that they have
decency enough to be ashamed to let
the light of publicity beat on their
cruel infamies and their infamous
butcheries. But murder will out, and
sooner or later the bright light Of in
vestigation, searching for truth, will
beat upon them more fiercely than
ever. Then, and not till then, will
the awful calamity of the Jews in
Russia be known, and when 1t is
known I predict the revelation will
be the most frightful in the annals Of
time, and the blacklist page in all his
tory.
Mr.. Chairman, my heart goes out
TO the ravished and plundered and OPP
pressed Jews In Russia. grieve with
those who grieve for the dead. l SYM
pathize with the living and the ter
ror stricken. 1 have enlisted with ali
my soul in their cause, and in Con-
gress and out Of Congress l shall do
all that can to aid them to amelio-
rate their condition. am not a bigot
l care naught for creed. 1 have no
race prejudice. / stand for human
fly, and a man is a man, for all that,
to me. l have struggled all my life
to help those who needed help, to
do something to better the conditions
Of the poor and the humble, to aid
oppressed humanity in every land and
In every cline, and TO raise the lowly
and downtrodden to a higher plane
and push them forward a step fur
Their in the grand march Of human
progress. l shall continue my work
along my own lines. l shall never
turn back. I know my duty to my
fellow-man, and II makes no differ
ence to me whether he lives in the
Orient or the Occident-whether he
be Jew or Gentle. In the battle for
the right I can not go far wrong.
There is nothing right but Justice
I appeal for justice for the Jew, and
/ say to all the world that these out
RACES on the Jews in Russia must
stop. I tell you that we can do our
share to stop them. This resolution
offer is only a beginning. Let us
pass It Let us condemn and de-
nounce the massacres Of the helpless
Jews In Russia, and that will accom-