Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-16
But Mr.. Mcpermott says;


But let us take the story as Il Is
generally taught. Let US suppose thar
rabble. melted hy the priests made
enough noise TO induce Pontius PLATE
10 pronounce judgment OF death. How,
In the name Of common sense does this
place the crucihxiou upon the Jewish
race? When a mob lynchcs a prisoner
IN New Jersey or Delaware or South
Carolina We DO not say that the victim
was lynched by the American people
Here we fully agree with the gcntlc-
man. No matter what WAS done or In
cited 10 be done by Jewish people and
their chief priests and elders at tina,
remote period. no excuse can be found
therein for the atrocities perpetrated
by protesting Christians upon the He
brews Of the present day. But while
In seml-civilzed regions commit out
RACES upon innocent Jews. under the
impression that they are In some man.
ner. because OF their race, responsible
for the shedding OF innocent blood and
opposition TO Christs mission and doe
trine, We do not regard the ant-semitic
furore that RACES IN many places as at
trlbutable TO that cause.
IT IL race prejudice. II has been
fostered through many centuries. The
influence gained by wealthy Jews
among the nations through usury mas
been the cause Of much antpathy AMI
has led to many atrocities. Except IN
the most advanced christian" nations
the Jew is a marked Individual. and en-
nifty against him has been bred In the
blood of the Gentiles. 1t IL Irrational
lnexc disable and diabolical. but II exists.
and only enlightenment and the tolera-
ton II produces, which Is the true
Christian spirit serves TO eradicate 1t
from the breasts OF the multitude
We honor Congressman McDermott
for his manly stand In defense OF AN
oppressed people. All Christendom
should unite IN grand effort TO stop
the shedding OF Jewish blood. without
legal and legitimate cause. The en-
llghtened peoples OF modern times
should rise and with united force do.
mand that the pillage and plumber and
persecution OF the Jews, whether in
Russia or In Turkey or IN the provinces
belonging to either, shall cease and
that the sons OF Judah, when law.abid.
Ing. shall have TIE same rights and
privileges. civil aud religious. as are
accorded 10 people Of other races AMI
creeds, And We endorse the appeal Of
Mr.. McDermott, expressed In this clos
ported and emphasized by all the pow
ers called Christian in either hemi-
sphere;
LET the church Of Russia speak,
Let the car speak. He is the head Of
that church. Not one In a thousand
Russians knows that Christ was a Jew.
The Russian Greek church has IN IT.
possession many bushels OF relies. X
has sticks and stones and bones and
rags. It proclaims that II has a gar
ment worn by Christ. that II has some
OF His blood: that II has n picture of
the Blessed Virgin. drawn by St Luke:
that II has the hand OF st. Mark AMI
the bones Of the Prophet Daniel. That
there X any efficacy In these relies ~
not believed by any one outside OF the
Russian church, but within that church
they can be made instruments of COM
mand Let the churches OF Russia re-
sound with the cry that the hand Of
81. Mark IL the hand OF jew. Tell the
people that the garments Of Christ were
worn by Jew. Tell those who crowd
tho churches that on the daV Of final
Judgment Jesus Christ will hold court
with twelve Jews AS associate judges.
Tell the congregation that those who
murder Jews will be punished IN the
next world-wlll be condemned TO eter-
nal punishment. Use the relics The
day will come when they will be cast
aside, but that day Is many generations
afar. While they are paraded. let It
| be I'm the cause OF humanity"