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lssaasss NJ ne situation win lhe eacess
ian N a, Petersburg and Nossuw ahatchy
ssems ~ prevail Throughout ihs efnpifH
I, soud ~ lnftsslhls lo Paint IN t0u luFid
ealafs The SIFeflnsa " Tho p-ople. These
afc MT ennfined io N" Jews aloHe, Ne h
,ss'lneI ~ Nv Trustworthy aocontA from
lnnumafalHe srttt~s
ia fesount al The hufrltie slnriea Which
scrumulals IN = eerk wuuhl tahS columns
~ srac~ Tho hloody talc ~ Relns,ok hHs
already hnen tnkl Whatever doubt there
may have t~en VI llts' N Ia nov certain that
the massacre Was organized by deeHfs
STorordisVrs who were urged On by the
police and troops, Z, Ia plain that ,he reac-
tlonafiea have decided ~ . settled policy
10 use tho popular hhtred Of the Jewa 10
terrorife the opponerts ~ the ealetln e
syatem.
The lowest clasass In some towns ~ \
district are warned that 'pogrom' tmhsea-
crc ~ the J ews) Ia Intended Then the police
agent, by firing on or throwing q bomh
Of some religious procession or at sone
individual Christian. gives tho signal for
an uprising. and the Jews are forthwith
gwen up 10 slaughter and plumber. The
rolice and military do not interfere. eave TO
fire on the victims II they attempt TO defend
themselves.
The following pathetic appeal, coming
IN Tihis from the women of Georgia to the
women Of England the signatures to which
include those Of a princess tho wife OF n
marshal of nobility and the wives Of several
generals and high officials, suffices to in
dicate the sufIerings Of other classes:
A disaster unprecedented in our his
tory has befallen our country. BY orders
OF the Russian Government the central and
western provinces of Georgia have been
invaded by Cossacks and soldiers. Four
towns and over 200 villages have been de-
stroyed by fire, and fields, gardens and
VINEYARDS devastated. The cattle Of the
peasants have been looted. The population,
which was disarmed beforehand, partly
found shelter in the forests and mountains.
Those who did not escape fell victims to the
brutality Of the Cossacks They we're ill
treated, imprisoned or shot. Especially
terrible was the fate Of the women. Not
even girls Of II or ~ years Of age escaped
violation. Several of these children, some
OF whom had been abused by as many as
ten Cossacks, have died. Others have gone
mad. Our complaints are stihed by our
oppressors, and we are forbidden to aid
our Inundated and suffering sisters. We
IN our deep sorrow and despair address
ourselves to you women Of free countries
We are ready to give crushing proofs Of
our accusations before an indepen dent
copop,i saio, of ipoiiry
The Government at st. Petersburg still
stands out against the Duma, rendering
the work Of the latter abortive. 1t is pur-
suing a policy of imprisonment and blood
shed, but refrains from the fatal step of
foroibly dissolving the representative as
sembly. There can, in the opinion Of prao-
tically all onlookers, be but one issue and
that will be a victory of the revolutionaries.
II rests with the Gar, or rather with the re-
dictionary leaders, for the Gar at present
seems to be a negligible entity. whether
that victory when it comes will sweep away
with it the Romanoff dynasty, as the Stuarts
and Eourbons have been swept way before.