Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-11

military forces Of the government. which
are under obligations to protect them. have
Joined the mobs. but the underlying causes
are doubtless those have mentioned.
Mr. Milutine one Of the leaders>of the
Octoberist or conservative party, repeated
almost exactly what Prof. Milukon said,
and went a little further in explaining the
reasons why restrictions are imposed upon
the Jews. He said that no Jew can buy
land because OF fear that with their
enterprise and thrift the members of that
race would soon own all the best estates In
the empire.
Fear Of Jewish Success.
They have been kept out Of the uni
versfties and other public schools for a
similar reason-ror fear there will be no
room for any one else. They are SO eager
for education. As soon as a school opens
1t is always filled up with Jews. The rea-
son the attendance Of Jews at our univer-
stiles is limited to per cent of the whole
number of students, and in some cases to
8, is because Of fear that they will
mcnopolize the learned professions II they
were given equal rights they would soon
outstrip the Russians as lawyers, doctors,
school teachers. newspaper men and engi-
neers. They are already crowding the Rus
slams, even under the restrictions that they
are compelled to endure, and people natu
rally ask what will happen If they are
made free. They are kept within the pale
out they will occupy all the best business
locations and residences. They are not al
lowed to hold civil appointments because
our politicians are afraid of their shrewd-
ness. They cannot move or change their
residences because Of q fear that they will
Guido the Russians in the mechanical
trades. The Jews are SO much better edu-
Gated; they have 80 much more enterprise
and energy; they are so much more practi-
cal, Industrious and thrifty, that the Rus
slams cannot keep up with them and are
compelled to hold them down as much as
possible"
Count de Wttte explained this view Of the
situation not long ago with great clearness
to the correspondent of London newspa-
per, when he said: -'--
1.-THE reason Of the feeling against the
Jews Is almost entirely economic. They
are better business men, they are more
sober. more provident than the Russians,
and In consequence are more successful
than their competitors, who are jealous of
them. The majority of Russian Jews are
small shopkeepers. with a paltry capital,
who manage to succeed where others fail.
Instead Of being content with q profit of
one ruble on an article which they will sell
for two rubles. the Jew will prefer to make
q smaller profit out Of each Of q larger
number OF articles. His capital is constant
ly at work and increasing. He cuts out his
competitors and secures the trade What
the Russian spends for pleasures, luxuries
and dissipation he saves and reinvests, 30
that his wealth keeps increasing while that
of his competitor remains the same. This
Is equally true In the professions. where
the Jews have been quite as successful and
are quite as aggressive as in finance and
trade. Therefore, when you consider how
far they have beaten the Russians, not
withstand1ng the restrictions, 1t will be I'M
derstood why the masses of the Russian
people do not want the restrictions re-
moved"
What the Peasant Leaders Say.
The peasant members Of the duma are
not friendly to the Jews and speak with
great frankness concerning their objections
to admitting them to civil rights. AS one
Of them said the other day: I'VE will have
to be very sharp in dealing with the Jews
or they will get ahead Of us. They are
very severe upon US in money matters, but
we live on friendly terms with them. It is
not right that they should become officials
and rule over the followers Of Christ"
A peasant from a central district where
there are no Jews said: I'VE will not vote
for civil rights, although I suppose will
have certain liberties, like the right to buy
land and to live where they please, but they
should not be allowed to become officials
because we are not sharp enough to COM
pete with them. AS 1t is, they get on top
of US without having any right II a Jew
makes himself general we will start
in to beat him 80 hard that he will be glad
to pack up and leave our village" This
of the peasant deputies in the duma The
same man remarked that he had heard that
England expelled the Jews for 600 years,
but no longer feared their presence. But"
he added, you did not ask them back in
half an hour"
Another peasant deputy was very en-
phatic in his opposition to the admission Of
Jews to civil and religious rights and said
that his colleagues had notified Alladin,
their spokesman, that they would never
agree to 1t. As near as could understand,
he based his opposition upon the practices
Of the Jews In financial dealings with the
peasants. He evidently had a personal
grievance. He said the, Jews prosecuted
the farmers and compelled them to pay
wicked rates Of interest when 1t became
necessary to borrow money. And then. II
able to meet his obligations, the Jew per-
secuted him in a most unmerciful manner
Therefore, the people he represented were
not willing that the Jews should have any
further advantages than they now enjoy.
1T they have any more rights" he re-
marked sententiously. ''they will take every
thing we have away from u.s. They loan
money to peasants and to everybody who
Is hard up When crop time comes they de-
mand their money back with heavy rate
Of interest, and II the farmer cannot pay
they take his grain. The landlord has the
first chance. then the tax collector, then
the Jew. 1t Is the same way in the towns.
He robs everybody"
Jews Blamed for Trouble.
Another peasant deputy was little more
lucid and definite in explaining his objec-
tons to the removal Of restrictions from
the Jews. He said that they were re-
sponsible for a great deal Of trouble in
the country villages because they started
saloons and sold vodka on credit. In that
way the farmers were tempted to drink
more than was good for them and became
drunkards. neglecting' their work and their
families.
"Then, when harvest time comes, the Jew
saloon keeper figures up what the farmer
owes him and seizes the biggest part Of
his crop to pay the liquor bill. Therefore.
when the farmer has paid his rent his
taxes. the tithes Of the church, the Jew
takes all that is left. There is no help
for this because the Jews keep on good
terms with the authorities by paying them
hush money and telling them everything
that happens in the villages
This gentleman said that he did not be-
lieve in killing the Jews, but was frank
enough to confess that he had several
times assisted in driving them out Of his
village.
The members of the so-called social-dem-