The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
The REVOLUTIONISTS
ARE TORTURED
Their Hair Pulled Ont and SOles Of
Feet Cut.
BILL FOR PRESENTATION TO ASSEMBLY
Compelled 10 Confess TO Warsaw Chief OF
PoIlce-Many Priests Chosen as Delegates
TO the Asssmbly--Tbe Gar Instructs Pre-
mler Witte to Prepare Bill Providing for
Equality Of the Jews.

St Petersburg, (By Cable Profess
or Courtenay a member of the Academy
Of Science, in an open letter describes
the horrible tortures to which he asserts
the political prisoners at Warsaw were
subjected by Chief of Police Greun. He
cites as examples two cases in which
prisoners were starved and on four con-
secutive nights were beaten with clubs,
jumped OH, their hair pulled out by the
roots and the soles Of their feet cut With
knives until they signed statements con
Tossing their guilt
The League of the Russian People"
and other reactionary organizations
claiming TO represent half million mem
bers have presented an address TO Minis
ter of War Rudiger thanking the troops
for their work in restoring order and re-
questing that it be communicated TO the
soldiers throughout the empire.
Out of the violent anti Semitic agita-
ton of the reacionists, which enabled Pre-
mier Witte and the Liberal section OF
the Cabinet to force Interior Minister
Durnovo to issue instructions to the pro-
vincial authorities to prevent massacres
and prosecute the persons guilty of in
stigating them, may come unexpected good
TO the members of the oppressed race
The entire Jewish question has been
raised in ACME form and may be settled
forthwith, The Emperor is said TO be
amazed at the revelations made by the
Jewish deputation which the Pre-
mier received in audience March T. and
to have informed Count Witte that it
was urgently necessary to settle the ques-
ton Immediately. Count Witte, who has
steadily supported the plea for equal
rights for the Jew, but who heretofore
had contended that it was a matter for
the national assembly to settle, is TIM
derstood to have talked quite bluntly TO
the Emperor regarding the nnumerable
difficulties which his opponents were
raising on this and other questions, and
he is said to have gone to the extent
of requesting permission to resign the
premiership.
The Emperor it is added, would not
listen to it, insisting that Count Witte
must remain in office and at the same
time instructing him TO prepare project
providing for the equality of the Jews
for presentation to the national assembly.
Such bill according the Jews equality
except in eligibility to positions in the
official and military services is now said
to have been prepared,
Leading Jews of the empire, like Baron
Gunsburg, however, knowing full we'll
the hostiities of a large class of Russians
to the Jews and fearing an adverse de-
cision, which would only further preju-
dice the position of their co-religionists,
are opposed to the submission of the
question to the assembly They main
tain that the manifesto OF October 30
specifically declared that all subjects
were equal before the law; that the ques-
ton is de jure, already settled, and that
it is the duty of the government to i'm
mediately protect the Jews in the exer-
else of full rights,