The broad ax., 1906-01-20
CONGRESSMAN SUFFERS ORA
TON ON THE CRIMES IN RUSSIA.
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brotherhood Of men, to the justice OF
the world. The massacres of LodZ and
Odessa and Kisineff cry out to high
heaven, and the time has come when
the civilized world must tell Russia
In no uncertain tones that these
wholesale crimes against the Jews
must cease, now and forever, or the
civilization Of this day will stand dis
graced In the eyes of future genera
tons. (Applause)
Now. sir, stand in my place on this
floor, and charge on my responsibility
as a Member of Congress, that it is
solemnly alleged, and not denied, and
there is a widespread and prevalent
feeling throughout the world that II
is true, that these terrible crimes of
rapine and pillage and devastation,
that these brutal atrocities, and that
these monstrous murders Of the help
less Jews in Russia, are secretly con-
nived at by the Russian Government;
that they have been melted by the
Russian ruling classes - the grand
dukes-and that they are instiated,
directly or Indirectly, by high officials
in Russia for religious and political
purposes. What a fearful Indictment
Of Russia! Is 1t true? We will know
some day. 1t is not for me to say
now, however, whether these fearful
charges duplicating the Russian Gov
eminent with direct responsibility for
these atrocities on the Jews III ner DO
mains are true or not, impartial lis
tory, sooner or later, will reveal the
truth and the whole truth, and leave
that awful charge to unerring Time.
But I do stand here today and I do
say that any nation that will permit,
or that does permit, or that has per-
mItted, these terrible assassinations
to go on and continue, and makes no
effort to check them, deserves the con-
demnation of the civilized world; and
that we, the representatives Of the
American people, have the right, true
to our traditions, voicing the senu-
ments of our constituencies and
common humanity, to cry out against
these wholesale and willful crimes
against a prosecuted race, and de-
nounce these barbarous outrages upon
the Jews, and to notify Russia that.
in our opinion, unless she stops, and
stops Immediately, these assassina-
tons of the Jews, she will place her
self, in the judgment of mankind, be-
yond the pale Of civilization. That is
the position take now, and that is
the position this House should take.
and we should take it at once.
Mr.. Chairman, I arraign Russia
before the bar Of civilization for great
crimes against a common humanity.
The Russian Government is response
bic for these Outrages on the Jews.
She can not avoid the awful and ire
mendous responsibility. believe that
Russia could stop these murders IL
Russia wanted to stop them. These
great crimes, sir, against an oppressed
race, on account of race, are not local
crimes; they go beyond States lines:
they are great international crimes;
they are butcheries Of innocent men
and women and children, and in the
eyes Of the Master these innocent vic
tins are our brothers and our sisters,
and We would be false to ourselves,
to all that We revere and hoTd dear,
and to every dictate Of humanity, If
We did not denounce and cry out
against them with all the vehemence
Of our righteous American indignation.
II We do not, ours will be the shame
and ours the blame. We can not
evade our responsibility by asking Am
l my brothers keeper
"Oh, yes. Mr. Chairman, l know it
is said by those who speak for the
Administration that our Government
can do nothing: that the President
and the Secretary Of State can not
act and have no power, according to
law. to intervene or to
in the internal affairs Of Rus
STA. That may or may not be true,
but one thing is certain-it has been
done in Turkey and in Cuba and In
China; and another thing is sure, and
that is, that we, the Representatives
in Congress Of the American people,
have the right to raise our voice In
protest against the plundering and the
week in and week out, Of
thousands and thousands Of poor,
helpless, defenseless men, women, and
children in Russia. We can do that.