Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
TO FURTHER
OPPRESS THE JEW
RUsSlAfIS FURIOUS BECAUSE
OF CRIMES
Disturbed Empire AnxiousIy Awaits
End Of Harvest, When coun-
try Peasants viii Be
Free to Act
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1.-THE re-
newal of terrorism on a large scale
has greatly intensified the hostility of
the ruling classes against the Jews,
who long have been regarded as the
brains of the revolution, and II Is be-
lieved has correspondingly diminished
the chances Of the Jews obtaining more
than a nominal enlargement of their
rights.
Every official report of assassination
or other crime emphasizes the role
played In It by Jews; and the last week
saw the launching of two parties, the
Nationals" at st. Petersburg, and the
Russian popular party" at Moscow,
the principal plankS in whose platforms
are for the exclusion of Jews from all
political activity and from service in
the army, the latter to be commuted as
In the cases of Tartars and Films, for
a money consideration. The MOSCOW
organization proposes to rid the coun-
try of Jews by indorsing the Zionist
movement and urging the government
to assist 1t.
1t is remarkable that amid all the
crime, bloodshed and horror with which
the country is filed the music halls
and cafes are thronged nightly by gay
crowds.
A brother Of Premier Stolypin, writ
ing in the Novoe Vrmya, calls atten-
tion to this weakness of his countrymen
who, In the presence of the greatest
crisis, he says, think only of pleasure.
M. Stolypin says 1T was always thus
in Russia, that officers on the eve
of a battle carouSe and spend money
that would feed starving peasants
families.
He calls 1t the spirit which inspired
the orgies of the middle ages, while
thousands were dying of the plague.
The only action noticeable Is the
increase In the activity of the Black
Hundred organization. Count Know
nitsin the head of the organization
known as ''the True Russian people" I"
whose life was attempted recently,
calls on his followers to revenge his
death by the destruction Of thousands
of those "who are terrorizing the ma
tion under the flag of liberty" In case
the next attempt is successful.
In the vendetta between the govern
ment and revolutionaries, women and
especially girls, who have always
played prominent part in the liberia
tion movement, continue to enact lead
ing roles. Many of them are high
born. Princess Obelonski was arrested
today at Rybinsk, near Yaroslav, for
All eyes are now directed toward the
country, where within the next few
weeks the peasants will have finished
the harvest In the cities the govern
ment has demonstrated its ability to
hold down the proietariat and, unless
| the peasants rise, little beyond indi-
| vidual acts of terrorism are expected
| this fall. Renewals of agrarian dis
| orders have already been reported, but
| details are meager.
Reports are perSistently circulated
that General Trepoff, commandant of
the palace, is so seriously Ill that his
life is in danger No statement re-
garding the nature of his malady has
been given out, but it is intimated
that it dates back to the time of the
recent rumors that an attempt had
been made to poison the general
AT the ministry of the court the
Associated Press was informed this
evening that General Trepoff's condi-
tion was not serious. He is suffering
from an affection of the heart which
was aggravated during the recent
maneuvers at Kraznoye-Selo.
Police claim that they have obtained
an important clew to the headquarters
of the Terrorist organization. They
| say that a man who was arrested at
| Peterhof in connection with the assaS-
sination of General Min hastily at
| tempted to swallow piece of paper
which, when recovered proved to be
orders in connection with attempts
| to be made on the lives of high per-
| sonages. The Novoe Vremya says 1t
| has been established beyond a doubt
| that one of the men who attempted
to assassinate Premier Stolypin, August
| %, was a Jew.
The police of Archangel and other
| northern provinces have received in
structions to permit the political pris-
! oners exiled there to leave Russia on
condition that they do not return for
| two years.