The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-21
East Chicago Mass Meeting
Passes Resolution Urging
That Christian Rubovitz,
Political Refugee, Be Civ
en- Protection.
CHICAGO MAN MAKES
AN ELOQUENT PLEA
Louis F. Post of Chicago Board of
Education, Points Out the Fact
That Early Colonists of United
States Were All Outlaws in Their
Respective Countries -
Especial to THE Tines


East Chicago, Ind, Dec. 21.-Amid
cheers from the small, yet enthusiastic,
gathering that greeted his remarks.
Louis F. Post, of the Chicago Board of
Education, demanded the right of asy-
lum for Christian Rubovitz, who was
recently denied his right by Commits
sioner Foote, in trial in the United
States Federal court of Chicago The
mass meeting, called early Saturday
morning. was attended by about two
hundred citizens. and was held in the
large council chamber of the new city
hall.
Mr.. Post proved an interesting
speaker and his logic, drawing closely
the line between political and common
refugees from Russian imposition.
fairly swayed his audience. Rubovitz
was held by the speaker to have COM
mitted murder only after the issuance
of an order so to do by his political
leaders, as a mere angle of an intense
political feud and hatred. For this
reason, the Chicago educator believes
that the. mans crime becomes one of
those for which the United Govern
ment has declared itself in favor of the
fright of asylum, or protection.
As a climax to the meeting, resolu-
tions were adopted. in brief, resenting
the decision of United States Commits
sioner Foote, and demand for Rubovitz
the protection afforded Russian political
refugees. The resolutions have been
prepared by an appointed committee
and will be forwarded today by At
torney Joe A. Meade to President Roose-
Welt and Attorney General Bonaparte
The resolutions are appended:
The Resolution.
| WHEREAS, The Russian govern
ment is now seeking the extradition of
the refugees from this country under
1.-THE charge of murder and
| WHEREAS, The refugees claim
that they are political offenders and
not guilty of any crime and that extra
dition is sought for the purpose of in
vestigating through them and stamp
ing out revolutionary movements in
Russian and to punish these refugees
for political offenses, and
| WHEREAS, The right of asylum for
political refugees from all countries is
one of the proudest traditions of this
nation, itself born of revolution, and
| WHEREAS, The treaty between the
governments of Russian and the United
States of American, proclaimed June
Is, 1898, provided as follows:
Article 3. If it be made to appear
that extradition is sought with view
to try or punish the person demanded
for an offense of political character,
surrender shall not take place And
WHEREAS, We recognize how ex-
tremely difficult it is for any refugee
to prove by evidence competent in any
court in this country, the political
character of an offense committed
thousands of miles away,
THEREFORE BE 1T RESOLVED BY
WE, the citizens of East Chicago, in
mass meeting assembled, this 10Th day
Iof December, 1908, that the tribunals Of
this country are urged to exercise the
greatest care in passing upon all cases
of extradition and only grant the right
of extradition when it clearly appears
THAT the refugee is not entitled to the
by article 8 of said treaty, but that the
alleged crime is wholly of non-political
nature, to the end that the right of
asylum for political offenders, a right
IclearIy and uninterruptedly recognized
Iby this government since its inception,
be Scarcely preserved and kept invio-
late.
THE CITIZENS OF EAST CHICAGO
IN MASS MEETING ASSEMBLED.
BY DAVID J. REED,
r. G. HOWELL,
MARTIN PETERSON.
JOE A MEADE,