The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
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here the government showed her might by forbidding the issuance of the papers, arrestng the editors and sending them away into the wilderness of Siberia. There are statistics that for the past two years the government has closed up about 300 daily papers and periodicals and jailed up about 300 editors, professors and other leading men, These bloodhounds have beeught Russia to a deplorable condition, and 1t is almost impossible to say defi- nitely when the end of the struggle will come. l believe time will bring us every thing in the future.
 The Saturday Evening Post says: "The Russian government is entirely impotent except for evil.''
 At the proper time about the Jews
 In the above mentioned interview the Czar also said that he was very sorry that in the course of the last revolts and massacres of the Jews public opinion in this great country has been turned against him, naiveIy saying that he was not guilty, but, he thought, the Jews them selves
 Right here, dear readers I will demon strate a few facts which will show his guilt. When his famous paper constl- tution'' was declared to the public q was in Odessa at that time) everybody was filled with joy. The streets were so crowded that it was almost impossible to move Professors and other men de- livered speeches from the roofs of the buildings. One must possess the greatest talent to describe those scenes But, on the other side, that is in the obscure corners of the bureaucratical offices there went on q boiling-hot work, Exactly at 4 p. m. the joy was interrupted with wild cries of massacre" At first it. was impossible to comprehend what was going aF IQrtt 4eaac faof hof in a certain part of the city massacres had been taking place. A party from the self-defenders was immediately forwarded to the spot, who, after a little struggle, quelled the furious holigans. Several po- lcemen and one captain, being dressed in civil suits, were captured by the self defenders for taking an actual part.
 That is only one incident in a devasta- ton. Another was during the well known October days, when their inhuman work begun with pulling out the tongues of the men, lacerating small babies, etc. Spanish inquisitions were as nothing ill comparison with this. Yet there was no man to say halt it was as though the whole world was dead.
 The self-defenders, who were formed from students and workingmen, were de- graded and cut down like corn under scythe. They, seeing that it was useless to resist, retreated unwillingly, for the holigans were protected by regulars" who were ordered Not to regret bullets" and shot down almost everyone who at tempted to prevent robbery and slaughter.
 Another very interesting fact: It was in the hospital where a wounded holigan con- fessed himself. With eyes full of tears he told that he and the others were gath cred in the police station and were told that the Czar had given them three days liberty to rob and kill the Jews. After a few excited speeches they were treated with brandy to excess. still more sig nifcant fact worthy of great interest Is that almost at the samea time there were massacres in about 100 other cities Could there be any doubt that it was prepared beforehand and indorsed by Czar Nich- olas?
 We'll let us say that he is not guilty; but merely as an Emperor he could have paralyzed it at the start, but he did not, for he wanted to drown that paper constitution in the blood of those who so gallantly struggled for it. And he did it.
 I think that almost every intelligent American is against such barbarous ac- tions, because they know that the Jews are fighting for freedom as their own fathers and grandfathers did in this coun- try. .i
 I was once queerly questioned: Why the Jews in Russia are struggling for free dom more than any other nation? The Jews. as an intelligent nation. and being subject to the Russian government for more than 200 years have been constant ly serving the army. They fought almost all battles more enthusiastically than the Russians themselves, sacrificing their lives for the country faithfully paying all con- tributions to the government, have been trying their best to better the country and by dint of their great commercial knowledge have awakened Russia from long, deep sleep, enlivened her and almost connected her with all the rest of the word in the course of commerce, etc., and has made her flourish like a rose oil a green field. It is not an illusion but fact. Yet the government does not TO- spect their service, but instead has made & number of restrictions, limited their att tendance in the gynaslums and universi- ties to the lowest percentage, still more, has interdicted them from buying land, engaging in agriculture and from day to day bettering their life. Is there any other way than to fight against such un- just treatment?
 Furthermore, Car Nicholas the Second, Emperor of Russia, Czar of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, etc, expressed his belief that the time will come when the Americans will hate Jews.
 I should say that the Czar is a hetero- geneous creature. As has been seen, he never hopes for the best, but for the worst l say that the halcyon time will surely come when all nations from all the world will live in peace, happiness and love.
 ''The less aCzar Nicholas, the less bar barism.'' s,
 J.sCH-SON.
 Birmingham, January 25 1908.
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