The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-26
AN OPEN LETTER
To the President BY Simon Wolf and Revk BY
J Green.

To the President BY Simon Wolf and Reps BY
a Green.
To The Free Lane, fredericksburg Va
In the Washington Evening Star. ON
september y. 1907. appeared an open
letter TO the President by Simon Wolf a
copy Of which is a. follows:
Theodore Roosevelt. President of the
United States.
HAD you not better order the American
heet to Odessa and S.bastopol instead
of the Pacific coast
The kinsmen of the author Of vonr
Bible, your psalms md proverbs are
beng ruthlessly slaughtered by your
iellow-Christians = it not high time
Tor organized society. called govern
ments. T. call a halt. and make the
craven car and his cowardly troops
cease IN their inhuman hOlOcausts2
You, Mr.. President. have been potent
tltne and again at home and abroad To
oring peace and CONGO y. Can you not
exercise not only your own mafchl.ss
gli's. but also the good Ciices aud pms
t'ge ot our government SO have this bsp-
ish aud fiendi,h murder aud rap ne cas-?
IL II 10 longer an Internal sffair of
hu-sia. The acts committed by that
government on 8,eful citizaus lead TO
unnatural immigration. Every high
way ot dGrkest Russia will a gain see the
covering iugitives seeking she tier and "a
| home IN the Unitei States We can ah
sOrb a natural hDw; can we forever
stand the unnatural2
lou, Mr.. President. are the man to
bring reason 10 Russia, and invite the
civilized powers Of the world To act in
concert with you. and as To nv stricken
coiellgionists | emplOre them to pray
less and fight more. The Russian Jew
has In the land Of his birth, a. W, n as ia
the home 81 his adoption. shown the
highest traits oi bravery and courage
Why not exhibit hem VII the Chris
| tian murderers assail yOue
God helps those " ho help themselves.
but IN the meantime you, Mr. President.
must iise IN the majesty and God given
10 Ner ri YOUR gr' ar office and thunder
the voi,c q c,ilz d Am-iica t. darkest
Russia.
sMoN WOLF.
Upon reading Mr WO.f- letter | for
warded An answer 20 the editor. The
Star, "a copy OF which is as follows:
In ths al .ernouL's Star, September
II 1907, Mr. Simon Wolf addressed an
Oi en Letter Il most radical utterance
to the President OF the Uuited States
As the President j. the august personifi-
cation oi this great nation, 20 an Opeu let.
ter addressed To the L e-ideut il a letter
addressed u sovereign people and AS
one OF the people with the cherished right
and power Of y wi-ldlug about "a one-six-
teenth millioneth part OF the electorate OF
tie SOW reigu nation. say to Mr. Wolf:
Had you. cir. bitter not attempt to
direct or advise the President in theexer-
elise OF his one indi-putable prerogative,
bat leave the administration OF the in
hnitely ramiiylug government functions
oi the varied later ests of the 81, 900 COOS
To the peoples elected and duly inaugu-
rated eXecu tive. the wisdom OF his special
y selected advisory cabinet, ami the Rd-
ministrative experience Ol the thousands
OF his subordinate official family. in one
OF the vastest ani most complex ma
chineries Of administration OF the worlds
governmental systems, as To where to
place the American iset for the nations
Interest and welfare? The purposes of
the voyage OF the American fleet are in
ternatiunal in scope, the necessity Of
which private citizen is not In the place
to know, infinitely less to direct, and its
worldwide effect will be OF far-reaching.
incalculable good. To meddle is to In.
teriere
And, Mr.. Wolf, as one OF the about
SO,OOO.O COOS OF people, less d few In the
District Of Columbia, In whom is the
sovereignty eXpr ssing power OF the ma.
ton 10y virture of which, I'm accord with
the constitution, our President was
chosen as the nations trus ted head to
administer for the general welfare,
would say, let us not whiD!ngly hamper
him in the exercise OF his prerogative. as
he is rtsponsible and must render an
account TO the whole people-through
the Senate Tor treason; through the sui-
ferage from al-administratiun.
You, Mr.. Wolf, know as a student OF
comparative politics, that the kinsmen
OF the authors OF the Christian Bible. as
such, being slaughtered IN Russia, or any
where, calls no more for the ma
tion's Interference than in the case
OF the Moslsm's ruthless murder
ing OF Armenians, as such, ia
Turkey. You would discriminate, which
as a lawyer and statesmen, Mr.. Wolf
you know is wrong. Hellish as lie the
Russian butchery OF the Jews, no more
80 Is 1t than the Mohammedan's OF the
Armenians. at which Europe has winked
permitted, 10, these many years. 1t Is
European politIcs-diplomacy, and rot
ten, Mr.. Wolf, which the great President,
matchless as is his great office, cannot
Withstand, nor can he champion the
world, though we may give IL "A refuge
on our expansively broad and Jewel be-
decked bosom. But, as you say, and TO
my mind the only thing OF substance in
your open letter to the President, that
as TO immigration, we can absorb a
natural inflow; eau We forever stand the
unnaturalP is food for reflection and
the only thing ia your demand upon the
President. which gives color to the right
oil your ROoseve Titan title oi'First Citizen
OF Washington.
You. Mr.. Wolf, in implorlng your
eo-reIgionists TO pray less and
night more are like some men IN the
United States, who claim to be
leaders OF the advanced section OF the
Irish people who, when they lived In
Ireland, were as gentle as cooling doves,
but now, that three thousand miles OF
deep sea intervene them and old Ireland,
have become as raging lions.
You, Mr.. Wolf. know that when the
Turk, awhile ago, struck at the vitals
OF Greece, Greeks, the world over. left
money-making and few to their mother
land to don arms in her defence. In most
worthy pattern of the Greeks, let the Jew,
the world over, leave bis money-marts
Tor redress from the hated Car for his
diabolical butchery OF their rco-religionsts
In which the sympathy OF this nation
would be with them IL not that OF all the
rest of the world.
lyon know Mr. Wolf tha erovaror,,.,,.