Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17
CHAPTER XLYI

Indignation began to be felt by peo-
pie throughout the world over the
fearful atrocities perpatrated upon the
Jews in Russia. This Indignation was
evidenced in editorials in the neWspa-
pers, and the belief was expressed by
one of the great journals of the
United States that if the maSsacreS OF
defenseless men, women and children
were not stopped Russia would in time
drift beyond the pale of international
respect.
car Nicholas and Premier Stolypin
of Russia We're aghast when they
learned that their country was in I'M
minent danger of drifting beyond the
pale of international respect and they
sat right down and Wept a pailful of
tears apiece over the awful prospect,
Meanwhile before they could think
of anything to do in the matter, few
hundreds more helpless Jews in Rus
s.a We're violently removed from their
spheres of earthly activity, causing
the tears of the emperor and the pre-
mier to flow afresh.
Then, realizing al last that some
desperate measure Was necessary, the
emperor and the premier devised a
plan to put a stop to the terrible
atrocities forever and Immediately
put this plan into execution. Ihey
ordered every newspaper throughout
the empire To suppress an NEWS VI LiiS
massacres whenever they took place,
and fntimated that any editor who
mentioned such occurrences in his pa
per thereafter might IS well announce
at the bottom of the first mention that
his permanent address in future would
be Siberia.
Thus were repetitons of the terri
BILE massacres in Ktshinef and Kietf,
which had shocked the whole world
effectively prevented.
Speaking for the rank and hle
of the movement for Woman's suffrage
in September of this year. Mrs. .. H.
Z, Belmont issued a statement to the
darn obstinate men folks in which it
was asserted that later on the women
would issue an ultimatum as follows,
to wit: Until we get the ballot we
will not marry you, nor will we work
for you, nor have anything to do with
you, socially or industrially. So there!
When they read this in the papers
the men folks were so kerlabergasted
at first that they could not think
straight, and it was some time before
they could get together and begin to
Law out a plan for circumVenting the
women Gradually, however, one after
another of them would get hold of the
nucleus of a little scheme, which was
calculated to bring at least one lady
to taW when it was sprung on her, and
it was not long before the men folks
could hold up their heads once more,
and We're frequently heard to inquire;
"Well what the deuce did you do with
that fifty cents l let you have last
Week?"
So. as time went on, the men folks
began to get the upper hand again, and
long before the holiday season the Ia
dies would ask at some favorable op-
portunity: You won't forget that you
promised the children that they would
have a nice Christmas this year, will
you, dear?'
So the ladies kept putting off ISSUING
the ultimatum and the men folks Kept
getting bolder and bolder, until flnally
they were not afraid to say: 'Why, OF
course, my dear, if it was up to me- l
would like to let you have the rSht
to vote, but you must understand tilal
these wicked politicians are running
things nowadays, and until we can get
the upper hand of them, | am AFRAID
there is no hope for you. l will do What
7 can for you, quietly, without letting
the politicians know what | am up TO-
hut YOU must not bother me with lot
of foolish questions while | am secret
lv working the thing out
And all during the fall and early VIM
tor of this year the ladies continued
TO swallow this kind of con talk, ana
like it.
1qoq-Great strides were made during
this wear in the matter of the appllca-
tion of our existing laws to certain