Arizona republican., 1911-02-06

States as a result of the organized
efforts of Jewish organizations to
arouse public opinion. IN this country.
That the revelations made by these
organizations, and by authenticated
stories which come out of Russia,
will in time create a feeling Of intense
hostility in the United States for the
government of the ear, cannot be
doubted-although, OF course, 1T by
no means follows that American
friendship for the Russians as a peo-
pie will be lessened.
In a late number of The Outlook
Mr.. Herman Rosenthal, Jewish edl-
tor and author of note, formerly
resident of Kief, sets forth in horrify-
ing details the methods by which the
car is discriminating the Jews of his
empire. The car seems to have taken
lesson from the worlds protests
against his brutal massacres of the
Jews at Kief and elsewhere, and the
ceeded by one Of silent eXtermlna-
ton" According to Mr.. Rosenthal
the new system is characterized by
.merciless repression and degrade
ton" The right of residence is linn
tied and the helpless Jews are cru
elIv herded in the large cities. and
in the "pales of settlement" These
"pales of settlement" comprise but
fifth of the empires area, and out
side of them Jews may not live. at all
OF life within the "pales', Mr.. Rosen-
thai says:
I'm this great Ghetto. created by
the strong arm of government. 20 per
cent of their number are confined
Here their condition might not be
insupportable, if only they had free
dom of movement. But the asser-
ton that even a twenty third part
of the Russian Empire is. open to
Jews is a fiction In reality only
two -thousandth part of the Empire
is free to them. For the May laws
of 1882 definitely forbade the Jews
1887 they have even been forbidden
70 move from one village to another.
only those who were residents in a
village in 1882 may continue To I'VE
there and the number of these is
steadily diminishing. temporary
absence from the village is suffi-
Gent to forfeit the privilege. and wo-
men usually lose it by marriage.
Hundreds Of places which In Inc
official directories had figured as
townlets suddenly, in the early nine-
ties. were declared TO be parishes
and as such not open to Jewish set
Element. SO enormous was the IN
Justice of this movement supported
by senatorial decisions, even
Plehve reIented so far as To restore
to a considerable number of these places
their urban standing. But this mitl-
CATION was applied ten years after
the catastrophe. after thousands OF
Jews. ESPECIALLY in the governments
of Chernigov and Poltava, had sus-
tanned irretrievable loss.
OF the methods of expulsion in klef'
from which thousands were driven
last year. Mr. Rosenthal writes;
"The police inaugurated a series oil
night raids. invading hotels the homes
If private citizens, surprising clerks
in the shops. and expelling many
singly and in groups. In the spring
of 1910. acting on orders from ST
Petersburg the local authorities sent
orders of expulsion to l,l5O famllles
in Kief and To 23S families i'm the su-
burb of Memiyevka. The petitions
Of non-Jewish merchants who pro-
tested to the government that the
yholessle explosions would cause
great economic damage, the protests
of Jewish delegations. and. lastly
the attacks of the foreign press,
had but little ultimate effect, the
names OF "A small fraction OF the
prescribed were stricken from the llst'
hut for 200 Jewish heads of house
holds with their families the order
remained. Those who could not obtain
the right Of residence by paying
the giId tax-and but few could afford
it-had to quit the locality. Most oil
the expelled went voluntarily to Odes-
"a Warsaw. Cracow, Lcmburg, or
emigrated to America. Among these
a girl. deranged by her experiences.
flung herself from the window OF the
dessa. and was killed
The Outlook also publishes some IL
Eliminating facts furnished by DIT
stephen s. Wise of New York
In many places throughout Russia
the commercial boycott has greatiy
enlarged the miseries of the Jews ana
pushed them down into still deeper
povertv. Jewish soldiers who nave
honorably completed their terms oil
service i'm the Russian army are not
permitted to return to the towns from
which they were taken. DIR. wise
makes the appalling statement that
Jewish girls i'm some cases have reg
istered i'm university towns as pros
titutes. i'm order that they might oe
permitted to live in cities where hlgh-
er educational opportunities were al
forded them.
AT the same time the ministry oil
education has greatly lessened the
educational facilities open TO jews
and certain schools and universities
ara half deserted by reason OF the