The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-21
PUBLICITY TO STOP
SLAUGHTER OF JEWS
Semetic Committee Urges
Action Against Russia's
Alleged Scheme.

New York. May 20.-The American
0ewish committee, when asked for Its
Views respecting the recent dispatcher
from Kiev, authorized the following
statement.
only Q wide publicity can avert re.
currence Of the horrible massacres.
3nstigated by the Russian government,
which took place between 1903 and
1906. especial at Kishineff. Odessa
and Bialystok. when thousands Of
Jews were massacred and millions Of
property destroyed.
"The mOnstrous and infamous stor.
les recently sent out by the Russian
government from st. Petersburg. Kiev
and Moscow. and published in Ameri.
can newspapers. respecting the alleg.
cd murder OF boy at Kicv. are pre-
cisely similar to the unfounded tales
circulated by the Russian government
previous to the Kishineff, Odessa and
Bialystok massacres.
Investigation shows that the stor.
les which have been sent out To Am.
erican newspapers are founded upon
several weeks ago In the well-known
anti.semeitc and reactionary organs.
Russkoye. Znamya, Kulokol. Sem.
schtina, and especially In the foremost
organ OF the reactionaries, the NovOe
vreyma, which, as Is well known. is
the mouthpiece of the Russian gov
eminent In st. Petersburg. The au-
thor Of the article In the Novoe Vrem-
ya 10 one Prince Mentchikow, one Of
the star editors Of that paper. He
was formerly a Liberal and follower
years he has sold himself to the edit
tor of the Novoe vremya, and since
then has attacked every progressive
movement In Russia and vilely SLAM
0ered the Jews at every opportunity.
A brother OF Premier Stolypin. A Stol.
ypin. 10 one Of the principal editors
Of Novoe Vramya."
To Solve "Ritual Murder"
81. Petersburg. May 2O.-The SER
lous situation which has arisen
through the threatened massacre OF
Jews ut Kiev, following the finding
Of the body-0f boy under such cir.
cumstances AZ to raise the cry Of q
ritual murder" has aroused the auth.
critics In their endeavors to solve the
mystery Of the boys death. Mean
while even the anti-Jewish newspa-
pers admit that the reports on which
the agitation Ia based are for the most
part not worthy of credence.
In an interview today M. Sloisberg.
. leading Jewish lawyer, exhaustively
reviewed the history of the question
Of ritualistic murder. as contained In
the records of the courts OF Russia
and abroad.
In the majority Of cases II was
shown that no murder had been conf
United, and in the remainder the muir.
der was traced to the culpable agents.
and Il was proved that Jews had no
connection with them.
Only two cases of alleged ritual
murder In the last forty years. said
~. Sloisberg. warranted investigation
by the courts, and In both instances
the verdict was acquittal for the ad
herents Of the Jewish faith who had
been arrested.
Al COuucCtiOu WIN Ouc SooC q NOtA-
mission composed OF Professors
Khvois0n and Levisohn. two arch
priests and representatives of the civ.
u authorities, investigated the ques-
tion OF ritualistic murder and decided
that the Jewish faith does not permit
OF the use Of blood.
The cry Of ritualistic murder. NJ.
eloisberg's investigation disclosed.
has been raised frequently in Ger
many and Austria. One hundred and
twenty cases have been investigated
In Germany during the past half cen,
fury. All yielded negative results.
~. Sloisberg said that In the present
case the killing Of the boy Yushchcin-
pky. NO Investigation was available.
The investigation had yielded no re.
suits. or the results were not ready for
publication. All that could be said
wac that no Jew had yet been arrested
Or was implicated.
Il was suspected, when the body