Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-20
JE US Of k|EFF IN
MOB PERIL AGAIN
Murder, Charged to Mythical
SacrifiCiaI Custom of Race,
Fans Russians Frenzy.

BERLIN. May 2O-A danger now mem
acing the Jews Of Kieff is causing much
anxiety TO their co-reIig ionists throughout
the world They are being accused once
more of carrying out blood sacrifices
and the unreasoning passion of the mob
is heing worked up against them. And
the usual results of race hatred against
the Jews in Russia are known to every
body
year ago boy named Andrei
Yuschinsly was murdered al Kieh, and
on very slender evidence q Jew has been
arrested and charged with the murder.
The inquiry is now in progress, but
whether the accused man is guilty or not
is not the point The crime has been
seized on by mob ora tors, who assert
that the boy Yuschinsky was murdered by
Jews in order that his blood might he
taken and used for ritual purposes. in
obedience to an alleged Jewish law The
best-known Russian scholars. authors and
artists have made a vehement protest
against the spreading of this dangerous
fiction, and now the foremost Jewish
people throughout Europe have Joined
their protest TO that of the Russian in
teHectuals
Ritual Murder" CHARGE Reversed.
So seriously is the position regarded
that pamphlet issued in connection with
the protest says that the fortunes of six
million Russian Jews. never 100 secure at
the best OF times. are at the present
moment menaced by the hideous accusa-
ton that has been brought against one
of their number The act with which
the Jew now in custody al Kieff is being
charged by the mob is revival Of the
ritual murder" charge. which from the
middle ages has been responsible for the
most terrible anti-Jewish excuses, and
which. in spite Of its repeated refutations
by popes monarchs and distinguished
scholars of all creeds. stiI commands be-
lief in various parts Of the world
II is not definitely known how the myth
first originated. but it was in 1888 that
this IDEA. which had been propagated by
lew haters for many years past resulted
in the first massacre in Europe. IN this
year the blood accusation was raised a
! Fulda, town in Hesse- Nassau. and 81
Jews and Jewesses were massacred in
consequence. Frederic H. the German
emperor had the affair investigated, and
as a result of it exonerated the Jews Of
Germany from all suspicion.
King Poweress to Stop Accusers.
In spite of this imperial pronouncement.
however. and many more like it, includ-
| ing the opinions of three popes the
blood accusation" spread and Increased
! in virulence. A murderer had only to Sc
ect the time preceding Easter and the
| feast OF the Passover Tor the committal OF
| his crime TO be sure of being able to
fasten The guilt on TO the Jews Of the
| town.
The accusation now being made at
| KieH is a direct descendant of this medi-
! aeval persecution, and in newspapers
photographs of the murdered boy are
being shown with the legend Orthodox
Russian people, remember the name of the
youth, Andrei Yuschinsky, tortured by the
Jews! Christians, watch your children
1t is against this dangerous and infamous
propaganda that the Jews are now pro-
testing, and in Germany particularly the
movement of indignation and protest has
taken large proportions