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

BERLIN. May pa danger now men
acing the Jews Of Kien is causing much
anxiety TO their co-religionists throughout
the world They are being accused once
more Of carrying out blood sacrifices"
and the unreasoning passion Of the mob
is being worked iup against them. And
the usual results OF race hatred against
the Jews in Russia are known 10 every
body
a wear ago a boy named Andrei
YuschlnsRy was murdered at Kief. and
on very slender evidence Jew has been
arrested and charged with the murder
The inquiry is now In progress hut
whether the accused man is guilty or not
is not the point The crime has been
seized on by mob orators, who assert
that the boy Yuschnsky was murdered by
Jews in order that his blood might he
taken aud used for ritual purposes, in
obedience 10, 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
tellectuals.
"Rltual 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 too 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 a Kieff is being
charged by the mob is a 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 fits repeated refutatlons
by popes. monarchs and distinguished
scholars Of all creeds, stll commands be-
lief in various parts Of the world
II Is not definitely known how the myth
first originated, but II was in 1895 that
this idea which had been propagated by
Jew haters for many years past, resulted
in the first massacre in Europe. In this
year the blood accusation was raised at
T nlUds tbWA III fitSSt- NASSAU anu -
Jews and Jewesses were massacred In
consequence Frederic II, the German
emperor. had the affair investigated, and
as a result Of II eXonerated the Jews OF
Germany from all suspicion
klna Powerless 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.
lect the time preceding Easter and III,
feast Of the Passover for the commttal o
| his crime to be sure Of being able t.
fasten the guilt on 10 the Jews Of the
! town
The accusation now being made a.
! Kieh is direct descendant Of this medi-
aeval persecution. and In newspapers
! photographs of the murdered boy are
| being shown with the legend 'OrthodoN
| Russian people remember the name Of the
| youth, Andre Yuschinsky. tortured by tht
lJews, Christians. watch your children
| 1t Is against this dangerous and Infamous
propaganda that the Jews are now pro-
| testing and in Germany particularly tho
movement of Indignation and protest has
taken large proportions.