El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

the peasant tells the truth and what
he says often contradicts his original
deposition
Is Ancient Superstition.
What is ritual murder2 1t is an age
old superstition, used by different peo-
pies against their enemies. 1t declares
human blood necessary for atoning
purposes. In this particular case II
SAYS blood was used in the manufac-
ture of 'eMatzoth,'' unleavened broad
and these cannot be made properly
without human blood That such su-
perstitiOn can find credence in the goth
century is almost Incredible; that 1t
should be offered in law court IS
almost beyond belief.
Blood has from time immemOrial
been considered efficaciOus in the cure
of disease and for atOnement- I can
not go into the grewsome details
which historical research reveals. Such
as desire to know these I refer to
professor Strack's 1.-The Jew and HUI
man Sacrifice" originally published in
German under the title. "Das Blut i'm
Glauben und Aberglauben der Men
scheit" Suffice it to quote the follow
ing from this scientific work written
by a non-Jew, Regius, professor OF
theology at the university of Berlin:
History shows that imputations of the
kind have repeatedly beeH a terrible
weapon against innocent persons The
Christians of the second and third cen
turtles suffered severely under them.
The celebration of Holy communion,
the mention Of partaHing of the body
and the blood of the Lord afforded a
point of contact" Unfortunately
Christians, after the Christian religion
had become dominant directed against
others the calumny once directed
against themselves; first against the
Montanists, in the latter middle ages
frequently against heretics and since
the-13th century against the Jews"
Accusation Forbidden by DEGREES.
Thus we find the accusation repeated
time and again from the 18th century
until popes and emperors issued their
DEGREES against it. Frederick II Of
Germany (12S6) speaks against it. Pope
Innocent " (124) openly declares it is
a preteXt for robbing the Jews and
the following popes have endorsed the
stand Gregory Y (1272), Martin V
G54O), and Clement XIII (176O). In
Russia car Alexander I (1S1O pro-
hibited the repetition of the charge
within his domains and now in the
goth century man is put on trial be-
fore the court of a supposedly civilized
nation on such an absurd charge.
Jew and Judaism on Trial.
And even if Bells is not convicted,
the trial has accomplished its purpose,
even If the Jury of peasants declares
the accusation unfOunded, it has done
its work And what IS the real cause
Of the trial2 It is an attempt of the
BLACK Hundred" to rouse the fanatical
tendencies of the people against the
Jews. Not Bells is on trial, but the
Jew and Judaism and with them also
Christianity. That is the unfortunate
verdict of history. The individual Jew
may do wrong, but all Jews must pay
the penalty. A Catholic priest may
murder a woman in New York and the
verdict of the people declares him in
sane or degenerate, who must pay the
penalty. but no one thinks of accusing
all Catholics of making = habit of kill
ing women or Catholicism of teaching
such a doctrine. But let a Bells be
accused of murder. and the report is
Immediately spread that the Jews do
this regularly and Judaism demands IL.
And lest you think I am exaggerating,
let me quote from a circular issued
by the BLACK Hundred and widely
distributed in Kief and Russia. The
circular says: The Jews have done