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traits. After my conversations with
him have carried away the impression
that he is good natured man, patient,
firm and reserved. He Is not cultured
in the European sense Of the word. but
he possesses inherent Jewish refinement
and pride. although he is not conscious
If it. Only his remarkable patience
makes it possible for him to bear ais
painful burden as he is bearing it.
AT first Bells did not understand
what was going on about him. Every
thing was vague and dim to him. What
was he accused Of? OF ritual murder?
Of having murdered Yuschinsky for
ritual purposes? He was unable to
understand it. Little by little he began
to realize that he was only Jewish
victim, and however painful the whole
affair is to him he sometimes feels in
stnctively the greatness Of his position.
the fact that he was destined to be the
Jewish victim. He realizes the So
lemnty of the occasion.
"Mendel Bells is sympathetic when
he laughs. He laughs naively, heartily
as only innocent children can laugh
He burst out laughing when / told him
the story Of two foreign rabbis who
were alleged to have come to his house
for the purpose Of committing the ritua.
murder, as related in the act of indio,-
ment.
But Mendel Bells also cries at times.
More than once have l seen him cry Bit
terly. The long imprisonment and the
terrible accusation against him some
times cause him to fall into a state Of
despair. Then he cries bitterly and
touchingly. He is somewhat relieved
when he recalls that the owners Of the
| brickyard are continuing to pay his
family his salary of 4j rubles a month
and that his family is not suffering from
any want
: zone day when visited him in prison
and the guards were near 10y BELLS com-
| plained to me Of his sad fate. | tried
10 console him:
| "'A man goes to war for his people
and gives up his life to save his coun-
| try said to him.
| "'Yes. but then he Is killed at once,
and there's an end to It ALL replied
BELLS,
But it happens that man Is
wounded, that man loses an arm or a
leg during the war and remains a
cripple for life
"'Yes, yes, that is true, said Bells,
shaking his head. somewhat consoled,
"We spoke of generalities at our
meetings. There was nothing to dis
cuss with regard to his case. What
could we say Of q case that did not en-
ist. Of which BELLS knew nothing?
| "By the advice Of friends, no food is
brought to BELLS by anybody from out
side, for the Black Hundreds have spread
rumors that the Jews intend TO poison
Bells"
| The curious coincidence of the ritual
murder case in Kiev is that while
ritual murder accusations have long
been proved to be cruel libel upon the
! Jewish people the description by an
old irresponsible priest, Lutostansky. OF
how alleged ritual murders are COM
mitted by the Jews was minutely fol-
lowed by those who actually murdered
the boy in order that the Jewish peo-
Pile might be charged with the crime
| In a series Of volumes which are sup
posed To be translations of the Talmud
this priest Lutostansky betrays not
only his ignorance of the Talmud but
also the fact that he has deliberately
falsifcd quotations from the Talmud
and perverted the Interpretation OF
Jewish customs and rituals. Pranaitis
another discredited priest, of the same
school, Is the chief "eXpert' for the
prosecution.
In his translation Of the Talmud. &
work which has been subsidized by q
number of Grand Dukes and praised by
the Car and the Dowager Empress
the confessed Charlatan Lutostansk!
recommends the following solution o
the Jewish problem in Russia:
"The Russian people" he writes II
his Talmud. expect their representatives
in the Duma to see to 1t that all the Jew'
living in Russia shall at once be recog'
nzed as foreigners, without any rights
and privileges allowed other foreigners
Such a measure, in connection will
other restrictions, would surely hastel
their removal from Russia"
Then he enumerates series OF re
strictions that should be introduced:
"The Jews should not be admitted +
the army and the navy, neither as reg
ulars nor as volunteers.
} 1.-THE Jews should not be permitted +
practice as military surgeons, as as
sistant surgeons or as druggists.
= military service should be replace
? by a fine. and these fines should be pal
! by the entire Jewish population.
"The Pale of Settlement should b