The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-28
PERSECUTION OF JEWS.

The new Chief Justice OF Great
Britain, Sir Rufus Isaacs, Is jew
Mr.. Isaacs has had brilliant Parha-
mentary career, and when Lord Alber
stone retired from the Lord Cher
.Iusticcship. he was one of the TWO
candidates upon whom the SUCCESSION
would fall. There was some murmurlng
in England against tho appointment
of n Jew TO be Chief Justice. This,
however, to do the English Justice, was
rather faint and OF no consequence
There was a charge made last year
that Mr.. Isaacs had speculated IN
Marcopi shares. aud he at first denied
such speculation And investigation
was had and a FREQ and full confes-
sion made by Mr.. lsaacs, IN connection
with others who had INDUCED in
like speculation. It appears that the
speculation was a fact, but 1t was In
the American Marconi shares that this
speculation was had and not In the
European Marconi. The denial referred
TO speculation in stock that might have
come before the British Parliament In
some form, but as the American Mar
conf WAS not in the least likely TO
conc before Parliament in any form,
the denial was in fact truc, although
hardly candid; for when the specula-
tion was challenged the whole truth
should have been told. But when Mr..
Isaacs made full and free confession
the exoneration of him by Parliament
was complete. Mr.. Isascs is the first
lew 10 be appointed Attorney-General
lie is also the first Jew to be ap.
pointed Lord Chief Justice.
The Marconi speculation was en-
gagged in by him in connection with
others. and was made at the time when
the British Parliament was negotiating
FOR the taking over of the British Mar
conf company, but since the American
Nareopi shares had nothing to do with
that, the point involved had nothing
10 Go with corruption, but with official
etiquette and frankness with Parlia.
ment. The whole incident was salts
factorily closed when the complete
statement was made. Mr.. Isaacs be-
came Kings counsel fifteen years ago,
so that his political advancement has
been marvellous.
On the other hand, Russia is the
iercest ,Jew-hating country in the
world. The Jews there are placed un-
der extraordinary disadvantages and are
the victims Of brutal seventies, and
vet on occasions the Russians are quite
willing to treat the Jewish subjects and
Jewish personagcs with a Difference and
self surrender scarcely known any
where else.
The great Passion Play of Ober-
ammergau appears TO have struck deep
in the courts of Europe Accordingly
new passion play has been written
by the Grand Duke Constantine to be
performed completely by members Of
the highest nobility. The title of the
play is 1.-THE King of the Jews and
it traverscs practically the same scenes
incidents, and deals with the same
characters as the great play Oberam-
mergau.
The music was written by Glazunov
and it includes ballet representing
the scene of rhe great dance Of Salome
before King Herod And as the ballet
has obtained It's most artistic and It's
highest development in st. Petersburg
il is said that this ballet is to he the
wonder Of the earth. But how incon
gruous for a court to make go much
Of a people and of a great incident in
the history Of that people while crush
ing out the life OF that race within The
jurisdiction of that court and sub
.iccting the race TO torture, banishment
and disabilities that are inhuman ant
afrocious