Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-08

last Nsa ~ mr. slhcr, secaa One Icatne
win psueiioe Of Ritual siuraer


The ritual murder chnrso IN ihl.
century of ennshienmeut b not sub.
ject of consideration Tor tho student
~ history hut fer The ahcnist Ani
The criminoloelst There IL not ono
normal individual of average lntelli.
gcnce who believes d. There Is not
one honest pefson ln the whole civ-
iiiscd world who repeats a. in the
past centuries fanatlelsm coupled
With ign0rance might really have be-
hcvcd IN some instances that pcraOns
committed murder Tor ritual and re-
liglOus purposes But, today. after
tho accusation has thousand times
proved to be an Infamous lio. no sane
person believes q. Wherever the
charge Is made, It Is made with orim-
inal intent from criminal motives
ana for criminal ends.
That this IL the case In tho Bells
trial IN Russia no one. surely. viii
doubt Were It not SO, had the gov
crnmout merely made n mistake ia
imprlsoninK an innocent man. it
would have al once liberated and cx-
oncrated BELLS whose innocence has
/ been positively proven. Were not thn
Russian government actuatcd BY
criminal motives. it would not bo So
mortally afraid 81 light and Truth
For here is what has haphoEel 90
those who dared tell tho Russian peo-
pie the truth about the Belts trial.
Since the ninth of october. when tho
farcicai TRIAL began, % periodicals
have been penalizcd and made TO pay
nnes aggreguting to $3.50 roubies
80
newspapers have hoen Confiscated. the
publication 81 enc paper has boon al
togethcr prohibited and tho editor OF
another has been thrown into prison.
And all this. by the way, has hap1en-
ed Ia country which Ia its customary
lying policy. told tho world in 1895
that Il established freedom % the
press.
But Russihs crime Is not oriy
against one Jew. Beilis. n against an
the Jews In her domain and else
where. but against Christianity aud an
Christendom as we'll By trying 10
create tho impression that there ls
such thing as ritual murder" ashe
iustincs the accusation which was Tor
centuries mallcously chnrgod against
Christianity Up 40 the thirteenth
century no one ever thought Of Drins-
ing such monstrous charge against
the jew. since Judaism does not fuT-
nish me slightest prctcxt even Tor the
basis OF such an accusation. Christ
lauity, on the other hand. does far
nish even prcteNt The pagla
world found such "a prcteNt IN the
Christian system which, contrary 90
the teachings of Judaism eek. NNNI.
33D. believes In vloarlous atonemout
declaring that q remission Of the sin
OF Adam could be obitcrated Through
the death % another man more thnn
800 years iatcr The pagan Norl1
found such prttcxt In the Christian
Bible where IL Is reported that Jesus
took the cup. and gave thdn6s, ana
gave u 20 them CHS disciplvsl. say
Ing, drink sc al OF lt. for this Is my
blood OF the new gegtamen w'lch s.
shed for many Tor thc remissiun 90
sins. (Mattn. NNVI. "a. IS. Marx
XIV, 20. 90 Luke XXI, 20. ] Cor
NTH, ~. 25.) Tie PAGAN world found
such "a proteXt in tho words ~ the
New Testament where John says
(John W. $50. Gle chat catcth my
flesh, and drinkcth my blood. dwclleth
In me, ana Bon him. and, verify,
verify. / sag anto you, except go eat
the flesh of the son of man drink his
blood, Sc have no life Ia you.
(Vf 53D