The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-13

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~cusation brought against the Jewish
people in this case.
The body of Andrew Yushinsky, q
Christian boy, a found in a cave
Just outside of Kiev, in March 1911.
The hands were tied behind the boys
back and there was Al wounds on
the body. Beiliss was arrested and
accused of the crime. 1t was the al
legation of the Russian government
that he killed the boy as part of the
Jewish church ritual and that his pur-
pose was to obtain the blood of Il
Christian from which TO make the
%unleavened bread used by the Jews
In their religious ceremonies. An
ti-Semetic organization, known as
the Black Hundred, has given all the
assistance possible to the prosecution
and in addition has circulated print
ed statements calculated to inflame
the people against the Jews. And, of
course, the wealth and assistance of
MANY Jews were behind the defense.
1t was the claim of the accused and
his counsel that the crime was com
mitted by a band of criminals.
In view of the known fact that
the Russian government more OF less
secretly sympathizes with the enemies
of the Jews in Russia, there can be
little question that the prosecution
had every chance to obtain a con-
viction, and also that the defense
would scarcely obtain an equal oppor-
tunity. Furthermore, under the Rus
sian law, only n majority of Il jury
is required for conviction. In view
of these facts, the acquittal of the
accused can mean only that there was
little ground for the governments
case.
, The Russian government has fire
quently played the trick of attempt
ing to divert attention from its own
. evils by arousing hospitality to the
Jews. This has not been difficult
For, in addition to the racial pre-.
JUDGE which is strong in the Russian
people, the Jews have been the
money-lending class in Russia. Peas
ants ground down by agents of the
government, o~verburdened by taxes
and suffering from frequent eXtortior
by the Russian Greek church, have
been forced to seek loans from thu
Jews in order to escape literal bond
age to their creditors. 1t is a faul
of the ignorant and simple minded
unfortunate to hold a grudge agains
his creditors and this is why The
Russians often respond quickly to at
tempts to arouse them against tn,
Jews.
v 1t is inconceivable that any peopl,
Jews could be capable of such savag
, cry as ritual murder. That belong
y to the Head-hunters and the canni
balls. None other would think of it
Commenting upon the charg,
!, against Beiliss, the Jewish Tribune
4, Portland, Ore, says:
. "The question arises. Can the PEG
pie who are accused of superfluity o
service to God, can they as Jews ne
n glect the Thou shalt not murder o
the Ten Commandments? Can an,
human being whom God has not We
deprived of common sense believ,
that there is any Jew who commits
{ murder as a practice ordered by hi
religion? Has not the same libel beer
labeled as pure falsehood by the
II greatest scholars both of the Jewisl
and Christian religions? We can no
but mention that among those Chris
tians who protested against this false
accusation against the Jews were:
John Emanuel Veith, the eminent
preacher of the Cathedral of St
Stephen, Vienna; Alexander McCaul
, in his Reasons for Believing that the
Charge Lately Revived Against the
f Jewish People is a Baseless False.
hood London, 1910, published a
protest signed by So converts, the
S first of whom was M. S. Alexander
Bishop of the Anglican Church al
Jerusalem (died 1S45), and Popes:
> Innocent ", Gregory X, Martin v.
Paul I'LL, and Leronzo Ganganelli
later Clement XIV; also Monarchs:
3 Frederic III. G470), Charles V,
, G544), Ottocar n. of Bohemia
(1254), Boleslaw v. Plus (of Poland)
l (1264), Stephen Bathori (15T6). . /.
.And the greatest scholars of Am
erica, England, Germany, France,
81 Austria recantlv