The San Francisco call., 1913-10-27
Resolution Adopted by Great
ConcourSe of All Religions
Sent to the President
in Washington

Scottish Rite hall was filled yester-
day by an audience that gathered to
offer a protest against the charge of
ritual murder" placed against the
Jew. Mendel Bells, at Kiev. Russia
Representatives of every religious
sect in San Francisco were present
and voiced their protests against the
persecution of the Jews by the Rus
sian prosecutors. Among the speak
ers were some of San Francisco's s
most prominent business and pro-
fessionaIi men. Some of those present
secutions of the Jewish people and
the tortures imposed on them by or
der of the emperor.
RABBI MEYER PRESIDES
Rabbi Martin A. Meyer of the Tenn
pie Emanu-El called the meeting to
order and introduced City Attorney
Percy V. Long as chairman
Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of the
First congregational church; Warren
II. Porter; Rev. DIR. George Burlin-
game, pastor of the First Baptist
church; Robert Newton Lynch, vice
president of the Chamber of Com
merce; Rev. J. Wilmer Gresham, dean
of the Protestant Episcopal cathedral;
Austin ]. Lewis of Oakland; Walter
Macarthur; Rev. DIR. Joseph Kraus-
kopf of Philadelphia and Rabbi Ja-
cob Nleto all expressed deepest SYM
pathy for the downtrodden people.
DOCTOR AkED MAKES ADDRESS
Doctor Aked said in part:
we have gathered hare fhfc Of
noon, not as Jews, not as Christians,
but as men and women. We are
shocked and Mortified by the revival
In Russia of a hideous superstition
1t is intensely humiliating to the
pride we take in the human intelli-
gence of this day and age to see the
monarch of a great European country
cropping back into the dark of past
centuries.
Here we are this day to register
our solemn protest against bigotry
and race hatred. Ii is impossible for
us who are Christians not to resent
the insult against the Jews of this
or any other country"
OUTRAGE DECLARES ROLPH
Mayor Rolph was warmly greeted
as he mounted the platform.
My blood has been at the boiling
point because of this unjust attack
against the Jews" declared the
mayor. "San Francisco is not going
to stand for this outrage in Russia.
She is certain to make a mighty eff
fort to protect the character of the
people of a great religion.
Representing the people. want TO
voice the protest of all the citizens
of this city against the injustice
Humanity's interest is our interest
and for the people,
Rev. Father Ramm Of st. Mary's
cathedral spoke in part as follows:
CATHOLICS IN SYMPATHY
Il stand here today representing
the archbishop, who. unfortunately,
is I'll and confined to his bed, and also
as the representative of the Roman
Catholic church in this city. I think
that the Catholic church. as a whole
has the greatest sympathy for the
Jews because of this ridiculous
charge, for the reason that the Catho-
lie church has been in the same boat
herself
In 1890 there appeared in England
a pamphlet. edited by an English
army officer. in which the editor ex-
pressed as his belief that Catholic
nuns were obliged to drink beef tea
made out Of infants bones. In 1894
Ryder Haggard wrote a book, one of
muring of nuns alive. Both writers
were taken to task and their accusa-
tions disproved. but the Catholic
church is still fghting similar
charges equally ludicrous
RESOLUTIONS OF PROTEST
The following resolution, intro
duced by Rabbi Jacob Nieto, was
unanimously adopteds and will be sent
to the secretary of state with the re-
quest that they be sent to the Rus
sian government:
Whereas, 1T has been the prac-
tice on the part of malevolent
persons periodically to circulate
the malicious report that Jews
use human blood for their Pass
over celebrations in order to in
cite i'll will among people who
would otherwise live in harmony
with one another and to bring
about mob violence, resulting in