The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
Warsaw mourning loss Of relatives killed by maraudr
Outrages Against Sons of Israel Are OF
Daily Occurrence and Darker Times
of Persecution Are Expected

their object. Nearly all the members
of the underworld Of Warsaw and such
places are fully armed with knives and
revolvers: and 1t seems impossihl" ',t
police regulations or the STATUTE, ,o
deprive these people Of their "rigat~.
| in this respect.
Another employment to which th.-,
versatile bands lend themselves l. add
| ing delinquent debtors to resist pay
ment. Numerous cases are on record
| in which landlords have found u I'M
| possible to collect their rents when
| they threatened to eject Their tenants
the latter have arranged with the mem
| beers of certain gangs To visit thu lri-
| lords and demand that they ccls" .,
press for payment.
I, hehooves the Russian authorizes
to take a firm stand in The pr,-rnt
situation: but the very fact that Che
| Government itself did its utmos' .,
| obtain a conviction in the recent I.'.al
murder trial indicates that 1t doe uat
| intend to rise TO the occasion. DIru-
| the outbreaks against the Jews I'
k!shincf in 1SS2 and 1891 many lu..-
| CO mt persons lost their lives and hul-
| riJle atrocities were committed by ht.-
| barous mohs melted To frenzy 10y Ia"
same stories as are now being circulated.
| In all these early maSsacres the en-
ploded fable of the ritual murder ale
| ways played prominent part. Will
| the Russian Government denies com
plicty in these charges against IT,.
Jews it takes no open steps to cnl
once and for all the ritual muri
Islander which is one of the causes
| Of So many actual murders and pst-
! RACES.
a. dol
those who bring these charges pcr'd
caly against the Jews a solution IF
the question is impossible. Some y.tr-
ago when Michael Davitt was tray
| cling in Polish Russia and in -.
Jewish pale to investigate the caUs
| of the kishinef attaCs upon the Jews
| he found that the false charge of "rlt-
| ual murder published broadCast 20
anti-Semite newspapers had led DE-
rectly To the outrages. Speakns (!
this matter, he wrote:
The Car can accomplish one god
and blessed work. If SO minded. VIII
out altering single ant-Semite r. -
lous law. The Emperor can DESTROY
Russia the atrocious legend atDu' '.,
annual killing Of Christian childrrI Sc
Jews as an alleged part Of the N.J
atonement in Hebrew paschal rites In
tHlS HiilidHt anu christian liSh TO
entitled to the cooperation of III" tu-
> peror Of Austria, the King of RuwJ.
MIA ana the heads Of other Btatu
States where this story of ritual m
der is constantly circulated and uu' Be-
! frequently is part of political prop
ganda.
There ought tn be a truly chr.-' 10
| crusade Waged against this infiU ..-
product OF ancient insensatc s,C'I' 81.
hate. II was the inspiration ui ..-
most horrible of Kshinef murder '1'
) driving of nails through the eye,
5 women. the cutting out of the T.. ..'.
of two year old child, and nun '.
less sexual mutations. ThousauI- H
$ innocent people have been do" '.
c death in the centuries through "
; these crimes have been the blood
b OF monstrous invention born 3D.
Q spirit of supersttious savagory
no age has yet made any '" =
civilized cndeavor To eNorcis" Z
! ignorant and fanatcal Christian "...
Let his Majesty the Car t5 Is
task to other noble duties T"
which his name is associated. .'-
, cial ukase reciting his own dis" '
I the ritual murder legend and J.
ding, under severe penalties, It's I'
lation anywhere and by any mr.. ~
Russia, ordering that this ukl~.
= be read in the Empcror's name a.
r church in the Empire furtui-
n fore Faster each yea for tn" Do.
n ycars-let this he done and H..
$ work Is practically aCCumpN~I.. '
II Christianity, for civilization q. id
a Russia too.
II "A similar obligation lies up. No.
: Governments Of Austria and H.
is kan States. Rumania is AZ D.. "
e the worst sinner in this matter III,
- legend is in constant ClrrU
q through the anti-Semite press ''
e being used. in fact. as an argun 10
political campaigns for dry' N'
e, Jews out of the country"
nj There can he no doubt from %
l. Michael Davitt says, that this ''
l. murder charge Is merely a me- N
10 arousing public sentiment ag;t.n
he Jews for reasons of political
& ganda. That the Car has not s.
se sued the ukase freeing the .IrN- II
Id the false charge is significant H
m the Government has failed IN N
n tempt. the fact that the jury 30. ~
p" in verdict admitting the l"~
OF ritual murder" is ominuu> r d"
III extreme. 1t is evident that he. 20,
ne not on trial. but the whole nat W
ed Jews who to-day inhablt the f
Of dominions. Confined within g." '
n monte Siberia" of the Pale al F"
Id indicate a further eNtcnsiv" I" "
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