The sun., 1915-03-21

hsh tomorrow statement by
the famous Danish author.
Georg Brandes. concerning the
pogrom agitation in Russian
Poland. Or. Brandes also re-
plies to some Of the criticisms
directed against him for his ar
raignment Of the Poles.
ny GEoRG BRANDEs.
~ NE would think that after The
bell,gerent nations had sue
- cccdcd IN turning Europe into
madhouse. a hospital,
cemetery and house Of mourning
and ruin. they would At least main
tain a sort OF peace within their own
boundaries, II only because Of their
hatred for one another.
This. however. is not the case in
Russia, as I have pointed out In other
articles While England and France
are forced 10 give Europe the i'm
preston that the Russian Government.
and liberty. tho former has stifled the
labor press. disrupted labor orsaniza-
tons killed five Socialist members Of
the Duma. banished Finland's fore
most statesman 20 Siberia, dragged the
Polish peop.e along through hazy
promises (Which are not even made
hy the Czar himself but by q General
who has no sense OF obligatlon), and
commenced a persecution OF the Rus
sian Jews which Is worse than any
they have ever endured.
Although Il is estimated that the
Jews AT present nghting IN tho Rus
sian army number between a quar-
ter OF a million and 100000. the Gov
ernment Ia taking every precauticn
TO que,l the restlessness OF the Jews
and to thwart any attempt on their
part 20 venture beyond the territory
IN which they arc permitted TO live.
7, IS within this territory and several
Littau provinces that tho war Ia
Poland IS raging.
When dire suffering and hunger
drive the Jews from the territory a.
.ot'ei them. they are driven back by
patrols OF soldiers or swarIns OF Cos
sacks When Jewish soldiers con-
vsltsC!ng from their wounds leave the
aosp!ta. they are sent AZ once 10 their
Homestead" however un!nhab.table Il
may be. II they are unfit for field ser
wee.
I, has even happened that n Rus
Sian volunteer 10 years old. who had
half OF his face torn away and was
opera 'ei upon by Prof Hirschmarn,
was expelled from the hote, and was
forced 10 leave tre CITY because he was
jew or of jewish extraction. And
the true state % affairs IL this: No
person whose father or grandfather
was of thc Jew ~ faith "a admitted 10
tho of'icers' schools tina. have been es-
tpNl!shed. "a long az the war lasts.
since the outbreak OF the war an
endless nun ber q pogroms have taken
place in Poland Itself. The Jews have
been robbed brutality maitreatcd, and
.- many instances murdered. Fur
tHrrmore, they have been expelled on
tsy.ntv-four hours notice from n
number cf towns where they were
formerly allowed 20 live.
Thus l.5oo families were driven out
. on tlo country ronds from Grod2lsk
In Tho vicinity Of Warsaw. a town
know Well. All their possessions. which
Trey We're forced 10 leave behind them
were riHel or stolen. In IKE manner
/ the Jews have been driven out OF
e.rh; towns. whence they fed 20 the
/ capital. where Il was impossible to
, - ,cr them.
/ tbs happened az the Same time
/ tnt' number ot young Jews who
/ Nad d!st nCu!shcd themselves on the
/ n"id OF battle received medals and
other decorations for bravery, and
/ while IN" Government press was prais'
/ Ing the Jews for their zeal IN build
ing hospitals and IN collecting fund,
for 30 benefit OF the wounded, wild
1 owed mothers and children.
The fact that rioters in Rus
San ro.nnd "a IN other countries
n Europe, are nlcd with lIving
hatred toward the Jews cannot sur
.-.sr any onn. IL would certainly no.
bring the writer, who perhaps NOR,
than any other living author OF non
Polish orig has proC,a.med his devn
t!u1 20 the Polish people, 70 accuse thr
Poles. " Il we're the Rioters WI,
-'3rt'i 'h- pogrOms there would h'
nothing 20 say In that case tn
outrar,s p Poland would be IKE thos,
~ E,sAEcn or any other place II
Russia proper,
Bat what hos forced me 10 protes
'q tNo vast difference he'wccn the con
lit..us IN Russia and Russian Poland
namely. while IN Russia al the coun
.fry- brilliant writer's, Leonid Andre
Wv NaA'm Gorky, and all the othe
intellectual giants. interest thcms"lve
p tire unhappy Jews and regard ,h
.ug..Hf.uu - pogroms a base outrage
ihr Polish intellectual leaders, mel
l'Fe = erno'ewsk and Sw,entochow
SKI have become leaders OF a move
.mrut against the Jews and thereby bc
trIu.l how far Polish intelligence Il
matters ~ culture and civilization
stands below the Russian at the pres
eu. time.
THIS f. the main issue, and moth
'Hg ,s being done 10 change the situ1
ton J am not writing for the sax
uf llrg az snace. but In the mos
scr uHs onrnca'n"ss, for human live
lv lie thousand hang IN the balance
They are being sacrificed TO anc en-
beliefs, as II q were tho task OF N
r.n.,s 10 destroy rather than 10 up
bu'h.
The VlCrA'nian press has d!sparage
mo publicly 20 the best OF Us abl,it
h"gluHo ! wrote that knew IN
m.trols OF tho Polish election, bu