The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

the dark eyes and Jewish" noses. were
working with feverish energy.
! watched them. was waiting 10
see them Zee. only one representative
of tho Russian Red Cross had stayed
behind with them. Count Tolstoy. who
died TWO weeks .ater OF typhoid m
Warsaw. Only after the last wounded
Russian soldier had been carried on
id the jewish young men leave. The
of the German artillery was
so terrific that the Jewish Relief Corps
could not enter their automobile. They
Just scattered on the field and ran
hllndly for several versts.
| am recounting this incident which
! myself witnessed only as an example
Of Jewish loyalty.
But this was Of no avail. They"
needed the Jewish victim. And they
found him.
As far back as the beginning ~
December the public learned that an
ordor regarding the Jews had been
issued In the army. II a not Ions
before its purpose became known.
The Russians had suffered a new,
> ''lfdA NJ were SEEN
ing a sCapecoat. They grasped nj a
shadow. They found the guilty
In the order Of the Commander in
chef or the northwest front the ac-
Cusations against The Jews began with
the statement: German
admit that the Jews in Russia are
friendly to the Germans and render
them assistance ."
And. since he believes the German
newspapers and has received from
his Generals further proofs which
confirm the reports OF the German
newspapers" the Commander IN CHIEF
directs that whenever they find the
slightest grounds to suspect Jews Of
.treaChery the most prominent men
Of the jewish communities shall be
arrested and hanged without ccre.
mony and the cities shall he destroyed,
The Russian Generals took full ad-
vantage of this command, Scores OF
the best Jews were killed and hanged.
! shall not go into details. for these
atrocities on the part OF the Russian
army are we'll known, But these
death penalties were only a sort Of
prelude. Rumors began to spread,
which calm" people tried to explain
as results OF hysteria. There was
talk Of plans to expel all the Jews
from Poland. Of driving the Jews out
OF Warsaw and packing them of to
Siberia. and other curious rumors.
And there IN the army, where every
outcast understands that his existence
and his position depend upon his fnd-
ing he real enemy" there In the
army, where the head OF the stan
OF the Commander in Chief. Gen.
Yanushkevitch. sits and gathers spe-
clal libellous material and prepares
himself for the war against the Jews.
there they stirred up sentiment for
the Grand Duke Nicholai Nicholaie-
witch. who has always been hostile
TO the Jews. They did everything TO
incite M another.
In order that you may understand
how this is done in Russia, even in
times Of war. let me relate a short
but very striking incident;
II was IN the middle OF the cold.
rainy Polish winter. In the army
about Warsaw a terrible epidemic OF
cholera suddenly broke out. In one
community every day from four 10
five hundred people would succumb
to the disease. They began 10 fght
against the epidemic az they fight
against everything in Russia The
well and the sick. the cured and the
newly stricken victims, the dead and
the living-an were thrown together.
\ large part of the army was thus
destroyed and In that sense they won
In the struggle against the epidemic.
At the same time efforts were made