Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-01-31

Siberian division | WAS myself on
the scene and can testify with what
Incredible cruelty the expulsion Of
the Jews from the Province Of RAJ
dom took place. The whole popu-
lation was driven ont within few
hours during the night. AT II
O'Clock the people were informed
that they had to leave, with threat
that any one found at daybreak
would be hung. And so in the dark
ness Of the night began the moving
OF the Jews to tho nearest town, liz
ha, thirty versts away. Old men,
invalids and palalytics had TO be
carried on peoples arms because
there were no vehicles.
'gThe police and the gendarmes
treat the Jewish refugees precisely
as criminals. At one station, for
instance, the Jewish Commission of
Komel was not even allowed to APP
preach the train to render aid to the
refugees or to give them food and
water. In one case a train which
was conveying the victims was COM
pletely sealed and whom finally
opened most of the minated were
found half dead, sixteen down with
scarlet fever and one with typhus.
"In Poltawa the Jewish Relief
Committee was officially reprimand-
ed by The governor for assuming the
name 'COmmitte for the Aid OF Jcw-
ish Sufferers from the War; and
ordered to rename itself Committee
TO Aid the Expelled on the ground,
as stated explicitly in the order, that
the Jews had been expelled becauae
they we're politically unreliable -
and, therefore, presumably, deserved
no help"
Russian Occupation OF Galicia.
During the ten months Of the RUS
sian occupation Of Galicia the Jews
Of that section suffered even more
deeply than the Jews Of Russian
Pale. For here the Jews were the
subjects of the enemy and no pre-
text was needed to maltreat them.
The Ruthenians and Poles occupy
ing the land We're friendly to Rus
sia, which promised them independ-
encc and power But Russia could
expect nothing from the Jews Of
GaHcia, for they were already in
possession Of rights and liberties not
enjoyed BY the Jews of Russia. The
Jews constituted the most loyal Gle
ment Of Galicia, and the weight of
the Russian invasion fell upon them
mercilessly. Here thousands OF
Russian Jewish soldiers were forced
to give up their lives in a vain at
tempt to inflict upon the free Jews
Of Galicia the very slavery which
they themselves so ardently longed
TO throw off in Russia. They were
forced TO witness the dosecration OF
synagogues the outrage OF Jewish
women and the massacre Of inno-
cent and helpless civilians, all COM
mitted by their Russian fellow sol
diers in the name Of Holy Russia
In the town Of Bohorodozany there
appeared, in January, a detachment
of Austrio-Polish troops. They do
manded food and quarters and were,
of course, supplied. After brief
stay they departed But the act OF
the Jews was reported to the Rus
sian commander in Stanislau He
Immediately sent a punitive" ex-
pedition OF four hundred Cossacks to
the town. They set the town on fire.
routed out the Jewish women and
girls from their places Of conceal
mcnt, assembled them in the square
and there held an orgy under the
open sky After their lusts we're sa-
tisfied they drove the victims under
the crack Of the whip, half hacked
and starving, along the roads TO
Stanislau. One woman, who had
risen from childbirth only q few
days before, died on the way One
Of the physicians of Stanlslau, DR..
B., testifies that he alone treated
ten cases of women and girls who
had been violated.
In Szczerzec, Galicia, the Russian
soldiers caught one Jacob Mischel, n
town councillor, poured oil over him
and burned him alive
IN Dembica, Cossacks raided
synagogue to which the Jews had
fled for refuge and prayer, robbed
and imprisoned the men, and out
ragged the women. Those who
escaped through the windows were
caught by the guards below and men
and women were Snouted 20 death.
Then the troops set fire to tho syna-
gogue.
These are typical cases of out
RACES perpetrated against the Jow
ish population OF Gslicia. Scarcely
town in the line Of invasion escap-
cd. The Jewish population fled be-
fore The invaders in vast numbers.
Oppression Denounced in the Duma.
A non-Jew deputy, Tchkheidze,
declared in the Duma on August 8,
1916
'"rhis is supposed to he a war for
liberty, fraternity, and equality, but
what jnstice is there in making
whole nation answer for the crimes
OF individuals, granting that there
are any?
''in The name OF what truth is the
Kuzhi SANDER being spread broad
cast?
In tho namc Of what truth are
the newspapers ordered to reprint
this story under penalty OF a fine?
"What Justice demands that a
Jewish volunteer who has several
times being wounded be expelled
within twenty-four hours when he
tries to find place in Russia TO re-
cover from his wounds?
''In the name of what humanity is
IL forbidden to hand food to starving
Jewish refugees cooped up in freight
trains? In the name OF what brother
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