The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-11
QUESTION OF The
PASSPORT VITAL.
Editor OF Prusxian Paper,
Once Exiled. Tells
Views
CAN HEBREWS RETURN
aY MILTON ssoNNEa

NEW YORK. Aug IL Russia.
In its recently renewed endeavors
70 secure a great loan Ia this coun-
try and 20 draw up a new com
ulerciai treaty with the United
States. Is perfectly eontent 20 have
Americans think the only OBSTACLE
= lts position 90 the question OF
admitting % Russia Jews Who hold
American passports But there Is
a bigger principle Involved and Il
Il this VIII Russia act as other
civilized nations DO when any FOR.
uaer Russian subjects, be they Jew
or Christian. visit Russia and pre-
sent American pagers
This puts an entirely new phase
on the wholo vened subject and the
authority FOR this is Ivan Okun-
stotf. editor q the RaszkoY- slovo
o. New York. and himself a Rus
sian Cossark and Greek Ovthoaox.
Okunstoff. IN his early manhood.
sas editor OF Russian paper and
principal os a Russian schooL For
some liberal expressions In an Ell
torial he vas hanished 70 Siberia
for life. he escaped and. making
BIS say 70 Japan. fognt means 10
come 20 this country seven years
axo. The siove. which hs edits and
owns. has the largest circulation %
any daily Russian paper IN the
world ogtsite % the Russian en-.
pir-
IT IL tine for the American peo-
pie % Aearn.~ said se. that the
passport question. far from being a
Jewish question. IA one that Goa
Gems equally al uatlonAiitiea ruled
~ the ear Americans believe the
whole tronsle arose Wien Russia
refused 10 accept American pass.
ports bid b. Jews. because 70 Do
SO would affect the governmental
attitude towards It's Iewn in TIRE
pale o. settlsmenf IN reality The
passport matter Affects the Jess
40 mere than L does the pure RuA.
sszns. ths Poles. tire Librarians,
the Georxians
I. for instance. am a political
criminal In TIE eyes % Russia Ths
fact t1af an a Chrfstiaa zrt hold
American passport papers ~oul1
rot sare ne from the rgnishmen.
% The car Il | we're foolish eroggh
TO enter Russia
c1gis ee s@txec ~ pslics
Tire Russian s1serr-er.
~-.lc ret ever receive hsr
Russian 6r.-s or.reces ehli-
sr-~. TIE c~asarts ~sa rsss
s--ie~sssc 20 ,rls eo0rtry noie-
i-s ezssiar psssc1r-s. = trey
returned ~fsn American eaas
scr-s Trey essi1 &c ssixxc ~
AIRY stiisS. p1liesrs. sre
treated as Fgssisr Sc ec.s
~ns rad ecr-~lsfs1 ire ersr-s
~ t-ri-s % ave - r-eir Hgs
sisr efsixsrsrio- Trss 10 trs
rssser ~sy --ary 81 tire sturdy
eassIsn peasants eSs n re
Western farming ssssss 81 nss
e-c1--s rsfarzilree- Trsy -ees
sore Say 70 -sss-- % sgssia
ard trey srs>~ ~-z. 10 n store
s1r .-.r- y trey h,se tHe q.
--.~fsy 20 c~r5-s a--rseara
=. = rzoas probable that after
th@ var re lrsmixraf1cz % EEss.zn
CsrtHriazs wlu exceed that of TIE
Jews ard ire Poles. Thea the Rak.
slazs xiii attract greater zttention
hers a1t their voice VII receive
notice. Even AZ TIE present tine
there are "a fhis country $500 geo
subjects ard er-szhi~css of Ire crar.
o. rhese crly t.7sas0 are Jews
TIE smia-ce are Csrts,iazs Aat az
alike are affected ~ tbs passcort
gzestior-
II the Earzs American stil
means anything. this rovsru-snf
eannce aIioE itssis % D. influenced
sT harks and business corpora
tons tz.o framing a rev treaty
xsth Rzsstz ska, I'll fail 70 settle
satisfactorily 'ks statns q a.
Americans citizens. whether native.
horr or ua.uraiIrsi- Ever sx-sus-
tsc. % ire czar. Chrsssia, aud Jew.
alike. snoGId have guaranteed htrz
under re treaty fsll protection
WIEN h@ visits AEzsia armed VIII
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