South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-01

that the issue was wider than the rights OF
wrongs OF the Russian Jews urged our GOV
eminent to press upon the Tsar the necessity
for their instant emancipation, measure the
easier and the more natural, inasmuch as they
had come into the with burning enthus
iasm, inexhaustible sacrifices, and incredible
heroism. Their emancipation would have
meant to the Allied cause an immense asset
of good will-the good will of a people of
journalists.
But the opportunity was let slip, though it
was a war for righteousness and the freedom
of small nationalities, and though even Rus
sian Senator-Baron Rosen, formerly Ambas
sador at Washington-cried out in the I'M
perial Council: 1T is impossible simultaneously
to serve two gods-it is impossible to profess
as regards international relations the great
principles of liberty and justice and to ignore
them as regards inner affairs. This would be
unparalleled political hypocrisy and cynicism."
But was there at least an alleviation-for war
time only-of the legal sufrerings of the Jews
of Russia? Surely Russia was touched by
their Jewish patriotism. They were the sole
nationality from which onlysons were con-
scripted and they bore it without murmur;
they even added volunteers-they came back
from America itself Their Weather classes
poured out IuuuS luey OTSdulLeu uOoplIdAo'
Surely Russia-the. land, as Stephen Graham
tells us, of pure primitive Christianity-coul
not but respond to this supreme example OF
Christian forgiveness!
How Russia responded you shall now hear.
And though a stream of documents has poured
upon me from Russian JewTy, it is not their
evidence that / shall call, though it is natural
ly nearest to the facts. l will go only to the
speeches in the Duma published in the Rus
sian papers, neither censored by the Russian
Government. nor cOntradicted by 1t:
Under the mask OF military requirement,
said Professor Milyukoff, the celebrated leader
of the Cadet Party Constitutional Demo
crats), "unheardOf measures Of corporate re-
sponsibility for uncommitted crimes were
adopted against the Jews-measures remind
ing one of the savage laws of the Dark Ages,
and degrading us in the eyes Of the civilized
world" THE Jews" said A F. Kerenski
Labor party, have been crucifed by hatred
and calumny" "A series of measures, cried
Friedman (the Jewish Deputy. absolutely In
credible and unheard of In the history Of hui
mainly whether for their cruelty or their
pretext."
What was this pretext? Let Tschkheidze,
the leader of the Socialist Democrats, answer.
Gentlemen" he said in the Duma on the 18th
of August, 1915, the Government, once more
on its last legs. turned again for a scapegoat TO
the Jews. This time instead of charge of
ritual murder, il is the accusation OF felony
and treachery. But all Russia and all Europe
knows what has happened behind the armies
and on the battlefelds The guilty are not
the Jews-the whole country knows that. The
guilty are the traitors-some OF them recently
In high office, some OF them now hanged-wnO
have battened official contracts"
And what were the measures to repress the
innocent Jews? One was Ike the Germans
in Belgium-to take hostages, hat. unlike the
Germans from their own subjects. -Four hun
dred Of the Jewish elders were thrown into