South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-06

erty and ignorance of the peasant
classes. For the same purpose and
through the same medium. the Tar
tars were melted against the Ar
menians 10 the end that thousands
Of Christian lives were slain
AS the Jew, however, could be
more conveniently spared for the
role of apegoat. ne was sacri-
need upon the altar Of tyranny
whenever occasion demanded IT,
Most of the pOgrOns were inspired
and carried out by government
agent provo Gators. with the assist
ance, of course. Of intoxicated peas
antry KoValesVsky. the greatest
Russian poluca economist. con
firms this view when he relates the
foIlowing story. demonstrating
with the Russian peasantry against
their needless persecution of the
Jews, hes was told that the latter
had sacrificed Christ and were
therefore 20 be punished for their
guilt But KoValesVsky explained
that the crucifxion of the Christ
had occurred more than 500 years
ago. and that the Jews of the pres
emit were in no way responsible To
which came the reply %. We
thought that Christ was crucifed
last year" IL should. since the only
way 10 Judge OF the present cha
otto period in Russia is by the past,
be apparent TO any fair-minded
man that the mistreatment of the
Jews is not therefore due 10 the
fear of the peasantry, but 70 the
despotic hatred Of the Romanoffs.
who used their power TO incite the
ignorant and sUperstitious peasants
against them
Sir John claims that. by reason
Of the revolution the Jew has Sc
cured a majority representation in
he present bolshevid g3Vernmen.
do not profess to 90 in 1nesessicn
of actual statistical inform 7t.or re-
garding the composition Of The b)l-
she1ki in Ieist.0l 10 their re gI0us
leanines. and max bold 10 stare
that neither mas Sic John Bu I
do know that before the rev
olution the DopUatIon II Russia
was I'VE per cen- Jewish ana hat
the revolutionary party was p per
cent Jewish D. does no- follow.
however. from his tha- even o. per
cent of the bolsheviki are Jewish,
to say nothing Of the 50 per cent
claimed by Sir John.
As a matter of fact. IL is well
known i'm Russia. at least that the
bolsheviki are bitterly opposed 70
the burgeoisie. i'm which class the
Jews have been FOR centuries com
PEELED TO remain. Deprived by the
government OF the privileges and
prerogatives Of the Russian people
in general. the Jews have been pre-
vented from becoming landowners
or even farmers. have been herded
together in the cities and forced 10
turn 10 the petty trades for liveli-
hood and prohibited wholly from
engaging in any of the industries
hat would tend 10 separate them
from the petty burgeoisie class 20
which they have belonged. Even
now scarcely a day passes IN Rus
sia without a massacre OF the Jew
ISL people II the government were
composed Of Jews. is il not reason
able 20 suppose that drastic steps
would be taken by them 70 put
stop 10 this wholesale murder or
their countrymen'
Leon Trotsky IS mem
Der of the bolsheviki diumvirate.
but Leon Dtuesch is the head OF the
socialist revolutionlst party one OF
the boIshevikTs bitterest enemies
as are likewise the cadets whose
leader is Grusen berger All this
would tend 20 show that the pres
ent Russian government is not. and
could not be. in the hands OF the
Jewish people and that Sir John is
not as familiar with the Russian
situation as he would have mis-
hearers believe
Should the present condition OF
affairs continue Sir John went on
TO say. Russia viii again find her
self dominated by an alien race" T
should like 10 ask on what grounds
ne dares 20 assert that the Russian
Jews are aliens They are Rus
SLAMS born in Russia and have been
for ages a part Of the Russian peo-
pie Does Sir John consider that
England was ruled hv an allan