The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
Jewish Editor Depicts Pogrom Horrors
Abraham oahan Just Back From Europe Gives Detail Ruthless Slaughter and Torture
Aid Graphic Study of Whole Situation in and
BY L. X. WISEHART.

way TO America 10 carry out mis-
.,on AZ representative OF the Central
Committee Of All Jewish Parties. The
central Committee was formed at Kieff
IN January o. this year, and as repre-
sentative Of this committee Mr.. Gold
stein will tour America to organize as
s,stance for the thousands of Jews
Who have suffered IN the Ukrainia po-
groin epidemic. The Central Com
,ni,iee believes that the anti-Semitic
clements in Ukrainia cannot be con-
,rolled by any orgo nized government
ar by the Peace Conference 1t con-
templates raising regiments of Jews
10 oppose the marauding followers Of
petlura who have already tortured
and killed many thousands Of jews.
The first details of tho Ukrsinia
nassacres, concerning which so much
has been heard in a general way. while
authentic details have been lacking,
have been brought to this country by
Abraham Cahan. editor Of the JeDtsh
Doily FortDard The facts we're given
10 Mr.. Cahan only few weeks ago
by Mr. Goldstein. who was then In
Paris completing arrangements to
come to Aenrica. He is back now.
and their views make a graphic study
of the whole situation.
Mr.. Goldstein Is enc of only three
Jews who ever were admitted to the
Russian bar under the old regime. He
was the defender Of Count Leo Tolstoy
when Tolstoy was prosecuted by the
old Russian Government. Mr.. Gold
stein in the dsye Of the old regime
had the reputation OF being one Of
the greatest lawyers in Petrograd. He
defended Kerensky and Murontzeff
chairman of the frs. Duma, and later
he defended the leaders Of the sec
ond and the fourth Duma.
The Ulrainian Massacre.
The most frightfui and gruesome
pjctures of human torture that the
brain can conceive are not worse than
the actual facts reported by Mr.. Gold
stein after a thorough Investigation OF
the Ukrajnian massacres. Official IN
formation Of pogrofns and nnassacres
in sixty-four towns has already beer
gathered by the investigators OF the
Central Committee. The authenticated
material of ruthless slaughter. torture
pillage and destruction amounts al
ready to more than thirty volumes.
The character of his barbaric per
secution is shown in the statement
from Mr.. Goldstein which is quoted
below. He gives in detail the TRACED,
of the town Of Noygorod volynsk, ant
he explains how the propaganda Of
the Bolsheviks against the bourgeoi:
has become confused in the mind oil
Petlura's followers so that when Pet
lura's followers join tho Bolsheviks
they continue their depredationi
against the Jews. Not the real peas
ants of Ukrainia but the peasants who
have served in the army and have be-
come inoculated with Petlura's anti
Semitism are the ones responsible FOL
the prosecutions.
Petlura is said TO be an ignorant
leader Of considerable personal mag
neusm, INSCRIPTIONS, inspired witt
hatred Of the Jews. When his follow
ers break away from his control the,
continue their military organization
and pillage, burn and slay on their owr
initiative.
Mr. Goldstein's description OF the
UlSrainia situation follows:
THE followers Of Petlura slew sew
eral hundred Jews in Novgorod Vo'
lynsk by cutting their threats will
scythes The dead and wounded were
all buried in one big grave. Ths
sbrial,s - ,ho .,.opodad mara haar ri
from underground. Nobody, however
was allowed to rescue them until thu
soldiers had gone away. Then the!
we're taken out by DR.. Kaftsan.
Jewish doctor, who succeeded In saw
ing the lives of three OF the wounded
Pogrom Repeated.
The pogrom was repeated agaii
and again, the streets Of Novgorod Vo
iynsk being piled with bodies whicl
pigs were eating sometimes when tn
dying were still alive. Finally the sol
diers, wearied of the pillage an
slaughter. burned the city, turning 1
absolutely into a pile OF ashes, 81
that now this town, which had a pop
ulation OF $4,000. is literally wiped out
The remnants OF its unhappy inhab
itants for a long time were roaming
about the fields and forests, wher
they met crowds Of victims of othe
Ckranian progroms. Many went in
sane from what they suffered per
sonally, or from the sights they ha
Witnessed. often a whole crowd G
such madmen wander together, an
sometimes they come across com
panies OF orphans whose fathers hav
been murdered and whose mother
have been first outraged and then mur
dered Such scenes how are going o
IN hundreds of places in Ukraina-
During the Ckrainian pogrom
and massacres the Central JEWS
Committee, of which / am chairman
carried on an investigation Of tn
massacre epidemic. We sent invest
gators to the various pogrom riddle
towns TO collect information. frs
hand, from victims and eyewitnesse
to gather photographs and pogrof
leaflets and other documents. Subst
duenuy we heard the reports Of thes
Investigators and also Of a great man
pogrom victims who came to K1e
as refugees. A great mass of test
mony. horrifying and tragic. has bee
collected II Is being classified an
eventually Will be published in thirt
volumes. A cyclopadia Of JEWS
tragedy I can II.
Last June we estimated the nun
Der OF Jews killed in Ukrainia MAJ
ncres during the last year at 1000
put this figure must be greatly II
creased. In addition to those killt
the number OF MANNED and serious
wounded was estimated at about so
Wo, but continued investigation show