The Denver Jewish news., 1919-11-26
100, 900 Jews Protest
Ukrainian Massacres
NEW YORK PARADE GREATEST
EVER SEEN OF ANY ONE RACE.
MEN AND WOMEN MARCH TO
ANCIENT HEBREW DlRGE.

49,
said:
New York today witnessed its great
est parade of any one people, more
than 100000 Jewish men and women
marching to an age-old Hebrew dirge,
in protest against alleged massacres
of their people in the Ukraine. Wind
ing for hours from the lower East side
TO Carnegie hall in the heart of the
metropolis, the cortege continued unin-
terrupted from 1 o'clock in the after
noon until long after dark.
Nearly 25,OOO uniformed soldiers.
sailors and marines, veterans Of the
war, led the procession. Jewish fra
ternal. welfare, business and labor or
ganizations marched in the column
American and Zionist flags, draped
with mourning, and banners telling
of the sacrifices of Jewry in thu
worlds conflicts for democracy and
humanity were borne aloft thruout
the long line. From the first massed
ranks of uniformed marchers to the
last groups of tired stragglers colors
and poster appeals against the reported
pogroms were valiantly carried for
ward.
Delegations from Philadelphia, New
Jersey and Connecticut cities were in
cluded in the procession.
At Carnegie hall the cOrtege was
dismissed, group by group. A mass
meeting concluded the days. demon
stration. The Jewish East side had
been in mourning all afternoon. with
shops. manufacturing places and lid-
dish theaters closed.
Governor Spith, United States Sen
ator MedilI Mccormick Of Illinois,
Lieut.. Governor Walker. Mayor Hyian
and Jacob H. Schiff, were among the
speakers at the meeting.
In statement given out today, the
rkrainian national committee of the
United States declared all true Uk-
rainians deeply regret the massacres
of Jews In the Ukraine and elsewhere
and that responsibility for those in
the Ukraine rested mainly upon tho
irregular bands Of partisan leaders
over which the Ukrainian government
had little or no control.
President Simon Petlura. general
issimo of the Ukrainian army. and
the government of the Ukraine. the
committee declared. were doing every
thing possible to stamp out such IN
human practices, had instituted cap
iiaI punishment for those guilty OF
rogroms and had distributed more
than twenty million karbovanets
,rubles) to the families of victims
pogroms had now ceased, the state
ment maintained.
The committee cited an order of the
day of General Petlura to his troops.
dated Aug. 25. In which he reminded
Them of the loyalty Of the great mass
of the Jewish population to the Uk-
ruinian government and OF their suf-
ferings under the BOlshevist' regime
and called upon the soldiers to defend
their Jewish neighbors against any
attacks or prOvocation. Jewish vol
unteer troops, the committee reported
we're now fighting under Petlura, ana
three members Of the Petlura cab
met were Jews. as well as several di-
plomatic representatives of that gov
ernment abroad.
Chicago--Reserve patrolmen and
mounted policemen were necessary IN
handling q crowd Of approximately
10000 Jews who gathered at a down.
town hall today to protest against the
massacre of Jews in Ukraine and
southern Russia.
The Jews paraded thru the city
headed by large number of former
soldiers and sailors.
DOCUMENTS ATTRIBUTE BLAME