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JEWS HERE DEMAND
END OF MASSACRES
Cable to Wilson the Resolu-
lions Adopted at Mass
Meeting.
ENTENTE ASKED TO ACT
Many Observe ebay of Mourn
ing'-Hughes, Elkus, Schiff,
Hylan and Wise Talk.

peremptory demand that the United
States and the other allied nations repre-.
scented at the Peace Conference in Paris
take steps to terminate abruptly massa-
cres OF Jews In Poland. Rumana and
other sections of eastern Europe was
voiced by speakers at an amazing mass
meeting last night in Madison Square
Garden. Resolutions embodylng In lam
guage Of moderation the sentiments ex-
pressed by Charles e. Hughes, Abram l.
Elkus, Jacob II. Schiff, Mayor Hylan.
DR.. Stephen s. Wise and other speakers
at the meeting were cabled to President
Wilson last night, and 1t is the expressed
hope OF American Jewry that they will
accomplish practical results.
The gathering followed a "day Of
mourning" During the afternoon thor
sands Of business establishments con-
Quoted by Jews were CLOSED and a silent
orderly-almost uncanny-parade OF
10000 Jews formed in Rutgers SQUARE
and marched through that section OF the
city in a drizzling rain in protest against
the pogroms which have developed in
many Of the small new countries to the
eastward or Germany since the collapse
Of the Central Powers
About 5000 American soldiers and
sailors were In line. most of whom wore
bands OF crepe upon their arms. Many
In the crowd had themselves suffered by
the Jew batting against which the
parade was designed as the opening OF
a nationwide movement
The meeting was scheduled to begin
at s o'clock. but the crowds commenced
TO gather outside by noon. 1t had been
originally intended that the 500 police
men assigned by John Daily, chief ins
spector, to handle the throngs should
report at 8 o'clock. But the police had
not reckoned on the half holiday de-
clared by virtually the entire Jewish
population. and as the streets outside
commenced to choke with humanity de-
tails OF policemen forced their way
through the throngs and commenced ef-
forts to organize some semblance OF
order.
Mounted Police Keep Order.
One hundred mounted policemen came
Gathering UP the asphalt and by forcing
their horses sideways against the crowds
they succeeded in pushing them back,
yard by yard. until Fifth, Madison and
Fourth avenues were cleared from Twen-
ty-third to Thirtieth street. No one was
permitted to cross those thoroughfares,
but there was no disorder. and despite
the delay the police have seldom handled
a difficult situation with SO much tact
and judgment as was displayed.
At o'clock the doors of the Garden
were thrown open. and nearly $4,000
persons had got inside before the en-
frances were ordered closed and the DO
lice once more shut on the streets lead
ing to the building. Not n single red nag
was dtscernible. there was no sign Of
disorder and no arrests were made. The
absolute silence with which the vast
audience gathered and found its way
inside was even more unusual.
Grimnes5 was the dominant note in
this strangest of demonstr ations-grim-
ness and what seemed almost a pathetic
reliance upon the spirit of America to
right the wrongs which were being pro-
tested, American flags were everywhere
and when a band inside broke into
THE Star Spangled Banner the thou
sands found voice for the first time and
cheered with something more than the
ordinary enthusiasm which the national
anthem OF Yankee land usually evokes
When the meeting began nearly 20,-
ono men and women who had been I'M
able to gain admission stood patiently
outside in the rain. The applause and
Inar Of voices which greeted the speak,
e's were waited out into Madison Square
ard the cheers we're taken up with a will,
although those who gave voice to them
h7i only the vaguest idea OF what was
g rs on.
hbraham s. Schooner. chairman of the
mmiitee for the Defence of Jews in
and, under whose auspices the pro-
IT, was held, declared in introducing
ram !. Elkus as chairman that the
l.. Ages furnished the only parallel
70 the outrages which people of Jew
i'h faith were now subjected to in east
e. europe.