Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
HUGE JEWISH STATE
PLANNED IN RUSSIA
Territory to Embrace BRO
Bidjan District, Located
in Southern Siberia.

The largest Jewish state in the world
Is soon to be created in the Bro Bid
Jan district of Far Eastern Russia, ac-
cording to recent news dispatches. BRO
Bidjan, or Brisk Bidjany, as 1t was
once known, lies in the Amur River
region north of Manchuria, China. 1t
is in Southern Siberia.
Not long ago every geography text
book presented Siberia as a dreary,
treelesS, waste fit only for eXiles." says
q bulletin from headquarters of the
National Geographic Society. THE
very name Siberia conjured visions of
long lines of prisoners moving across
bleak tundraS, their ranks being decN
mated by wolves and bears and the
whips of their taSkmasters.
Land of Mineral and Fur Wealth.
Nothing could be farther away
from the reality of BRO Bidjan than
this vision" the bulletin continues
1.-The Amur Province, in which it is
located, is larger than France and con-
tains almost as varied scenery as. the
United States with the exception or the
semi-tropical Southern States. True
there is one high, somewhat bleak
plateau, but there are also many FER
tile plateaus in the region. MarShy
lands contrast with tall-wooded ranges
and treeless plains with magnificent
forests. Much of the scenery along the
Amur River may achieve notoriety for
its wild beauty when the country Is bet
ter known to the world at large.
Nor is perpetual snow character
istic of the region. Often for months
during the Winter there will be no
snow at all, although the temperature
is seldom higher than 20 degrees below
zero. The short Summers are COM
fortably warm
Gold Mined Extensively.
"There are rich agricultural districts
in the province and gold IS mined eH-
tensiyely Coal has not been mined SO
much. but there is an abundant sup
ply. The forests are filled with game:
bear tiger. sable, panther, wild boar:
deer and wild goat Tigers are Kllleo
in a novel way. A kid or a dog is tied
to a stake at spot on which gun Is
trained, being secured to a rest placed
at a little distance. The hunCer con,
ceals himself behind some foliage ana
mills the trigger when the tiger APP
pears on the scene. The natives make
pipes upon which they play note re-
sembling the cry of a kid when they
hunt mountain goats. IA.
"Amur Province has one large CITY,
Blagoveshtchensk, the City OF Glao
Tidings,' with population in excess OF
$4,000. It has wide streets and some
modern buildings. Practically all the
houses of BlagoveshtchensK are mace
of wood, some being elaborately carved
and others ornamented with large rings
or triangles of wood nailed on the front
of the house at regular distances.
Stoves Built in Walls.
The stoves in the houses are built
into the wall from the floor to the CELL
ing. AS the front is flush with the wall
they look like decorative panels WIN
their highly colored tiles in various de-
signs. -. CO.,
''The Siberian likes to wash his face
and hands under thin trickling stream
of water and usually scorns a basin or
tub. In some inns will be found a
brass receptacle hanging on the wall
and ending in a nozzle at the bottom
so the visitor can wash under, his de-
sired trickle.
THE Amur River, which separates
Ar1ur Province from Manchuria, can
cnlv be navigated about six months
wear. In Wilmer when it is frozen there
is much Sledge traffic over its icy sur
face-not all of it under customs super
vision. In the Summer the numerous
islets which dot the river form colortul
pictures with their fringe of white SAND
beaches and brilliant foliage and
flowers"