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RUSSIA
The Land of the Bear has had an- ¬ of mankind who comes from the Can
other antiSemitic horror The excuse
in the proclamation was that mini
hers of Jews had settled in Kief with-
out permission This city forms a-
part of what is known as the Jewish
Pale where this race is allowed to
reside and since the great massacre
of 1881 the Jews have been allowed to
live in comparative peace in Kief
They now control the best shops lac
tones theatres etc and the Russian
merchant has very likely complained
to the government that the obnoxious
Jew is ruining business and will soon
own the land if he is not made to feel
the lash
The persecution of the Jews in Rus-
sia has always been for commercial
rather than religious reason His apti-
tude for making money is the real
cause of his persecution although the
degenerate illiterate Russian whoso
religion is only a superstition is
taught to believe that the Jews steal
Christian children and use them for
sacrifice at the Passover that they
stone religious processions and insult
the sacred icons of the Russian
Church This talk with a few bottles
of vodka the vile drink which has be-
sotted Russian peasants will lead to-
a Jewish massacre at any time
Only those who have visited Rus-
sia can fully understand the condi-
tions there The average Russian
looks upon a Jew as unworthy of the
consideration of a human being and
believes that strenuous measures
should bo taken to keep him under
control To bo sure there are a few
Russians who have protested against
the horrible atrocities which have
heen practiced in Russia and some of
these are today paying for their pro-
tests by languishing in Russian pris-
ons branded as enemies to the Holy
Czar and revolutionists against the
government The Jew Is the merchant
and money lender of the country Rus-
sia haB seen her thousands of peas-
ants pauperized by officials and then
brought on the verge of starvation by
the Jewish money lender who lends
the peasant even on his implanted
crops These crops are a failure fre-
quently through the peasants own
laziness Somobody must answer for
these conditions so it falls on the Jew
and a pogrom as these massacres
are termed follows Tho horrible
atrocities of theso massacres are too
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well known to need repetition here In Odessa where the business is
The Cossack that splendid specimen practically in the hands of Jews a
Russian was questioned about tho
casus away over in tho Ural Moun- race there They are a dangerous
tains to serve the Czar Is generally people he said with a mysterious
on hand and does the main part of air You may beat a Jew you may
the terrible work To him tho Jew is burn his house jjou may kill his fam-
the same as a mad dog and is treat- ily yet he will get on Tq be sure
ed with less consideration than a he will whine and wail for a while
dangerous animal Russia keeps a then he will look out for business Why
regiment of these men in Warsaw and during the riots in Odessa one who
sends he Polish soldiers to some oth- kept a cigar store was literally cleaned
er quarter of the empire out his family was killed and he him- ¬
self was bady wounded but somehow
The more one studies the surround-
ings of the Russian Jews their tew he managed to save a few packages
liberties and their ostracism the moro
of cigarettes and when the riot was
one is impressed with the remarkable oer he appeared on tho ruins of his
homo offering the cigarettes for sale
character of this race which has pre-
and soon he had a litle stand and
served its wonderful individuality in
in a month he had a small shop To-
the face of all the disasters they have
day he is the proprietor of one of
passed through during the last nine-
the largest cigar stores in Odessa
teen hundred years a nation without
a country scattered over the four This simply Illustrates their energy
and if Russia does not once in a while
quarters of the globe yet preserving
let them feel her power and keep in
the distinctive qualities of a nation
check their rapacity they would prac-
whichhas produced some of the great-
tically own the land You Ameri-
est men in all the walks of life
cans I know condemn our actions
There is no better place to study Jew-
but you do not understand the situa-
ish life than in the Pardoll district of-
tion but you will if our Jews keep on-
Kief or in Warsaw In both theso
going to America Again and again
places one may study tho thriftlness-
the antagonism toward the Jews abil-
of the Jewish trader how he sells at
ity crops out
large profits if ho can at small ones
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if he must but sell he will His dick- There is a class of Jews in Russia
ering with customers and his cajoling who to further their business Interests
methods are far more in evidence have joined the Russian Church
there than they are in this country These people are ostracized by Rus-
¬
sian as well as Jew and their money
Barking is the fashion and the visi-
tor who strays into the market at- brings them little pleasure
Russia is a Jew country for of tho
Pardoll will have to make a purchase
The Jewish 11000000 of Jews who inhabit the
or light his way out
market In Warsaw 1b remarkable too world over half are in tho Czars do-
for it is always crowded and is a main not from choice but because tho
veritable beehive of activity It was annexation of Poland made them sub-
During
hero during December 1S81 that the jects of the Little Father
pogrom began and today the Rus- tho Middle Ages Poland was tho land
tho Hebrew race Ac-
sian will tell you that it is a favorlto of refuge for
Bticking as tho mur- cording to tho laws of the land tho
place for Jew
der of a Jew 1b called in tho Russian Jewish subjects must
live within tho
comprises Poland and
Umpire Somehow the year 1881 Pale which
lfi of tho adjoining provinces A limit-
scorns to have been a black one for
ed number however are permitted to
the Jews there although It was tho
live outside tho Pale merchants
first year of the gentle system in-
No who belong to the Guild and who pay
augurated by M Pobiedonostoff
than townB and villages about 450 for that privilege This
fewer 1G7
would not be an exorbitant tax woro it
witnessed theso scones of savagery
not for tho fact that tho Jewish busi-
which would seem impossible in tho
ness man is continually blackmailed
nineteenth century Scores of Jewish
by Russian officials for bleeding a-
women were dishonored hundreds of
Jow is always legitimate In Russia
men women and children woro slaugh-
tered and thousands nfado homeless With all theso drawbacks some of the
Yet tho Jew continues to live and In llnest shops both in Moscow and St
many Instances get rich in this awful Petersburg are kept by Jews and their
country beautiful homes are ornaments to
both of theso cities Those who have
for 25 years served as soldiers may
live outside the Pale Students of
high educational institutions apothe-
caries dentists surgeons and mid-
wives as well as skilled artisans are
allowed to live in certain sections
These walks of life include but a small
number of persons for it is exceeding-
ly difficult ior a Jew to meet require-
ments and qualifications of classes to-
tho satisfaction of tho Russian Govern-
ment A thousand and one obstacles
are placed in the way of tho applicant
For instance only 10 per cent of tho
students of a university are allowed
to be of the Jewish race and theso
are admitted only after a most rigid
examination something not exacted of
the Russian students In some of the
best schools tho number allowed is
from 3 to 5 per cent It may be add-
ed that the Jewish students are sure
to carry off the honors if given any
sort of an opportunity to compete
with the Russian Despite all these
stringent regulations to keep them in
ignorance the Jewish people on tho
whole receive a far better education
that the Russian peasant When the
boys of the Jewish families are be-
tween the age of five and six years
they are sent to the Chedar a sort
of private Jewish school Here the
child studies until he is of age which
in tho case of the Russian Jew is 13
years If his family is very poor tho
boy must sometimes leave before that
age and become apprenticed to a
trade Many of tho wealthiest Jews
send their sons to England and Ger-
many to be educated and to learn the
languages for the study of foreign
languages In tho Chedar has recently
been forbidden by the Czar The irls
are not so fortunate miles they ro-
of rich parentage in which case they
are educated at home Even tho poor-
est class are industrious and at 11
are good housewives besides cuviing-
a few pennies by sowing or making
gloves etc for factories They mar-
ry early in life often at 15 Thoro
are few old maids among tho Tows In
Russia and a mother Is greatly dis-
tressed when sho llnds herself with
an unmarried daughter who is over 25
years of ago The Satchcn tho pro-
fessional matchinakor Is found all
ovor Jewish Russia His business Is-
to bring together young couples who
aro suitable for marriage The father
of tho brfdo must give her a dowry
commenBurato with the money tho
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bridegroom is able to furnish For
Instance a clerk will sometimes re-
quire a dowry of two hundred rou-
bles while a watchmaker and jeweler
would receive six hundred roubles
about 1500 It is remarkable how
happily the marriages turn out for
divorces are few and the wife is a
help to her husband in whatever walk
of life they may live She is some-
what of a gossip but she makes a de-
voted mother and her famhy is usual-
ly a large one In the smaller towns
she assists her husband in the shop
and makes an excellent saleswoman
The Jew as I said before is the mer-
chant and manufacturer of Russia
The greater part of woolen stuffs used
in Russia are from Jewish factories
Cotton and linen stuff glass iron
leather in fact the handling of any
line of goods for which there is a mar-
ket comes under the Jews line of
work He is the money lender loo-
of the land and makes his money by
doing business with the poorer class
The Russian aristocracy need not ap-
ply to him unless they are willing to
leave valuable jewelry and plate as se-
curity Nicholas the Second is liberal
with his ukases and he is likely at
any time to order the members of tho
aristocracy to repudiate all debts to
Jews that bear interest higher than
2 12 cents So the Jew money lender
does not care for aristocratic client-
age
Military service is irksome to the
Jew but serve he must or pay con-
tinual hush money However 15000-
of this race died in tho defense of
Russia while that country was at war
with Japan and as many more wcro
wounded A soldiers pay is too small
to attract a Jew and Russia has
done little to foster tho patrotic spir-
it within him If he goes into tho
army however you will find him a
private secretary to some officer op-
di awing plans and making maps Ho-
is more useful to Russia here than
tho Russian because ho is better ed-
ucated Here too ho is illtreated
because ho will bo required to do ex-
tra work for tho officers whoso petty
meanness crops out when ho offers
tho Jewish soldier a piece of pork In
payment tor the work when ho knows
full well that tho Jew will not ac-
cept The Jewish soldier really oats
no army food and usually manages
to get his meals at tho home of a
Jew
Tho homes of tho poorer class of