RUSSIA l'KlWKCUTING THE JEW. The Russian edicts against tho Jews ought not to be a surprise to anyone. Tho persecution of these peopled in entire accord with tho cruel policy of the czar. The horrible cruellies that have been practiced upon tho Siberian exiles have excited tho indignation of tho civilized world, and now the persecutions perse-cutions and robbery of the. Jews will add to tho execrations justly heaped upon the Russian government, which ought to bo wiped out of existence by dynamite dyna-mite Can anyone wonder that there are nihilists in Russia? Or that tho life of the czar is in constant danger? Under the recent edicts no Jew is any longer permitted to own or even work farfn lands. This means that all Jews engaged iu agriculture must lose their lands and occupation. The result will be poverty and starvation. It is said that tills decree affects over a million people. Tho Jowe have also been expelled ex-pelled by thousand's from the towns and villages. Thero are four million Jews in Russia, and tho object of tho persecution perse-cution is to drive them out of tho country. coun-try. The dispatches say that civilized Europe Is shocked. It is no wonder. It is to be hoped that civilized Europe will make such a vigorous protest against this wholesale outrage that the Russian government will deem it advisable ad-visable to either modify or completely abrogate tho decrees. A London dispatch dis-patch says: The Jews have always been subject to exceptional ex-ceptional laws, which, however, did not render their living Impossible. Tbey, in fact, Increased In numbers, wealth, and Intelligence, were Industrious, In-dustrious, thrifty, law-abiding and sober, and were successful as merchants, traders, artisans and agriculturists. A few were permttted to enter the nn versifies, and later became distinguished dis-tinguished as lawyers, physicians and men of science. All this Is now changed. Such persecution perse-cution Involves a rellnement of cruelty for which history furnishes no parallel. It Is rumored that tin victims of this Russian oppression op-pression will, as In IS), break through the cordon cor-don on the Austrian and Prussian frontiers and find an asylum In free England, to the Injury In-jury of Its overstocked labor market.