Show STATE CANNOT INTERFERE to call a halt to the russian mistreatment of the jews in that country washington may 18 nona of the many resolutions relative to the kisha eilf outbreak adopted yesterday at vanous places in the united states has reached the state department it is not known whether further instructions have been sent to our embassy at st petersburg so far the department L before it only newspaper clippings and las only that basis to work on admitting disiro to investigate in disregard 0 the formal assurance of the russian fe government to ambassador mccormick the department would probably have to content itself with the sworn statements of refugees from to procuro through the american embassy or the american connuli would probably render our diplomatic agenda persona non grata in case they cast doubt on the official russian statements the brief cablegram from st peters ajr today might open the way for plo matic action on the part of the united states in this matter this statement f had forbidden the jews to arm or defend themselves with a deliberate purpose of forcing them to emigrate to the united states for no where in europe could tuey find refuge such action would be similar to anai taken by the doumanian Rou manian government upon which the state department part ment laid the doctrine that the dumping of hordes of emigrants likely to prove haupers paupers upon our shores was obnoxious to this country in this connection it may be worth 1 noting that in apito of the vigorous pro I 1 tests against Roin action con bained in the state departments circular note the government never admitted our right to interfere even on the basis of immigration and the condil lons continue very much as they were so tar as the jews in roumania arc con learned j portland ore may 18 the jewish citizens of portland today sent 2000 to new york to be added to the fund raised for the purpose of aiding the survivors of the kishineff massacre st petersburg may 18 all bibic assemblages in the arr rinee of have been prohibited under pain of heavy penalties A proclamation of the governor has been poat edir alti town and villager and has been in all the newspapers forhia y all pil lie gatherings warning t against interference wit ali oile while in the discharge of their duties ordering crowds which may collect in contravention of this to disich c rn fart summons of the po e lacroni lc roni di beying any of the arc i is of alic proclamation is liable t a ali 1 tuii or three months nt 1 liia stringent order h the ant of r popular agitation dist rance rl nce in sov leral localities in ane pro bui c are in st petersburg |