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Show J I NIMI LAMirATIU II tr. A vntr Important anniversary In tho hletory of tho Jewish ruco Is at hand. Tomorrow, the S7th day of Hr tember, a full ceutury will to com. lleted, since tho national assembly of Trams removed frum the statute tiooks all lawa relating to clvtl and political disabilities lu the taie of the Hebrew ople. On tills day, 1701, the full prlvllrgea of French citizen-ship citizen-ship were conferred on the clilt Iren of Abraham, then resident lu Frauce. It wan tho lint gllnifeo of freu polltlosi daylight which that uuhappy oplo -ajaBnsBB'-i--yaj-aBj- ha I experienced since tho fall of their great city D.JO. It was the enter log wedge which sundeml Ihe Iron shackle that for eighteen centuries Inun I the Jewish race In 'civil, social and N))lllcat brndage. Today Hutalaaloce of all the European Euro-pean countries, la a reecutor of the Jews. And strange to say, ItJsla and Fraure nre allies. One, the first modern nation to recognise In this way Ihedlrluo majesty of humanity, the other the last In the dlsgreio of telle Ion an I civilisation, by Ita brutality, ferocity and Intolerance. It Is Irue then Is still a lingering dislike of Jews lu (Irrma-iy, Austria and tbapa Itsly. Hut, eire t In lunula, the Jew It a freeman In every country In hurop. And the pioneer day of this freedom la the S7lh of Hetemlier, Iitl. It remains to bo seen whether the race lo which thla day meant so much, will dully observe Ita centennial centen-nial anniversary. Hit a matter which concerns the Jews of erery land and cllmo, and the celebration of the day should lis co terrolnoua with the bounds of the scattered oplc. At to tho condition of the Jews In Hussla, we have heard to muoh during the past tew jean, that ths situation there Is yet shrouded In gloom. In Ihe.Wionut lUvitw C. 11. Itoylance Kent lias a very Instructlvo artlclo ou thla sutJrcL He Isveetlgalea tho problem calmly, wisely and hll-oeophlcally. hll-oeophlcally. Heaayt that In the view of the ltusslan,the Jew It nothing tea thau a t, "a sort of ml-chlevoua diatbl-mrlng microbe, to be crushed out at any cost." Accenting to thu Jewish apologist Ihe situation Is dlflir-ent. dlflir-ent. With lilni, the Jew Is a usrful citizen, "jersecuted out of Jealousy, for his very virtues." Mr. Kent strikes a course midway, and Investigates according ac-cording lo material and tangible evidence. In Itusibt, with few exce lions, the Jews are contlnod to district known at His "rale." It rooslsU of the provltirit of Old I'olanl, Wvterii Hussla, Little Iluvsla, and Hotilli Hus-sla. Hus-sla. Wltliln the limits uf these four provinces o.OiKynK) Jewt Arepotilup It It estimated that about;S0,M others live ouUlde the "1'ale." The late I.tui-sror, Alexander tho Hecond, do. creed that certain Jewish artlsana could aetlle outldo the "I'ele." Ho also gave icrmlaslon to university Jew grtJuatea to dwell l-eyond the hated 'ine. Then la abo one other rlvllegeil class: a merchant who has ld I0UO roublea annually for fire years wlill" within lbs "I'ale," and promlsit lo l.y It In future, could live outside. Keen then conditions weru attached. He could only lake ihllJreri under 21 with him, Tho privileges rranled by Alexander are today completely annulled. an-nulled. Obstructions are placed In the way of students entering universities, artisans who move abroad aro harassed and trsveuted, and even tho merchant rrulld above members pay enormous taxes lu or ler tu obtain the right tu travel, Is hami-rred to that the original oonccaslous avails nothlug. The Itusslau, however, glvia reasons for hla treatment of the Jews. It Is charged that the Jew Is not a product r; that he Is a usurer, that he Uvea apart from the people; that he Is a romoter of drunkenness; that he Is a smuggler, a forger and a coluer; that he la n shirker of military service and a ron-nlverot ron-nlverot Nihilists. Mr. Konttakra up thceechargee consecutively and Utah) with them lu order! That thu Jew Is not proiuctr In the ielltlc.il ecshomy seiisu may tu partly true because he hat alwaje tve n n traJrr, but trading Is not ground fol persecution. That lie Is a money-len money-len ler, arises from the fact that lis wasorltatntiynnment llablo to n. pulsion, but he letils at less Interest than Ituwlan bankers. That the Jew doee not ooalrecu with the -o lo may ailss from Jits H-ibbath observ-auco observ-auco and festlvil celebrations. Hh) lock tells Jisslca to Iguore the oirnlval, lo 1.x k up the doors, aud "not to gate on Chrlstlsn fools with varnished fans," He Is probably tho aimu In Iluetla at In Italy, but that It not plea forpirsecu-lion. forpirsecu-lion. In reply to the charge of drunken-tiers, drunken-tiers, Mr. Kent admits that though the Jew is remarkiblo for li m ranee, yet the vait majority of Itusslau ll'iuor dealers are Jewt. There nay be some truth In Ihe tmuggllng charge Ucause His Jew Is routined to the froutlers, and people there naturally take to tinuggllng. Atiyfrontlir eo-ple eo-ple would do this where rigid protection protec-tion la vt a prevail. Hut they should bs met with law mid not jiersecuted. Aa lolhu ihargee of coining, disincline Hon to military tervhs and Nihilism, Mr. Kent raja If they aro true the Itusslau la to blame for It. rhit Ituuls's policy li cruil, Immoral aud Intxtiedlent, and that by expelling ths Juvaa 1 Inula Is working herowu rulu. lldward the First of England expelled them, and lived ton grit It. In U3-' Ferdinand and Inhella txpelled 170,IOM Jew a from Haln and from that time Hpalu dads lttdecty. Itmsla woull da well to ponder over the t xpedlency part of the question. It stems that tho saying of Hl.rbck, "sutlsrauce Is the badge of ull our tribe" Is as truo today In Itussla, ut It wailnVtntcu three centuries ago, or In l'Mtn llinie under Vesuilau, w hen each Jew h 1 1 ta pay a polltsx of half a sheckel. Woul I It not be well for lluista to take n lessun from Friiice, now lhatn fetllogof emlty aril good will proralla Utweeu lioth countri--' Die latter by Its trratmrut of Jen maikel au eiocli tu LurtHuti tiiriti ry Why should not ltu'.U mark sv lb-by lb-by abvllsiiluj Its autl Joh Isli p II j |