Show CIVIL VICTORY FOR JEWS IN RUSSIA RUSSI ST. ST PETERSBURG April 16 Mm Min Minister ister of Finance and nd the council coun cil of ministers have blocked a scheme of ci the tho reactionary organization of O Odessa Odes Odes' Odessa e sa to gain control of the Odessa municipal municipal pal credit association to the disadvantage ta rage tage e of the Jews Since the Jewish Jewis participants in the association which makes loans on easy terms to Odessa citizens have a working majority for forthe forthe forthe the election of the board of directors a aplan pl plan n of reorganization tion was was adopted bj ny the reactionary board of aldermen separating sep tho the electors into two categories according to religion tho the Christian category category cat cat- egory though numerically inferior t to elect a majority of the tho board General Genera f the prefect indorsed the the plan but Mr refused his bis sanction santion holding holdin that political motives should not be introduced in in an economic enterpriseS enterprise In this he is is sustained by bythe bytho bytho tho the cabinet |