Deseret Weekly | 1891-03-14 | Page 23 | The Russian Jews

THE RUSSIAN JEWS washington march 5 william E blackstone Blac katone of chicago today visited the president in company with secre arry blaine and presented a memorial in i n behalf of the russian jews J aws deex he explained that the memorial was the re fult alt ofa of a conference of christians and jews recently held in chicago and called especial attention to the fact that it did not antagonize russia but only sought in a peaceful wy way w y to give the jews contral of their homes I 1 in a palestine the president listened attentively tent ively to Black Blacks stoned remarks and promised to give the subject serious consideration