Show RUSSIA AND THE JEWS ONE of the statements which herr goldberger makes concerning his ex peri ence eDOO in russia is that the russian government with all its ito immense agricultural and mineral resources will sooner booner or later be forced into a condition of absolute bankruptcy this statement coming so eo soon after the gold excitement of a week ago in which russia so prominently figured is rather startling it is noteworthy that henry clews and other financier we see no danger of russian bank on the contrary mr clews in his hia last report says that all europe is watching the russian minister of finance who it appears to a very capable man unfortunately we have no accounts of the process of law if any by which the hebrew merchant to is driven from russia we are told simply that it is all done because the victim is a jew and nothing more the same ul ill fortune follows that unfortunate race in russia now that attended it in west ern europe years ago it to Is just years since france extended to the jews civil and add political liberty other countries followed slowly and it was not until 1868 1858 that england gave the jews complete emancipation of late a class of apologists for russia have hem been springing up in america one of them col do de arnaud has written a book entitled the new era in russia in this he tries to disprove much of what to is charged against that country he was interviewed a short time ago by the charleston world correspondent in new york as to dussias Rus sias treatment of the jews he contends contend that they are harshly treated because they are dishonest bankers and stockjobbers stock jobbers and that russia is justified in expelling them he denies that their religion has anything to do with their expulsion but he damages his argument by comparing the course of russia toward the jews with the treatment of the mormons cormons by the united states he says they have from one section of the country time and again and yet the government sought them out in their seclusion and treated them with rigorous laws enacted specially against t them hem the mormons cormons call this perse cution we know better if he has no better illustration of his bis argument then than this he will fail to convince intelligent people in america that the afie jewish religion has had nothing to do with the cruelties cruel ties practiced upon them in russia and add the parallel which he attempts to draw between the new orleans lynching lunching lyn ching and its ito causes with the russian treatment of the jews to is no fairer comp comparison arlson than the other Noth notwithstanding withstanding the fact that day after day the newspapers teem with essays editorials and dispatches about russia we know little in reality about the country its newspapers do not circulate here its language is unintelligible to ninety nine per cent of american editors we rarely irever if ever see am a correct translation from a russian newspaper some russian brusslan authors have been translated into english and have been widely read what we do learn of russia usually comes through channels not in harmony with the government our great american 0 papers do not send reliable correspondents there then to ascertain the real situation and yet we raise a perpetual howl about something we know nothing of russia has a jury system justices of the peace established tribunals provincial legislatures a national senate and two councils one of which has haa legislative powers it is in true there is no written constitution but there is an abundance of written law nicholas 1 I established the grand council in 1801 this Is composed of the ministers ot ol the czar the grand dukes and all the high civil and military dignitaries this body frames laws for the czar azars as approval and aoto acts as a supreme court in cases cams of high treason or otherwise if necessary there is also a second grand council composed of members which dates its existence back to peter the great in 1711 the third grand council to Is called the holy synod and site in st petersburg this is composed of ef church dignitaries and occupies itself mostly with religion these are some of the main features of the government that the nation maintains its power with such vast interests at stake and with such a complication of influences operating to effect its dissolution is the best of evidence that its organization is vigorous and thorough the fault is in the kind of government rather than its want of vigilance As compared with the modern republic their tendencies are am on precisely opposite lines the foremost principle of a pure republic i is the elevation of the common people and repression of the aristocratic spirit the principle underlying the government of the czar is the strengthening of the aristocrat and degradation of the commoner the strongest testimonial ti against russia is that it will not tolerate the inspection of the world like a conscious criminal the head of the nation bolts himself within his bis castle and with guns and armaments closes his nation against intercourse with progressive intelligence |