| Show THE JEWS IN RUSSIA ST dec 22 the condition of the jews in russia is growing more depressing every d day y and their burdens more tiresome tir esona e certainly not in all the dark ages not even in spain were the chosen people treated worse than now the extra legal prose ution need not be named they are really too horrible in many eases cases to name it seems to be generally understood der stood that any crime committed by a christian against a jew will be winked at and so BO every imaginable outrage and infamy is heaped upon them but apart from these thin things md the legal and officially authorized thor zed oppression is bad enough to make this age notable in the history of f persecution all the russians are heavily taxed but in addition to the taxation they share with the rest of the people the jews suffer several special taxes one of these is the box tax which is levied upon every pound of meat butchered according to jewish rites which means ot of course all meats eaten by the jews but this tax goes further than meat it is levied on the rents of all on the profits of all business conducted by the jews upon all property bequeathed thed by jews to their heirs upon all clothing worn by Jew sand on various other jewish interests for example every jew has to pay a year for the privilege of wearing a skull cap at family prayers according to the universal custom of his hh people there is also also another so called candle tax anich is levied upon in religious observances there is also a printing tax levied upon all print ing presses operated by bi the brint jews aws ranging from 14 to according ace to the size ai ze of the press IN CIVIL LIFE the discrimination against them is still more severe no jew may enter the civil service or practice law or medicine no jew may hol hilj i any local or municipal office or take rifet part in any election for the same nohew no jew may be a member of a school board or be a police e magistrate nor be foreman of a i jury ury nor be master or vice master of a build to go into the private life of the jews it is to be observed that in no school are there more thau than 10 per cent of jewish pupils in id many towns the jews form 60 50 percent per cent or more of the population and so a majority of their children are denied school privileges no relief can be obtained by sending the children to school in other places where the number of resident jews does not come up to the 10 per cent limit because the law expressly declares that the children of jewish parents are allowed to attend school only in the place where their parents live As to religious worship it is absolutely sol forbidden forb iddon in private houses except by special peral permission 88 on th that a t is every jew must secure a license to hold family prayers or even to in rh ft his own bed chamber public worship in a synagogue is only permitted in places having eighty or more jewish houses so in places with less than eighty jewish houses religious wor ship by the jews is totally forbidden these laws are enforced to the very letter and mote it is an everyday occurrence for jews to be arrested fined and imprisoned for praying witia without outa a license it is now rumored that more stringent laws still are to be promulgated and the only question seems to be how bow far will it be possible for unbridled and brutal tyranny to go BERLIN dec 22 thirty thousand russian jews are expect expected ted to arrive at hamburg soon and arrangements range ments are being made to send bem to brazil brazi 1 0 |
