Show JEWS JEVIS IN RUSSIA ARE IN DIRE NEED MIL MILLION ION AND A HALF SAID TO BE BEIN BEIN BEIN IN A STAVING CONDITION A AND D ARE ASKING ASKINa HELP HELl Rabbi Declares That Jews Are re Face to o Fac Tragedy Unparalleled Unparalleled In the History of J Jewish Agony London At At a meeting here on Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day dar in behalf of the fund for the relief of Jewish victims of the war in Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia It was announced that there were Jews starving in Russia Leopold De Rothschild presided and Lord Chief Rabbi Hertz Israel Zangwill and other prominent Jews were present Rabbi Her Hertz described the task before bel be be- l fore those raising the fund as vast and urgent tt The response to the appeal for funds from the British Jews he 11 said was was' not lt nearly adequate mainly owing tp their ignorance of the real state of affairs For nearly a year there h has s been a sinister silence in inthe inthe inthe the general press broken only occasionally occasionally occasionally occa occa- by a sneer at the Jews on the part of preachers of race hatred and apologists for apologists for reaction The Jews he hedded added were were face to face lace with a tragedy unparalleled led in the history of Jewish agony The Petrograd authorities Rabbi Hertz concluded expected a million pounds from the British Jews and only had been ra raised sed He said the p present call was for tor s sacrifices rifi es and self taxation |