Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-09 | Page 21 | Freund Threatens Political Action

FREUND THREATENS I POliTICAL ACTION Tells Jews Country Demands Fulfillment invent L of Pledges in j Russian Matter I At Al the Tent Tem Temple le lC Isra Israel Isral l lat last evenIng evening even even- Ing InS Rabbi J. J Freund discussed khe Russian n of or the Jews as asp p u ed b the recent lecont refusal of that country countr to grant liberty to Jews bearing harln American passports His re remarks re- re marks Interested a large audience I I shall I be e as s Impartial us possible he hc said but lilY my utterances will not be partisan or the opinion of ot others i shall give a R sensors expression ex expression ex- ex of ot what in my opinion Is th the duty of oC our government o regarding tho the e lIp The speaker then trice reviewed briefly the tle history of or Russia Hussla In so t o fa tar far I us as U it t Lore bore upon till the world worl In general and Jewish Jl people In particular He lie said Wilt mat Ru Russia had been beon much in the tho c eye eyo t ut ur lh the world b by It Its 11 iii treatment of or tho the thoi Jews its borders i Tie Trie Russian nation has hus been tried At fit tho the worlds world conscience declared th the speaker er and Ind If judgment jud be passed Itu Ru sla la has lias been found wanting Uns- Uns sin Ila ln has been cn repudiated b by III cl civilization lIon because of ot her treatment of or the Jews She She- has luis been bran branded ed as Pagan and designated as un to the passport P question Freund said that as far back bacle as ns Secretary of or State James G. G Blaine pronounced ju judgment against Russian discrImination When hen America protests pro pro- tests testa declared tho the speaker It Is pro pro-I not trot notor for or the time comfort of one ono Jew but because the he honor of or the nation is at stake In his lib special message to Congress President President dent lent Taft said ho intended giving tho the Senate full Information on the tho subject ct after the Christmas holidays Until that time the tho country Is prepared to wait vital though the matter at nt Is Issue Issue issue is- is sue is Both the Republican and anel Democratic Democrat Democrat- ic of or 1908 declared against discrimination b by an any foreign power But election promises are aie not always kept They Thoy should be Le fulfilled We Ve are arenow arenow arenow now on the tho eve o of a presidential election election election elec elec- tion an and unless the time pled pledges es of oC I 1008 1908 08 arc are l kept ept the lire day of or reckoning ma may como come The rhe Injustice done dono dO no to American citizens by Russia concerns every every resident of ot this country The nations nation's honor is at tita stake e