This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...by emissaries of the Turkish government upon Christians in Macedonia. But the slaughter of the Jews in Russia--outrivaling in bloody hideousness the scenes of carnage in Armenia and Macedonia--calls forth no official protest. The United States has unofficially expressed its horror, and its people have given freely to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...by emissaries of the Turkish government upon Christians in Macedonia. But the slaughter of the Jews in Russia--outrivaling in bloody hideousness the scenes of carnage in Armenia and Macedonia--calls forth no official protest. The United States has unofficially expressed its horror, and its people have given freely to relieve distress at Kishineff, and to save the Jews there and in other Russian cities from a repetition of the outrages; but no government has yet officially lifted its voice to rebuke Russia. Are we to believe that Russia is licensed to do what civilization says no inferior nation may practice with impunity? Is it possible that Russia, while keeping up the farce of putting down oppression in Macedonia, is to be permitted to commit murder, pillage and outrage against a portion of her own populace? These are serious questions, and those nations having close communication with the government at St. Petersburg cannot dodge them. They must be taken up and answered, since upon them hinges the very important problem of whether or not Russia is to be permitted to continue within the pale of civilization. The facts of the case are simple. The massacres, beginning at Kishineff, were wantonly inexcusable and brutal to an unparalleled degree. While they were in progress the strong arm of the Russian government, represented by soldiers in number sufficient to quell the disturbance, was not lifted to save the defenseless Jews. When, after the trouble had reached its climax, official notice was finally taken of it, the government at St. Petersburg set in motion the machinery for the preservation of the law, but acted in such a manner that effective repression of the murderers was impossible. And now the edict goes forth, while the officials take no effective...
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