6 THE JEWISH OUTLOOK

his black skin and the leopard his spots, lors of the idiotic puppet, which
just as little can the Russian tyrants
<£brjND*l> “accustomed to commit crimes do good.”
(Jeremiah 13.23). But the Russian male-
factors in high places have fortunately
found out that by again dissolving the
Duma they would kill the goose, which
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“adorns” the throne of the Russian em-
pire, have, to their own sorrow and in-
jury, discovered that the killing nf the
Jewish men and the violating of Jewish
women is a very expensive sport after all.
These vampires came at last to the gall-
ing conclusion that the money markets
of France, England, Germany and the
United States are closed to a country
ruled by brutes, masquerading in the
guise of human beings. The clique of
grand dukes and their accomplices have
discovered that the sport of killing Jews
was getting too expensive and that Rus-
sia ’s bankrupt government can no longer
afford this “luxury.” For even in Rus-
sia the old adage is true: “In Geldsa-

What is the cause of this changed state chen hoert die Gemueth liclikeit auf.”
blntered at the Deliver PostotUce as Second of affairs? This is not an idle, but a Therefore Stolypin, the Russian prime
Class Mall. most significant burning question. Why minister, said that Siedlicz meant the
MAY 3, 1907. is this? What important event has hap- end of the massacres of Jews in Russia.
pened to reduce the Jewish representa- And every impartial student of the signs
JEWISH CALENDAR.
tion more than seventy-five per cent, in of the time must concede that so far
one short year? Did seventy-five per Stolypin has kept his promise. A few
5667 1006.
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, cent, of the Jewish population of Russia weeks ago the black hundred in Odessa
Eiosh Hashanah
Fast of Gedalia Saturday, sept. 22
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emigrate within the last twelve months; attempted to arrange a new massacre of
Yom Klppur
Sneeoth Thursday, Oct. “14 so that instead of six million Jews last Jews. Kaulbars, the cowardly governor
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Hoshanah Rabba
Azereth Th r year there are only a million and a half of Odessa, who through his cowardice,
Sh'minl w lH=X’ not' was, according to General Kuropatkin’s
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on
20
Jews in Russia this year? Or did, from
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan... .Saturday, book on the Russo-Japanese war, the
Rosh Chodesh K151ev......... Sunday. Nov. 18 some reason or another, the Jews of Rus-
Wednesday, Dec. 12
Chanukah Thursday. Dec. 18 sia abstain from casting their votes? Did cause of the fall of Mukden, was about
Rosh Chodesh Tebeth ....Thursday,
Fast of Tebetn Dec. 27 the vast majority of Jews in Russia die to help in this dastardly crime. But Stol-
1007.
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of a natural death since 1906 ? Or were ypin was forced to check the attempted
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Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat Wednesday, Jan. 16

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Rosh Chodesh Adar .....Friday, Feb.
Wednesday. Feb. 27 so many massacres of Jews in the last massacre. Not forsooth from scruples
Fast of Esther
Putin, Thursday, Feb. 28 twelve months that seventy-five per cent, of conscience, but from reasons of diplo-
Rosh Chodesh Nissan Saturday. Mar. 16
Shabbas Hagodol Saturday. Mar. 23 of the Jewish voters were decimated, macy. If then, since the last twelve
Pesach, Ist day Saturday, Mar.
.Friday, April
30
6 exterminated and killed?. months the Jews did not emigrate from
Fesach, 7th day
Rosh Chodesh Iyar Monday, April 15 • * • * “holy Russia” at the rate of seventy-five
Thursday. May 2
Lag B'Omer
Rosh Chodesh Slvan Tuesday. May 14 per cent., if they did not die of a natural
Shabuoth ...Sunday. May 19 These are not idle questions, they are death, if they did not abstain from vot-
Thursday. June 13
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
Fast of Tamuz Saturday, June 29 on the contrary, most pertinent for a ing, if they were not decimated and ex-
Rosh Chodesh Ab .Friday, July
Saturday. July
12
20 thorough understanding of the subject tirpated at the rate of seventy-five per
Fast of Ab
Rosh Chodesh Ellul Sunday. Aug. 11 under consideration. cent, by massacres, why did the Jewish
Monday. Sept. 9
Rosh Hashanah. 5668 While things in Russia are by no vote decrease within the short space of
means satisfactory, so far as the Jews one year, at such a tremendous rate?
EDITORIAL are concerned, the unbiased critic must Why did cities like Wilna, which last
nevertheless concede the truth, that so year elected to the Duma Dr. Shamarjali
While Judaism far as massacres of Jews in Russia aye Lewin, its former Rabbi, who lately vis-
Jewish preaches optimism,
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concerned a most decided improvement

Solidarity, we Jews have every
reason to be pessi-
A Fancy. mists, so far as the
amelioration of the condition of the
Jew in Russia is concerned. And,
yet we hope and trust that even in
Russia the dawn of the new day is not
too far distant, and the Duma is the fore-
runner of this new day. Therefore,
granting that we cannot expect too much
from this parliament, yet it is a good be-
ginning. Prom what we see in the press,
of the state of affairs must be chronicled.
Since the massacre at Siedlicz, arranged,
manipulated, managed and executed by
the “valiant,” “heroic,” and “brave”
soldiers of the equally valiant, heroic and
brave Czar, no further massacre of Jews
on a large scale took place in Russia.
Even the much dreaded Pessach season
which so often was the signal for the wan-
ton murder of innocent Jews, passed
this time peaceably. Not indeed because
the Russian bureaucracy saw the error
ited this country, send Hooligans—i. e.,
the black hundred, the assassin of Jews,
to the Duma? Why did Warsaw and
other large cities which, by the mere
force of numbers, are fully entitled to
Jewish representatives, not send a single
Jew to the Duma? Just think of it, al-
most six million Jews in Russia have
elected only three of their number to rep-
resent their interests in the Russian par-
liament, the only place where Jews can,
with a fair hope of success, plead their
cause. * # # #

the present second Duma has a better
chance to accomplish some good for the
people at large and consequently for the
Jews than the first dissolved Duma. The
powers that be will think twice before
resorting to the last desperate coup of
again dissolving the Duma. Not to be
sure because they have become imbued
with a higher sense of justice and equity.
Just as little as the Ethopian can change
of its ways, and therefore repented.
Such a sudden change of heart could not
be expected from the tribe of the Musco-
vite Amalek. But the Russian hyena is
badly in need of money and has rather
lately found out that massacres of Jews
have ruined the Russian credit even
among the non-Jewish bankers of civil-
ized countries. The murderous scoun-
drels who belong to the “wise” counsel-
And such a depressing result was at-
tained in the face of the patent fact that
last year, when the agitation of the gov-
ernment against the Jews was much
fiercer and more bitter, the Jews never-
theless have sent thirteen, more than four
times the present representation to par-
liament? Mah Nishtanneh? What ex-
traordinary event did happen to bring