Persecution of the Jews
I (per united PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, May 5. ! Shocking details of the expulsion 1 of Jews from Kussia have given rise to strong public feeling both in England aud America. Pabis, May 6. The action of the Rothschilds in withdrawing from Russian loan was with a view to influence the Czar's action towards tbe Jews. It is rumoured that Russia with draws thirteen miiiious deposited with the Rothschilds. St. Ptctkr-bubg, Vl ny 5. Russians who adhere to the Baptist sect are beiug sentenced to Siberia, and all seceders from the orthdox Greek Church are being persecuted Evicted Jews from the interior are arriving in the capital. Thousands havo been driven through the streets in chains like criminals, and the police are accused of carrying out their orders in an unnecessarily barbarous manner. There is a panic among the Jewish merchants in this city. Many of the Russian Jews remov ing from assigned districts are reported to be dying in indescribable misery. It is reported that 50,000 of those expelled have joined tbe Greek and Lutheran Churches. The synagogues at Moscow and St. Petersburg have been sold. The expulsion and withdrawal of leading Jewish merchants is seriously interfering with the interval commerce of the country.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 135, 7 May 1891, Page 2
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