SNUB FOR UNCLE SAM.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 929, 30 June 1903, Page 3

SNUB FOR UNCLE SAM.

TUB RIGHT TO PERSKCUTi ,J KWH.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.

WASHINGTON, June 2S. In consequence of President Rooseelt’s decision to transjnit a Jcwdi petition against the outrage at hshineff, to the Czar, Russia has '.died that slip, profoundly regrets iecision, and will return the doents v n the grounds that Rusts po'icy is to refrain from inter-. • erenec .vith Ihe internal allairs of others, and she insists o,n similar treatment at their hands.

A PLAN OF DEFEND I

BERLIN, June :i. A despatch received here from Odessa, under dale of May 2X, says the Jews there are now prepared to defend themselves intelligently. .Several thousand revolvers have been imported since the KishinelT massacre, so that at present almost every Jew -man or woman—is armed. Those who were unable to buy weapons reeived them as gifts from the defence committee.

A system of communication lias ilso bee's agreed upon, so as to spread warning throughout the city when there is an indication of violence in any quarter. Families residing near each other will concentrate for defence, and every second nan will join with what might lie ■ailed an expeditionary corps to take oart in aggressive defence where any king is actually going on. The Jcw,h safety committee is reported to lave arranged with the workingmen's associations for aid in the event, of outbreaks. Arms have been distributed from Odessa to the Jews in other cities in Russia. The Tageblaft to-day pnuls a despatch from St. Petersburg announcing that a law was published there to-day, giving'a list of 101 towns m Russia in which Jews are allowed lo acquire land and live without restriction. .Jews arc temporarily forbidden to buy land outside of these places, w' ere they will he legally settled,