THE OUTRAGES ON THE JEWS. LETTER FROM MR. GLADSTONE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1073, 13 May 1882, Page 4

THE OUTRAGES ON THE JEWS. LETTER FROM MR. GLADSTONE.

Mb Leopold Greenberg, of Frede-riek-street, Birmingham, a short time since cent to the Premier a copy of a resolution passed by the Birmingham Junior Liberal Association, affirming the desirability of Her Majesty’s Government using their good offices with the Government of Russia to prevent the perpetration of outrages upon its '-Jewish subjects. In reply he received the following letter: — '* 10. Downing-street, Whitehall, Feb. 4th, 1882. Sir: I am directed by Ma- Gladstone to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ult o» to commi’nieatHig with the Russian Goveimment on the question of the outrages committed on its Jewish subjects, and I am to refer you to his opinions which have been publicly announced on this matter. —I am, sir, jour obedient servant, Hobace Sei-

Moir.” Mr Greenberg then wrote to ask whether the published opinions referred to meant those which Mr Gladstone expressed to Mr Myers, and in answer to his question Mr Horace Seymour replied by telegraph as follows :■ —“Mr Gladstone informed Mr Myers that, in a case like this, interference of a foreign Government was likely, in his opinion, to do more harm than good.” At a meeting at Birmingham respecting the persecution of the Jews I the following letter from Mr Bright was read : —“ I hope I need not tell you that I sympathise with all who plead for justice and mercy. The frenzy which is born of ignorance and superstition cannot be always controlled by a Government; but I hope the Governments of Russia and Germany will do all that can be done to out an end to the cruelty to which Jews have recently been subjected.” Mr Chamberlain expressed the hope that some of the statements were exaggerated, but there could be no doubt that grievous outrages had been perpetrated on people whom the local authorities had been either unwilling or unable to protect