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Russia's Jewish People 



I HAVE been asked if I gained any information in 

 Russia touching the alleged atrocious treatment of 

 political prisoners in Siberia and the persecution of 

 the Jews. Just enough, is my answer, to assure 

 me that there has been exaggeration in some of 

 the reports that have been given publicity as to 

 both these serious matters, and no little misrepre- 

 sentation either through ignorance, prejudice, or 

 malice. The inspiration of such statements, may 

 be attributed generally to political enemies of 

 Russia. Everyone knows how easy it is to mis- 

 understand a matter when but half of the facts 

 and nothing of the underlying causes are revealed. 

 Loyal and law-abiding subjects of the Czar have 

 nothing to fear from the mighty arm of their ruler 

 nor from the prisons of Siberia, for " Rulers are not 

 a terror to good works but to the evil. ' 



I undertake no defence of Russia's penal code, 

 though I might better succeed in that than in any 



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