THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7055, 6 January 1891, Page 4

THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

The Bussian Government will probably promulgate the new anti-Jewish law at the beginning of the coming year. One of the moßt important clauses forbids selling, leasing, or mortgaging to Jews any real estate in any part of the Empire. Another clause provides that the Jews shall be dispossessed of any real estates they may hold. Jewish artisans are also to be deprived of certain rights, and are to be kept strictly within the limits assigned to the Jewish population. Repressive measures will be taken against Jews infringing the new law, as well as against Christians who may be found abetting them.

A meeting of influential persons was held in the Guildhall on Nov. io, to consider the condition of the Jews in Bussia, and to take action to Becure some alleviation of their distress. The Lord Mayor presided. A telegram from the Archbishop of Canterbury was read, in which he expressed the hope that a resolution would be adopted that would convey to the Government of Bussia an earnest prayer for the immediate reconsideration of the regulations affecting the Jews. The Duke of Argyle sent a letter expressing sympathy. The Duke of Westminster moved the adoption of a resolution declaring "that the renewed sufferings of the Jews in Bussia from the operation of severe and exceptional edicts against them, and the disabilities placed npon them, are deeply deplored, and that in this last decade of the nineteenth century religious liberty is a principle which should be recognised by every Christian community as among the natural human rights." The resolution was adopted, and a Committee was appointed to convey the view of the meeting to the Czar.