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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

Duma Deputy Makes Stirring
Appeal In Behalf of Jews

Speech of Deputy Bemash of the Russian Dump
Concerning the Suppression of the
Yiddish Language

On July 5, 1915, an experiment sia, what is going on in the war.
was made on the six millions of Thanks to that, they are deprived
Jews ; they were deprived of their of encouragement and consolation
language and all the periodical pub- which the living word of the press
ications issued in the language were affords. Particularly harmful has
suspended ; seven dailies, one week- been the effect of suspension of the
ly, one bi-monthly, and two month- Jewish press upon the refugees,
lies. Yet earliest—in March and who need guidance in all ways.
April—all publications in the Yid- Only an evil will could place a peo-
dish language had been suspended ple in such a terrible situation, and
in the Kiev military district, and in I wish to take advantage of this
Odessa, magazines in the Hebrew occasion to express a hope that the
language had been suspended. From military authorities will quickly
KRALL
the very beginning of the war all take measures to countermand the
OF
ORRECT
correspondence in the Yiddish lan- prohibition. (Applause on the
Left).—Retch,
Feb.
23
(
March
7),
guage has been prohibited, and thus
LEANER
the whole mass of Jews who know 1916.
only the Yiddish language could
not communicate among themselves.
For the Whole Family
An Artist in Captivity
A son lying in the trenches could
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alive. But that was not all. In ly absorbed in his work. And one
September some newspapers re- of them would tell the other quiet-
ceived permission to issue in Petro- ly : See, what splendor ! Remove
grad. One journal in the Yiddish your shoes, sacredly, carefully, as
language succeeded even in issuing you approach it. * * *
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came an order to suspend that pa- ist's soul was the sad, tragic side of
per and the revocation of the per- life. Would you perhaps think he
mission given to two other paper. hated life ? No! Only he could
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Besides that, all texts in the Yid- not sell himself to it. * * " His
dish language were forbidden in all soul craved for a solution of the
MARK D. Hastings
MITSHKUN,
PH. G.
the Jewish journals published in the riddle of life, of the mystery of
Street, cor. Erskine
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Russian language. The first issue life ; to find the kernel which is hid-
Prescriptions are called for and delivered. A full line of Fresh Candies,
of the journal Pomostsh, which is den in the sparkling shell ; the spirit,
Wines, Baby Necessities, etc. Also Camera Supplies,
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serving the refugees, was not al- the soul which is secreted in the
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lowed to circulate until the articles wheels of the world ; the Will, the
in the Jewish language which were Will of the World!
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And he created—poets and pro-
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destroyed. Similarly, the journal phets, kings that played the harp,
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Jews. Of course, there must have art and made him captive.
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played a certain part, but, however
that may be, this savage measure
which smacks of the Middle Ages,
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