THE JEWISH CHRONICLE WM. DEVLIN DAVID BLOCK Block & DevliO Successors to Steers Jewelry Co. liberties, which were never granted. A duma was created, but the first as- sembly was soon dissolved, and sub- sequent sittings of the duma met with the same fate as soon as their actions displeased the despotic regime. The czar was still the supreme autocrat. The duma acted only in an "advisory" capacity. The act of June, 1907, sought to deprive the people of the legislative rights promised them. The next ten years witnessed a struggle to retain whatever concessions had been granted in 1905, but the people gradually lost and the friends of lib- erty were in great despair. The great war came and the hopes of the pat- riots were again aroused. The great sacrifices of the people forced their participation in the administrative af- fairs of the nation and they succeeded in gaining greater power. A crisis came with the assassination of the "mystic monk," Gregory Rasputin, on Jan. 1, 1917. He was reputed to have been the insidious power behind the throne of the weak Romanoff and Was suspected of being the instigator of the pro-German plots. Russia to Be Republic. Present indications point to the es- tablishment of a republic in Russia. The form of government will be defi- nitely decided by a constitutional con- vention of delegates to be elected by the people on a basis of universal suffrage. The belief prevails that the convention will go farther than the prevalent American constitution and instead of a president will delegate the .executive power to a commission. At any event the old regime is dead and nothing can resurrect it. Y. M. H. A. TO ACQUIRE HOME Purchases Site for Construction of Building. 68 Woodward Ave. Diamond Importers, Jewelers and Silversmiths 31 Years in one Location Established 1885 YOURS IN HASTE CADILLAC CADILLAC 3 0 1 le 3 0 1 sso"" 1e4, 11.1° LIMOUSINES TOURING CARS TAXICABS •Private Appearing Cars For All Occasions Broadway Taxicab & Messenger Co. 262 RANDOLPH STREET ABE T. HERTZBERG General Manager 11 111 111111 11 111111 1 111111 11 111111 1 111111 1 111111 111 11111 111 11111 1 111111 111 11111 111 11111 111 11111 111 11111 111 11111 11 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Every Order Appreciated B. SCHROET,ER FLORIST Phone Main 1625, • The Young Men's Hebrew Associa- tion has taken a noteworthy step in the direction of the ultimate construc- tion of a great Y: M. H. A. building in Detroit. At a special rally in Y. M. H. A. hall, Willis and Brush, Monday even- ing of this week, it was announced that the board of directors had pur- chased a magnificent site at the north- east corner of Hancock and Beaubien streets as the future home of the Y. M. H. A. The announcement was received with great enthusiasm. The location is ideal and the site is sufficiently large to permit. the erection of a build- ing that will parallel the work of the Y. M. C. A. The property is 118 by 143. At the Monday evening meet- ing the members of the organization subscribed nearly $5,000 to a holding company that will take immediate possession of the property and turn it over to the Y. M. H. A. when it is ready for it. To Be Raised by Popular Subscrip- tion. The balance will also be raised among members of the Y. M. H. A. ThOse who were not present Monday evening will be notified by letter of the opportunity before them. No one is permitted to subscribe a large amount. The whole proposition is a popular one, even to the amounts of the subscriptions. The holding company is being or- ganized, now,, the details being in charge of Arthur FiTel, vice-presi- dent of the Y. M. H. A. Incredible Barbarity of Russian Physician. Overthrow of Czar (Continued from page 3) 56 BROADWAY The fight for freedom in Russia had been going on for years. The recent movement may be said to date from the event of "Bloody Sunday," when the revolution was defeated with a ter- rible loss of life. This upheaval had a tremendous moral effect on the gov- ernment however, for on Oct. 30 of the same year an act, was passed promising a constitution and greater Krementchug.—An unheard of out- rage has been committed in the local hospital. Dr. Bogayevsky, the head physician of the hospital, an anti- Semite of the worst type, in a mo- ment of madness some days ago called together his staff, and in the most abusive language told them to clear out every Jew in the place, as he would no longer tolerate any Jews in the hospital. The hospital assis- tants were compelled to obey the or- der, and removed all Jewish patients, including a, number of women in a critical condition. IIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIII m ain 536 MEN you would be well dressed for the E. High Ste 1 3 , 4 r .8 . p Et Passover-- Delivery Danto & Co. 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