BECAUSE OF THE LAW
Stone, Esther L.
Because of the Law By ESTHER L. STONE (On November 1 Emperor Nicholas of Russia approved a resolution adopted by the cabinet, opening up a new section for the residence of the Jews. Heretofore the...
...He left a letter for his sister, in which he requested her to follow his example and take her own life...
...Petersburg in order to continue her education...
...Having graduated from high school and wishing to enter the university and not being able to gain admission because he was a Jew, the son decided, without the knowledge cf his mother or sister, to embrace Christianity...
...Petersburg until I become a student (which would give her the right to live there), I procured through some friends a passport as a prostitute," she wrote in her letter...
...In order to have the right to live in St...
...Heretofore the Jews have been confined to a section known as "the pale...
...Petersburg where he was immediately admitted to the university...
...Supplied with recommendations from the general, Moses, or Nicholas, as he was christened, came to St...
...His Godfather, a general of the army, gave his godson a golden cross, his picture, and twenty-five roubles in cash...
...On the day of his funeral, a letter arrived in his name, which the police opened...
...A Jewish family by the name of Gutik, consisting of an old mother, son and daughter, lived in a little town, Smolevka...
...The folloiving article by a former resident of Russia and a close student of Russian conditions, describes a tragedy that was the direct result of government discrimination against the Jews.—Editor's Note...
...Upon learning of her brother's fate the young girl followed his example by throwing herself in the Neva...
...Two years passed, his mother died, and he received no news from his sister...
...One day he discovered, among other passports, which daily passed through his hands, one made out in the name of "Rivka Gutik, from Smolevka, eighteen years old, prostitute...
...To help him earn a living, he was provided with a position as passport-clerk at one of the police stations...
...We shall meet in the Great Beyond where there are neither Jews nor prostitutes," said he in his letter...
...A Jewish prostitute enjoys the right to live all over Russia which is not granted to the ordinary Jewish mortal...
...THE RUSSIAN PAPERS relate the following family tragedy which so vividly portrays the inhuman conditions under which five millions of people are made to live under the Russian laws...
...This imperial concession serves to emphasize the undemocratic and oppressive conditions under which Jews are compelled to live in Russia...
...It was from his sister, Rivka Gutik, who informed her brother that she had graduated from high school and had come to St...
...And not many months have elapsed since Secretary Ballin-ger and the Guggenheim-Morgan crowd were congratulating themselves that they were "rid" of Pinchot!—Kansas City Times...
...This was a terrible blow to Nicholas, and he committed suicide...
Vol. 2 • November 1910 • No. 47
