Some details of the Jewish persecution suggest moral mania on
the part of the Russian authorities. It is, for instance, perfectly true that a considerable number have been -sent to Siberia in chains for living outside the pale. They have been seen and cross-examined by witnesses whose truth- fulness is past all question. That, however, is only an out- rageous punishment for a breach of law, and the Times' correspondent at Moscow makes an even graver statement. He affirms, in a letter of June 10th, that he found a Jew who had suffered the loss of one eye, while the other could only be saved by an operation, and asked why he was not taken to a hospital. "We took him," was the answer; "but they would not receive him, because he was a Jew." This is not the fault of the hospital authorities, for " Alcxeyeff, the hard- hearted Mayor of Moscow, has actually issued an order that no Hebrew is to be admitted into the hospitals" of that capital. The determination to expel has now spread over the whole Empire, and the Jews themselves are in a panic, which greatly assists the action of the authorities, even men who would not be meddled with quitting the country. It is almost inconceivable that men accustomed to govern, and still in their senses, should be pursuing such a policy ; but the evidence is irresistible. The richer Jews appear to be coming to the conclusion that the persecuted race must find protection in Turkey ; and Lord Salisbury has promised, if Sir W. White thinks the suggestion practicable, to ask the Sultan to extend His protection to the fugitives.
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