The extraordinary outbreak against the Jews in Corfu and Zante
has a serious bearing upon the position of the Jews in Russia. The Greeks in the islands are formally attacking the Jews, and on the 14th inst. stormed several houses in Corfe and killed seven of their inmates, or, according to another account, seven men and eight women. It is certain that the Government does not favour this outbreak, for it has at once proclaimed martial law, and equally certain that it is not in- stigated by Russians, who desire to favour emigration. It is a burst of religious hatred excited by the religious ceremonies of Easter, and by the circulation of an absurd report that the Jews had murdered a Christian girl for their ritualistic needs. The occurrence testifies to a depth of bigotry in the followers of the Greek Church whioh must extend to Russia, and is one at least of the reasena urging on the Czar's Government to O, ° present perseontion,
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