. The war and the Jew: a bird's-eye view of the world's situation and the Jews' place in it . in England, America, andother parts of the Continent, wentback to fight for Russia. This was athing that even Jewish leaders didnot expect, and none of the Jewishthinkers could rive a reason for this 50 THE WAR AND THE JEW loyalty. The only thing they told uswas this, that patriotism and loyaltyknow no bounds. Now what do we see? The threehundred and fifty thousand RussianJewish soldiers are not only girdedand warring, but their heroism, un-selfislmess, resourcefulness, and act-ual leadership when eme
. The war and the Jew: a bird's-eye view of the world's situation and the Jews' place in it . in England, America, andother parts of the Continent, wentback to fight for Russia. This was athing that even Jewish leaders didnot expect, and none of the Jewishthinkers could rive a reason for this 50 THE WAR AND THE JEW loyalty. The only thing they told uswas this, that patriotism and loyaltyknow no bounds. Now what do we see? The threehundred and fifty thousand RussianJewish soldiers are not only girdedand warring, but their heroism, un-selfislmess, resourcefulness, and act-ual leadership when emergencies oc-curred on the very battlefield, calledout the praises of the Grand Duke, theCommander-in-Chief of the Russianarmies, who tells us, that they do notstand a whit behind the best of theRussian veteran regiments. Literallyhundreds secured the highest awardfor bravery, viz., that of the Cross. So many have brave-ly laid down their lives, that some ofthe leading Jew-haters have professedconversion. And the agitation went :-?>-:--/*S«i . .■.■.■., j?v--. ■^1. Lieutenant Frank de Pass, killed in action, the first Jew to WIN THE Victoria Cross RUSSIA 51 SO high in their favour, that we readill The Globe of October 1, 1915, thata Jew has been actually elected aState Councillor of the Russian Em-pire, in the person of M. than this; at the presentcrisis it is of the utmost importanceto clear the Russian people from thepast atrocities and crimes committedon the poor and inoffensive Jews,and here leading Jews have put up onbehalf of Russia, a defence which isnot only ingenuous in itself, but alsoamazing. The Jewish World ofAugust 22, 1915, tells us: Germanys policy was to keep Russia in-ternally weak by setting population againstpopulation. In obedience to this policy shefostered in Russia the anti-Jewish feelingshe had practised at home. . We haveoften said—that there cannot be freedom inRussia until the Russian bureaucracy is clear-^ 52
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