They were all men of means. and were making an honest living as business men. Yet the Russian law says that :in ordinary Jewish citizen must not do business in Moscow. lie may secure that privilege by renouncing the faith of his fathers and joining some Christian denomination. a form of religious persecution which is abhorrent to the spirit of our institutions. Another class of offenders against the Rtussian law that woul be debarred by the pending bill are young men who emigrate in order to evade compulsory service in the Russian army. Every young man of the age of 20 must report for two years of active service in the army. His labor may help support his parents and younger brothers and sisters. but he must give two years of his life to the Czar.
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