Speech #630088026

Mendel Beilis. upon the charge of having murdered a Christian boy for the purpose of using Christian blood for religious purposes: Whereas there appears absolutely nothing in the Jewish religion or doctrines requiring such a practice. but on the contrary the use of blood In any manner is absolutely prohibited by the Mosaic law. Leviticus xvii. 10. Whereas eminent divines and scholars of all religions and denominations have testified to the falsity of the accusation that the Jewish religion requires the use or the sacrifice of human blood Whereas the constant and relentless. persecution of the Jews In Russia is bringing to our shores thousands of Russian Jewish refugees. who must be taken care of. and the United States Government is therefore directly interested in this matter. and Whereas the Bells trial is calculated to incite the Ignorant people In Russia: to commit outrages against Jewish people. and as a result of" such fear the Jewish immigration to the United States since the commencement of the Bellis trial has already increased : Therefore be It Resolved by the Senate of the United States. That the Senate of the United States looks with. disfavor upon the prosecution of the Beilis case. and that the- proper officers of the Government be directed to use the good offices of the Government of the United States with the Government of Russia to the rnd that the unjust ritual charge against the Jewish people at large. and Mendel Beilis in particular. be withdrawn. and the Jewish people receive the vindication justice requires.