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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Protocols and World Revolution - Including a Translation and Analysis of the "Protocols of the - Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom" - -Author: Sergei Aleksandrovich Nilus - -Translator: Natalie de Bogory - Boris Leo Brasol - -Release Date: March 31, 2021 [eBook #64977] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at - https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images - generously made available by The Internet Archive) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PROTOCOLS AND WORLD -REVOLUTION *** - - - - - -THE PROTOCOLS - - - - - THE PROTOCOLS AND - WORLD REVOLUTION - - INCLUDING A - TRANSLATION AND ANALYSIS - OF THE - “PROTOCOLS OF THE MEETINGS - OF THE ZIONIST MEN - OF WISDOM” - - [Illustration] - - BOSTON - SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY - PUBLISHERS - - COPYRIGHT, 1920 - BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY - - _All rights reserved_ - - - - -[Illustration] - - -TRANSLATION - -IT IS NEAR, AT THE DOOR - - MATT. XXIV, 33 - MARK XIII, 29 - LUKE XXI, 31 - REV. I, 3. XXII, 10 - DAN. XII, 4 - -CONCERNING SOMETHING PEOPLE DO NOT WISH TO BELIEVE AND WHICH IS SO NEAR - -FOURTH EDITION OF THE BOOK, “NEAR IS THE COMING OF ANTI-CHRIST AND THE -KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL ON EARTH,” REVISED AND CONSIDERABLY AUGMENTED BY -LATER RESEARCHES AND INVESTIGATION - -SERGE NILUS - -_Dedicated to the small herd of Christ_ - -“Ye, brethren, do not remain in the dark so that the day (of the Lord) -shall not catch ye as thieves.” (I Sol. 5, 4.) - -“He who suffers to the end shall be saved.” (Matt. 24, 13.) - -THE TOWN OF SERGIEV - - - - -Part One - -INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT - - -The world is in the midst of a crisis not less serious than that of the -great war. While it was inevitable that the period following the war -should be fraught with grave problems for civilization, these problems -have been made much more difficult by the presence of a new danger, -namely, the destructive force of Bolshevism. Russia was the first victim -of what proves to be a movement of an international character, Russia -being used as the base of operations. While powerful Bolshevist armies -are overrunning Asia and menacing the European countries to the West, an -equally dangerous force of Red propagandists, directed from Moscow, is -operating on several continents, spreading its social poison throughout -the world and threatening the destruction of the social and industrial -morale of civilized nations. - -With the triumph of the Bolshevist revolution in Russia, a group of -internationalists, most of whom were members of the Jewish race, seized -the machinery of government and have held it ever since. - -The complete destruction of Russian civilization, which for centuries had -been essentially a Christian civilization, and the reduction of the great -majority of the Russian people to a state of abject misery and ruin, are -accomplished facts. The Bolshevist leaders, however, not content with -this destruction and the establishment of a cruel despotism in Russia, -are making every effort to extend their revolution and their control to -other countries. - -The Communist revolution in Hungary, under Bela Cohen (alias Kuhn), a -confessed ally and agent of Trotzky, was not terminated until it had -wrought great havoc in that country. The same is true of the Spartacan -revolt in Germany, where recently the struggle broke out anew and assumed -the character of a formidable civil war. Holland and Italy are to-day -seriously threatened with uprisings inspired by the Bolsheviki, while in -France the government has been compelled to expel the Bolshevist agents -in large numbers. In the United States revolutionary agitation directly -guided and fomented by agents of Lenin and Trotzky and subsidized -with ample funds, recently reached such proportions that the Federal -Government was forced to take strong measures, including hundreds of -arrests and deportations. The enemy is in our midst. In this country, -as elsewhere, alien agitators who are either Bolshevists themselves or -emissaries of the Bolsheviki have wormed their way into some of the loyal -labor organizations or put themselves at the head of the Socialist or -other radical political parties artificially stimulating social unrest -and seeking to turn industrial strikes into political upheavals, leading -to revolution and anarchy. - -Shall America be as slow to realize the real danger of international -Bolshevism as she was to recognize the menace of German imperialism? -Shall America again be unprepared? - -We must be ready to meet the danger at our doors and, if necessary, to -suppress it in our midst with physical force, just as was necessary in -the struggle with Prussian militarism. It has been said, however, and -perhaps truly, that Bolshevism cannot be met by force alone. Certainly -to meet it effectively its nature must be understood. To this end it -is necessary to analyze the movement carefully and to discover its -underlying causes—if possible the predominating cause. - -From the very beginning there was an element of mystery in the Bolshevist -revolution in Russia. Was it, essentially, an attempt to put into effect -the principles of international socialism as promulgated by Karl Marx? -Was it a disguised form of proletarian imperialism? Did it aim at the -complete destruction of Christian civilization? Or, finally, was it a -long planned, gigantic revolt of the Jewish race against Christendom and -its institutions? - -From the very start there was a terrible method in the madness of Trotzky -and those in league with him. Many of their moves which at the time -seemed inexplicable afterwards appeared logical enough when their objects -became apparent. - -The world was puzzled by Trotzky’s famous remark at Brest-Litovsk, “No -peace, no war.” Later, however, the real meaning became known: “No war -on Germany, no peace for Russia or the rest of the world.” - -That the Bolshevist revolution was from the beginning almost entirely led -and controlled by Jews is a fact which has gradually thrust itself upon -the attention of the world. The Jews in many instances have admitted the -dominating rôle which members of their race have played in international -Bolshevism and have sought to defend it. Some of their recognized leaders -have proclaimed their pride in Trotzky. - -The fact that the Jewish race has taken such an active part in the -Russian Bolshevist movement, with its international ramifications, has -been attributed in some quarters to the motive of revenge on the part of -the Jews for what they regard as a long era of persecution. If this be -so, is it impossible that Jews in various parts of the world imagine that -now is their chance not only for revenge but for world domination? - -The air of confidence with which Trotzky and other Jewish leaders -are proceeding with their drastic program in Russia is significant. -Significant, also, is the enthusiastic support which is being given to -the Soviet rule by various Jewish elements and groups outside of Russia. -Whether this co-related movement of the Jews in support of Bolshevism is -not being carried out on some concerted plan is a question of importance -which warrants careful study and investigation. No facts which can -possibly throw light upon this question should be disregarded. For this -reason it is timely to consider the contents and origin of a document of -extraordinary interest which, though made public in Russia some fifteen -years ago, is generally unknown elsewhere. - -The document referred to is entitled, “Protocols of the Meetings of the -Zionist Men of Wisdom,” and was published for the first time in 1905 at -Tsarskoje Selo in a Russian book entitled “The Great in the Little,” -written by Serge Nilus, a well-known Russian author. The Protocols set -forth a comprehensive program for the substantial destruction of all -Christian states, and propose certain practical methods for achieving -world domination by the Jewish nation. So far as is known, the Protocols -have never been repudiated publicly by recognized Jewish authorities. -Quite recently the well-known firm of Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd., printers -for the British Government, published a pamphlet under the title, “The -Jewish Peril, Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.” In the preface -of this pamphlet it is explained that the Protocols referred to were -translated from the Russian into English from Serge Nilus’s book _which -appeared in Russia in 1905_. While the editors do not give the title of -Nilus’s book, they say: - - “A copy of the original may be seen at the British Museum - Library, under No. 3926-d-17, stamped British Museum, _10th - August, 1906_.” - -They state also that the publication of the English pamphlet at present -is justified by the growing menace of Bolshevism throughout the world. -The pamphlet concludes with the warning: - - “GENTILES, BEWARE!” - -It seems obvious that the publishers, Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd., have -used Nilus’s book “The Great in the Little,” published in Russia in 1905. - -A specific reference to the Protocols is to be found also in the -French weekly magazine _La Vieille-France_, No. 160, published in -February, 1920. In the editorial article entitled “The Jews Have Created -Bolshevism” (pages 10-13) the following extract from the Zionist -Protocols, as published by Nilus, is given in French: - - “A nous, son Peuple d’élection, Dieu a donné le pouvoir - d’expansion, et ce qui semble être notre faiblesse a été notre - force. _Nous sommes au seuil de la domination universelle._ Il - reste peu à construire sur ces bases,” etc. etc. - -The article asserts that Bolshevism is nothing but a phase of Judaism, -and also states that the Jewish Bolshevist leaders in Russia were -subsidized by Jewish banking houses in the United States and Germany. - -In January, 1917, Mr. Nilus published another book under the title “It is -Near, At the Door,” and in this book the Protocols were again published -in full. A reproduction of the title page of this book is inserted at the -beginning of this volume. - -While the Protocols are generally unknown here, it is worthy of note that -on October 27-28, 1919, the Philadelphia _Public Ledger_ printed long -excerpts from them in an article calling the attention of the American -people to the document and to the terrible program which it presents. The -article in the _Ledger_ was somewhat misleading, however, since it was -published under the captions “Red Bible” and “Bolshevist Propaganda.” All -words in the text itself indicating that the Protocols were of Jewish -origin were omitted. The Hebrew word “Goys,” signifying “Gentiles,” used -in the Protocols, nowhere appears in the _Ledger_ article. Furthermore, -wherever in the Protocols the expressions “our people” or “we”—meaning -the “Jewish people” or the “Jews”—are used, the author of the article -makes it appear that the people thus referred to are the “Bolshevists,” -and speaks of the Protocols as a “Russian document,” which clearly it is -not. Mr. Nilus shows that the Protocols came into his hands in 1901. In -1901 the Bolshevist Party did not exist, for it was founded only in 1903 -and was not really organized for work until several years later. Nowhere -in the Protocols does the word “Bolshevist” appear, while the word “Jews” -is used many times, although the writer more frequently uses the word -“we” when speaking of the Jews. There is only one hypothesis upon which -the Protocols could possibly be considered “Bolshevist,” namely, that the -Bolshevist movement was of Jewish origin, in which case the plan outlined -in the Protocols might have become “Bolshevist” by adoption. - -The very fact that a document purporting to be written by a Jew for Jews -could be so easily described as “Bolshevist Propaganda” is of interest. - -Now, for the first time, the document entitled by Mr. Nilus “Protocols of -the Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom” is published in full in the -United States, correctly translated from the Russian. For this purpose -we have used the Russian text as it appears in Mr. Nilus’s book, “It -is Near, At the Door,” 1917, published in the printing office of the -Sviato-Troitzky Monastery. - -Before proceeding to examine the contents of the Protocols, let us -briefly give Mr. Nilus’s account of the way in which they came into his -possession and of his views in regard to their origin. - -Mr. Nilus, at pages 86 to 92 of his book, “It is Near, At the Door,” -states that he received the manuscript containing the Protocols of -the Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom in 1901 from Mr. Alexis -Nikolajevich Souchotin, at one time Marshal of Nobility in the District -of Chern, Central Russia, and later Vice Governor of the Government -of Stavropol, South Russia, and that when giving the manuscript to Mr. -Nilus, Mr. Souchotin said: - - “Take it into your full possession. Read it. Become inspired - and make out of it something useful to the Christian soul. - Otherwise it might remain with me unused. From a political - standpoint it is useless, for it is too late to act on it. From - a spiritual standpoint, however, it might be otherwise. In your - hands, with God’s help, it will bear fruit.” - -Mr. Nilus states that Mr. Souchotin told him that the manuscript was -originally obtained by a lady whose name is not given and who, he said, -obtained it in a mysterious way. Mr. Nilus showed it to several Russians -of high standing, one of whom said: - - “Slavdom has not yet spoken its last word and, therefore, no - matter how cunning and strong the Zionist Men of Wisdom may be, - their efforts are doomed to failure, and for this reason there - is no need to despair.” - -Mr. Nilus states that prior to 1905 he submitted the Protocols to Grand -Duke Serge Alexandrovitch, who, having examined them, sent him a message -of two words only: “Too late.” - -Subsequently, Mr. Nilus made several attempts to call the attention -of the proper officials to the contents of this document but without -result. In 1905 he published the second edition of his book, “The Great -in the Little.” In this edition the Protocols were for the first time -incorporated. - -In his last book Mr. Nilus writes: - - “These Protocols produced a scarcely noticeable impression - upon the world outside of the Christian church. The periodical - press, which in the main is in Jewish hands, or under the - guidance and influence of the Jews, sought to conceal their - publication, scarcely mentioning them or referring to them as a - fallacious invention or a fairy tale. Among loyal Christians, - however, the Protocols bore fruit and created a success for - my book far greater than could have been anticipated, for - they spread the knowledge of the hidden mysteries of our time - in a wide circle of those belonging to the Christian family. - Since then my book, with all the Protocols, has appeared in - its fourth edition; _but only now I learn authoritatively from - Jewish sources that these Protocols are nothing else than - a strategic plan for the conquest of the world, putting it - under the yoke of Israel_, the struggler-against-God, a plan - worked out by the leaders of the Jewish people during the many - centuries of their dispersion, and finally presented to the - Council of Elders by “The Prince of Exile,” Theodor Hertzl, - at the time of the first Zionist Congress, summoned by him at - Basle in August, 1897.” - -Again he writes: - - “In what way these documents, constituting the Holy of Holies - of the hopes of Israel, the century-old mystery of its leaders, - reached the general mass of the uninitiated has not been - ascertained. As already mentioned, they were given to me in - 1901. In that year, in circular No. 18, as well as in others - dispatched to the Zionists on behalf of the Zionist ‘Actions - Committee,’[1] Theodor Hertzl stated that certain confidential - information, notwithstanding the admonition, has not been kept - secret, and has been given undesirable publicity.” - -Finally Mr. Nilus declares: - - “The Protocols are signed by the Zionist Representatives of - the 33rd (highest) Degree of Initiation. These Protocols were - secretly removed from the complete file of Protocols which, - as we now know, pertained to the first Zionist Congress, held - in Basle in August, 1897. All this was taken from the secret - vaults at the main Zionist office which, at present, is located - in French territory.” - -In 1918 the “Protocols” were again published in Russian by a book -publishing firm, “The Sentinel” at Novocherkassk, South Russia. The -pamphlet referred to bears the title “Zionist Protocols. The plans for -the Conquest of the Universe by the Judo-Masons.” In the introduction -to the pamphlet it is stated: “The ‘Protocols’ are a program carefully -worked out in all its details for the conquest of the universe by the -Jews. The greater part of this program has already been realized, and -if we will not come back to our senses, we are inevitably doomed.” -In the concluding part of this introduction the publishers state as -follows: “The ‘Protocols,’ indeed, are not only the key to our first -unsuccessful revolution, but they are also the key to the second, in -which Jewry played such a sinister rôle for Russia.... For us, who are -witnesses of the self-destruction of Russia, for us who hope for her -regeneration, this document is all the more significant as it discloses -the means of the enemies of Christendom for our enslavement. Only after -having obtained the knowledge of the means it may become possible to -successfully combat the enemies of Christ and of Christian culture.” - -There is not, and in the nature of the case there hardly can be, any -direct evidence as to the authenticity of the Protocols. There is, -however, a considerable body of facts having a bearing upon this question -which the publishers of this book put before the reader, leaving him to -draw his own conclusions. - -The facts to which we refer may be roughly grouped under three heads: - -(_a_) There is a remarkable similarity between the policies of -destruction outlined in the Protocols and the actual measures of -destruction put into effect by the Bolshevist régime in Russia, and there -is evidence that this régime is under the control of Jewish leaders. - -(_b_) There is also a striking parallelism between certain passages in -the Protocols and the statements of recognized Jewish leaders, both -religious and political, appearing in their published writings and -speeches. - -(_c_) Finally, certain Jewish activities outside of Russia coincide in a -remarkable degree with certain parts of the Protocols. - -In Part Two of this volume evidence under these various heads is set -forth. This evidence, however, can be intelligently considered only after -a careful study of the _Protocols themselves_, a translation of which -appears in the following pages, preceded by a short summary prepared for -the convenience of the reader. - - -SUMMARY OF THE PROTOCOLS - -The title under which the Protocols are presented in Mr. Nilus’s text, -according to the literal translation from the Russian, is: - -“PROTOCOLS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE ZIONIST MEN OF WISDOM” - -The word “Protocols” can be used in several senses, but in the present -case the context would indicate that the word means simply the written -minutes of certain meetings—_i.e._ meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom. -The arrangement is in twenty-four separate Protocols, each Protocol -apparently recording the contents of an address to the meeting by one -of its members. The context would also indicate that all the addresses -were delivered by the same person, and it should also be noted that each -Protocol deals with a more or less distinct part of one complete subject, -like the chapter of a book. - -In the first Protocol it is stated that the speaker undertakes to -formulate “our system both from our point of view and from that of the -Goys.” The word “Goys” or “Goyims” is an old Hebrew word signifying -Gentiles, or persons who are not Jews. All of the following Protocols, -whether they are the utterances of the same person who speaks in the -first Protocol or not, are a continuation of the same general subject. - -Taking the set of documents as a whole, they clearly purport to formulate -a strategic plan for united action of the Jews as a nation, or a people, -to obtain certain ends. These ends are nothing less than complete -political and religious domination of the world. The means by which this -universal domination is to be achieved are set forth with great clearness -and considerable elaboration. - -The document as a whole is of the most extraordinary character, and -while to some readers it may seem fanatical or visionary, others will be -more impressed with its profound cleverness, with the cold logic of the -reasoning, and with the general orderliness of statement and argument, -indicating that the work, whatever the underlying motive may be, is the -result of careful thought and mature deliberation. - -The strategic plan of action is Machiavellian and ruthless in the -extreme, and is expressly founded on the propositions that “might is -right” and that “politics have nothing in common with morals.” It is also -explicitly stated that the end in view is to “subjugate all government -to our super-government,” and the Jewish super-government is to be an -autocracy with a Jewish Sovereign at its head. - -Briefly summarized, the means by which this world domination is to be -achieved are as follows: - -1. The national power of non-Jewish states is to be broken down by the -fomenting of internal revolutions through appeals to class hatred, -and by pretended efforts to obtain greater freedom and privileges for -certain classes of the people, using the words “liberty, equality, and -fraternity” merely as catchwords to gain recruits for the Jewish cause. -Autocratic governments, which alone are strong, must be weakened in the -first instance by the introduction of liberalism, which will pave the way -to anarchy. - -2. All wars must be “shifted to an economic basis,” allowing no -territorial advantages to result from war, and thus tending to make the -Jewish control of wealth the determining factor in war. - -3. The Jewish international rights are to be strengthened at the expense -of the national rights of the several Gentile nations. - -4. The non-Jewish states are to be further weakened by promoting false -and conflicting political policies; by obtaining secret control over the -actions of public officials; by manipulation of the press, and by the -gradual elimination of free speech. - -5. The authority of governments where liberalism prevails is to be -weakened by the destruction of religion (other than the Jewish religion), -since it is the conservative and moral force which makes liberal -governments possible. - -6. In order to overcome the resistance of those states which are -unwilling to make submission to the new Jewish power, there must be no -hesitation in resorting to violence, cunning, hypocrisy, bribery, fraud, -and treason, or to the seizure of the property of others. - -7. The destruction of the social and economic structure of Christian -states will also be brought about by the destruction of industrial -prosperity, through speculation and constant strikes, “throwing masses of -workmen out of employment,” artificially raising wages, thus increasing -the cost of the necessaries of life, and finally by bringing about a -general economic crisis and the disorganization of financial systems. -The financial strength of the various non-Jewish states will also be -undermined by causing them to overburden themselves with foreign and -national loans on an ever increasing scale, which will ultimately lead to -bankruptcy. - -8. Upon the social and political chaos created by these various means -a Jewish dictatorship is to be gradually built up, principally through -the “terrible” Jewish power of the purse and through the other great -Jewish powers of control over the press and over the revolutionary labor -movement. - -9. During the period of transition from Gentile to Jewish political -control in every state there will be a secret government by the Jews, -brought about through the manipulation of the press, misleading public -opinion, mass terror, weakening the initiative of the Gentiles, -misdirecting their education, and sowing discord among them. - - - - -Protocols of the Meetings of the Zionist Men of Wisdom - - -PROTOCOL NO. I - -Let us put aside phraseology and discuss the inner meaning of every -thought; by comparisons and deductions let us illuminate the situation. -In this way I will describe our system, both from our own point of view -and from that of the GOYS.[2] - -It must be remembered that people with base instincts are more numerous -than those with noble ones; therefore, the best results in governing -are achieved through violence and intimidation and not through academic -discussion. Every man seeks power; every one would like to become a -dictator if he possibly could; and rare indeed are those who would not -sacrifice the common good in order to attain personal advantage. - -What has restrained the wild beasts we call men? - -What has influenced them heretofore? - -In the early stages of social life they submitted to brute and blind -force; afterwards—to the Law, which is the same force but disguised. I -deduce from this that according to the laws of nature, right lies in -might. - -Political freedom is not a fact but an idea. One must know how to employ -this idea when it becomes necessary to attract popular forces to one’s -party by mental allurement if it plans to crush the party in power. The -task is made easier if the opponent himself has contradicted the idea of -freedom, the so-called liberalism, and for the sake of the idea yields -his power. It is precisely here that the triumph of our theory becomes -apparent: the relinquished reins of power are, according to the laws of -nature, immediately seized by a new hand because the blind force of the -people cannot remain without a leader even for one day, and the new power -merely replaces the old, weakened by liberalism. - -In our day the _power of gold_ has replaced liberal rulers. There -was a time when faith ruled. The idea of freedom cannot be realized -because no one knows how to make reasonable use of it. Give the people -self-government for a short time and it will become corrupted. From that -very moment strife begins and soon develops into social struggles, as a -result of which states are set aflame and their authority is reduced to -ashes. - -Whether the state is exhausted by internal convulsions, or whether civil -wars deliver it into the hands of external enemies, in either case it -can be regarded as hopelessly lost: it is in our power. The despotism of -capital, which is entirely in our hands, holds out to it a straw which -the state must grasp, although against its will, or otherwise fall into -the abyss. - -To him who, because of his liberal inclinations, would contend that -arguments of this kind are immoral, I would propound the question: If a -state has two enemies, and if against the external enemy it is permitted -and it is not considered immoral to use all methods of warfare, and as a -protective measure not to acquaint the enemy with the plans of attack, -such as night attacks or attacks with superior forces, then why should -the same methods be regarded as immoral when applied to a worse foe, a -transgressor against social order and prosperity? - -How can a sound and logical mind hope successfully to guide the masses by -means of reasonable persuasion or by arguments if there is a possibility -of contradiction, even though unreasonable, but which may appear more -attractive to the superficially thinking masses? Guided entirely by -shallow passions, superstitions, customs, traditions, and sentimental -theories, the people in and of the mob become embroiled in party -dissensions which prevent all possibility of an agreement, even though -it be on a basis of perfectly sound reasoning. Every decision of the mob -depends upon the accidental or prearranged majority, which, owing to -its ignorance of political secrets, pronounces absurd decisions, thus -introducing the seeds of anarchy into the government. - -Politics have nothing in common with morals. The ruler guided by morality -is not a skilled politician, and consequently he is not firm on his -throne. He who desires to rule must resort to cunning and hypocrisy. The -great popular qualities—honesty and frankness—become vices in politics, -as they dethrone more surely and more certainly than the most powerful -enemy. These qualities must be the attributes of GOY countries; but we by -no means should be guided by them. - -Our right lies in might. The word “right” is an abstract idea, -unsusceptible of proof. This word means nothing more than: Give me what I -desire so that I may have evidence that I am stronger than you. - -Where does right begin? Where does it end? - -In a state with a poorly organized government and where the laws are -insignificant, and the ruler has lost his dignity as the result of the -accumulation of liberal rights, I find a new right, namely, the right of -might to destroy all existing order and institutions, to lay hands on the -law, to alter all institutions, and to become the ruler of those who have -voluntarily, liberally renounced for our benefit the rights to their own -power. - -With the present instability of all authority our power will be more -unassailable than any other, because it will be invisible until it is so -well rooted that no cunning can undermine it. - -From temporary evil to which we are now obliged to have recourse will -emerge the good of an unshakable government, which will reinstate the -orderly functioning of the mechanism of popular existence now interrupted -by liberalism. The end justifies the means. In laying our plans we must -turn our attention not so much to the good and moral as to the necessary -and useful. Before us lies a plan in which a strategic line is shown, -from which we must not deviate on pain of risking the collapse of many -centuries of work. - -In working out an expedient plan of action it is necessary to take into -consideration the meanness, vacillation, changeability of the mob, its -inability to appreciate and respect the conditions of its own existence -and of its own well-being. It is necessary to realize that the power of -the masses is blind, unreasoning, and void of discrimination, prone to -listen to right and left. The blind man cannot guide the blind without -bringing them to the abyss; consequently, members of the crowd, upstarts -from the people, even were they men of genius but incompetent in -politics, cannot step forward as leaders of the mob without ruining the -entire nation. - -Only the person prepared from childhood to autocracy can understand the -words which are formed by political letters. - -The people left to themselves, that is to upstarts from among them, are -ruined by party dissensions created by greed for power and honors, and -by the disorders resulting therefrom. Is it possible for the masses -of the people to direct the affairs of the state without rivalry, and -without interjecting personal interests? Are they capable of protecting -themselves against external enemies?—This is impossible, since a plan -divided into as many parts as there are minds in a mob loses its unity, -and consequently, becomes incomprehensible and unworkable. - -Only an autocrat can outline great and clear plans which allocate in -an orderly manner all the parts of the mechanism of the government -machinery. From this it is concluded that the government which is the -most efficient for the benefit of a country must be concentrated in -the hands of one responsible person. Civilization cannot exist without -absolute despotism, for government is carried on not by the masses, but -by their leader, whoever he may be. A barbarous crowd shows its barbarism -on every occasion. The moment the mob grasps liberty in its hands it is -speedily changed to anarchy, which is in itself the height of barbarism. - -Look at those beasts, steeped in alcohol, stupefied by wine, the -unlimited use of which is granted by liberty. - -Surely you cannot allow our own people to come to this. The people of the -GOYS are stupefied by spirituous liquors; their youth is driven insane -through excessive study of the classics, and vice to which they have been -instigated by our agents—tutors, valets, governesses—in rich houses, by -clerks, and so forth, and by our women in the pleasure places of the -GOYS. Among the latter I include the so-called “society women,” their -volunteer followers in vice and luxury. - -Our motto is Power and Hypocrisy. Only power can conquer in politics, -especially if it is concealed in talents which are necessary to -statesmen. Violence must be the principle; hypocrisy and cunning the -rule of those governments which do not wish to lay down their crowns at -the feet of the agents of some new power. This evil is the sole means -of attaining the goal of good. For this reason we must not hesitate at -bribery, fraud, and treason when these can help us to reach our end. -In politics it is necessary to seize the property of others without -hesitation if in so doing we attain submission and power. - -Our government, following the line of peaceful conquest, has the right -to substitute for the horrors of war less noticeable and more efficient -executions, these being necessary to keep up terror, which induces blind -submission. A just but inexorable strictness is the greatest factor of -governmental power. We must follow a program of violence and hypocrisy, -not only for the sake of profit, but also as a duty and for the sake of -victory. - -A doctrine based on calculation is as potent as the means employed by -it. That is why not only by these very means, but by the severity of our -doctrines, we shall triumph and shall enslave all governments under our -super-government. - -Even in olden times we shouted among the people the words “Liberty, -Equality, and Fraternity.” These words have been repeated so many times -since by unconscious parrots, which, flocking from all sides to the bait, -have ruined the prosperity of the world and true individual freedom, -formerly so well protected from the pressure of the mob. The would-be -clever and intelligent GOYS did not discern the symbolism of the uttered -words; did not notice the contradiction in the meaning and the connection -between them; did not notice that there is no equality in nature; that -there can be no liberty, since nature herself has established inequality -of mind, character, and ability, as well as subjection to her laws. They -did not reason that the power of the mob is blind; that the upstarts -selected for government are just as blind in politics as is the mob -itself, whereas the initiated man, even though a fool, is capable of -ruling, while the uninitiated, although a genius, will understand nothing -of politics. All this has been overlooked by the GOYS. - -Meanwhile dynastic government has been based upon this, that the father -passed to his son the knowledge of the course of political evolution, -so that nobody except the members of the dynasty could possess this -knowledge, and no one could disclose the secrets to the governed people. -In the course of time the meaning of the dynastic transmission of the -true understanding of politics has been lost, thus contributing to the -success of our cause. - -In all parts of the world the words “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” -have brought whole legions into our ranks through our blind agents, -carrying our banners with delight. Meanwhile these words were worms which -ruined the prosperity of the GOYS, everywhere destroying peace, quiet, -and solidarity, undermining all the foundations of their states. You will -see subsequently that this aided our triumph, _for it also gave us, among -other things, the opportunity to grasp the trump card, the abolition of -privileges; in other words, the very essence of the aristocracy of the -GOYS, which was the only protection of peoples and countries against us_. - -On the ruins of natural and hereditary aristocracy we built an -aristocracy of our intellectual class—the money aristocracy. We have -established this new aristocracy on the qualification of wealth, which is -dependent upon us, and also upon science, which is promoted by our wise -men. - -Our triumph was also made easier because, through our connections with -people who were indispensable to us, we always played upon the most -sensitive chords of the human mind, namely, greed, and the insatiable -selfish desires of man. Each of these human weaknesses taken separately -is capable of killing initiative and of placing the will of the people at -the disposal of the buyer of their activities. - -Abstract liberty offered the opportunity for convincing the masses that -government is nothing but the manager representing the owner of the -country, namely, the people, and that this manager can be discarded like -a pair of worn-out gloves. - -The fact that the representatives of the nation can be deposed, delivers -them into our power and practically places their appointment in our hands. - - -PROTOCOL NO. II - -It is necessary for us that wars, whenever possible, should bring -no territorial advantages; this will shift war to an economic basis -and force nations to realize the strength of our predominance; such -a situation will put both sides at the mercy of our million-eyed -international agency, which will be unhampered by any frontiers. Then -our international rights will do away with national rights, in a limited -sense, and will rule the peoples in the same way as the civil power of -each state regulates the relation of its subjects among themselves. - -The administrators chosen by us from among the people in accordance -with their capacity for servility will not be experienced in the art of -government, and consequently they will easily become pawns in our game, -in the hands of our scientists and wise counselors, specialists trained -from early childhood for governing the world. As you are aware, these -specialists have obtained the knowledge necessary for government from our -political plans, from the study of history, and from the observation of -every passing event. The GOYS are not guided by the practice of impartial -historical observation, but by theoretical routine without any critical -regard for its results. Therefore, we need give them no consideration. -Until the time comes let them amuse themselves, or live in the hope of -new amusements or in the memories of those past. Let that play the most -important part for them which we have induced them to regard as the -laws of science (theory). For this purpose, by means of our press, we -increase their blind faith in these laws. Intelligent GOYS will boast of -their knowledge, and verifying it logically they will put into practice -all scientific information compiled by our agents for the purpose of -educating their minds in the direction which we require. - -Do not think that our assertions are without foundation: note the -successes of Darwinism, Marxism, and Nietzscheism, engineered by us. The -demoralizing effects of these doctrines upon the minds of the GOYS should -be already obvious to us. - -It is essential that we take into consideration the modern ideas, -temperaments, and tendencies of peoples in order that no mistakes in -politics and in guiding administrative affairs may be made. The triumph -of our system, parts of whose mechanism must be adapted in accordance -with the temperament of the peoples with whom we come in contact, cannot -be realized unless its practical application is based upon a résumé of -the past as related to the present. - -_There is one great force in the hands of modern states which arouses -thought movements among the people. That is the press._ The rôle of the -press is to indicate necessary demands, to register complaints of the -people, and to express and foment dissatisfaction. The triumph of free -babbling is incarnated in the press; but governments were unable to -profit by this power _and it has fallen into our hands_. Through it we -have attained influence, while remaining in the background. Thanks to the -press, we have gathered gold in our hands, although we had to take it -from rivers of blood and tears. - -But it cost us the sacrifice of many of our own people. Every sacrifice -on our part is worth a thousand GOYS before God. - - -PROTOCOL NO. III - -To-day I can tell you that our goal is close at hand. Only a small -distance remains, and the cycle of the _Symbolic Serpent_—the symbol of -our people—will be complete. When this circle is completed, then all the -European states will be enclosed in it as in strong claws. - -The modern constitutional scales will soon tip over, for we have -set them inaccurately, thus insuring an unsteady balance for the -purpose of wearing out their holder. The GOYS thought it had been -sufficiently strongly made and hoped that the scales would regain their -equilibrium, but the holder—the ruler—is screened from the people by -his representatives, who fritter away their time, carried away by their -uncontrolled and irresponsible authority. Their power, moreover, has -been built up on terrorism spread through the palaces. Unable to reach -the hearts of their people, the rulers cannot unite with them to gain -strength against the usurpers of power. The visible power of royalty -and the blind power of the masses, _separated by us_, have both lost -significance, for separated, they are as helpless as the blind man -without a stick. - -To induce the lovers of authority to abuse their power, we have placed -all the forces in opposition to each other, having developed their -liberal tendencies towards independence. We have excited different forms -of initiative in that direction; we have armed all the parties; we have -made authority the target of all ambitions. We have opened the arenas in -different states, where revolts are now occurring, _and disorders and -bankruptcy will shortly appear everywhere_. - -Unrestrained babblers have converted parliamentary sessions and -administrative meetings into oratorical contests. Daring journalists, -impudent pamphleteers, make daily attacks on the administrative -personnel. The abuse of power is definitely preparing the downfall of -all institutions and everything will be overturned by the blows of the -infuriated mobs. - -The people are shackled by poverty to heavy labor more surely than they -were by slavery and serfdom. They could liberate themselves from those in -one way or another, whereas they cannot free themselves from misery. We -have included in constitutions rights which for the people are fictitious -and are not actual rights. All the so-called “rights of the people” can -exist only in the abstract and can never be realized in practice. What -difference does it make to the toiling proletarian, bent double by heavy -toil, oppressed by his fate, that the babblers receive the right to talk, -journalists the right to mix nonsense with reason in their writings, -if the proletariat has no other gain from the constitution than the -miserable crumbs which we throw from our table in return for his vote to -elect our agents. Republican rights are bitter irony to the poor man, for -the necessity of almost daily labor prevents him from using them, and at -the same time deprives him of his guarantee of a permanent and certain -livelihood by making him dependent upon strikes, organized either by his -masters or by his comrades. - -Under our guidance the people have exterminated aristocracy, which -was their natural protector and guardian, for its own interests are -inseparably connected with the well-being of the people. Now, however, -with the destruction of this aristocracy the masses have fallen under the -power of the profiteers and cunning upstarts, who have settled on the -workers as a merciless burden. - -We will present ourselves in the guise of saviors of the workers from -this oppression when we suggest that they enter our army of Socialists, -Anarchists, Communists, to whom we always extend our help, under the -guise of the rule of brotherhood demanded by the human solidarity of -our _social masonry_. The aristocracy which benefited by the labor of -the people by right was interested that the workers should be well fed, -healthy, and strong. - -We, on the contrary, are concerned in the opposite—in the degeneration -of the GOYS. Our power lies in the chronic malnutrition and in the -weakness of the worker, because through this he falls under our power and -is unable to find either strength or energy to combat it. - -Hunger gives to capital greater power over the worker than the legal -authority of the sovereign ever gave to the aristocracy. Through misery -and the resulting jealous hatred we manipulate the mob and crush those -who stand in our way. - -_When the time comes for our universal ruler to be crowned, the same -hands will sweep away everything which may be an obstacle in our way._ - -The GOYS are no longer accustomed to think without our scientific advice. -Consequently, they do not see the imperative need of upholding that which -we will sustain by all means when our kingdom is established, namely, -the teaching in the schools of _the only true science, the first of -all sciences—the science of the construction of human life, of social -existence, which requires the division of labor and, consequently, the -separation of people into classes and castes_. It is necessary that all -should know that _equality cannot exist, owing to the different nature -of various kinds of work_; that there cannot be the same responsibility -before the law in the case of an individual who by his actions -compromises an entire caste and another who does not affect anything but -his own honor. - -The correct science of the social structure, to the secrets of which -we do not admit the GOYS, would demonstrate to all that occupation and -labor must be differentiated so as not to cause human suffering by the -discrepancy between education and work. The study of this science will -lead the masses to a voluntary submission to the authorities and to the -governmental system organized by them. Whereas, under the present state -of science, and due to the direction of our guidance therein, the people, -in their ignorance, blindly believing the printed word, and owing to the -misconceptions which have been fostered by us, feel a hatred towards all -classes whom they consider superior to themselves, since they do not -understand the importance of each caste. - -This hatred will be still more accentuated by the _economic crisis_, -which will stop financial transactions and all industrial life. Having -organized a general economic crisis by all possible underhand means, and -with the help of gold which is all in our hands, we will throw great -crowds of workmen into the street, simultaneously, in all countries of -Europe. These crowds will gladly shed the blood of those of whom they, in -the simplicity of their ignorance, have been jealous since childhood and -whose property they will then be able to loot. - -_They will not harm our people because we will know of the time of the -attack and we will take measures to protect them._ - -We have persuaded others that progress will lead the GOYS into a realm -of reason. Our despotism will be of such a nature that it will be in a -position to pacify all revolts by wise restrictions and to eliminate -liberalism from all institutions. - -When the people saw that they obtained concessions and license in the -name of liberty, they imagined that they were the masters, and rushed -into power; but like every blind person, they encountered innumerable -obstacles; _they rushed to seek a leader, with no thought of returning to -the old one_, and laid power at our feet. Remember the French Revolution, -which we have called “great”; the secrets of its preparation are well -known to us, for it was the work of our hands. - -Since then we have carried the masses from one disappointment to another, -so that they will renounce even us in favor of _a despot sovereign of -Zionist blood, whom we are preparing for the world_. - -At present, as an international force, we are invulnerable, because if we -are attacked by one state we are supported by other states. The unlimited -baseness of the GOY peoples, who grovel before force, who are pitiless -towards weakness, who are merciless to misdemeanors and lenient to -crimes, who are unwilling to tolerate the contradictions of a free social -structure; patient unto martyrdom in bearing with the violence of daring -despotism—this is what helps our independence. They tolerate and permit -such abuses from their modern premiers—dictators—for the least of which -they would behead twenty kings. - -How can such a phenomenon be explained, such an illogical conception on -the part of the mass of the people towards events of seemingly the same -nature? This phenomenon can be explained by the fact that these dictators -through their agents whisper to their people that by these abuses they -injure the states for a supreme purpose, namely, for the attainment of -the happiness of the people, their universal fraternity, solidarity, -and equality. Of course, they are not told that this unification will -be achieved only under our rule. Thus, the people condemn the just and -acquit the unjust, more and more convinced that they can do what they -please. Owing to this, the people destroy all stability and create -disorder on every occasion. - -The word “Liberty” brings all society into conflict with all authority, -be it that of God or Nature. This is why, at the moment of our -enthronement, we shall strike this word from the dictionary as being the -symbol of brute power, which turns the masses into bloodthirsty beasts. -It is true, however, that these beasts go to sleep as soon as they have -drunk blood, and then it is easy to shackle them; but if the blood is not -given to them they will not sleep and will struggle. - - -PROTOCOL NO. IV - -Every republic passes through several stages. The first stage is like -the early period of insane ravings of a blind man throwing himself -right and left. The second is the demagogy which breeds anarchy, which -inevitably leads to despotism, not of a legal and open character and, -consequently, responsible, but an unseen and unknown despotism, no less -effective because exercised by some secret organization, acting even less -ceremoniously because it is hidden under the cover and behind the backs -of different agents. The change of these agents will even help the secret -organizations, as it will thus be able to rid itself of the necessity of -spending money to reward employees of long terms of service. - -Who and what can overthrow an unseen power? For such is the character of -our power. _External Masonry[3] acts as a screen for it and its aims, but -the plan of action of this power, and its very headquarters, will always -remain unknown to the people._ - -Liberty could also be harmless and remain on the state program without -detriment to the well-being of the people if it were to retain the ideas -of the belief in God and human fraternity, free from the conception of -equality for such a conception is in contradiction to the laws of nature -which establish subordination. With such a faith the people would be -governed by the guardians of the parish and would thrive quietly and -obediently under the guidance of their spiritual leader, accepting God’s -dispensation on earth. It is for this reason that we must undermine -faith, tearing from the minds of the GOYS the very principal of God and -Soul, and substituting mathematical formulas and material needs. - -In order that the minds of the GOYS may have no time to think and notice -things, it is necessary to divert them in the direction of industry -and commerce. Thus all nations will seek their own profit, and while -engaged in the struggle they will not notice their common enemy. But in -order that liberty should finally undermine and ruin the GOY’S society, -it is necessary to put industry on a basis of speculation. The result -of this will be that everything, absorbed by industry from the land, -will not remain in the hands of the GOYS, but will be directed towards -speculation; that is, it will come into our coffers. - -The intense struggle for supremacy, the shocks to economic life, will -create, moreover have already created, disappointed, cold, and heartless -societies. These societies will have complete disgust for high politics -and religion. Their only guide will be calculation, _i.e._, gold, for -which they will have a real cult because of the material delights which -it can supply. It will be at that stage that the lower classes of the -GOYS, not for the sake of doing good, nor even for the sake of wealth, -but solely because of their hatred towards the privileged, will follow us -against our competitors for power, the intelligent GOYS. - - -PROTOCOL NO. V - -What form of government can be given to societies in which bribery has -penetrated everywhere, where riches are obtained only by clever tricks -and semi-fraudulent means, where corruption reigns, where morality is -sustained by punitive measures and strict laws and not by voluntary -acceptance of moral principles, where cosmopolitan convictions have -eliminated patriotic feelings and religion? What form of government -can be given to such societies other than a despotism such as I shall -describe? - -We will create a strong centralized government, so as to gather the -social forces into our power. We will mechanically regulate all the -functions of political life of our subjects by new laws. These laws will -gradually eliminate all the concessions and liberties permitted by the -GOYS. Our kingdom will be crowned by such a majestic despotism that it -will be able, at all times and in all places, to crush both antagonistic -and discontented GOYS. - -We may be told that the despotism outlined by me is inconsistent with -modern progress, but I will prove to you that the contrary is the case. - -At the time when people considered rulers as an incarnation of the will -of God, they subjected themselves without murmur to the autocracy of the -sovereigns; but as soon as we inspired them with the thought of their -personal rights, they began to regard the rulers as ordinary mortals. The -holy anointment fell from the heads of sovereigns in the opinion of the -people; and when we deprived them of their belief in God, then authority -was thrown into the street, where it became public property and was -seized by us. Moreover, the art of governing the masses and individuals -by means of cunningly constructed theories and phraseology, by rulers -of social life, and other devices not understood by the GOYS, belongs, -among other faculties, to our administrative mind, which is educated in -analysis and observation, and is also based upon skillful reasoning in -which we have no competitors, just as we have none in the preparation -of plans for political action and solidarity. Only the Jesuits could be -compared to us in this; but we were able to discredit them in the mind of -the senseless mob as a visible organization, whereas we, with our secret -organization, remained in the dark. After all, is it not the same to the -world who will be its master—whether it be the head of Catholicism or our -despot of Zionist blood? To us, however, the Chosen People, it is by no -means a matter of indifference. - -Temporarily, a world coalition of the GOYS would be able to hold us in -check, but we are insured against this by roots of dissension so deep -among them that they cannot now be extracted. We have set at variance -the personal and national interests of the GOYS; we have incited -religious and race hatred, nurtured by us in their hearts for twenty -centuries. Owing to all this, no state will obtain the help it asks for -from any side because each of them will think that a coalition against -us will be disadvantageous to it. We are too powerful—_we must be taken -into consideration. No country can reach even an insignificant private -understanding without our being secret parties to it._ - -_Per me reges regnant_—“Through me the sovereigns reign.” The prophets -have told us that we were chosen by God himself to reign over the world. -God endowed us with genius to enable us to cope with the problem. Were -there a genius in the opposing camp, he would struggle against us, but -a newcomer is not equal to an old inhabitant. The struggle between us -would be of such a merciless nature as the world has never seen before; -moreover their genius would be too late. - -All the wheels of government mechanism move by the action of the motor -which is in our hands, and _that motor is gold_. The science of political -economy, invented by our wise men, has long ago demonstrated the royal -prestige of capital. - -To attain freedom of action, capital must obtain freedom to monopolize -industry and trade; this is already being done by an unseen hand in all -parts of the world. Such liberty will give political power to traders, -and will aid in subjugating the people. At present it is more important -to disarm peoples than to lead them to war; it is more important to -utilize flaming passions for our purposes than to extinguish them; more -important to grasp and interpret the thoughts of others in our own way -than to discard them. - -_The most important problem of our government is to weaken the popular -mind by criticism; to disaccustom it to thought, which creates -opposition; to deflect the power of thought into mere empty eloquence._ - -At all times both peoples and individuals have mistaken words for deeds, -as they are satisfied with the visible, rarely noticing whether the -promise is performed in the fields of social life. - -Therefore, we will organize ostensible institutions which will prove -eloquently their good work in the direction of “progress.” - -We will appropriate to ourselves the liberal aspect of all parties, of -all shades of opinion, and we will provide our _orators with the same -aspect, and they will talk so much that they will exhaust the people by -their speeches and cause them to turn away from orators in disgust_. - -_To control public opinion it is necessary to perplex it by the -expression of numerous contradictory opinions until the GOYS get lost in -the labyrinth, and come to understand that it is best to have no opinion -on political questions._ - -Such questions are not intended to be understood by the people, since -only he who rules knows them. This is the first secret. - -The second secret necessary for the success of governing consists in -so multiplying popular failings, habits, passions, and conventional -laws that no one will be able to disentangle himself in the chaos, and -consequently, people will cease to understand each other. This measure -would help us to sow dissension within all parties, to disintegrate all -those collective forces which still do not wish to subjugate themselves -to us; to discourage all individual initiative which might in any degree -hamper our work. - -_There is nothing more dangerous than individual initiative_; if it has -a touch of genius it can accomplish more than a million people among -whom we have sown dissensions. We must direct the education of the GOY -societies so that their arms will drop hopelessly when they face every -task where initiative is required. The intensity of action resulting from -individual freedom of action dissipates its force when it encounters -another person’s freedom. This results in heavy blows at morale, -disappointments and failures. - -_We will so tire the GOYS by all this that we will force them to offer us -an international power, which by its position will enable us conveniently -to absorb, without destroying, all governmental forces of the world and -thus to form a super-government._ In lieu of modern rulers, we will place -a monster which will be called the Super-Governmental Administration. Its -hands will be stretched out like pincers in every direction so that this -colossal organization cannot fail to conquer all the peoples. - - -PROTOCOL NO. VI - -We will soon begin to establish great monopolies—reservoirs of huge -wealth, upon which even the large fortunes of the GOYS will depend to -such an extent that they will be drowned, together with the governmental -credits, on the day following the political catastrophe. - -You economists, here present, will please carefully weigh the -significance of this scheme!... - -We must develop, by all means, the importance of our super-government -by representing it as the protector and reward-giver of all those who -willingly submit to us. - -_The aristocracy of the GOYS as a political force is dead. We do not need -to take it into consideration; but as land-owners they are harmful to -us because they can be independent in their resources of life. For this -reason we must deprive them of their land at any cost._ - -To attain this object, the best method is to increase land taxes—the -indebtedness of the land. These measures will keep land ownership in -subjection. - -The aristocracy of the GOYS, which as a matter of heredity is unable to -be satisfied with small things, will soon be ruined. - -At the same time it is necessary to patronize trade and industry -vigorously, and more important, to encourage speculation, whose function -is to act as a counterbalance to industry. Without speculation, industry -will increase private capital and tend to the amelioration of land -ownership by freeing it from indebtedness created by the loans granted -by agricultural banks. It is necessary that industry should suck out of -the land both labor and capital and through speculation deliver into our -hands all the money of the world, thus throwing all the GOYS into the -ranks of the proletarians. Then the GOYS will bow before us in order to -obtain the mere right of existence. - -To destroy GOY industry we will create among the GOYS as an aid to -speculation the strong demand for boundless luxury which we have already -developed. - -_Let us raise wages, which, however, will be of no benefit to the -workers, for we will simultaneously cause the rise in prices of objects -of first necessity under the pretext that this is due to the decadence of -agriculture, and of the cattle industry._ - -_We will also artfully and deeply undermine the sources of production by -teaching the workmen anarchy and the use of alcohol, at the same time -taking measures to expel all the intelligent GOYS from the land._ - -_That the true situation should not be noticed by the GOYS until the -proper time, we will mask it by a pretended desire to help the working -classes and great economic principles, an active propaganda of which -principles is being carried on through the dissemination of our economic -theories._ - - -PROTOCOL NO. VII - -The intensification of armament and the increase of the police force -are essential to the realization of the above-mentioned plans. It is -necessary that there should be besides ourselves in all countries only -the mass of the proletariat, a few millionaires devoted to us, policemen, -and soldiers. - -We must create unrest, dissensions, and hatred throughout Europe and -through European affiliations, also on other continents. In this there -is a twofold advantage: First, we will hold all countries under our -influence, since they will realize that we have the power to create -disorders or to restore order whenever we wish. All countries have come -to regard us as a necessary burden. Second, we will entangle by intrigues -all the threads stretched by us into all the governmental bodies by means -of politics, economic treaties, or financial obligations. To attain these -ends we will worm our way into parleys and negotiations, armed with -cunning, but in so-called “official language” we will assume the opposite -tactics of seeming honest and reasonable. In this way the peoples and -the governments of the GOYS, taught by us to regard only the surface of -that which we show them, will look upon us as benefactors and saviors of -mankind. - -_We must be able to overcome all opposition by provoking_ a war by the -neighbors of that country which dares to oppose us. Should, however, -those neighbors, in their turn, decide to unite against us we must -respond by a world war. - -Chief success in politics lies in the secrecy of its undertakings. There -must be inconsistency between the words and actions of diplomats. - -We must influence the GOY governments to action beneficial to our -broadly conceived plan, now approaching its triumphant goal, creating -the impression that such action is demanded by public opinion which in -reality is secretly organized by us with the help of the so-called “great -power,” namely, the press; the latter, however, with few exceptions that -need not be considered, is already entirely in our hands. - -In short, to sum up our system of shackling the GOY governments of -Europe, we will show our power to one of them by assassination and -terrorism, and should there be a possibility of all of them rising -against us, we will answer them with American, Chinese, or Japanese guns. - - -PROTOCOL NO. VIII - -We must provide ourselves with the same arms our enemies can employ -against us. We must seek the most subtle expressions and evasions of -the legal dictionary to justify those cases in which we will be forced -to announce decisions which may seem unnecessarily bold and unjust, for -it is important that these decisions should be expressed in terms so -forcible that they will appear as the highest moral rules of a legal -character. - -Our government must be surrounded by all the forces of civilization, in -the midst of which it will have to function. It will surround itself with -publicists, experienced lawyers, administrators, diplomats, and, finally, -people educated along special lines in our special advanced schools. - -These people will know all the secrets of social existence; they will -know all languages composed of political letters and words; they -will be familiar with the reverse side of human nature, with all its -sensitive chords, upon which they must know how to play. These chords -are the structure of the intellects of the GOYS, their tendencies, their -failings, their vices, and their virtues, the peculiarities of classes -and castes. It is evident that the highly talented members of our -government, to which I refer, will be recruited not from the ranks of -the GOYS, accustomed to performing their administrative duties without -questioning their aim, and without thinking why they are necessary. The -GOY administrators sign papers without reading them and work for profit -or for pride. - -We will surround our government by a whole world of economists. It is for -this reason that economics is the chief science taught to the Jews. We -will be surrounded by a crowd of bankers, traders, capitalists, _and most -important of all, by millionaires, because in essence everything will be -decided by a question of figures_. - -Meanwhile, as it is not yet safe to give the responsible government -posts to our brother Jews, we will give them to people whose record and -whose character are such that there is an abyss between them and the -people; also to people for whom, in case of disobedience to our orders, -there will remain nothing but condemnation or exile—thus forcing them to -protect our interests to their last breath. - - -PROTOCOL NO. IX - -In applying our principles, turn your attention to the character of the -people in whose countries you will be resident and among whom you will -act, for a general similar application of them before the reëducation of -a people according to our plan cannot be successful. But by advancing -carefully in their application you will see that before ten years have -passed the most obstinate character will have changed, and we can then -count another people among those who already have submitted to us. - -When we are enthroned we will substitute for the liberal words of our -Masonic catchword, “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity,” another group of -words expressing simply ideas, namely, “the right of Liberty, the duty of -Equality, the ideal of Fraternity.” Thus we will speak and ... we shall -have the goat by the horns.... _De facto_, we have already destroyed all -governments except our own, although _de jure_ there are still many left. -At present, if any of the governments raises a protest against us, it -is done only as a matter of form, and at our desire, and by our order, -because _their anti-Semitism is necessary to enable us to control our -smaller brothers_. I will not further explain this, as it has already -been the object of numerous discussions. - -In reality there are no obstacles before us. Our super-government exists -under such extra-legal conditions that it is common to designate it by an -energetic and strong word—a Dictatorship. - -I can honestly state that at the present time we are law-makers; we are -the judges and inflict punishment; we execute and pardon; we, as the -chief of all our armies, ride the leader’s horse. We rule by indomitable -will because we hold in our hands the fragments of a once strong party -now subject to us. We possess boundless ambition, burning greed for -merciless revenge, and bitter hatred. - -_From us emanates an all-embracing terror. People of all opinions and -of all doctrines are in our service; people who desire to restore -monarchies, demagogues, socialists, communists, and other utopians._ We -have had to put all of them to work; every one of them is undermining the -last remnant of authority, is trying to overthrow all existing order. -All the governments have been tortured by this procedure; they beg for -peace, and for the sake of peace are prepared to make any sacrifice, -but we will not give them peace until they recognize our international -super-government openly and with submission. - -The masses have begun to demand the solution of the social problem by -means of an international agreement. _The division into parties has -delivered all of them to us, because in order to conduct a party struggle -money is required, and we have it all._ - -We might fear the union of the intelligent power of the GOYS’ rulers with -the blind power of the masses, but we have taken all measures against -such a possibility. Between the two powers we have raised a wall in the -form of mutual terror; thus the blind power of the people continues to be -our support, and we alone will act as its leader and, naturally, we will -direct it towards our goal. - -To prevent the hand of the blind from freeing itself from our guidance, -we must from time to time keep in close touch with the masses, if not -through personal contact then through our most devoted brethren. When we -become a recognized power we will personally address the masses in open -places, and we will expound political problems in the desired direction. - -How verify what is taught in village schools? But whatever the -representative of the government or the ruler himself states will be -immediately known to the entire nation, for it will rapidly spread by the -voice of the people. - -In order not prematurely to destroy _Goy_ institutions, we have touched -them with our efficient hands and grasped the ends of the springs of -their mechanism. Formerly these springs were in rigid but just order; we -have changed it to liberal, disorderly, and arbitrary lawlessness. - -We have affected legal procedure, electoral law, the press, personal -freedom, and, most important, education, the corner-stone of free -existence. - -_We have misled, corrupted, fooled, and demoralised the youth of the GOYS -by education along principles and theories known by us to be false but -which we ourselves have inspired._ - -Without changing substantially the existing law we have created -stupendous results by distorting the laws through contradictory -interpretations. These results first manifested themselves by the -fact that interpretation has concealed the law itself, and thereafter -has completely hidden it from the eyes of the governments by the -impossibility of understanding such complicated jurisprudence. - -Hence the theory of the court of conscience.[4] - -You may say that there will be an armed rising against us if our plans -are discovered prematurely; but in anticipation of this we have such a -terrorizing manoeuver in the West that even the bravest soul will shudder. - -Underground passages will be established by that time in all capitals, -from where they can be exploded, together with all their institutions and -national documents. - - -PROTOCOL NO. X - -To-day I will begin by reiterating what has already been stated. _I beg -you to remember that the government and the masses are satisfied with -visible results in politics._ How can they examine the inner meaning -of things when their representatives consider that pleasure is above -everything? It is important to know one detail in our policy. It will -help us in discussing division of authority, freedom of speech, of the -press, of religion (faith), the right of assembly, equality before the -law, inviolability of property and of the home, indirect taxes and the -retrospective force of law. All such questions should never be directly -and openly discussed before the masses. When it becomes necessary for -us to discuss them, they should not be elaborated but merely mentioned, -without going into details, pointing out that modern legal principles are -being accepted by us. The significance of this reticence lies in the fact -that a principle which has not been openly declared gives us freedom of -action to exclude unnoticed one point or another, whereas if elaborated -the principle becomes as good as established. - -The people feel an especial love and admiration towards the political -genius, and they always react to their acts of violence as follows: - - “Yes, of course it is villainy, but how clever!—It is a trick - but cleverly done! So majestically! so impudently!...” - -We count upon attracting all nations to the construction of the -foundations of the new edifice which has been planned by us. It is for -this reason that it is necessary for us first of all to acquire that -spirit of daring, enterprise, and force which, through our agents, will -enable us to overcome all obstacles in our path. - -_When we accomplish our coup d’état, we will say to the peoples: -“Everything went badly; all of you have suffered. We will abolish the -cause of your sufferings, that is to say, nationalities, frontiers, and -national currencies. Of course you are free to condemn us, but would your -judgment be just if you were to pronounce it before giving a trial to -what we will give you?” Thereafter they will exalt us with a sentiment -of unanimous delight and hope. The voting system which we have used as -a tool for our enthronement, and to which we have accustomed even the -most humble members of humanity by organizing meetings and prearranged -agreements, will have performed its last service and will make its last -appearance in the expression of a unanimous desire to become more -closely acquainted with us before having pronounced a judgment._ - -To attain this we must force all to vote, without class discrimination, -to establish the autocracy of the majority, which cannot be obtained -from the intellectual classes alone. Through this method of accustoming -every one to the idea of self-determination, we will shatter the GOY -family and its educational importance. We will not allow the formation of -individual minds, because the mob, under our guidance, will prevent them -from distinguishing themselves or even expressing themselves. The mob -has become accustomed to listen only to us who pay it for obedience and -attention. We will thus create such a blind power that it will be unable -to move without the guidance of our agents, sent by us to replace their -leaders. - -The masses will submit to this régime because they will know that their -earnings, perquisites, and other benefits depend upon these leaders. - -The plan of government must emanate already formed from one head, as it -would be impossible to put it together if disintegration by many minds -into small pieces is allowed. That is why we only are allowed to know the -plan of action; but we must not discuss it in order not to affect its -ingenuity, the correlation between its component parts, the practical -force of the secret meaning of its every clause. Were such a plan to be -submitted to and altered by frequent voting, it would reflect the stamp -of the misconceptions of every one who has not penetrated its depth and -the correlation of its aims. For this reason our plans must be strongly -and clearly conceived. Consequently, the inspired work of our leader must -not be thrown to the mercy of the mob or even of a limited group. - -These plans will not immediately upset contemporary institutions. -They will only alter their organization, and consequently the entire -combination of their development, which will thus be directed according -to the plans laid down by us. - -More or less the same institutions exist in different countries under -different names, such as representative bodies, ministries, senate, state -council, legislative and executive bodies. It is not necessary for me to -explain to you the connecting mechanism of these different institutions, -as it is well known to you. I only call to your attention that every -one of the aforesaid institutions fulfills some important governmental -function, and, moreover, I beg you to notice that the word “important” -refers not to the institution but to the function. Consequently, -it is not the institutions that are important but their functions. -Such institutions have divided among themselves all the functions of -government, namely, administrative, legislative, and executive powers; -therefore, their functions in the state organism have become similar -to those in a human body. If one part of the governmental machine is -injured, the state itself falls ill, in the same way as the human body, -and then it dies. - -When we injected the poison of liberalism into the state organism, its -entire political complexion changed; the states became infected with -a mortal disease, namely, the decomposition of the blood. It is only -necessary to await the end of their agony. - -Constitutional governments were born of liberalism, which replaced the -autocracy that was the salvation of the GOYS, for the constitution, as -you well know, is nothing more than a school for dispute, discussion, -disagreement, fruitless party agitation, dissension, party tendencies—in -other words, a school for everything which weakens the efficiency of -government. The platform no less than the press condemned the authorities -to inaction and impotency and thereby rendered them useless and -superfluous, for which reason they were overthrown in many countries. The -rise of the republican era then became possible, and then we substituted -for the ruler a caricature of government—a president chosen from the mob, -from among our creatures, our slaves. This was the kind of mine we laid -under the GOYS, or, more correctly, under the GOY nations. - -In the near future we will make the president a responsible officer, -whereupon we will no longer stand on ceremony in carrying out the things -for which our dummy will be responsible. What difference does it make -to us that the ranks of those aiming at authority will thin out, that -confusion will result from inability to find presidents, confusion which -will definitely disorganize the country? - -To accomplish our plan, we will engineer the election of presidents -whose past record contains some hidden scandal, some “Panama”—then -they will be faithful executors of our orders from fear of exposure, -and from the natural desire of every man who has reached authority -to retain the privileges, advantages, and dignity connected with the -position of president. The Chamber of Deputies will elect, protect, and -screen presidents, but we will deprive it of the right of initiating -laws or of amending them, for this right will be granted by us to the -responsible president, a puppet in our hands. Of course then the power -of the president will become the target of numerous attacks, but we -will give him the means of self-protection by giving him the right of -directly applying to the people, for their decision, over the heads of -their representatives. In other words, he will turn to the same blind -slave—to the majority of the mob. Moreover, we will empower the president -to proclaim martial law. We will justify this prerogative under the -pretext that the president, as chief of the national army, must control -it in order to protect the new republican constitution, which he, as a -responsible representative of this constitution, is bound to defend. - -It is obvious that under such conditions the keys to the shrine will -be in our hands, and nobody except ourselves will be able to guide the -legislative power. - -We will also take away from the Chamber, with the introduction of the -new republican constitution, the right of interpellation in regard to -governmental measures, under the pretext that political secrets must -be preserved. With the aid of this new constitution we will reduce the -number of representatives to the minimum, thus also reducing to the same -extent political passions and passion for politics. If, in spite of this, -those remaining are recalcitrant, we will abolish them completely by -appealing to the majority of the people. - -The appointment of the president and vice presidents of the Chamber and -Senate will be the prerogative of the president. Instead of continuous -parliamentary sessions, we will shorten them to a few months. Moreover, -the president, as chief executive, will have the right to convene -or dissolve parliament, and in the case of dissolution, defer the -appointment of a new parliament. But to prevent the president from -being held responsible before our plans are matured for the results of -all these essentially illegal actions inaugurated by us, we will give -the ministers and other high administrative officials surrounding the -president the idea of circumventing his orders by issuing instructions -of their own. Consequently, they will be made responsible instead of -him. We recommend that the execution of this plan be given especially -to the Senate, State Council, or Council of Ministers, and not to -individuals. Under our guidance the president will interpret in ambiguous -ways such existing laws as it is possible so to interpret. Moreover, he -will annul them when the need is pointed out to him by us: he will also -have the right to propose temporary laws and even modifications in the -constitutional work of government, alleging as the motive for so doing -the exigencies of the welfare of the country. - -By such measures we will be able to destroy gradually, step by step, -everything that, upon entering into our rights, we were obliged -to introduce into government constitutions as a transition to the -imperceptible abolition of all constitutions, when the time comes to -convert all government into _our autocracy_. - -The recognition of our autocrat may come even before the abolition of the -constitution; the moment for this recognition will come when the people, -tormented by dissension and the incompetency of their rulers, incited by -us, will exclaim: Depose them, and give us one universal sovereign who -will unite us and abolish the causes of dissension—national frontiers, -religion, state indebtedness—and who will give us the peace and quiet -which we cannot find with our rulers and representatives. - -But you know well that to render such a universal expression of desire -possible, it is necessary continuously to disturb the relationship -between the people and the government in all countries, and so to exhaust -everybody by the dissension, hostility, struggle, hatred, and even -martyrdom, hunger, inoculation of diseases, and misery, as to make the -GOYS see no other solution than an appeal to our money and complete rule. - -Should we give the people a rest, however, the longed for moment will -probably never arrive. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XI - -The Council of State will tend to accentuate the power of the ruler; -in the capacity of an ostensible legislative body, it will act as a -committee for the drawing up of laws and statutes on behalf of the ruler. - -The following is the program of the new constitution which we are -preparing. We will make laws and control the courts in the following -manner: - - 1. By suggestions to the legislative body. - - 2. By means of orders issued by the president as general - statutes, decrees of the Senate, and decisions of the Council - of State, as regulations passed by the ministries. - - 3. And when the opportune moment arrives—in the form of a _coup - d’état_. - -Having thus roughly outlined the _modus agendi_, we will now take up -in detail those measures by which we will complete the development of -the governmental mechanism in the above direction. By these measures, I -mean the freedom of the press, the right of assembly, religious freedom, -electoral rights, and many other things which must disappear from the -human repertoire, or must be fundamentally altered on the day following -the declaration of the new constitution. It is only at this moment that -it will become possible for us to announce all our decrees, for at any -time in the future every perceptible change would be dangerous, and -this for the following reasons: If these changes should be introduced -and rigidly enforced, it might cause despair by creating the fear of -further changes in a similar direction; if, however, they are made -with a tendency to subsequent leniency, then it might be said that we -have recognized our mistakes, which would undermine the faith in the -infallibility of the new authority; it might also be said that we were -frightened, and that we were forced to make concessions for which nobody -would be thankful since they would be considered as legitimately due. - -Any of these impressions would be detrimental to the prestige of the new -constitution. It is necessary for us that, from the first moment of its -proclamation, when the people are still dumbfounded by the accomplished -revolution and are in a state of terror and surprise, they should realize -we are so strong, so invulnerable, and so mighty that we shall in no -case pay attention to them, and not only will we ignore their opinions -and desires, but be ready to and capable of suppressing at any moment or -place any sign of opposition with indisputable authority. We shall want -the people to realize that we have taken at once everything we wanted, -and that we shall under no circumstances share our power with them. Then -they will close their eyes to everything out of fear and will await -further developments. - -The GOYS are like a flock of sheep—we are wolves. - -Do you know what happens to sheep when wolves get into the fold? - -They will also close their eyes to everything because we will promise to -return to them all their liberties after the enemies of peace have been -subjugated and all the parties pacified. - -Is it necessary to say how long they would have to wait for the return of -their liberties? - -Why have we conceived and inspired this policy for the GOYS without -giving them an opportunity to examine its inner meaning if not for the -purpose of attaining by a circuitous method what is unattainable for our -scattered race by a direct road? - -This constituted a base for our organization of _secret masonry which -is not known to and whose aims are not even suspected by these cattle, -the GOYS. They have been decoyed by us into our numerous ostensible -organisations, which appear to be Masonic lodges, so as to divert the -attention of their co-religionists._ - -God has given us, his chosen people, the power to scatter, and what to -all appears to be our weakness, has proved to be our strength, and has -now brought us to the threshold of universal rule. - -Little remains to be built on these foundations. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XII - -The word “Liberty” can be differently interpreted. We will define it as -follows: - -Liberty is the right to do that which is permitted by law. Such a -definition of this word will eventually serve us, because liberty will be -in our power; and also because the laws will either destroy or construct -only what we desire in accordance with the above mentioned program. - -We will deal with the press in the following manner: What is the present -rôle of the press? It serves to arouse furious passions or egotistic -party dissensions which may be necessary for our purpose. It is empty, -unjust, inaccurate, and most people do not understand what end it serves. -We will shackle it and keep a tight rein on it. We will also do the -same with other printed matter, for what use would it be for us to rid -ourselves of attacks on the part of the periodical press if we remain -open to criticism through pamphlets and books? We will convert the -products of publicity, now so expensive, owing to the need of censorship, -into a source of income for our state. We will impose a special stamp -tax. When a newspaper printing shop is started, bonds will have to be -deposited, which will guarantee our government from all attacks on the -part of the press. In case of an attack, we will mercilessly impose -fines. Such measures as stamps, bonds, and fines, the payment of which -is guaranteed by the bonds, will bring a huge income to the government. -It is true that party papers might not fear the loss of money, so we -will suppress these after the second attack on us. No one shall touch -the prestige of our political infallibility and remain unpunished. The -pretext for stopping a publication will be that the publication in -question excites public opinion without cause or reason. _I ask you to -bear in mind that among those who attack us there will be also organs -established by us, but they will attack exclusively those points which we -plan to change._ - -_Not one notice will be made public without our control._ This is already -being done by us, since the news from all parts of the world is received -through several agencies in which it is centralized. - -These agencies will then be completely in our power and they will publish -only such news as we will permit. - -If we have already managed to subjugate the minds of the GOYS to such an -extent that almost all of them see world events through colored glasses -which we put over their eyes; if, even at present, there is not one state -which bars our access to state secrets, so termed by the stupid GOYS, -then what will it be when we, in the person of our universal sovereign, -are the recognized rulers of the world? - -Let us return to the future of the press. Anybody who wishes to become an -editor, a librarian, or a printer, will be obliged to obtain a diploma, -which in case of disobedience will be immediately revoked. - -With such measures, _thought will become an educational instrument in -the hands of our government, which will not allow the people to be led -astray into realms of fancy and dreams about beneficent progress_. Who of -us does not know that these fantastic blessings are the direct road to -baseless hopes which lead to anarchistic relations between the people and -the government? Progress, or better still the idea of progress, has led -to the creation of different modes of emancipation without setting any -limit to it. All so-called liberals are essentially anarchists in thought -if not in action. Each one of them pursues the phantom of liberty, -becoming self-willed, that is to say, falling into a state of anarchy by -protesting for the mere sake of protesting. - -We will now again refer to the question of the press. We will place stamp -taxes secured by bonds on each page of all printed matter, while on -books containing less than four hundred and eighty pages we will place -a double tax. We will classify them as pamphlets, so as to lessen the -number of magazines, which represent the worst printed poison—and on the -other hand, to force writers to prepare such long works that they will be -little read, especially as they will be expensive. Our own publications, -guiding public opinion in the direction we desire, will be cheap and -rapidly bought. The tax will discourage the writing of mere leisure -literature, whereas punishment will make the writers dependent upon us. -Even if there were writers who would like to attack us, they would find -no publishers for their works. Before printing any work, the editor or -printer will have to apply to the authorities for permission. We will -then know beforehand of the attacks that are being prepared against us, -and we will destroy them by coming out with advance statements on the -subject. - -Literature and journalism are the two most important educational -forces; for this reason our government will become the owner of most of -the periodicals. This will neutralize the injurious influence of the -private press and have great influence on the people. If we permit ten -periodicals, we ourselves will print thirty, and so forth. This, however, -must not be suspected by the public. All the periodicals published by us -will seem to be of contradictory views and opinions, inviting trust in -us, thus attracting to us unsuspecting enemies, and in this way they will -be caught in our trap and made harmless. - -The predominant place will be held by periodicals of an official -character. They will always stand guard over our interests and -consequently their influence will be comparatively limited. - -In the second category we will place semi-official organs, whose aim will -be to attract the indifferent and little interested. - -The third category will be our ostensible opposition, which at least in -one of its publications will represent the opposition to us. Our real -enemies will mistake this seeming opposition as belonging to their own -group and will thus show us their cards. - -All our newspapers will represent different tendencies, namely, -aristocratic, republican, revolutionary, even anarchistic, so long of -course as the constitution lasts. Like the Indian God VISHNU, these -periodicals will have one hundred arms, each of which will reach the -pulse of every group of public opinion. When the pulse beats faster, -these arms will guide opinion toward our aims, since the excited person -loses the power of reasoning and is easily led. Those fools who believe -that they repeat the opinions expressed by the newspapers of their party -will be repeating our opinions or those which we desire them to have. -Imagining that they are following the press of their party, they will -follow the flag which we will fly for them. - -In order that our newspaper militia may carry out our program, we must -organize the press with great care. Under the title of the Central -Department of the press, we will organize literary meetings at which our -agents unnoticed will give the passwords and countersigns. Discussing -and contradicting our policies, although always superficially, without -touching their essence, our press will conduct an empty fire against -official newspapers so as to give us only an opportunity to express -ourselves in greater detail than we were able to in our preliminary -declarations. This, of course, will be done when it is useful to us. - -_These attacks against us will also seem to convince the people that -complete liberty of the press still exists, and it will give our -agents the opportunity to declare that the papers opposing us are mere -wind-bags_, since they are unable to find any real ground to refute our -orders. - -Such measures, which will escape the notice of public attention, will -be the most successful means of guiding the public mind and of inspiring -confidence in our government. Thanks to them, we will as the need arises -excite or pacify the public mind on political questions. We will be able -to persuade or confuse them, sometimes printing the truth, sometimes -lies, referring to facts or contradicting them according to the way they -are received by the public, always carefully sounding the ground before -stepping on it. _We will surely conquer our enemies, because they will -not have the press at their disposal in which to express themselves in -full._ Moreover, with the above mentioned plans against the press, we -will not even need to refute them seriously. - -The trial balloons thrown out by us in the third category of our press, -we will deny energetically, in case of need, in our semi-official organs. - -In French journalism there already exists the Masonic solidarity of a -password; all organs of the press are bound by professional secrecy; like -the ancient augurs, not one member will disclose his secret if he is not -ordered to do so. Not one journalist will dare to disclose this secret, -for not one of them is admitted to literary headquarters unless he has -a disgraceful action in his past record. The fact would immediately be -made public. While these disgraceful actions are known only to a few, the -prestige of the journalist attracts opinion throughout the country—he is -admired. - -Our plans must extend chiefly to the provincial districts. There we must -excite hopes and ambitions opposed to those of the capitals, by means -of which we may always attack them, presenting such ambitions to the -capitals as the inspired views and aims of provincial districts. It is -obvious that their source will be ours. It is necessary for us that while -we are not yet in full power, the capital should be under the influence -of provincial public opinion; that is under the influence of the majority -prearranged by our agents. It is necessary for us that at the critical -psychological moment the capitals should not discuss an accomplished -fact, for the mere reason that it had been accepted by the provincial -majority. - -_When we reach the phase of the new régime, which is transitory to -our accession to power, we must not allow the press to expose social -corruption. It must be thought that the new régime has satisfied -everybody to such an extent that even criminality has stopped._ Cases of -criminal activity must only be known to their victims or their accidental -witnesses, and to these alone. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XIII - -The need of daily bread forces the GOYS to silence and compels them to -remain our obedient servants. The agents taken from among them for our -press will discuss the facts they are ordered to publish, when it is -inconvenient for us to publish statements openly in official documents. -While discussion and dispute are taking place, we will simply pass the -measures we desire and present them to the public as an accomplished -fact. Nobody will dare to demand the rejection of measures thus passed, -and the more so as they will be interpreted as an improvement. At this -point the press will divert the thoughts of the people to new problems -(we having accustomed the people always to seek new emotions). Those -brainless creators of destiny, who heretofore have been unable to -understand and do not now understand that they are ignorant of matters -which they undertake to discuss, will also hasten to discuss these new -problems. Political questions are meant to be understood only by those -who have created them and have been directing them for many centuries. - -From all this you will realize that by aiming to control the opinion of -the mob we will only facilitate the functioning of our mechanism, and you -will also notice that we seek approbation, not for actions but for words -uttered by us on various occasions. We always declare that we are guided -in all our policies by the hope and certainty of serving the general good. - -To divert the over-restless people from discussing political problems, -we now make it appear that we provide them with new problems, namely, -those pertaining to industry. Let them become excited over this subject -as much as they like. The masses will consent to remain inactive, to -rest from so-called political activity (to which we ourselves accustomed -them for the purpose of helping us in our struggle against the GOY -government), only on condition of a new occupation in which we can show -them supposedly the same political background. - -To prevent them from reaching any independent decisions, _we will divert -their minds by amusements, games, pastimes, passions, and cultural -centers for the people_. We will soon begin to offer prize contests, -through the press, in the field of art, and sports of all kinds. Such -attractions will definitely deflect the mind from problems over which we -would otherwise have to fight with the people. By losing more and more -the custom of independent thought, they will begin to talk in unison with -us, because we alone will provide new lines of thought through persons -with whom of course we will presumably have no connection. - -The rôle of liberal Utopians will be definitely terminated when our -government is recognized. Until that time, they will do us good service. -For this reason we will still direct thought towards different fantastic -theories which will appear to be progressive. For it was by the word -“progress” that we have successfully turned the brains of the stupid -GOYS. There are no brains among the GOYS to realize that this word is -but a cover for digression from the truth, unless it is applied to -material inventions, _since there is but one truth and there is no room -for progress_. Progress, being a false conception, serves to conceal the -truth so that nobody may know it except ourselves, God’s elect, who are -its guardians. - -When our kingdom is established, our orators will discuss the great -problems which have stirred humanity for the purpose of bringing it -finally under our blessed rule. - -Who will then suspect that all _these problems were instigated by us, -according to a political plan which has not been disclosed by any one -during so many centuries_. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XIV - -When we become rulers we will not tolerate the existence of any other -religion except our own, which proclaims one God, with whom our -fate is bound up because we are the Chosen People, and our fate has -determined the fate of the world. For this reason we must destroy all -other religions. If the result of this produces modern atheists, as a -transitory step, this will not interfere with our plans but will act as -an example to those generations which will listen to our teaching of the -religion of Moses, which, owing to its solid and thoughtful system, will -eventually lead to the domination of all nations by us. We will also lay -stress on the mystical truth of Masonic teaching which, we will assert, -is the foundation of its whole educative power. - -On every possible occasion we will then publish articles in which we will -compare our beneficial rule with that of the past. The benefits of peace, -although attained through centuries of unrest, will serve to demonstrate -the beneficial character of our rule. The mistakes made by the GOYS -during their administration will be pictured by us in the most vivid -colors. We will cause such disgust towards the administration of the GOYS -that the masses will prefer the peace of serfdom to the rights of the -much lauded liberty which has so cruelly tortured them and drained from -them the very source of human existence, and by which they were exploited -by a mass of adventurers, ignorant of what they were doing. _The useless -changes of government, to which we ourselves prompted the GOYS, when -we were undermining their governmental apparatus, will become such a -nuisance to the people by that time, that they will prefer to endure -anything from us rather than risk a repetition of former unrest and -hardships._ We will, moreover, lay particular stress on the historical -mistakes made by the GOY governments, which caused humanity to suffer for -many centuries for lack of understanding of all matters pertaining to its -true welfare, and because of their search for fantastic schemes of social -welfare. The GOYS did not notice that such schemes instead of improving -mutual relationship, which is the basis of human existence, have only -made it worse. - -The whole force of our principles and measures will lie in the fact that -they are put forward and interpreted by us as being in sharp contrast to -the decayed social order of former times. - -Our philosophers will discuss all the shortcomings of the GOY religion, -but nobody will ever discuss our religion in the light of its true -aspect, and nobody will ever thoroughly understand it, except our own -people, who will never dare to disclose its secrets. - -_In countries so-called advanced we have created insane, dirty, and -disgusting literature._ For a short time after our entrance into power -we will encourage its publication in order that the contrast between -it and the speeches and programs which will be heard from our heights -should be more pointedly marked. Our wise men, trained as guides to the -GOYS, will prepare speeches, plans, memoranda, and articles, by which we -will influence the minds and direct them towards the conceptions and the -knowledge which we wish them to have. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XV - -When we finally become rulers by means of revolutions, which will be -arranged so that they shall take place simultaneously in all countries -and immediately after all existing governments shall have been officially -pronounced as incapable (which may not happen soon, perhaps not before a -whole century), we will see to it that no plots are hatched against us. -To effect this, we will kill heartlessly all who take up arms against the -establishment of our rule. - -The establishment of any new secret society will be met by the death -penalty, and those societies which now exist and are known to us and -either work or have worked for us, will be disbanded and their members -exiled to continents far removed from Europe. - -_We will deal in the same manner with those Masons among the GOYS who -know too much._ The Masons whom we may pardon for any reason will be kept -under continual fear of exile. We will pass a law whereby all members of -secret organizations will be exiled from Europe, that being the center of -our government. The decisions of our government will be final and there -will be no right of appeal. - -In the GOY society, where we have planted such deep roots of dissension -and protest, order can only be restored by merciless measures which -will serve as evidence that our power cannot be infringed. There is -no necessity for regard towards the victims sacrificed for the future -good. To attain good, even though by the sacrifice of life, is the duty -of every government which realizes that its existence depends not upon -privileges alone, but upon the exercise of its duties as well. - -The most important means for erecting a stable government is to -strengthen the prestige of authority. This is only obtained by its -majestic and unshakable power, which will convey the impression that it -is inviolable because of its mystical nature, namely, because chosen -by God. _Such until recently has been the Russian Autocracy—our only -dangerous enemy throughout the world, with the exception of the Pope._ -Remember Italy drowning in blood; she did not touch a hair on the head -of Sulla who had shed that blood. Sulla had become powerful in the eyes -of the people, although they were tortured by him; his manly return to -Italy placed him beyond persecution. The people do not touch those who -hypnotize them by bravery and steadfastness of spirit. - -Meanwhile, until our rule is established, we, on the contrary, will -organize and multiply free masonic lodges in all the countries of the -world. We will attract to them all those who are and who may become -public-spirited, because in these lodges will be the chief source of -information and from them will emanate our influence. - -All these lodges will be centralized under one management, known only -to us and unknown to all others; these lodges will be administered by -our wise men. The lodges will have their own representative in this -management in order to screen the above mentioned Masonic government; he -will give the password and elaborate the program. We will tie the knot -of all revolutionary liberal elements in these lodges. Their membership -will consist of all strata of society. The most secret political plans -will be known to us and will fall under our leadership on the very day -of their origination. _Among the members of these lodges will be almost -all the agents of the international and national police_, whose work is -indispensable for us, inasmuch as the police not only are able to take -independent measures against the rebellious, but may also serve to mask -our actions, provoke discontent, and so forth. - -Most people who become members of secret societies are adventurers, -career makers, and irresponsible persons in general, with whom we will -have no difficulty in dealing and who will help us to set in motion the -mechanism of the machine planned by us. If this world becomes perturbed, -it will only prove that it was necessary for us to disorganize it so -as to destroy its too great solidarity. _If a plot is laid, it must be -headed by one of our most trustworthy servants._ It is only natural that -we want nobody but ourselves to guide the work of the Masons,[5] for we -know where we are trending, we know the final aim of every action. The -GOYS, however, understand nothing, not even the immediate results. They -are usually concerned about the momentary satisfaction of their ambitions -in achieving their intentions. They do not notice, however, that the -intention itself was not initiated by them, but that it was we who gave -them the idea. - -The GOYS become members of the lodges out of pure curiosity, or hoping to -receive their share in the public funds. There are others who come for -the purpose of seizing the opportunity of putting before the public their -impossible and baseless hopes. They long for the emotion of success and -for the applause which we grant them lavishly. We create their success -in order to utilize the self-deception that is born with it and by -which people, without noticing, begin to follow our suggestions without -suspecting them, and being fully convinced that their infallibility -originates its own ideas and, therefore, does not need those of others. -You have no idea how easy it is to bring even the most intelligent GOYS -to a state of unconscious credulity, and, on the other hand, how easy it -is to discourage them by the smallest failure, or merely by ceasing to -applaud them, thus bringing them into servitude for the sake of achieving -new success. _To the same extent as our people ignore success for the -sake of carrying out their plans, so are the GOYS ready to sacrifice all -their plans for the sake of success._ Their psychology makes the problem -of direction easier for us. Those tigers in appearance have the souls of -sheep and nonsense filters through their heads. As a hobby we have given -them the dream of submerging human individualism through the symbolic -idea of _collectivism_. - -They have not yet discovered and will not discover that this hobby is -a clear infringement on the principal law of nature, which, from the -beginning of the world, created a being unlike all others, precisely for -the sake of expressing his individuality. - -If we were able to lead them to such insane and blind beliefs, does -it not obviously prove the low level of development of the GOY mind as -compared to our mind? It is precisely the thing which guarantees our -success. - -How far sighted were our wise men of old when they said that to attain -a serious object one must not stop at the means, nor should one count -the victims sacrificed to the cause. We have not counted the victims -from among the GOYS, those seeds of cattle. Although we have sacrificed -many of our own peoples, we have already given them in return a formerly -undreamed-of position on earth. The comparatively few victims from among -our own people have saved our race from destruction. - -Death is the unavoidable end of all. It would be better to accelerate -this end for those who interfere with our cause than for our people or -for us, ourselves, the creators of this cause to die. _We kill Masons in -such a way that none but the brothers suspect, not even the victims; they -all die when it is necessary, apparently from a natural death._ Knowing -this, even the brethren, in their turn, dare not protest. It is through -such measures that we have uprooted the heart of protest against our -orders from among the Masons. Preaching liberalism to the GOYS, at the -same time we hold our people and our agents under iron discipline. - -Through our influence the enforcement of the GOY laws has been reduced -to a minimum. The prestige of the law has been undermined by the liberal -interpretations introduced by us. The courts decide as we dictate -the most important principles, both political and moral, viewing the -cases in the light presented by us for the GOY administration. This we -accomplished naturally through agents, with whom we have ostensibly no -connection, namely, through the press or otherwise. Even senators and -high officials blindly follow our advice. The purely animal mind of -the GOYS is incapable of analysis and observation, and even less so of -foreseeing to what results the development of the principle involved in a -case may lead. - -It is through this difference in the process of reasoning between us and -the GOYS that it becomes possible clearly to demonstrate the stamp of -God’s elect as compared to the instinctive and bestial mentality of the -GOYS. They see, but they cannot foresee, and they cannot invent anything -except material things. It is clear, therefore, that nature herself -intended us to rule and guide the world. - -When the time comes for our open rule, then will be the time to show its -benefits, and we will change all the laws. Our laws will be short, clear, -irrevocable, and requiring no interpretation, so that everybody will be -able to know them thoroughly. The chief point emphasized in them will -be a highly developed obedience to authority, which will eliminate all -abuses, for all without exception will be responsible before the supreme -power vested in the highest authority. - -Abuse of power by minor officials will then disappear, because it will be -punished so mercilessly that they will lose the desire to experiment with -their power. We will closely watch every action of the administration, -upon which depends the action of the government machinery, for corruption -there creates corruption everywhere; not a single violation of law or act -of corruption will remain unpunished. Acts of concealment and willful -neglect on the part of governmental officials will disappear after they -have seen the first example of severe punishment. The prestige of power -necessitates that appropriate, that is to say severe, punishments should -be inflicted even for the smallest violations of the sanctity of the -supreme authority, committed for the sake of personal gain. The guilty, -if punished severely, will be like a soldier who falls on the battlefield -of administration for the sake of Authority, Principle, and Law; these -principles do not allow any digression from their social function for a -personal motive, even on the part of those who rule. For instance: _Our -judges will know that by attempting to show stupid mercy, they overstep -the law of justice, which was created solely for exemplary punishment of -crimes and not for the manifestation of moral qualities on the part of -the judge._ Such qualities are commendable in private, but not in public -life, which constitutes the educational forum of human life. - -The personnel of our judges will not remain in office after the age -of fifty-five. First, because old people adhere more persistently to -prejudiced opinions and are less capable of submitting to new commands; -and secondly, because that enables us to achieve a certain flexibility of -change in the personnel, which will bend more easily under our pressure. -He who wishes to retain his position will have to obey blindly. - -In general, our judges will be selected only from among those who will -clearly understand that they must punish people and enforce the laws, and -not indulge in dreams of liberalism at the expense of the educational -plan of the government, as is now imagined by the GOYS. The method of -changing the personnel will also serve to undermine the collective -solidarity of the governmental officials and will attach them to the -cause of the government, which decides their fate. The younger generation -of judges will be so educated as to prevent any criminal activity which -might interfere with the inter-relationship which we have established for -our subjects. - -At present the GOY judges, lacking a clear conception of the nature -of their duties, make exceptions to all kinds of crimes. This occurs -because the present rulers, when appointing judges, do not take the -trouble to encourage the sense of duty and conscientiousness in the work -to be performed by them. As the animal sends out its young in search of -prey, so the GOYS are giving their subjects responsible offices without -taking the time to explain their functions. Owing to this, their rule -is undermined by their own efforts and through the actions of their own -administration. Let us use the result of such actions as one more example -of the advantage of our own rule. - -We will eliminate liberalism from all the important strategic positions -in our administration upon which depend the training of our subjects for -our social order. These positions will be given only to those who have -been trained by us for governmental work. - -In answer to a possible remark, that the putting of old officials on the -retired list may prove expensive for the treasury, I can state first, -that, prior to their dismissal, some private work will be found for them -to replace what they are losing, and secondly, I may also remark, that -all the world’s money will be concentrated in our hands; consequently, -our government need not fear expense. - -Our autocracy will be consistent in every respect, and consequently every -manifestation of our great power will be respected and unconditionally -obeyed. We will ignore grumbling and discontent, and all active -manifestations of either will be suppressed by punishment, which will -serve as an example to the rest of the people. - -We will abolish the right of appellate courts to annul judicial -decisions, which will become the exclusive prerogative of the sovereign, -for we cannot permit the people to think that an incorrect decision may -possibly be rendered by the judges appointed by us. Should, however, such -an error happen, we ourselves will annul the decision; but the punishment -which we will impose upon the judge for misconception of his duties and -of his responsibility will be so severe that it will eliminate the very -possibility of a recurrence. I repeat that we will watch every step taken -by our administration in order to enable us to satisfy the people, for -they have a right to demand a good appointee from a good administration. - -In the person of our sovereign, our government will bear the appearance -of a patriarchal or fatherly tutelage. The people, our subjects, will see -in him a father who takes care of every need, every action, and who is -concerned with every relationship, both among the subjects themselves and -between them and the sovereign. - -Thus, they will become imbued with the idea that it is impossible for -them to do without this guardian and guide if they wish to live in a -world of peace and quiet. _They will recognize the autocracy of our -sovereign, whom they will respect and almost deify_, especially when they -realize that our agents do not usurp his power, but merely execute his -orders blindly. They will be glad that everything is regulated in their -lives, as is done by wise parents who wish to educate their children to a -sense of duty and obedience. With regard to the secrets of our political -plans, both the masses and their administration are like little children. - -As you can see for yourselves, I base our despotism upon right and duty; -the right of forcing the performance of duty is the direct function -of government, acting as the father to its subjects. It is the right -of the strong to utilize his power in order to lead humanity towards -a social order established by the law of nature, namely, obedience. -Everything in the world is subject, if not to some other persons, then -to circumstances, or to its own nature; but in any case, to something -stronger than itself. Consequently, let us be the strongest for the -common good. - -We must sacrifice without hesitation those individuals who violate the -existing order, for in exemplary punishment of evil there lies a great -educational problem. - -When the King of Israel places the crown offered to him by Europe on his -sacred head, he will become the Patriarch of the World. The necessary -sacrifices made by him will never equal the number of victims sacrificed -to the mania of greatness during the centuries of rivalry between the GOY -governments. - -Our sovereign will be in constant communication with the people, -delivering from tribunes addresses which will be spread to all parts of -the world. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XVI - -For the purpose of destroying all collective forces except our own, -we will nullify the universities, the first stage of collectivism, by -reconstructing them along new lines. _Their directors and professors will -be trained for their work through detailed secret programs of action, -from which they will not be able to deviate in the least with impunity. -They will be appointed with special care and will be so placed as to be -completely dependent upon the government._ - -We will exclude from the curriculum civic law, as well as all that -touches upon political questions. These subjects will be taught only to a -few dozen selected for their striking ability from among the initiated. -_The universities must not allow the callow youths to graduate who -concoct plans of constitutions as they do comedies or tragedies, or who -meddle with political matters which even their fathers do not understand._ - -Poorly directed study of political questions by a great number of people -creates Utopians and poor citizens, as you can judge by the universal -education as conducted by the GOYS along those lines. It was necessary -for us to infiltrate into their educational system such principles as -have successfully broken down their social order. When we are in power, -we will eliminate all disturbing subjects from educational systems and -will make young people obedient children of their superiors, loving the -sovereign as their assurance of hope, peace, and quiet. - -For the study of the classics and ancient history, which contain more -bad than good examples, we will substitute a program dealing with the -future. We will obliterate from the memory of the people all those facts -pertaining to former centuries which are not to our advantage, leaving -only those which emphasize the mistakes of the GOY governments. The study -of practical life, of obligatory social order, of the inter-relationship -of human beings, the avoidance of evil, egotistical examples that plant -the seed of evil, and other questions of a pedagogical nature, will head -the educational program. This program will differ for each caste, never -allowing education to be of a uniform character. Such a system is of -special importance. - -Each caste must be educated with strict limitations, according to its -particular occupation and the nature of the work. Accidental genius has -always been able and always will be able to rise to a higher caste; but, -for the sake of this rare exception, to open the door to the inefficient, -and to admit them to higher castes or ranks, enabling them to occupy -positions of others born and trained to fill them—is absolute insanity. -You, yourself, know what happened to the GOYS when they yielded to this -nonsense. - -In order to implant the sovereign firmly in the minds and hearts of his -subjects, it is necessary to acquaint the people, during his term of -office, both in schools and in public places, with the importance of his -activity and the benevolence of his enterprises. - -We will abolish all unlicensed teaching. Students will have the right -to gather, with their relatives, in their colleges as if in clubs. -During these gatherings, on holidays, the teachers will read supposedly -unbiased lectures on problems of human relationship, on the law of -imitation, on the cruelty of unrestricted competition, and finally, on -new philosophical theories which have not yet been disclosed to the world. - -We will promote these theories into dogmatic beliefs, using them as -stepping-stones to our faith. After having presented our program of -action for the present and for the future, I will read to you the -principles of these theories. - -In short, knowing from the experience of many centuries that men live -and are guided by ideas, that these ideas are imbued only by means of -education given to persons of all ages, of course by different methods -but meeting with equal success, we will absorb and appropriate to our own -advantage the last traces of independent thought, which for a long time -have been directed to the goal and to the ideas necessary to us. The -system of enslaving thought is already in action through so-called visual -education. - -This system tends to turn the GOYS into thoughtless, obedient animals, -expecting to see in order to understand. In France one of our best -agents, Bourgeois, has already announced a new program of visual -education. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XVII - -The lawyer’s profession makes people grow cold, cruel, stubborn and -unprincipled, and compels them to take an abstract or purely legal -viewpoint in all matters. They have learned to consider solely the -personal gain derived from every case they handle and not the possibility -of the social benefit of its results. They rarely refuse to take a -case and always strive for acquittal at all cost, clinging to minor -technical points of a legal nature. In this way they demoralize the -courts. Therefore we will limit this profession, converting it into -an executive public office. Lawyers will be deprived of the right of -contact with their clients on the same basis as are the judges. They will -receive their cases only from the court, preparing them on the strength -of written reports and documents and defending their clients after they -have been examined in court on the basis of the facts obtained during the -trial. They will receive a salary, regardless of whether the defense has -been successful or not. They will act as simple exponents of the case on -behalf of the defense in counterbalance to the public prosecutor, who -will act as exponent on behalf of the prosecution. This will shorten -legal procedure and establish an honest and impartial defense, conducted -not for the sake of personal gain, but based on the personal conviction -of the lawyer. This will also eliminate the existing bribery among fellow -lawyers and prevent their allowing the side to win which pays. - -We have already taken care to discredit the clergy of the GOYS and thus -to undermine their function, which at the present time could have been -very much in our way. Their influence over the people diminishes daily. - -To-day freedom of religion has been proclaimed everywhere; consequently, -it is only a _question of a few years before the complete collapse of -Christendom_. It will be still easier to deal with other religions, but -it is too early to discuss this problem. We will confine clericalism and -clericals within such a narrow field that their influence will have an -effect opposite to what it used to have. - -When the moment comes to annihilate the Vatican completely, an invisible -hand, pointing towards this court, will guide the masses in their -assault. When, however, the masses attack, we will come forward as -defenders to prevent too much bloodshed. By this method we will penetrate -its very heart and will not leave it until we have undermined its power. - -The King of Israel will become the real Pope of the Universe, the -Patriarch of the International Church. - -But until we have accomplished the re-education of the youth to new -transitional religions and finally to our own, _we will not openly attack -the existing churches, but will fight them by means of criticism, thus -creating dissension_. - -In general, our press will denounce governmental activities and religion, -and will expose the inefficiency of the GOYS in the most unscrupulous -terms, so as to humiliate them to such an extent as only our ingenious -race is capable of doing. Our rule will simulate the God Vishnu, who -resembles us physically; each of our hundred hands will hold one of the -springs of the social machine. We will see everything without the aid of -the official police; in its present organization, however, which we have -worked out for the GOYS, the police prevent the government from seeing -anything. According to our program, one-third of our subjects will watch -the others from a pure sense of duty, as volunteers for the government. -Then it will not be considered disgraceful to be a spy and an informer; -on the contrary, it will be regarded as praiseworthy. Unfounded reports, -however, will be severely punished to prevent abuse of this privilege. - -Our agents will be recruited both from among the highest and the lowest -ranks of society; they will be selected from among the pleasure-loving -governmental officials, editors, printers, booksellers, salesmen, -workmen, drivers, butlers, etc. This police force will have no official -rights or credentials, which give opportunity for the abuse of power, -and consequently it will be powerless; it will merely act as observer -and will make reports. The verification of such reports and the issue -of warrants for arrests will rest with a responsible group of police -controllers. The actual arrests, however, will be made by a gendarme -corps or the municipal police. In case of failure to report any political -matter which has been observed or rumored, the person who should have -reported it may be brought to trial for concealment of crime, if it is -proven that he is guilty. - -_In the same way that our brethren are now under obligation to report -on their own initiative on all apostates_, or on any person marked as -being opposed to the Kehillah, so in our Universal Kingdom it will be -obligatory for all subjects to serve the state in that direction. - -Such an organization will eliminate all abuse of power and various -kinds of coercion and corruption, in fact, the very things which have -been introduced into the customs of the GOYS by our councils and by the -theories of the rights of supermen. But how otherwise could we foment the -increasing causes for disorder in the midst of their administration? What -other means could we use? Among these means, one of the most important is -the employment of such agents for the preservation of order as are in a -position to manifest their own evil inclinations in the course of their -destructive work, namely, their self-will, abuse of authority, and, most -important of all, bribery. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XVIII - -When the time comes for us to strengthen the measures of police -protection (the most terrible poison for the prestige of authority), -we will artificially organize disorder or simulate the expression of -discontent with the aid of experienced orators. These orators will be -joined by sympathizers. This will give us the pretext for searches and -special restrictions which will be put in force by our servants among the -GOY police. - -As most conspirators work as amateurs for the sake of chattering, we -will not disturb them until we see that they are about to take action; -but we will introduce in their midst secret service agents. It must be -remembered that the prestige of authority diminishes if conspiracies -against it are often discovered, for that leads to the presumption of the -weakness of the authority, or, what is worse, to the admission of its -own mistakes. You are aware that we have destroyed the prestige of the -ruling GOYS by frequent attempts made on their lives through our agents, -who were but blind sheep of our flock, easily moved, by a few liberal -phrases, to crimes, so long as they were of a political nature. _We have -forced the rulers to admit their own weakness by adopting open measures -of police protection, and thereby we have ruined the prestige of their -authority._ - -Our sovereign will be protected only by the most invisible guard, because -we will never allow any one to think that conspiracy might exist against -him which he is unable to combat and from which he has to hide himself. -If we were to allow this thought to prevail, as it prevails among the -GOYS, we would thereby sign the death warrant, if not of the sovereign -himself, then of his dynasty in the near future. - -Observing strict decorum, our sovereign will use his power only for the -benefit of the people, but never for his own good or for that of his -dynasty. By strictly adhering to this decorum, his authority will be -respected and protected by his subjects; moreover, he will be worshiped, -because it will be known that upon his authority depends the well-being -of every citizen of the kingdom, and the stability of the social order -itself. - -_To guard the sovereign openly is equivalent to an admission of the -weakness of his governmental organization._ - -Our sovereign, when amidst his people, will always appear to be -surrounded by a crowd of curious men and women, who will stand beside -him as though accidentally and will hold back the other people as -though through respect for order. This example will implant an idea of -self-restraint in others. If there be a person in the crowd trying to -present a petition, and working his way through the ranks, the person -nearest to him must take the petition and present it to the sovereign in -sight of the petitioner himself, so that all may know that the petition -presented has reached its destination and consequently that there exists -a control of affairs on the part of the sovereign himself. The prestige -of authority demands that the people should be able to say, “If only the -king could know it,” or, “The king will know about this.” - -With the establishment of an official police guard the mystical prestige -of authority vanishes at once; with a certain amount of audacity, every -one considers himself superior to authority; the assassin realizes his -strength and only has to watch his opportunity to make an attempt against -an official. We preached differently for the GOYS, but we can see the -results to which open methods of protection have led them. - -We will arrest criminals upon the first more or less well-founded -suspicion. Because of the fear of a possible mistake political criminals -should not be given the opportunity to escape; indeed towards political -crime we will show no mercy. If, in exceptional cases, it may seem -possible to allow the investigation of motives which have led to ordinary -criminal offences, there is no excuse for those who attempt to deal with -matters which no one can understand except the government. Moreover, not -even all governments are capable of understanding the right policy. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XIX - -Though we will not allow individuals to become involved in politics, we -will, on the other hand, encourage the submission for the approval of -the government of all petitions and reports containing suggestions and -plans for bettering the condition of the people. This will bring to our -knowledge the shortcomings or merely the fantastic aspirations of our -subjects. These suggestions we will answer either by favorable action or -by refusals proving the lack of intelligence and the errors of those who -have submitted such suggestions. - -Sedition is nothing but the barking of a lap dog at an elephant. From -the point of view of a government which is well organized, not from the -police standpoint but with regard to its social basis, the lap dog barks -at the elephant because he does not realize his strength. It is only -necessary for the elephant to show his strength once and the dog barks no -more; he begins to wag his tail the moment he sees the elephant. - -In order to eliminate the prestige of martyrdom from political crime, -we will seat the political criminal on the same bench with thieves, -murderers, and other disgusting and dirty criminals. Then public opinion -will regard that class of criminals as quite as disgraceful as any other, -and will brand them with equal contempt. - -We have endeavored to prevent, and I hope have succeeded in preventing, -the GOYS from using such methods of dealing with seditious activities. -In order to attain this end, we have made use of the press and public -speeches; indirectly, through cleverly compiled historical textbooks, we -have given publicity to martyrdom as though revolutionists had undergone -it for the sake of human welfare. Such an advertisement has increased the -contingent of liberals and forced thousands of GOYS into the herds of our -cattle. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XX - -To-day we shall deal with the financial program, the discussion of which -I have postponed until the end of my report because it is the most -difficult, conclusive, and decisive point in our plans. In approaching -it, I will remind you that I have already intimated that the result of -our actions is measured in figures. - -When we become rulers, our autocratic government, for the sake of -self-defense, will avoid burdening the people with heavy taxes, and it -will not forget the rôle it has to play, namely, that of Father and -Protector. But as government organization is costly, it is necessary to -raise the means for its maintenance. Consequently, we must carefully work -out the plan of a fair distribution of taxation. - -In our government the sovereign will have the legal fiction of owning -everything in his kingdom (which is easily put into practice), and can -resort to legal confiscation of all money in order to regulate its -circulation throughout the country. Consequently, the best method of -taxation is the levying of a progressive tax on property. Taxes will thus -be paid without difficulty or ruin in respective proportion to the amount -of property owned. The rich must realize that it is their duty to give a -part of their surplus wealth for the benefit of the country as a whole, -because the government guarantees inviolability of the remaining part of -their property and the right of honest gain. I say _honest_ because the -control of property will prevent legal theft. - -This social reform must come from above, for the time is ripe and it is -becoming necessary as a guarantee of peace. - -The tax on the poor is the seed of revolution, and it acts detrimentally -to the government, which loses the great in its pursuit of the little. -Moreover, the taxation of capital will lessen the increase of wealth -in private hands, in which at present we have concentrated it as a -counterweight to the governmental power of the GOYS, namely, to the state -treasury. - -Progressive taxation, assessed according to the amount of capital, will -produce a much greater revenue than the present system of taxing every -one at an equal rate, which is useful to us now only as a means of -exciting revolt and discontent among the GOYS. The power of our sovereign -will rest mainly in equilibrium and in guarantees of peace. For these, -the capitalists must cede a part of their income so as to protect the -action of the government machine. Public needs must be met by those who -can best afford to do so and by those from whom there is something to -take. - -Such a measure will eliminate the hatred of the poor towards the rich, as -they will be regarded as the financial supporters of the state and the -upholders of peace and prosperity. The poor will also see that the rich -are providing the necessary means to insure this end. - -To prevent intelligent taxpayers from being too discontented with the new -system of taxation, they will be furnished with detailed reports of the -disbursement of public funds, exclusive of such as are appropriated for -the needs of the throne and administrative institutions. - -The sovereign will not own property, since everything in the state will -seem to belong to him and these two conceptions would contradict each -other. Private means would eliminate his right to own everything. - -The relatives of the sovereign, aside from his descendants who will also -be supported by the state, must join the ranks of government officials, -or otherwise work for the right of holding property. The privilege of -being of royal blood must not entitle them to rob the state treasury. - -Sales, profits, or inheritances will be taxed by a progressive stamp -tax. The transfer of property, whether in cash or otherwise, without the -required stamp, will place the payment of the tax on the original owner, -dating from the time of the transfer until the time of the reported -failure to record the transaction. Transfer vouchers must be shown weekly -at the local branch of the state treasury, together with a statement of -the names, surnames, and the permanent addresses both of the original and -of the new owner. The recording of the names of those participating in a -transaction will be necessary in all transactions involving more than a -certain amount for ordinary expenditure. The sale of prime necessities -will be taxed only by a stamp tax, which will represent a certain small -per cent of the cost of the particular article. - -Just calculate how many times the amount received from such taxes will -exceed the income of the GOY governments. - -The state bank must keep a definite reserve fund, and all sums in excess -must be put back into circulation. The cost of public works will be met -out of this surplus fund. The initiative of such works emanating from -the government will also tie the working class to the interests of the -government and the rulers. Some of this money will be allotted to prizes -for inventions and for the purposes of production. - -Even small sums in excess of a certain definite and broadly calculated -fund, should not be allowed to be kept in the state treasury, because -money is intended to circulate, and every impediment to circulation is -detrimental to the governmental mechanism, which the money lubricates; -the congestion of lubricating substances can stop the proper functioning -of the mechanism. - -The substitution of bonds for a part of the currency has created just -such an impediment. The result of this has already become sufficiently -evident. - -We will also establish an auditing office, so as to enable the sovereign -to find at all times a full account of state revenues and expenses, -except for the current month not yet made up, and that of the previous -month not yet presented. - -The only person who will not be interested in robbing the state treasury -will be the sovereign, its owner. This is the reason why his control will -prevent the possibility of loss or misappropriation. - -Receptions for the purpose of etiquette, which waste the valuable time -of the sovereign, will be abolished, because the ruler needs time for -control and thought. Then his power will not be frittered away on the -people surrounding the throne for the sake of appearance and brilliance, -and who have only their own and not the public interest in mind. - -The economic crises were created by us for the GOYS only by the -withdrawal of money from circulation. Huge amounts of capital were kept -idle and were taken away from the nations, which were thus compelled -to apply to us for loans. Payment of interest on these loans burdened -the state finances and made the states subservient to capital. The -concentration of industry having taken production out of the hands of the -artisan and put it into the hands of capitalists, sucked all the power -out of the people and also out of the state. - -The present issue of money generally does not coincide with the need -per capita, and consequently it cannot satisfy all the needs of the -working classes. The issue of currency must correspond with the increase -in population, and children must be reckoned as consumers from the day -of their birth. The revision of the issue of currency is an essential -problem for the whole world. - -You know that gold currency was detrimental to the governments that -accepted it, for it could not satisfy the requirements for money, since -we took as much gold as possible out of circulation. - -We must issue a currency based on the value of the working power, whether -it be of paper or wood. We will issue money in proportion to the normal -demands of every subject, adding a certain amount at every birth and -decreasing it with every death. - -Every department (the French administrative divisions),[6] every -district, will be in charge of its own accounts. - -To avoid any delay in paying government expenses, the terms of such -payments will be decreed by order of the sovereign; this will eliminate -any favoritism of the ministry (of finance)[7] over any other department -to the detriment of the others. - -The budget of revenues and the budget of expenditure will be placed side -by side, in order that they may always be compared with each other. - -We will present plans for the reform of the GOY financial institutions -and of their principles, as planned by us, in such a manner that nobody -will be frightened. We will demonstrate the need of reform by the -disorderly twaddle produced by the financial disorganization of the -GOYS. We will show that the first reason for this confusion lies in -the drafting of rough estimates for the budget, which increases from -year to year. This annual budget is with great difficulty made to last -during the first half of the year; then a revised budget is demanded -and the funds thus allotted are spent in the next three months, after -which a supplementary budget is called for and all this is wound up by a -liquidation budget. As the budget of the following year is based on the -total expenditure of the preceding year, the divergence from the normal -reaches fifty per cent annually, so that the annual budget trebles every -ten years. Owing to such a procedure, resulting from the carelessness of -the GOY governments, their treasuries became empty. The period of loans -followed and used up the remainder and brought all the GOY states to -bankruptcy. - -You can well understand that such a management of financial affairs as we -induced the GOYS to pursue cannot be adopted by us. - -Every loan proves the impotency of the government and its failure to -understand its own rights. Loans, like the sword of Damocles, hang -above the heads of the rulers, who instead of placing temporary taxes -on their subjects, stretch forth their hands and beg the charity of our -bankers. Foreign loans are leeches, which can never be removed from the -governmental body until they either fall off themselves or the government -itself manages to get rid of them. But the GOY governments instead of -throwing them off increase their number, so that these governments must -inevitably perish through self-inflicted loss of blood. - -Indeed, what is a loan, especially a foreign loan, if not a leech? A loan -is the issuance of government obligations which involve the liability to -pay interest in proportion to the sum borrowed. If the loan pays five -per cent, then in twenty years the government has unnecessarily paid in -interest an amount equal to the principal sum borrowed. In forty years -it has paid twice; in sixty years it has trebled the sum, while the loan -still remains an unpaid debt. - -From this calculation it is evident that under the system of universal -taxation the government takes the last penny from the poor taxpayers in -the form of taxes in order to pay interest to foreign capitalists, from -whom the money was borrowed, instead of collecting these same pennies for -its needs free from all interest. - -So long as the loans were domestic, the GOYS only shifted the money from -the pockets of the poor into those of the rich; but when we bribed the -proper persons to make the loans foreign, then national riches poured -into our hands and all the GOYS began to pay us the tribute of subjects. - -The carelessness of the reigning GOYS in statemanship, the corruption of -their ministers, the ignorance of other officials of financial problems, -has forced their countries into debt to our banks to such an extent that -they can never pay off their debts. It should be realized, however, that -we have gone to great pains in order to bring about such a state of -affairs. - -Impediments to the circulation of money will not be allowed by us, and -therefore there will be no government bonds, except one per cent bonds, -so that the payment of interest should not deliver the power of the state -to the sucking of leeches. The right of issuing bonds will be exclusively -granted to industrial corporations, which will easily pay the interest -out of their profits. The government, however, does not derive profit on -borrowed money as these corporations do, since the state borrows money -for expenditure and not for production. - -Industrial bonds will also be bought by the government, which instead of -being, as at present, the payer of tribute on loans, will become a sound -creditor. Such a measure will prevent stagnation in the circulation of -money, as well as indolence and laziness, which were useful to us so -long as the GOYS remained independent, but are not wanted by us in our -government. - -How apparent is the shortsightedness of the purely bestial brains of the -GOYS! It manifested itself when they borrowed money for at interest. -It did not occur to the GOYS that, at any rate, this money, with the -additional interest on it, would have to be taken from the resources of -the country and paid to us. Would it not have been more simple to take -the needed money from their own people? - -This proves the genius of our distinguished mind, for we were able to -present the question of loans to them in such a light that they saw in -loans an advantage for themselves. - -Our estimates, which we will produce when the time comes, will be based -on the experience of centuries, on all those experiments which were -conducted by us at the expense of the GOY governments; our estimates -will prove to be clear and definite, and will obviously demonstrate the -advantage of our new system. They will end all those abuses which made it -possible for us to master the GOYS, but which cannot be permitted in our -reign. - -We will so organize the accounting system that neither the sovereign -himself nor the most humble clerk will be able to deflect the smallest -sum from its destination or direct it into a different channel from that -indicated in our original financial plan. - -It is impossible to govern without a definite plan. Traveling along a -definite road with an indefinite supply of provisions destroys heroes and -knights. - -The GOY rulers, to whom we once gave advice to neglect governmental -duties for grandiose receptions, etiquette, and pleasures, only concealed -our rule. The accounts of the powerful favorites who replaced the -sovereign were drawn up by our agents, and they always satisfied the -shallow minds by promises that in the future there would be savings and -improvements. Savings from what? From new taxes? This might have been -asked but was not asked by those who read our reports and plans. You know -to what their carelessness has led them, what financial disorganization -they have reached in spite of the wonderful diligence of their people. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XXI - -I will add one more detail regarding domestic loans in addition to the -report which I made at the last meeting. I will not speak any more of -foreign loans, for they filled our coffers with the national money of the -GOYS. There will be no foreigners in our government, nobody outside. - -We profited by the corruption of the administrators and by the negligence -of the rulers in receiving sums that were doubled, trebled, and even -more, loaning the GOY governments money which in reality was not needed -by the states at all. Who could do the same with regard to us? Therefore, -I will only set forth details in regard to domestic loans. - -In announcing such a loan, the governments open a subscription to their -bonds. To make them accessible to all, they vary the denomination from -one hundred to thousands, and the first subscribers are allowed to buy -below face value. The following day the price is artificially raised -on the pretext that everybody hurried to buy the bonds. In a few more -days there is a pretense that the treasury is filled and that it is not -known what to do with the money, which has been oversubscribed. (What -was the use of taking it?) The subscription is evidently considerably in -excess of the amount asked for. Therein lies the effect, for it is thus -demonstrated that the public has confidence in the government obligations. - -But after the comedy has been played the fact of the debt appears, and it -is usually a heavy one. In order to pay the interest, new loans have to -be issued, which do not liquidate but increase the original debt. Then -when the borrowing capacity of the government has been exhausted, it -becomes necessary to meet the interest on the loan—not the loan itself—by -new taxes. These taxes are nothing but a debit used to cover a debit. - -Then comes the period of conversions, but these only decrease the -payment of interest while they do not annul the debts. Moreover, they -cannot be made without the consent of the bondholders. When a conversion -is advertised, an offer is made to return the money to those who are -not willing to convert their bonds. If everybody were to demand his -money, the government would be caught in its own net and would be -unable to return all the money. Fortunately, the GOY subjects, ignorant -of financial affairs, always preferred to suffer a fall in the value -of their securities and a reduction of interest to the risk of new -investments; thus, they have given these governments more than one -opportunity of throwing off a deficit of several millions. At present, -with the existence of foreign loans, the GOYS cannot play such tricks, -for they know that we would demand all the money back. - -Thus, an avowed bankruptcy will be the best proof of the lack of common -interest between the people and their government. - -I direct your express attention to the above circumstance, as also to the -following: At present all domestic loans are consolidated into so-called -floating debts; in other words, into those whose terms of payment are -more or less close at hand. Such debts consist of money placed in savings -banks. Being at the disposal of the government, for a considerable length -of time, these funds vanish in the payment of interest on foreign loans, -and they are replaced by an equal amount of government securities. _The -latter cover all the deficits in the government treasuries of the GOYS._ - -When we mount the throne of the universe, such financial expedients, -being detrimental to our interests, will vanish. We will also destroy -all stock exchanges, for we will not allow the prestige of our authority -to be shaken by the shifting of the prices of our securities. We will -fix the full price of their value legally without any possibility of its -fluctuation. (A rise leads to a fall, and this was precisely what we did -to the GOY stocks and bonds at the beginning.) - -We will replace the stock exchanges by great government credit -institutions, whose functions will be to tax commercial values according -to governmental plans. These institutions will be in a position to throw -daily on the market 500,000,000 shares of industrial stocks, or to buy up -a like amount. Thus all industrial enterprises will become dependent upon -us. You can well imagine what power that will give us. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XXII - -In all that I have hitherto reported to you I have carefully tried to -show you a true picture of the mystery of present events, as also of -those of the past, which all flow into the stream of great events, the -results of which will be seen in the near future. I have exposed our -secret plans which govern our relations with the GOYS, as well as our -financial policy. There remains but little to add. - -We hold in our hands the greatest modern power—gold. In the course of two -days we can get it from our treasuries in any desired quantity. - -Is there any more need for us to prove that our rule is decreed by -God? Do we not prove by such wealth that all the evil which we were -forced to do during so many centuries has served in the end to true -happiness—to the restoration of order? Although by means of violence, -order will nevertheless be established. We will be able to prove that we -are benefactors, who have brought true welfare and individual freedom to -the tortured world, insuring at the same time the possibility of enjoying -peace, quiet, and dignity of relationships, upon the sole condition, of -course, that obedience to the laws established by us is practiced. We -will also make it clear that freedom does not mean license and in doing -whatever people please, no more than dignity and power imply the right -to propound destructive doctrines, like freedom of conscience, equality, -and similar things. Individual freedom by no means imports the right of -disturbing oneself and others, disgracing oneself by making ridiculous -speeches in disorderly gatherings, and implies that true liberty means -individual inviolability through an honest and strict obedience to social -laws; that moreover, human dignity implies the conception of one’s rights -as well as the idea of legal inhibitions which prohibit fantastic dreams -about the _Ego_. - -Our power will be glorious because it will be mighty; it will rule and -guide, and not helplessly crawl after leaders and orators, shouting -insane words which they call great principles, and which in reality are -simply Utopian. Our power will lead to order, which, in turn, brings -happiness to the people. The prestige of this power will excite mystical -adoration, and the peoples will bow before it. True power does not yield -to any right, even be it that of God. None will dare approach it in order -to deprive it even of an atom of its might. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XXIII - -To teach the people obedience they must be taught modesty, and to -accomplish this the production of luxuries must be limited. We will thus -improve customs, demoralized by rivalry, resulting from luxury. - -We will restore handicraft, which will undermine the private capital -of manufacturers. This is necessary, because big manufacturers often -influence, although not always consciously, the thoughts of the people -against the government. - -A people, practicing handicraft, does not know what unemployment means, -and this makes them cling to existing conditions and consequently to the -power of authority. Unemployment is most dangerous for a government. It -will have finished its work for us as soon as authority falls into our -hands. - -Drunkenness will also be forbidden by law and will be punishable as a -crime against human decency, for man becomes bestial under the influence -of alcohol. - -Once more I state, that people obey blindly only the hand that is -strong and entirely independent of them, in which they see a sword of -defense and a stronghold against the blows of social misfortune. Why -should the sovereign have an angel’s heart? They want to see in him the -personification of might and power. - -The sovereign who will replace the present existing governments, dragging -along their existence in the midst of a society demoralized by us, -which denies even the power of God and from whose midst rises on all -sides the flames of anarchy, must primarily undertake to extinguish -this all-consuming fire. Therefore, he must destroy such a society, -if necessary drown it in its own blood, in order to resurrect it as a -well-organized army, which consciously struggles against the infection of -any anarchy affecting the state organism. - -He, God’s elect, is chosen from above for the purpose of crushing the -insane forces that are moved by instinct and not by intellect, by -bestiality and not by humanitarianism. These forces are now triumphant, -and assume the form of robberies and all kinds of violence exercised in -the name of liberty and of right. They have destroyed all social order, -so as to establish the throne of the King of Israel; but their rôle will -be ended with his coming into power. Then it will be necessary to sweep -them from his path, on which not a twig or an impediment shall remain. - -Then we will say to the peoples: Pray to God and bow before him who bears -the mark of predestination, to whom God Himself showed His Star, so that -none but He Himself should free you from all sinful forces and from evil. - - -PROTOCOL NO. XXIV - -Now I shall refer to the manner in which we will strengthen the dynastic -roots of King David so as to cause this dynasty to endure until the -last day. This method will consist chiefly of the same principles which -enabled our Wise Men to conserve their power to cope with universal -problems and to guide the education of the thoughts of humanity at large. - -A few members of the seed of David will train the sovereigns and their -successors, who will be selected not by right of inheritance, but -according to their personal ability. To them the deep political mysteries -and the plan of our rule will be confided, but in such a wise manner that -nobody will know these secrets. The aim of this method is to prove to -all that power will not be given to the uninitiated in the mysteries of -political art. - -Only such people will be taught how to apply the above mentioned plans -in practice, by comparing them with the experiences of many centuries, -and only they will be initiated in the conclusions drawn from all the -observations of political, economic, and social movements and sciences; -in short, only they will know the true spirit of the laws, irrevocably -established by nature for the purpose of regulating human relationship. - -Direct descendants of the sovereign will often be prevented from -inheriting the throne if, during the period of their study, they show -signs of frivolity, lenience, or other tendencies detrimental to -authority, which would make them incapable of government and dangerous to -the prestige of the Crown. - -Only those of an undoubtedly able and firm, even cruel character, will -receive the reins of government from our Wise Men. - -In case of illness, loss of will-power, or any other form of -inefficiency, the sovereigns will be compelled to hand over the reins of -government to new and able hands. - -The sovereign’s immediate plan of action and its application in the -future will be unknown even to the so-called closest advisers. - -Only the sovereign and his three sponsors will know the future. - -In the person of the sovereign, with his immovable will over himself -and humanity, all will recognize Fate itself with her mysterious paths. -Nobody will know the aims of the sovereign when he issues his orders, and -thus nobody will dare oppose him. - -Naturally the mental capacity of the sovereign must be equal to the plan -of rule herein contained. For this reason he will not mount the throne -before a test of his mind is made by the above mentioned Wise Men. - -To make people know and love their sovereign, it is necessary that he -should address the people in public places, thus establishing harmony -between the two forces, now separated from each other by mutual terror. -This terror was necessary for us until the time came to make both forces -fall under our influence. - -The King of Israel must not be influenced by his passions, especially -by sensuality. No particular element of his nature must have the upper -hand and rule over his mind. Sensuality, more than anything else, upsets -mental ability and clearness of vision by deflecting thought to the worst -and most bestial side of human nature. - -The Pillar of the Universe in the person of the World Ruler, sprung from -the sacred seed of David, must sacrifice all personal desires for the -benefit of his people. - -Our sovereign must be irreproachable. - - - - -Part Two - -EVIDENCE AS TO ORIGIN AND AUTHENTICITY - - - - -I. PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE ACTUAL POLICIES OF THE BOLSHEVIKI AND THE -PROTOCOLS - - -The most striking fact in connection with the Protocols is the close -resemblance which their ruthless program bears in many respects to the -policies actually put into effect by the Bolsheviki in Russia. Indeed, -without this fact before us, the necessity for a serious consideration -of the Protocols would be much less apparent. If the evidence shows that -the Bolshevist movement is a movement conducted under Jewish leadership -and principally controlled by Jews, and, furthermore, that it closely -corresponds with the political program outlined in the Protocols, then, -indeed, we have facts of grave significance supporting the authenticity -of the Protocols. - - -1. JEWISH CHARACTER OF THE BOLSHEVIST MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA - -With regard to the question as to how far the Bolshevist movement is -a Jewish movement in the sense that it is under Jewish control, there -is some disagreement. Certain prominent Jews in this country, while -admitting that most of the Bolshevist leaders in Russia are Jews, claim -that this is a mere coincidence, and claim further that the Bolshevist -leaders are only _apostate_ Jews who do not adhere to the Jewish -religion.[8] The evidence, however, is not very convincing on either -point, for on the one hand the proportion of Jews among the Bolshevist -leaders in Russia is so large that it strongly tends to show that it is -not accidental but must be otherwise explained, while on the other hand, -as to the allegation of apostasy, this seems to be principally based upon -evidence that the Jewish leaders in Russia are denouncing religion _in -general_ on the ground that it is the bulwark of the capitalistic system -and the enemy of the Socialistic State, in accordance with the teachings -of Karl Marx and his followers. Such evidence, however, does not prove -very much if in practice only the Christian church is actually attacked. - -It is important to note in this connection that Karl Marx himself was a -Jew, as are also practically all of the best known leaders of radical -socialism, such as Bebel, Bernstein, Lassalle, Hillquit, the brothers -Adler (in Austria), etc. The legend now prominently displayed by the -Bolsheviki in Russia, that “religion is the opium of the people,” was the -saying of Karl Marx himself, while it was Bebel who said: “Christianity -and Socialism stand towards each other as fire and water.” - -Moreover, there is evidence that there has been a marked persecution -of _Christian_ priests and their congregations by the Bolsheviki, and -that the Jewish rabbis have not been molested. Generally speaking, we -believe that the preponderance of evidence strongly tends to show that -Bolshevism is Jewish in character in the sense that it is under the -control principally of Jews who occupy, either openly or secretly, almost -all of the positions of importance in the Soviet government in Russia. -This was equally true in regard to the recent Spartacan and Bolshevist -revolutions in Germany and Hungary. The one important exception is Lenin -himself, Trotzky and almost all the other important Bolshevist leaders -to-day being members of the Jewish race. - -Evidence that the Bolsheviki in Russia have conducted a campaign of -persecution against the Christian religion, while protecting the Jewish -religion, will be considered below under the heading, “The Destruction of -Religion and Christianity.” For the present we shall confine ourselves to -other evidence which tends to show that the Bolshevik movement in Russia -is under Jewish leadership and may be regarded as primarily a Jewish -movement. - - -(_a_) _Testimony before the Overman Committee_ - -The testimony of a number of reliable witnesses before the Overman -Committee is to the effect that from the very beginning the leadership of -the Bolshevist revolution in Russia has been principally Jewish and that -the movement had powerful support from Jews returning to Russia in the -spring of 1917. - -This testimony was taken early in the year 1919 and is contained in -the printed Senate Report (a public document) entitled, “Bolshevik -Propaganda—Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the -Judiciary, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, pursuant to S. -Res. 439 and 469.” - -Among the witnesses who testified as to the Jewish character of the -Bolshevist movement before the Senate Committee was Dr. George A. Simons, -a Methodist clergyman who had been for many years in charge of a church -and other property belonging to the American Methodists in Petrograd. He -was there during the Kerensky régime and during the Bolshevist régime -until October 6, 1918. - -Dr. Simons testified that “at the beginning of the so-called new régime -[Kerensky’s] there was a disposition to glorify the Allies and to make a -great deal of what the French Revolution had stood for; within from six -to eight weeks there was an undercurrent just the opposite, and things -began to loom up in a pro-German way.”[9] - -He then told of the arrival of Lenin from Switzerland _via_ Germany, and -of Bronstein (_alias_ Trotzky) from New York, and how they conducted a -vigorous agitation in Russia while Kerensky was “running up and down the -front.” He then goes on to testify as follows: - - MR. SIMONS. “Kerensky was spending a good deal of his time - running up and down the front, trying to hearten the Russian - soldiers in their warfare, and he was generally accredited - with being a fine orator and doing splendid work, and I do - not doubt but what he did manage to keep the men longer than - they otherwise would have stayed in, but we were told there - were hundreds of agitators who had followed in the trail of - Trotzky-Bronstein, these men having come over from the lower - East Side of New York. I was surprised to find scores of such - men walking up and down Nevsky. Some of them, when they learned - that I was the American pastor in Petrograd, stepped up to me - and seemed very much pleased that there was somebody who could - speak English, and their broken English showed that they had - not qualified as being real Americans; and a number of these - men called on me, and a number of us were impressed with the - strange Yiddish element in this thing right from the start, and - it soon became evident that more than half of the agitators in - the so-called Bolshevik movement were Yiddish.” - - SENATOR NELSON. “Hebrews?” - - MR. SIMONS. “They were Hebrews, apostate Jews. I do not want to - say anything against the Jews, as such. I am not in sympathy - with the anti-Semitic movement, never have been, and do not - ever expect to be. I am against it. I abhor all pogroms of - whatever kind. But I have a firm conviction that this thing is - Yiddish, and that one of its bases is found in the East Side of - New York.” - - SENATOR NELSON. “Trotzky came over from New York during that - summer, did he not?” - - MR. SIMONS. “He did.” - - SENATOR OVERMAN. “You think he brought these people with him?” - - MR. SIMONS. “I am not able to say that he brought them with - him. I think that most of them came after him, but that he was - responsible for their coming.” - -MR. SIMONS further states (Senate Report, p. 114): - - “The latest startling information, given me by some one who - says that there is good authority for it—and I am to be given - the exact figures later on and have them checked up properly by - the proper authorities—is this, that in December, 1918, in the - northern community of Petrograd, so-called—that is what they - call that section of the Soviet régime under the presidency - of the man known as Mr. Apfelbaum—out of 388 members, only 16 - happened to be real Russians, and all the rest Jews, with the - exception possibly of one man, who is a negro from America, - who calls himself Prof. Gordon, and 265 of the members of this - northern commune government, that is sitting in the old Smolny - Institute, came from the lower East Side of New York—265 of - them.... In fact, I am very much impressed with this, that - moving around here I find that certain Bolsheviki propagandists - are nearly all Jews—apostate Jews. I have been in the so-called - People’s House, at 7 East Fifteenth Street, New York, which - calls itself also the Rand School of Social Science, and I have - visited that at least six times during the last eleven weeks or - so, buying their literature, and some of the most seditious - stuff I have ever found against our own Government, and 19 out - of every 20 people I have seen there have been Jews.” - -On the same page, referring to a pamphlet written by one Albert Rhys -Williams, Dr. Simons states: - - “I have analyzed certain questions and answers, especially with - regard to this paragraph on religion, and I have no doubt in my - mind that the predominant element in this Bolsheviki movement - in America is, you may call it, the Yiddish of the East Side.” - -On page 116 the witness further states: - - “I was impressed with this, Senator, that shortly after the - great revolution of the winter of 1917 there were scores of - Jews standing on the benches and soap boxes, and what not, - talking until their mouths frothed, and I often remarked to my - sister, ‘Well, what are we coming to, anyway? This all looks so - Yiddish.’ Up to that time we had very few Jews, because there - was, as you may know, a restriction against having Jews in - Petrograd; but after the revolution they swarmed in there, and - most of the agitators happened to be Jews. I do not want to be - unfair to them, but I usually know a Jew when I see one.” - -In a subsequent part of his testimony, he says: - - “I had occasion to speak with people who were working and - people who were not bourgeois, I interviewed hundreds, and I - asked them, ‘Well, what do you think of this thing?’ ‘Well, we - know that it is first of all German, and second, we know that - it is Jewish. It is not a Russian proposition at all.’ That - became so popular that as you moved through the streets in - Petrograd in July and August and September and the beginning - of October, openly they would tell you this, ‘This is not a - Russian Government; this a German and Hebrew Government.’ And - then others would come out and say, ‘And very soon there is - going to be a big pogrom.’ As a result of that, _hundreds of - Bolshevik officials who happened to be Jews_ were sending their - wives and their children out of Petrograd and Moscow, afraid - that the pogrom would really come.” (p. 132). - -On page 142 of his testimony Dr. Simons introduced a list of names, which -he said was widely circulated in Petrograd in August, 1917, giving the -real names and the Jewish names of the most important Bolshevist leaders. -This list is as follows: - - _Real name_ - - “1. Chernoff Von Gutmann - 2. Trotzky Bronstein - 3. Martoff Zederbaum - 4. Kamkoff Katz - 5. Meshkoff Goldenberg - 6. Zagorsky Krochmal - 7. Suchanoff Gimmer - 8. Dan Gurvitch - 9. Parvuss Geldfand - 10. Kradek Sabelson - 11. Zinovyeff Apfelbaum - 12. Stekloff Nachamkes - 13. Larin Lurye - 14. Ryazanoff Goldenbach - 15. Bogdanoff Josse - 16. Goryeff Goldmann - 17. Zwezdin Wanstein - 18. Lieber Goldman - 19. Ganezky Fürstenberg - 20. Roshal Solomon” - -Dr. Simons also testified that when the Bolsheviki came into power the -Yiddish language at once became predominant in official proclamations and -posters. He says: - - “I might mention this, that when the Bolsheviki came into - power, all over Petrograd we at once had a predominance of - Yiddish proclamations, big posters, and everything in Yiddish. - It became very evident that now that was to be one of the great - languages of Russia; and the real Russians, of course, did not - take very kindly to it.” - -On page 135 Dr. Simons states: - - “Trotzky is a Jew. His real name is Leon Bronstein.”[10] - - -_Testimony of Mr. William Chapin Huntington_ - -Mr. Huntington was Commercial Attaché of the United States Embassy at -Petrograd from June, 1916, until September, 1918. He was in Petrograd -at the outbreak of the Bolshevist _coup d’état_ in November, 1917, and -remained there until February, 1918, when he was sent on a mission to -Siberia by Ambassador Francis. When he returned to Russia he remained in -Moscow from May, 1918, until August 26, 1918. He states on page 47: - - “The Bolsheviks are internationalists, and they were not - interested in the particular national ideals of Russia.” - -On page 69 he testified: - - “The leaders of the movement, I should say, are about - two-thirds Russian Jews and perhaps one-sixth or more of some - of the other nationalities, like the Letts, or the Armenians.” - - -_Testimony of Mr. William W. Welsh_ - -Mr. Welsh was employed by the National City Bank and was in Russia from -October, 1916, until September, 1918. He states on page 269: - - “_In Russia it is well known that three-fourths of the - Bolshevik leaders are Jewish._” - -In regard to the men who went to Russia from the East Side of New York, -at the outbreak of the revolution, he stated: - - “There were some—not many, but there were some—real Russians; - and what I mean by real Russians is Russian-born, and not - Russian Jews.” - -The witness also stated that he knew “several cases” in which well-to-do -Jews had been persecuted in the same way as other Russian bourgeois. On -page 270 he states: - - “Bolshevism cannot be explained along racial lines alone. The - Bolsheviks are made up of the very worst elements of many - races. It is important, however, that Jews in this country - should not favor Bolshevism because of any liberties or - privileges which they may think are being accorded to the - Jews in Russia by the Bolsheviks. They should study the facts - carefully and not be prejudiced by any racial feeling, or they - are sure to bring the odium of Bolshevism unjustly to the door - of the Jew. The best Jews in this country would do well to - brand the Jewish Bolsheviks in Russia as anti-Jews, which they - really are, for they bring nothing but discredit to the Jewish - race.” - - -_Testimony of Roger E. Simmons_ - -Mr. Simmons was Trade Commissioner, connected with the United States -Department of Commerce, who was in Siberia and Russia from July, 1917, -until November, 1918. He was in Vologda in July, 1918, and gives a -graphic account of his imprisonment there by the assistant of the -commissar of that community, a man named Iduke. He says: - - “Iduke is a Lettish Jew, a man of a very irascible nature, and, - on account of his experience in the uprising in Yaroslav, where - the protest against the Bolshevik régime had become formidable, - he had the reputation of being the cruelest and the most - bloodthirsty Bolshevik leader of the revolution.” - -Mr. Simmons then narrates how he himself escaped execution only because -he succeeded in bribing a Lettish soldier who had been in America to -deliver a letter to the Swedish Consul General. An English subject who -was imprisoned with him in the same cell was actually executed. Shortly -before his death this Englishman said to Simmons: - - “I do not like the situation. I don’t understand these people. - They are not Russians. I don’t know why they accuse me, nor - what they are going to do with me.”[11] - - -_Testimony of an Anonymous Witness_ - -Another witness, who was allowed to withhold his name, testified before -the Senate Committee that he left Petrograd November 6, 1917, the night -the Bolshevist uprising took place. His testimony on page 321 of the -Senate Report is as follows: - - “With regard to the industrial conditions before the Bolsheviki - rising started, with the revolution of March, 1917, we found - that there were quite a number of so-called Americans who had - returned to Russia almost immediately after the revolution, - commencing, probably, to arrive in April of 1917.” - - SENATOR NELSON. “What sort of people were they? They were - people who had been here, were they not?” - - MR. ⸺. “People who had been in this country.” - - SENATOR NELSON. “Were they Hebrews?” - - MR. ⸺. “A large number of them were—that is Hebrew by race, - non-Slavs—and we were continually meeting these men on all - sorts of labor conditions, (committees?) to regulate the hours - of labor and the rates of remuneration, and quite a number of - them spoke English.” - - -_Testimony of Theodor Kryshtofovich_ - -This witness testified that he left Petrograd on December 15, 1918, and -that he had been there continuously for the three years previous to that -date; that he belonged to no political party in Russia, but had lived -among the peasants and workmen, teaching them agriculture. He at one time -had been employed by the Russian Department of Agriculture, as an agent, -in the United States. - -On page 424 he testified in regard to the Jewish aspect of the movement -as follows: - - “And, besides these refugees, most of the people that are - governing Russia now are Jews. I am not against Jews in - general. They are a very capable and energetic people, but, - as you Americans say, the right man must be in the right - place. Their place is in the commission houses, in banks, in - the offices, but not in the government of a fine agricultural - country. They do not understand anything about agriculture, - about production, about keeping materials, and about - distribution. They do not know anything about those things at - all.” - - SENATOR WOLCOTT. “You mean those that are in charge of the - Bolsheviki, do you not?” - - MR. KRYSHTOFOVICH. “I am talking about the Bolsheviki; because - if you take out Bolshevik government, Lenine is a Russian and - all these constellations that are turning around this sun are - Jews. They have changed their names. For instance, Trotzky is - not Trotzky, but Bronstein. We have Apfelbaum, and so on, and - so on.” - - -(_b_) _Other Evidence_ - -It is important that other official documents pertaining to the -Bolshevist activities in Russia also refer to the question which we are -now discussing, namely, the Jewish character of the Bolshevist régime. -In this connection we quote from the British White Book, Russia No. -1 (1919), entitled “A Collection of Reports on Bolshevism in Russia, -presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. April, 1919.” - -This document was published in London at the government printing -office in 1919. In exhibit No. 33, a cablegram dispatched by Mr. -Alston to Earl Curzon, from Vladivostok to London, February 8, 1919 -(“telegraphic—following from consul at Ekaterinburg, 6th February”), the -following is stated: - - “From examination of several labourer and peasant witnesses, - I have evidence to the effect that very smallest percentage - of this district were pro-Bolshevik, majority of labourers - sympathising with summoning of Constituent Assembly. Witnesses - further stated that Bolshevik leaders did not represent Russian - working classes, most of them being Jews” (page 33). - -In a cable dispatch from General Knox to the British War Office on -February 5, 1919, from Omsk, Siberia, details are given as to the murder -of the Imperial Russian family. This cable reads in part as follows: - - “With regard to the murder of the Imperial family at - Ekaterinburg, there is further evidence to show that there were - two parties in the local Soviet, one which was anxious to save - Imperial family, and the latter, headed by five Jews, two of - whom were determined to have them murdered. These two Jews, - by name Vainen and Safarof, went with Lenine when he made a - journey across Germany” (page 41). - -Again, in a report made by Rev. B. S. Lombard to Earl Curzon on March 23, -1919, referring to the results of the Bolshevist régime in Russia, among -other things, the following is stated: - - “All business became paralyzed, shops were closed, Jews became - possessors of most of the business houses, and horrible scenes - of starvation became common in the country districts. The - peasants put their children to death rather than see them - starve. In a village on the Dvina, not far from Schlusselburg, - a mother hanged three of her children” (page 57). - -Mr. Henry C. Emery, formerly Chairman of the United States Tariff Board, -recently wrote a treatise on Bolshevism, of which Lord Bryce has said: - - “It seems to me the sanest and clearest exposition of - Bolshevist theory and practice that I have seen and confirms my - view that between them and us there can be no peace.” - -Mr. Emery comes to the conclusion that Bolshevism is the promotion of a -relentless and universal class war, and that “a Bolshevik is a man who -believes in the overthrow of the institution of private property by -force of arms.” While this is the definition which he gives of Bolshevism -as a movement, and his argument in support of it is certainly a very -able one, it is interesting to note what he says in regard to the Jewish -support of the movement: - - “In the minds of some people, especially in Russia, Bolshevism - takes on the color of a revolt of the Jews against the - Russians, who have so long kept them in subjection. Lenin is of - course a pure Russian, and it is a mistake to say that all the - other leaders of importance are Jews. On the other hand, the - Jews have been active in the movement out of all proportion to - their relative numbers. No one who ever made a visit to Smolny - Institute, when that was the headquarters of the Bolshevik - government at Petrograd, could fail to understand how easy it - was to get the impression that the Jews had at last seized the - power.” - -Mr. Robert Wilton, a well-known Englishman, who was the Petrograd -correspondent of the London _Times_, and a Knight of St. George, in his -book entitled “Russia’s Agony,” refers to the part which the Jews played -in undermining the Kerensky government and establishing the Bolshevist -rule: - - “Subversion had been carried out by a handful of pseudo-Jew - Extremists in the Soviet, but the Soviet was a party to - the traitorous business. Most of the leaders—especially - the pseudo-Jews—were a truculent pack, cowering behind the - soldiery, intent upon realizing their revolutionary ‘ideals,’ - but terrified by a possibility of failure and eventual - reprisals.” - -The author also states: - - “Afterwards their numbers [referring to the Jew Extremists in - the Soviet] increased largely, and although they studiously - concealed their identity under assumed Russian or Polish names, - it became known that the principal ones were: Nahamkez—Steklov, - Apfelbaum—Zinoviev, Rosenfeldt—Kamenev, Goldmann—Gorev, - Goldberg—Mekowski, Zederbaum—Martov, Himmer—Sukhanov, - Krachman—Zagorski, Hollander—Mieshkowski, Lourier—Larim, - Seffer—Bogdanov. Among the leaders of this gang—under - Lenin—were: Trotzky, whose real name was Bronstein, and - Feldmann, alias Chernov.”[12] - -In the well-known French periodical _L’Illustration_, issued September -14, 1918, an article appeared under the title “Petrograd under the -Commune,” from which we reproduce the following extract: - - “The Masters of the Hour. - - “_The Bolshevist Movement and the Jews of Russia_ - - “When one lives in contact with the functionaries who are - serving the Bolshevist government, one feature strikes the - attention, which is that almost all of them are Jews. - - “I am not at all anti-Semitic but I must state what strikes - the eyes: everywhere in Petrograd, in Moscow, in Provincial - Districts, in all commissariats, in district offices, in - Smolny, in the former ministries, in the Soviets, I have met - nothing but Jews and again Jews. - - “A Jew is this District Commissary, former stock broker, with - a double bourgeois chin. A Jew is this commissary of the - bank, very elegant, with a cravat of the latest style, and a - fancy waistcoat. Again a Jew, this inspector of taxes, with - his hooked nose: he understands perfectly how to squeeze the - bourgeois in order to cover the deficit in the Bolshevist - budget which amounts for the first half year, 1918, to - 14,000,000,000 rubles! Jewish are these little stenographers, - these secretaries: the same hooked noses, the same jet black - hair. - - “The more one studies the second revolution the more one is - convinced that Bolshevism is a Jewish movement which can be - explained by the special conditions in which the Jewish people - were placed in Russia.” - -In the London _Times_ of March 29, 1919, the following article appeared, -entitled “Bolshevist Portraits III. Some Commissaries”: - - “One of the most curious features of the Bolshevist movement - is the high percentage of non-Russian elements amongst its - leaders. Of the twenty or thirty commissaries or leaders who - provide the central machinery of the Bolshevist movement not - less than 75% are Jews.... - - “If Lenin is the brains of the movement, the Jews provide the - executive officers. Of the leading commissaries, Trotzky, - Zinoviev, Kameneff, Stekloff, Sverdloff, Uritsky, Joffe, - Rakovsky, Radek, Menjinsky, Larin, Bronski, Zaalkind, - Volodarsky, Petroff, Litvinoff, Smirdovitch, and Vovrovsky - are all of the Jewish race, while amongst the minor Soviet - officials the number is legion. Of all the Bolshevist leaders - Petrovsky, the Commissary for the Interior, and a former member - of the Duma, is practically the only one who in any way could - be described as a working man. The rest are all intellectuals - of bourgeois or paid bourgeois origin.” - -In the issue of “ASIA” February-March, 1920, there is an article entitled -“Inside Soviet Russia.” The author of the said article, Mr. V. Anichkoff, -is a well-known Russian scientist. Among other things, he states as -follows: - - “In all the Bolshevist institutions the heads are Jews. The - Assistant Commissar for Elementary Education, Grunberg, can - hardly speak Russian. The Jews are successful in everything and - obtain their ends. They know how to command and get complete - submission. But they are proud and contemptuous to everyone, - which strongly excites the people against them. Anti-Semitism - in a strong degree has spread in all grades of the people. - The people are inclined to see in the Jews the culprits of - all their woes. They look on Bolshevism as a Jewish affair, - and Anti-Semitism is widely spread in the Red army. The Red - soldiers openly and strongly express their hatred of the Jews. - One Red soldier related before me that he was discharged, and - that at all the hospitals and halting stages the doctors and - their assistants and nurses were Jews; that a Jewish doctor - snatched the cross from one of his comrades and said: ‘That - is not wanted now, it has been done away with,’ but that he - did not let the doctor do the same to him. At the present time - there is a great national religious fervor among the Jews. They - believe that the promised time of the rule of God’s elect on - earth is coming. They have connected Judaism with a universal - revolution. They see in the spread of revolution the fulfilling - of the Scriptures: ‘Though I make an end of all the nations, - whether I have scattered thee, yet will I not make an end of - thee.’ Bound up with the overwhelming part taken by Jews in the - Revolution, an interest in masonry, Zionism and the mission of - the Jews have spread among educated Russians.” - - (“ASIA,” February-March, 1920, p. 223). - -We also refer the reader to the testimony of a well-known Jewish -periodical published in London, _The Jewish Chronicle_, as to the -identity of Bolshevism and Judaism. In part the article states as follows: - - “There is much in the fact of Bolshevism itself, in the fact - that so many Jews are Bolsheviks, in the fact that the ideals - of Bolshevism at many points are consonant with the finest - ideals of Judaism.” (See _Jewish Chronicle_, No. 2609, April 4, - 1919, p. 7, article entitled “Peace, War, and Bolshevism.”) - -It is significant that one of the well-known Jewish leaders, Israel -Zangwill, addressing a recent conference of the Poale Zion Congregation -in London, glorified “_the race_ which has produced a Beaconsfield, a -Reading, a Montagu, a Klotz, a Kurt Eisner, a Trotzky” (quoted from _The -Jewish Chronicle_, February 27, 1920, No. 2656, p. 28). Referring to this -statement, _La Vieille-France_ says, “Thus, Trotzky is, in fact, the hero -of Judaism” (No. 164, March 18-24, 1920). - -It is important to note that the Jewish character of the Bolshevist -movement which is so accentuated in Soviet Russia was equally apparent -in Soviet Hungary when that country was under the Red rule of Bela Cohen -(Kuhn). Mr. Edward Dillon in his book “The Inside Story of the Peace -Conference,” devotes much attention to this subject. Referring to the -situation in Hungary, Mr. Dillon states as follows, at page 224. - - “By the first of August the lawless band that was ruling the - country relinquished the reins of power which were taken over - at first by a Socialist Cabinet of which an influential French - press organ wrote: ‘The names of the new ... commissaries of - the people tell us nothing, because their bearers are unknown. - But the endings of their names tell us that most of them are, - like those of the preceding government, of Jewish origin. Never - since the inauguration of official Communism did Budapest - better deserve the appellation of Judapest, which was assigned - to it by the late M. Lueger, chief of the Christian Socialists - of Vienna. That is an additional trait in common with the - Russian Soviets.’” - -In this same connection the weekly magazine _The New Witness_, published -in London, in its issue of April 11, 1919, remarked as follows: - - “It is not only among the Allies that the Jewish influence is - making itself felt. We know what a tight grip they have on the - governments at Petrograd and Berlin. It now appears that the - new government of Hungary is dominated by Jews. Ninety-five - per cent of Hungarians are Christians and eighty per cent - of the ministers are Hebrew. This fact becomes the more - remarkable when we are told that the ministers are nearly all - mediocrities.” - -The Jewish character of the Bolshevist movement in Russia has been -explicitly referred to in the Bolshevist press itself. In substantiation -of this we present the following evidence: - - In No. 1 of the Russian weekly newspaper, _On to Moscow_, - published on September 23, 1919, in Rostov on the Don, an - article was published, entitled “Not one Drop of Innocent - Blood.” The article reads as follows: - - “In the newspaper ‘Communist,’ issued on April 12, 1919, No. - 72, which paper was published in the City of Kharkoff, 13 Karl - Liebnecht Street, telephone No. 8-40, Mr. M. Cohan, in his - article ‘Services of the Jewry to the working class,’ wrote as - follows: - - “‘Various kinds of reactionary regimental organizations and - radas are working out agrarian “laws,” are giving away the - land to the workmen, are establishing an eight-hour day, and - throwing out other crumbs to the working masses with the sole - object to remain in power. But let us unmask them and let - us see what there is behind this servile mask. Let us, for - instance, analyze their attitude towards the Jews. On all the - territory which is occupied by the Don, Kuban and Voluntary - gangs, the Jews are being annihilated and oppressed. One is - unable to trace a Jew holding any office, be it important or - unimportant, and this is called “equality and fraternity.” The - Voluntary executioners scream about their humanitarianism and - at the same time they oppress a whole nation which always had - the esteem of the whole world. It should not be forgotten that - the Jewish people, who for centuries were oppressed by kings - and czars, are the real proletariat, the real internationale, - which has no country. - - “‘Without exaggeration, it may be said that the great Russian - social revolution was indeed accomplished by the hands of the - Jews. Would the dark oppressed masses of the Russian workmen - and peasants have been able to throw off the yoke of the - bourgeoisie by themselves? No, it was precisely the Jews who - led the Russian proletariat to the dawn of the Internationale, - and not only have led, but are also now leading the Soviet - cause which remains in their safe hands. We may be quiet as - long as the chief command of the Red Army is in the hands of - comrade Leon Trotzky. It is true that there are no Jews in the - ranks of the Red Army as far as privates are concerned, but - in the committees and in Soviet organizations, as commissars, - the Jews are gallantly leading the masses of the Russian - proletariat to victory. It is not without reason that during - the elections to all Soviet institutions the Jews are winning - by an overwhelming majority. It is not without reason, let us - repeat, that the Russian proletariat has elected as its head - and leader the Jew comrade Bronstein-Trotzky. The symbol of - Jewry, which for centuries has struggled against capitalism, - has become also the symbol of the Russian proletariat, which - can be seen even in the fact of the adoption of the Red - five-pointed star, which in former times, as it is well-known, - was the symbol of Zionism and Jewry. With this sign comes - victory, with this sign comes the death of the parasites of - the bourgeoisie, and let the supporters of Denikine, Krasnov - and Kolchak tremble, these oppressors and executioners of the - advance guard of Socialism—of the gallant Jewish people. Their - servility before the working masses will not help them, and - Jewish tears will come out of them in sweat of drops of blood.’” - -The publishers of the newspaper “On to Moscow” print a footnote to the -article of Mr. Cohan which reads: - - “The issue of the newspaper ‘Communist’ is kept at the office - and everybody is invited to ascertain its authenticity.” - - -2. PARALLELISM BETWEEN PROTOCOLS AND BOLSHEVIST POLICIES - - -(_a_) _The Policy of Terror_ - -It will be recalled that the Protocols advocate a mass terror, a “program -of violence.” In this connection also the actual Bolshevist policies are -in complete harmony with the program of the Protocols. With reference -to this point it becomes important to quote the _Krasnaya Gazeta_ (_Red -Gazette_), the official organ of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’, Red -Army, and Peasants’ Deputies, which body is presided over by Zinovieff, -alias Apfelbaum, a Jew. On August 31, 1918, in an editorial article, the -following is stated: - - “The interests of the revolution require the physical - annihilation of the bourgeois class. It is time for us to - start.” - -More explicitly the program of violence is defined by the same paper on -September 1, 1918, in an article entitled “Blood for Blood.” Therein it -is stated: - - “We will turn our hearts into steel, which we will temper in - the fire of suffering and the blood of fighters for freedom. - We will make our hearts cruel, hard, and immovable, so that no - mercy will enter them, and so that they will not quiver at the - sight of a sea of enemy blood. We will let loose the floodgates - of that sea. Without mercy, without sparing, we will kill our - enemies in scores of hundreds. Let them be thousands; let them - drown themselves in their own blood. For the blood of Lenin and - Uritzki, Zinovieff and Volodarski, let there be floods of blood - of the bourgeois—more blood, as much as possible.” - -Mr. Zinovieff—Apfelbaum went into further details as to the number of -Russians whom he proposed to kill for the sake of Mr. Trotzky’s régime. -In a speech of Zinovieff’s, reported in the _Northern Commune_, published -in Petrograd on September 19, 1918, No. 109, the following plain -statement is quoted: - - “To overcome our enemies we must have our own socialist - militarism. We must win over to our side 90,000,000 of the - 100,000,000 of population of Russia under the Soviets. _As - for the rest, we have nothing to say to them; they must be - annihilated._” - -To be sure that the Jewish Bolsheviks were not boasting, the following -report of the American Consul General at Moscow, dated September 3, 1918, -is of the utmost significance. This report, which was published in the -“Memorandum on Certain Aspects of the Bolshevist Movement in Russia,” -Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919, reads in part as follows: - - “Since May the so-called Extraordinary Commission to Combat - Counter-revolution has conducted an openly avowed campaign of - terror. Thousands of persons have been summarily shot without - even the form of trial. Many of them have no doubt been - innocent of even the political views which were supposed to - supply the motive of their execution.” - -The American Consul General concludes his report by stating: - - “The situation cries aloud to all who will act for the sake of - humanity.”[13] - -Trotzky made an attempt to justify “mass terror” in an article signed -by him in the official daily newspaper _Izvestia_ on January 10, 1919, -under the title “Military Specialists and the Red Army.” In this article -Trotzky states among other things as follows: - - “Terror as the demonstration of the will and strength of the - working class, is historically justified, precisely because - the proletariat was able thereby to break the political will - of the Intelligentsia, pacify the professional men of various - categories and work, and gradually subordinate them to its own - aims within the fields of their specialties.”[14] - -The London _Times_ of November 14, 1919, printed a letter “sent by a -British Officer in South Russia to his wife” stating that “the letter is -published exactly as sent, except that names and dates have been altered -so that the writer and his wife will not be embarrassed.” The officer -appeals to his wife to do all she can to put before the British public -the information which he gives her as to the atrocities committed by the -Bolsheviki which he had himself witnessed while fighting with the army of -General Denikin. - - “The Bolshevists are devils.... I hope to send you copies of - 64 official photos taken by British officers at Odessa when - the town was retaken from the Bolshevists.... As no paper will - print them I suggest that you should have copies done. If we’re - too hard up you could pay for them by sending me no parcels, or - selling my Caucasian dagger, or Persian book, or something. And - I suggest that you should then do with them as you think fit, - to make them most widely known. Their horror may make people - realize. They must realize. By God, they shall realize! They - show men who’ve been crucified with the torture of the ‘human - glove.’ The victim gets crucified, nails through his elbows. - The hands are treated with a solution which shrivels the skin. - The skin is cut out with a razor, round the wrist, and peeled - off, till it hangs by the finger nails—the ‘human glove.’ I’m - not sparing you. I hope you’ll show and send them to everybody - we know. People at home, apathetic fools they are, do not - deserve to be spared. They must be woken up. John and Katie - ought to see them. Most of the photos are of women. Women with - their breasts cut off to the bone.... Two little bits, ref. - Bolshevist atrocities, you might type in as many copies as you - can. If you and several others left them in different tea-shops - every afternoon, it might touch quite a lot of people. I shall - send you chapter and verse if I can. If I haven’t sent chapter - and verse in a month, do your best without. Papers are no good, - because papers would put it more delicately. We have here at H. - Q. passes issued to Bolshevists by commissaries on occupying - Ekaterinodar. These passes authorize their holders to arrest - any girl they fancy for the use of the soldiery. Sixty-two - girls of all classes were arrested like this and thrown to - the Bolshevist troops. Those who struggled were killed quite - early on. The rest, when used and finished, were mutilated - and thrown, dead and dying, into the two small rivers flowing - through Ekaterinodar. In all towns occupied by Bolshevists - and reoccupied by us ‘slaughter-houses’ are found choked with - corpses. Hundreds of ‘suspects,’ men, women, and children, were - herded in these—doors and windows manned and the struggling - mass fired into until most of them were dead or dying. The - doors were then locked and they were left. The stench in these - places, I am told, is hair-raising. These ‘slaughter-houses’ - are veritable plague spots and have caused widespread - epidemics. I want you to proselytize Robinson and galvanize the - Colonel and everybody else you can get hold of. I’d like James - to see this and No. 47 and Dorothy. Above all the Mater. For I - feel sure, that whatever happens, she and you will be glad that - I’ve come out.” - - (_“The Horrors of Bolshevism,” reprinted from The Times, - November 14, 1919, pp. 5 and 6._) - -In the same letter the writer refers to the Bolshevist plans of extending -their power to Asia and Africa, and discusses the part played by the Jews -in the Bolshevist régime in Russia. - - “... Bolshevist Russia is a channel of communication to - the Committee of Union and Progress, to Egypt, India, and - Afghanistan. Unless beaten by us, the Bolshies will beat us. - It’s a side issue for the present, but the danger of their - rousing and letting loose the Chinese is not so very remote. - They have declared war on Christianity. The Bible to them is - a ‘counter-revolutionary’ book, and to be stamped out. They - are aiming at raising all non-Christian races against the - Christian countries. The Bolshevists form about 5 per cent. - of the population of Russia—_JEWS_ (80 to 90 per cent. of the - commissaries are Jews), Chinese, Letts, Germans, and certain - of the ‘skilled labor’ artisans. The conscribed peasantry, - originally captured by the catchwords mentioned in the - pamphlets, now often goaded beyond endurance, is rising against - them over wide districts. Still conscribed and put up to fight, - under severe penalties, they form most of the ‘cannon fodder’ - used by the Bolshies. They desert, often _en masse_, and many a - peasant who marched for the Bolshevists last week is fighting - for Denikin in the Volunteer Army to-day. Ref. Jews—In towns - captured by Bolshevists the only unviolated sacred buildings - are the synagogues, while churches are used for anything, - from movie-shows to ‘slaughter-houses.’ The Poles, Galicians, - and Petlura have committed ‘pogroms’ (massacres of Jews). Not - the Russian Volunteer Armies under Denikin. Denikin has, in - fact, been so strict in protecting the Jews that he has been - accused by his sympathizers of favoring them. If, however, a - Commissary, steeped in murder, with torture and rape, with - mutilation, happens to be a Jew, as most of them are, should he - receive exceptional treatment?” - - (_“The Horrors of Bolshevism,” p. 5._) - -The London _Times_ of December 3, 1919, published the statement of an eye -witness of the “reign of torture” under the Bolsheviki at the time of the -first capture of Odessa. The witness is the Rev. R. Courtier-Forster, -late British Chaplain at Odessa and the Russian Ports of the Black Sea. -Space permits the reprint here of only the following passages from this -important testimony as to one chapter of the Bolshevist terror: - - “While I was still British chaplain of Odessa the city was - deluged with blood. When the Bolshevist elements, grafting - on to their main support the 4,000 criminals released from - the city gaols, attempted to seize the town, people of - education, regardless of social position, offered what armed - resistance was in their power. Workmen, shop assistants, - soldiers, professional men, and a handful of officers fought - for freedom and liberty through the streets of the great port - for three days and nights against the bloody despotism of the - Bolshevists. Tramcars were overturned to make barricades, - trenches dug in the streets, machine-guns placed in the upper - windows of houses to move the thoroughfare with fire. The - place became an inferno. The Bolshevists were victorious. On - capturing Odessa Railway Station, which had been defended by - a few officers and a number of anti-Bolshevist soldiers, the - Bolshevists bayoneted to death the 19 wounded and helpless men - laid on the waiting-room floor to await Red Cross succour. - - “Scores of other men who fell wounded in the streets also - became victims to the triumphant Bolshevist criminals. The - majority of these wretched and unhappy sufferers completely - disappeared. Inquiries at the hospitals and prisons revealed - the fact that they were not there, and no trace of them was - to be found. A fortnight later there was a terrible storm on - the Black Sea, and the bodies of the missing men were washed - up on the rocks of Odessa breakwater and along the shore; - they had been taken out to sea in small boats, stones tied to - their feet, and then been dropped over alive into deep water. - Hundreds of others were captured and taken on board the Almaz - and the Sinope, the largest cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet. - Here they became victims of unthinkable tortures. - - “On the Sinope General Chormichoff and some other personal - friends of my own were fastened one by one with iron chains to - planks of wood and pushed slowly, inch by inch, into the ship’s - furnaces and roasted alive. Others were tied to winches, the - winches turned until the men were torn in two alive. Others - were taken to the boilers and scalded with boiling steam; they - were then moved to another part of the ship and ventilating - fans set revolving that currents of cold air might blow on the - scalds and increase the agony of the torture. The full names of - 17 of the Sinope victims were given me in writing by members - of their families or their personal friends. These were lost - later when my rooms were raided, my papers seized, and I myself - arrested and thrown into prison. - - “The house in the Catherine Square in which I was first in - captivity afterwards became the Bolshevists’ House of Torture - in which hundreds of victims were done to death. The shrieks - of the people being tortured to death or having splinters of - wood driven under the quick of their nails were so agonizing - and appalling that personal friends of my own living more - than a hundred yards away in the Vorontsoffsky Pereulok were - obliged to fasten their double windows to prevent the cries of - anguish penetrating into the house. The horror and fear of the - surviving citizens was so great that the Bolshevists kept motor - lorries thundering up and down the street to drown the awful - screams of agony wrung from their dying victims. - - “This House of Torture remains as much as possible in the - condition in which the Bolshevists left it and is now shown to - those who care to inspect its gruesome and blood-bespattered - rooms. - - “Week by week the newspapers published articles for and against - the nationalization of women. In South Russia the proposal did - not become a legal measure, but in Odessa bands of Bolshevists - seized women and girls and carried them off to the Port, - the timber yards, and the Alexandrovsky Park for their own - purposes. Women used in this way were found in the mornings - either dead or mad or in a dying condition. Those found still - alive were shot. One of the most awful of my own personal - experiences of the New Civilization was hearing at night from - my bedroom windows the frantic shrieks of women being raped - to death in the park opposite. Screams of shrill terror and - despair repeated at intervals until they became nothing but - hoarse cries of agony like the death calls of a dying animal. - This happened not once, or twice, but many times. Never to the - day of my death shall I forget the horror of those dreadful - shrieks of tortured women, and one’s own utter powerlessness - to aid the victims or punish the Bolshevist devils in their - bestial orgies.” - - (_“Bolshevism, Reign of Torture at Odessa,” by the Rev. R. - Courtier-Forster, late British Chaplain at Odessa and the - Russian Ports of the Black Sea. Reprinted from The Times, - December 3, 1919, pp. 2, 3 and 4._) - -The Protocols speak of _concealed_ executions as well as of open -violence when making use of the weapon of terrorism to secure political -domination. The Bolsheviki closely paralleled the Protocols in this -respect. - -While it is true that the number of victims of outright execution by -shooting, drowning, etc., have run into very large figures, they are -undoubtedly few in comparison with the number who have been deliberately -starved by the Bolsheviki. In pursuance of their avowed policy of -exterminating the bourgeois class the Soviet government divided the -people into four categories with respect to the receipt of food, the -bourgeoisie being placed in the last two categories as to which the -allowance of food was insufficient to support life. A report by “Mr. E.” -found in the British White Book, “Russia No. 1” (1919), relating to the -conditions in February, 1919, shows that the last two categories have -been done away with altogether. The report states that the Bolsheviki -have published statistics “showing that the fourth category was not -necessary, as there were so few members.” “This proves,” he says, -“that the 4th category people have either been exterminated or have -been forced to work under the Bolsheviks in order to live.” The same -witness states that the amount of food given to the first category was -constantly varying according to the supplies. The rations allowed the -four categories in October, 1918, are shown by the Bolshevist paper -_Vooruzheny Narod_ (_The Armed People_): - - “The Commissary of Food of the Petrograd Labor Commune states - that on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, for four days, the - following products will be given on the presentation of the - bread cards, according to category: - - 1st category—1 lb. (Russian) of bread and 3 lb. of potatoes - 2nd category—½ lb. of bread and 2 lb. of potatoes - 3rd category—¼ lb. of bread and 1 lb. of potatoes - 4th category—½ lb. of potatoes.”[15] - -Many witnesses, have referred to the cruelty of this category system. -Of course, these rations for the 3rd and 4th categories are quite -insufficient to support life, and as the bourgeois classes were not only -placed in these categories, but were also persecuted and prevented from -getting employment in many cases, it is not surprising that hundreds of -thousands of them were exterminated by these measures. - -As to the question of how the Jewish element in the population came out -on the question of food as compared with the Christian element there -is little evidence at hand, but we may refer to one statement in a -memorandum of a Mr. B. contained in the British White Book, “Russia No. 1 -(1919),” as follows: - - “At the Putilof Works anti-Semitism is growing, probably - because the food supply committees are entirely in the hands - of Jews—and voices can be heard sometimes calling for a - ‘pogrom.’”[16] - -Wholesale starvation in Russian cities is one of the most striking -features of Russia’s tragedy. The bourgeoisie, and especially the -intellectual classes of the Russian people, are systematically underfed -by the treacherous rationing system of the Jewish Soviet officials. -Manual labor as well as the intellectual workers are subjected to a most -villainous tyranny, namely, to the tyranny of starvation. It is proper to -propound the question: Is this policy carried out in accordance with the -stipulation of the Protocols which reads as follows: - - “Our power lies in the chronic malnutrition and in the weakness - of the worker, because through this he falls under our power - and is unable to find either strength or energy to counteract - it.” (Protocol No. III.) - - -(_b_) _The Program of Hypocrisy_ - -As already seen, the Protocols call for a program of hypocrisy as well -as terror. The nature of the Bolshevist régime viewed from this angle is -graphically described by Mr. Roger E. Simmons in his testimony before the -Overman Committee. On pages 298 and 299 of the Senate Report he states: - - “Along the trans-Siberian line, proceeding slowly, I had a - chance of reading the literature that the Bolsheviki were - distributing in connection with their active propaganda; also - the decrees, proclamations, and the public formal announcements - of all kinds of the local and national authorities. Many of - these sounded plausible, aimed to be constructive, ostensibly, - and in their idealism and promises were golden. I could - see how people would be attracted, and for the first 8 to - 10 weeks understood their sanguine hopes. But after this - time disintegration was rapid and I saw the awful results. - The _modus operandi_ was not in line with theories. They - talked ideals but did not act ideals. Practices showed there - was decided immorality; decidedly, the game was not being - played squarely, the people being deceived by the leaders. - I suspected it from the very beginning from what I saw in - Siberia. If you will let me, I will read to you a significant - admission in that connection. - - “This statement was written to me, at my request, by an - American that it could be given to the American Consul General. - It reads as follows: - - “‘Bonch Bruevitch, the executor of the acts of all the People’s - Commissars, not a strong man, but a close friend of Lenine’s, - who, working in the same office, is able to influence Lenine - strongly. A power in the government as long as Lenine lives. - He states that the Bolsheviki have not worked out a code of - morals yet, and until they do, the end justifies the means. Any - lies or dictatorial methods are worth using as long as they - are in the interests of the working classes. A close friend of - his says he has no compunctions, lying whenever there is an - advantage to be gained from it for the Soviets.’ - - “The movement is immoral, absolutely.” - -In this connection it is of the utmost importance to call the attention -of the reader to the statement of one of the best known Jewish Soviet -officials, Zinovieff—Apfelbaum, President of the Petrograd Soviet, -regarding the means of spreading world-wide propaganda. The passage as -quoted before proves how closely the policies advocated in the Protocols -resemble the Jewish policies as carried out by the Soviet officials in -Russia. This is what Zinovieff stated on February 2, 1919: - - “We are willing to sign an unfavorable peace with the - allies.... It would only mean that we should put no trust - whatever in the bit of paper we would sign. We should use the - breathing space so obtained in order to gather our strength in - order that the mere continued existence of our government would - keep up the world-wide propaganda which Soviet Russia has been - carrying on for more than a year.”[17] - - -(_c_) _The Destruction of Religion and Christianity_ - -Here again the actual policies of the Bolsheviki fully coincide with the -Protocols. - -The most important passage in the Protocols as to the policy advocated in -regard to religion is the following: - - “Liberty could also be harmless and remain on the state program - without detriment to the well-being of the people if it were to - retain the ideas of the belief in God and human fraternity, - free from the conception of equality which is in contradiction - to the laws of nature which establish subordination. With - such a faith the people would be governed by the guardians - of the parish and would thrive quietly and obediently under - the guidance of their spiritual leader, accepting God’s - dispensation on earth. It is for this reason that we must - undermine faith, tearing from the minds of the GOYS the very - principle of God and Soul, and substituting mathematical - formulas and material needs.” - -It appears from the above excerpt that the Protocols advocate the -destruction of religion and the religious spirit among the Gentiles on -the ground that they are the political as well as the moral bulwarks of -the Gentile states. In another place the Protocols state that the most -formidable antagonist of the Jews in the past has been Rome, _i.e._, the -Roman Catholic Church. - -The Bolsheviki, whatever their real motives may be, have from the -moment they came into power in Russia conducted a campaign of violence -and persecution against the Christian religion, in the guise of a -campaign against religion in general. While they have not attacked the -Jewish religion or the Jewish rabbis, they have murdered and persecuted -Christian priests and harassed their congregations in the churches. While -professing to be merely following the Socialist teachings of Karl Marx -(himself a Jew), who attacked religion in general as the creature of -capitalism, the Bolshevist campaign against religion is in fact directed -against Christianity. - -Evidence of the above is found in the sworn testimony of several -witnesses before the Overman Committee and in official reports of the -British government and elsewhere. - -An English clergyman, the Rev. B. S. Lombard, in a report to Earl Curzon, -dated March 23, 1919, referring to the conditions in Soviet Russia, -stated as follows: - - “The treatment of the priests was brutal beyond everything. - Eight of them were incarcerated in a cell in our corridor. - Some of us saw an aged man knocked down twice one morning - for apparently no reason whatever, and they were employed to - perform the most degrading work and made to clean out the - filthy prison hospital.”[18] - -Mr. George A. Simons testified before the Overman Committee, in answer to -a question of Senator King, as follows: - - SENATOR KING. “Did you find, then, that atheism permeates the - ranks of the Bolsheviki?” - - MR. SIMONS. “Yes, sir. And the anti-Christ spirit as well.” - -The testimony of Mr. Simons on this subject was as follows: - - SENATOR KING. “What I am trying to get at is, for my - information, why Bolshevism is bitterly opposed to all sorts of - religion or sacraments of the church—Christianity; because I - suppose that they recognize that Christianity is the basis of - law and order and of orderly government. I was wondering if you - had discovered why they were so bitter against Christianity, - and if you found that all the Bolsheviks were atheistic or - rationalistic or anti-Christian?” - - MR. SIMONS. “My experience over there under the Bolsheviki - régime has led me to come to the conclusion that the Bolsheviki - religion is not only absolutely anti-religious, atheistic, - but has it in mind to make all real religious work impossible - as soon as they can achieve that end which they are pressing. - There was a meeting—I cannot give you the date offhand; it - must have been in August, 1918—held in a large hall that - had once been used by the Young Men’s Christian Association - in Petrograd for their work among the Russian soldiers. The - Bolsheviki confiscated it; put out the Y. M. C. A. In that - large hall there was a meeting held which was to be a sort of - religious dispute. Lunacharsky, the Commissar of the People’s - Enlightenment, as he was called, and Mr. Spitzberg, who was - the Commissar of Propaganda for Bolshevism, were the two - main speakers. Both of those men spoke in very much the same - way as Emma Goldman has been speaking. I have been getting - some of her literature, and recently I have been very much - amazed at the same line of argumentation with regard to the - attack on religion and Christianity and so-called religious - organizations.” - - SENATOR KING. “She is the Bolshevik who has been in jail in - this country and who will be deported as soon as her sentence - is over?” - - MR. SIMONS. “I do not know as she will be deported.” - - SENATOR KING. “I think she will be.” - - MR. SIMONS. “She ought to be put somewhere where she cannot - issue any more of that literature. Lunacharsky and Spitzberg - came out with pretty much the same things that she has been - saying and printing. This is one of these theses: ‘All that is - bad in the world, misery and suffering that we have had, is - largely due to the superstition that there is a God.’” - - SENATOR KING. “I noticed in yesterday’s paper that in their - schools the children are being taught, wherever they have - schools at all, positive atheism. Did you verify that?” - - MR. SIMONS. “Lunacharsky, as the official head of the - department of education, Commissar of the People’s - Enlightenment, said: ‘We now propose to enlighten our boys and - our girls and we are using as a textbook a catechism of atheism - which will be used in our public schools.’ Yet he had the - audacity to say: ‘We are going to give all churches the same - chance.’ And a priest replied to him, saying: ‘Then you ought - not to put your catechism of atheism into the schools.’”[19] - -Referring further to the meeting at the Y. M. C. A., Mr. Simons said a -little later in his testimony: - - “Lunacharsky and Spitzberg said in that meeting, and they sent - it out in their proclamations: ‘The greatest enemy to our - proletarian cause is religion. The so-called church is simply a - camouflage of capitalistic control and they are hiding behind - it, and in order to have success in our movement we must get - rid of the church.’ Now a frank statement like that seems to me - to indicate their anti-religious and anti-Christian animus.”[20] - -Mr. Simons further testified as follows: - - SENATOR KING. “Has there been a confiscation of church property - and buildings?” - - MR. SIMONS. “Yes, sir; and in quite a number of instances - monasteries, with their wealth, have been taken, and all - kinds of indecent things have been done by certain Bolshevik - officials. - - “I have some data showing that they have turned certain - churches and monasteries into dancing halls, and one instance - has been reported to me where a certain Bolshevik official - went into a church while the people were there waiting for the - sacrament, and threw the priest out, so I am told, and himself - put on the clerical garb, and then went on the altar and made a - comedy of the ritual, which stirred up the religious sense of - the people to that extent that they threatened—of course, among - themselves—that they would yet kill that man. _He happened to - be an apostate Jew._” - -Mr. Roger E. Simmons testified as follows in regard to the Russian priest -who was put in the same prison with him by the Bolsheviki: - - “A high priest of the church was there. He had been preaching - sermons publicly denouncing the immorality of the Bolsheviki. - They imprisoned him and shot him. This priest told me that he - was a great admirer of Dr. Mott of America.” - - SENATOR NELSON. “Do you not think that the church in the end - will prove the rallying center for the anti-Bolshevik forces?” - - MR. SIMMONS. “I think it certainly will be one of the principal - factors; no doubt of it. That priest took the occasion, - knowing that I was an official of the American Government, - thinking that it was the last duty he could perhaps perform for - Russia, to beg me to go back and _tell the American people_, - ‘_For God’s sake, send us help_.’ He was speaking, gentlemen, - not for himself, but for the large class of people that he - represented.”[21] - -TESTIMONY OF MR. THEODOR KRYSHTOFOVICH - - “As you know, gentlemen, the Russians are a very religious - people. Like here in the United States, there are very many - denominations there, but most of the people belong to the - Greek Church. Of course, the priests and religious people are - not very pleasant to the Bolsheviki, because the Bolsheviki - deny any religion or any religious sentiment. They oppose the - Russian clergy and the Russian clergy oppose the Bolsheviki, - and the Russian priests are treated very badly. For instance, - they are set to do streetwork, cleaning the streets, paving - streets, digging ditches, and so on. The workmen told me - several times, ‘The Bolsheviki are sending out priests to work - in the streets. Why do they not send their rabbis?’ And that is - true. _The Jewish Rabbis are not sent to work on the streets._ - The Bolsheviki are opposing religion to such an extent that - lately when I was going to Petrograd they raised a question - of teaching atheism in the schools. They boast that they have - opened so many schools, but they do not say that they closed - as many schools as they opened. We had schools in connection - with the churches, in connection with every church there was a - school, and all these schools are closed now.”[22] - -Further evidence that the Bolsheviki, although attacking Christianity, -protect the Jewish religion, is found in the following article, which -appeared on the 5th of July, 1919, in the weekly publication _Soviet -Russia_, page 15. The article is entitled “Soviet Tolerance.” It reads as -follows: - - “The New York Jewish Daily, ‘_The Day_,’ in its issue of - June 24th has the following cablegram from its European - correspondent, N. Shiffrin: ‘Glad Tidings from Russia.’ ‘The - Zionists have organized throughout Russia Food Co-operative - Societies which are united in every city into Central - Co-operative Associations united in the All-Russian Federation - of Jewish Food Co-operative Associations. The Federation is in - part subsidized by the Moscow Soviet Government. All schools of - the Zionists in which the language of instruction is ancient - Hebrew, as well as the Hebrew High School in Minsk, have been - taken over by the government. They have been incorporated - in the Public School System which is maintained by the - Commissariat of Public Education.’” - -The significant part of this article consists in the fact that the old -Hebrew is a religious language in which the Talmud is written. The old -Hebrew can serve only for the study of the Talmud as well as of other -Jewish religious writings. Thus, while combating the Christian religion, -the Bolsheviki are extending protection to the Jewish religion and to the -synagogues. - -In a pamphlet entitled “The Russian Church under the Bolsheviks,” -recently published in England, is printed the appeal of Father Serge -Orlov, “who played an important part in the Reform movement in the -Russian church,” and who is now in Switzerland, where the National -Consistory has expressed its sympathy for the Russian people by composing -a special prayer for the liberation of Russia from the Bolsheviks. We -quote the following passages from this appeal of Father Orlov: - - “Owing to Bolshevism the Orthodox Russian Church is passing - through so acute a crisis that there is serious danger to the - fundamental idea of the whole of Christianity. - - “Bolshevism is essentially hostile to Christ, and manifests - even greater hatred towards Christianity than did the pagan - power of the first centuries.... - - “Bolshevism and the Christian Church cannot exist side by side. - - “The persecution of the Church began in January, 1918, and has - been increasing since then. The Bolsheviks issued a decree - on the disestablishment of the Church, although never had - the Russian Church been so firmly in the grip of the secular - authorities as in Soviet Russia. The Church has not only been - robbed but treated with contumely. Every commissary has the - right of prohibiting a service if he suspects the priest or his - congregation of counter-revolutionary tendencies. Practically - whenever he chooses he can close a church, turn it into a - cinema, mock at the ancient sacred relics, and in general - insult people’s religious feelings. - - “But it is strange that the greater the persecution of the - Russian Church the nearer and dearer does it become to the - tortured Russian people. Indeed, the priests of the Russian - Church boldly denounce the Bolsheviks. _Not one of the secular - rulers has accused them so openly as Tikhon, the All-Russian - Patriarch, over whom the Damocles sword of the Bolsheviks is - always hanging. But the sword can only kill the body, and not - the spirit._ - - “As early as last February, Patriarch Tikhon excommunicated the - Bolsheviks, the excommunication being read in the churches. At - that time the persecution of the clergy had already commenced, - but the Patriarch had not been arrested. It was only later, - in the autumn of 1918, during the universal Terror, that he - was placed under domiciliary arrest in his apartments in the - Kremlin, with a guard of Chinese, Letts and Red Army men, and - deprived of his rations. But even as a prisoner the Patriarch - issued declarations against the Bolsheviks, in which he - severely denounced them. - - “_It is not enough,” writes the Patriarch, “that you have - stained the hands of the Russian people with the blood of their - brethren. You have instigated the people to open, shameless - robbery. You have befogged their consciences and stifled their - conviction of sin, but under whatever name you disguise an evil - deed, murder, violence and robbery will always remain crimes - and deeds of evil that clamor to Heaven for vengeance. Yes, we - are going through a dreadful time under your dominion, and it - will be long before it fades from the hearts of the nation, - where it has dimmed the image of God and impressed that of the - beast._ - - “But as yet the Bolsheviks have not dared to raise their hand - against the aged Patriarch. Apparently he is alive.” - -A faint idea of what the Bolsheviks are doing to the Russian Church may -be gathered from the following: - - “According to information received from A. Kartashov, former - Minister of Cults, by December, 1918, the Bolsheviks had killed - ten archbishops and bishops; it is difficult to ascertain - the number of priests killed. It reaches several hundreds. - The Patriarch is a prisoner in his own house. According to - the (later) message from the Archbishop of Omsk, President - of the Supreme Administration of the Orthodox Church, to the - Archbishop of Canterbury, the Metropolitan of Kiev, twenty - bishops and hundreds of priests have been assassinated. Some - were buried alive. ‘Wherever the Bolsheviks are in power,’ says - the Archbishop of Omsk, ‘the Christian Church is persecuted - with even greater ferocity than in the first three centuries of - the Christian era.’ - - “When, in January, 1919, the town of Yuriev (Dorpat) was taken - by the Bolsheviks, Bishop Platon was arrested. The Reval papers - thus describe the Bishop’s last moments. The Bolsheviks burst - into his house at night, dragged him from his bed. Barefoot - and clad only in his under-linen, the Bishop, with 17 other - persons, was dragged down to the cellars of the house they had - been arrested in. Here the Red executioners rushed at them with - their axes and killed them. - - “Near Kotlas, all the ten monks of the monastery, with the - prior at their head, were shot for agitation against the Soviet - authorities.” - -Information has come from Omsk that as a result of a judicial -investigation of the Bolshevik terror in Perm, the following has been -discovered:— - - “Archbishop Andronik was buried alive; Vassili, Archbishop - of Chernigov, who had come to Moscow to inquire about the - fate of Archbishop Andronik, was cut down and killed with - his two companions. Bishop Feofan was first tortured, then - dipped several times into the river through a hole in the ice, - and finally drowned in the River Kama. Besides this, it was - discovered that 50 priests had been executed. Before being - killed they were horribly tortured. - - “At the evacuation of Cherdyn the Bolsheviks took with them - among other hostages a highly respected priest, Nicolas - Koniurov, whom they subjected to atrocious torments. - - “During a severe frost they stripped the old man naked and - poured water over him until he was transformed into a statue of - ice.” - - (“_The Russian Church under the Bolsheviks,” pages 1, 2, 3._) - -The statement of the Rev. R. Courtier-Forster, British Chaplain at -Odessa, already cited under the head of “Terror,” contains the following -passage as to the martyrdom of Christians under the Bolsheviki: - - “It was the martyrdom of the two Metropolitans and the - assassination of so many Bishops and the killing of hundreds - of various Christian ministers of religion, regardless of - denomination or school of thought, that proved the undoing of - the _Scourge_. Russian Orthodox clergy, Protestant Lutheran - pastors, Roman Catholic priests, were tortured and done to - death with the same light-hearted indiscrimination in the name - of Toleration and Freedom. Then it was that the _Scourge_, - seeing the last remnants of Liberty ground under the heel of - a tyranny more brutal in its methods than a mediaeval torture - chamber, published another full-page cartoon representing Moses - descending from the Burning Mount, bringing in his arms the - Tables of Ten Commandments to Humanity, and being stoned to - death by a mob of workmen’s and soldiers’ delegates. - - “The following Sunday afternoon I was passing through the Town - Gardens, when I saw a group of Bolshevist soldiers insulting - an Ikon of the Thorn-crowned Face of Christ. The owner of - the Ikon was spitting in the pictured Face, while the others - were standing around watching with loud guffaws of laughter. - Presently they tore the sacred picture into fragments, danced - on it, and trampled and stamped the pieces into the mud.” - - (_“Bolshevism, Reign of Torture at Odessa,” by Rev. R. - Courtier-Forster, reprinted from The Times, Dec. 3, 1919, page - 4._) - - -(_d_) _Inciting Class Hatred_ - -It will be recalled that the Protocols specifically refer to the -incitement of class hatred as one of the most effective means of bringing -about the destruction of Christian, that is, “GOY” states. The concluding -sentence of Protocol No. IV reads as follows: - - “It will be at that stage that the lower classes of the - GOYS, not for the sake of doing good, nor even for the sake - of wealth, but solely because of their hatred towards the - privileged, will follow us against the intelligent GOYS, our - competitors for power.” - -This remarkable stipulation of the Protocols is literally followed by -the Jewish Soviet officials in Russia. This is how Mr. Roger E. Simmons, -in his testimony before the Overman Committee, describes the policy of -inciting class hatred by the Bolsheviki in Russia: - - MR. SIMMONS. “Being a social revolution, of course the worst - parts about it are the results of the awful class hatred the - Bolsheviki leaders are inciting. They are inciting it in every - part of the country by their publications and in all their - efficient propaganda. It has not been any more disastrous - in any parts of Russia, I believe, than it has been in many - villages among the peasantry. - - “Their policy has as an underlying motive the arousing of - class antagonism, the proletariat hating the bourgeoisie. In - practice it means that the less fortunate in every industry and - institution bear animus against those qualified to hold better - positions. This has been indirectly the cause of most of the - incidents of terrorism witnesses have spoken of, more of which - I will tell you about later. - - “When it was seen that the peasantry did not rally to the - support of the Bolshevik cause and that they refused to sell - grain for rubles without value, the Bolsheviki took the class - issue to the villages. Lenine calls this movement awakening - class consciousness of the peasantry. He organized for this - work ‘poor committees,’ as they are called in translation. - These committees of soldiers go out to the villages to inflame - the dissatisfied elements and to extract by force food from the - peasants.... But Lenine sends the poor committees, agitators, - to incite peasants who have no land to conspire against those - who have, and to take the guns he gives them for fighting, - robbing, and plundering neighbors in their own and neighboring - villages who have land. When you come later to read, gentlemen, - the history of the Russian revolution, some of the bloodiest - fights, you will find, and worst horrors, have occurred in - villages. Those simple, peace-loving people have been living - among themselves for centuries in more or less harmony under - their communistic system. But all of a sudden Lenine, by his - nefarious policies, sets the passions of the demoralized class - aflame and turns them against the other two classes. Instead - of promoting brotherly love and helping to make the sentiment - of the nation one for the good of all, as we are striving to - do in America, the Bolsheviki are trying by _jealousy and - animosity to disintegrate the population of various localities_ - into classes with a view of the honest toiler being overcome - and subjected. Now this is a serious matter. The peasantry - represent 85 per cent of the 160,000,000 Russians. - - “In Russia class hatred is seen manifested everywhere. I - will mention one illustration which I saw in Petrograd—the - undressing of a woman. I had heard about it before. It was - about 6:30, growing dark, as I was walking down the Nevsky - Prospect on my way home. I heard a yell of distress from a - woman up a street running perpendicularly to the Nevsky. There - two soldiers were removing the cloak—a very good substantial - cloth coat—from a woman. And when protests were made by the - standers-by, the answer was, ‘We have blacked your boots and - washed your clothes for many years. Now you bourgeoisie have - got to bow to us and wash our clothes and black our boots.’ - Undressing to steal clothes went on to a considerable extent - in Moscow, Petrograd and Kiev, according to reports. It went - as far as taking off besides cloaks the very dresses of women, - and where they could handle it, taking also the clothes and - overcoats off men.... - - “Now, you can see that all their practices aimed to invite - people to do acts of that kind showing intense hatred—I - wish I could think of another word, it is more than - hatred—detestation—against people that they thought were a - little higher up. Now, remember, as I pointed out in the first - place this hatred is against a good many of these people in - the cities, and people like the peasants who had land, who - belonged to the proletariat. But because they did not agree, - they call them bourgeoisie. You can see that they are fighting - parts of the very class for whom they say they are trying - to establish a dictatorship. They are not trying to put the - proletariat in power, but the most demoralized elements of that - class, which represents, gentlemen, a very small per cent. - - “Now, this class hatred is a matter we have got to consider, - I think, with a great deal of interest and a great deal of - seriousness, because it is the basis of their international - movement.”[23] - - -(_e_) _Autocracy in Government_ - -The Protocols call for a world autocracy and state that liberalism in -government is a source of weakness which should be encouraged by the Jews -only for the temporary object of destroying Christian states with the -ultimate purpose of establishing a Jewish despotism over the whole world. - - “Only an autocrat can outline great and clear plans which - allocate in an orderly manner all the parts of the mechanism of - the government machinery.” - -On the other hand, the Protocols state as follows: - - “In all parts of the world the words ‘Liberty, Equality, and - Fraternity’ have brought whole legions into our ranks through - our blind agents, carrying our banners with delight. Meanwhile - these words were worms which ruined the prosperity of the GOYS, - everywhere destroying peace, quiet, and solidarity, undermining - all the foundations of their states.” - -Ambassador Francis, when asked by Senator King whether Lenin and Trotzky -and those who are in control of the Bolshevik government were there as -the result of a general election, testified:[24] - - MR. FRANCIS. “No, no. They are there as usurpers.” - - SENATOR KING. “By force and terror?” - - MR. FRANCIS. “I do not think they represent more than ten per - cent of the Russians.” - - SENATOR OVERMAN. “Of the whole 180,000,000?” - - MR. FRANCIS. “Of the whole 180,000,000.” - -Mr. Roger E. Simmons also describes the Bolshevik government as it -existed when he left Russia in November, 1918, as follows: - - “The Soviet government, composed solely of Bolsheviks, of a - portion only of the ‘manual proletariat’ is a government in - name only. Rightly stated, it is a well-organized institution - functioning to further the social revolution, the overthrow of - all recognized standards of morality and civilization.”[25] - -That gradual despotism shown by the testimony of these witnesses to -exist in 1918 has tended to become more and more complete is shown by -evidence of a recent date. The British White Book, “Russia No. 1 (1919), -Collection of Reports on Bolshevism in Russia,” contains a report of a -Mr. C. who was formerly connected with a commercial company which had a -branch in Moscow. This document bears the date of January 21, 1919. Among -other information therein contained is the following: - - “All factories nationalized; only about half of them working. - Men all anti-Bolshevik. Very discontented with conditions of - life, and with the working of the factories. Conditions getting - worse and worse every day. A great many of the men have gone - to the country, as it is practically impossible to live in the - towns.... In Petrograd more attempts to strike than in Moscow; - this is because in Moscow the workmen are more under the power - of the government, and _they do not dare to strike_. Even if - they did there is nothing to gain by it, for the government - would simply stop their wages, discharge a good many, and - probably cancel their bread cards.” - -As recently as in the fall of 1919 conditions in the factories were -reported to be intolerable. The Soviet officials have gone far beyond -that part of the program of Karl Marx in his “Communist Manifesto,” which -prescribes “Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial -armies, especially for agriculture.” The Soviet government’s Code of -Labor Laws, translated into English and published in New York in _Soviet -Russia_, the organ of the Russian Soviet Bureau, in its issue of February -21, 1920, imposes compulsory labor upon every one, male or female, -between the ages of sixteen and sixty, unless physically disqualified, -and enforces iron discipline of the most tyrannical nature. - -Moreover, the New York _World_ of Friday, April 9, 1920, published an -article entitled “Mobilize Russian Labor,” in which it was stated that -Trotzky, addressing the ninth convention of the Communist Party at Moscow -on March 27, 1920, directed his address chiefly to defining the relation -between the mobilization of industry to the industrial rehabilitation of -Russia, and stated: - - “Mobilization is more necessary now than it was formerly, - because we have to deal with the peasant population and masses - of unskilled labor which cannot be utilized to the fullest - extent by any other means than military discipline. Trades - unions are capable of organizing great masses of qualified - workers, but 30 per cent of the people cannot be reached by - this means.” - - An elaborate system among the workmen had been gradually - established and at present the communist spy reporting directly - to the Soviets has almost mediaeval powers of executing a man - merely for the reason that he is opposed to the tyranny of the - Soviets. Moreover, by the weapon of starvation, the workman is - compelled to work more hours than under any preceding form of - government. The very right to strike is entirely denied the - workmen. Every strike is called sabotage against the Soviets - and every act of sabotage is forbidden under pain of capital - punishment. Supplementary Decree No. 27 deals specifically - with incitements to strike. Persons violating such decree - are brought before the Extraordinary Committees to Combat - Counter-revolution. - -This situation strikingly recalls a passage in the Protocols where it is -stated: - - “Civilization cannot exist without _absolute despotism_, for - government is carried on not by the masses, but by their leader - whoever he may be.” - -Is Trotzky this leader? - -Immediately before his departure from the United States for Russia in -order to join his brethren who were engaged in the destruction of the -Russian state, Trotzky made the following boast: - - “_I stand forth the world’s greatest internationalist. I shall - rule Russia._” - -Then he made this appeal to the audience: - - “On with our world civil war! On with the world revolution! - Down with the governments!” - -Unfortunately, the wise step taken by the British Government in arresting -Trotzky at Halifax while on his way to Russia was countermanded, and -Lieut.-Colonel J. B. Maclean, proprietor of _Maclean’s Magazine_, -published at Toronto, in an article entitled “Why Did We Let Trotzky -Go?”, printed in the issue of June, 1919 (Vol. XXXII, No. 6), referring -to various explanations for his release, says, “Finally it is said it was -done at the request of the British Embassy at Washington over the head of -the British and American Intelligence Department; and that the Embassy -acted on the request of the U. S. State Department, who were acting for -some one else.” - - - - -II. PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE PROTOCOLS AND JEWISH WRITINGS - - -There are many passages in the writings and speeches of well-known -Jewish leaders at various times during the last hundred years which show -a remarkable parallelism with some of the important ideas set forth -in the Protocols. The following instances may be cited as a result -of a search which is by no means exhaustive. In each case we cite a -passage taken verbatim from the Protocols, followed under the title of -“Substantiations” by parallel quotations from well-known Jews. - - -1. EXTRACTS FROM PROTOCOLS - -=(a) “The prophets have told us that we were chosen by God himself to -reign over the world. God endowed us with genius to enable us to cope -with the problem.” (Protocol No. V.)= - -=(b) “God has given us, his chosen people, the power to scatter, and what -to all appears to be our weakness has proved to be our strength, and has -now brought us to the threshold of universal rule.” (Protocol No. XI.)= - -=(c) “When the King of Israel places the crown on his sacred head, -offered him by Europe, he will be the Patriarch of the World.” (Protocol -No. XV.)= - - -_Substantiations_ - -(_a_) “The men of all nations shall be subject to Israel, but those who -have ruled over you shall be destroyed with the sword.” - -(_Apocalypse of Baruch (LXXII), a well-known Jewish work of the first -century A.D._) - -(_b_) “Our task is great and holy and its success is guaranteed. -Catholicism, our greatest foe, lay wounded in its brains. The net which -is being spread by Israel all over the surface of the earth will spread -day by day, and the glorious prophecies of our holy rights will be -finally realized. The time is approaching when Jerusalem will become the -home of worship of all peoples and the banner of the Jewish monotheism -will be flying on the most distant coast. Our strength is enormous, we -must learn how to apply it in practice. What have we to be afraid of? -The day is approaching when all the wealth of the world will become the -property of the Sons of Israel.” - -(_Isaac-Adolphe Crémieux, founder of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, -quoted by Serge Nilus, in a footnote which appears on page 172 in 1917 -edition of his book, “It is near! At the door!” A reference to the same -document of the Alliance Israélite Universelle can be found in issue No. -24, December 15, 1909, of the Arabic paper “Al Kalemat” (“The World”), -which was published in New York. See article entitled, “A Chapter -Concerning Moral Discussions. Concerning the Destroyers of the Foundation -of the Christian Faith,” pp. 461-464._) - -(_c_) “It has always been a unique feature of Judaism that its traits of -particularism—essential to its self-preservation—have been blended with -the highest aspirations of _universalism_.” - -(_Paul Goodman, “Zionism and Liberal Judaism,” Zionist Review, Nov. -1917._) - -(_d_) “When we read in the Book of Isaiah that the prophet of the exile -declared that the Jews were God’s witnesses, chosen for a religious -purpose and charged with a religious mission, we believe that he was -speaking words which were inspired by God.” - -(_Cl. G. Montefiore, “Outlines of Liberal Judaism,” p. 166. London: -Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1912._) - -(_e_) “The Jews energetically reject the idea of fusion with the other -nationalities and cling firmly to their historical hope, _i.e._, of world -empire.” - -(_From speech of Dr. Mandelstam, Professor in the University of Kiev, -Russia, delivered at the Basel Zionist Congress of 1898. See H. S. -Chamberlain’s “The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century,” Vol. I, p. -335. London: John Lane. 1913._) - -(_f_) “The Jew will never be able to assimilate himself; he will never -adopt the customs and ways of other peoples. The Jew remains a Jew under -all circumstances. Every assimilation is purely exterior.” - -(_From speech of Rabbi Dr. Leopold Kahn on Zionism, delivered in July, -1901, in the orthodox Jewish school in Pressburg, Idem._) - -(_g_) “The governments of all countries, scourged by anti-Semitism, will -serve their own interests in assisting us to obtain the sovereignty we -want.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 11. Published by the Federation of -American Zionists, New York, 1917._) - -(_h_) “Christianity itself seems to Jews only a stage in the preparation -of the world for a purified, developed and universalized Judaism.” - -(_Cl. G. Montefiore, “Outlines of Liberal Judaism,” p. 163. London. -1912._) - -(_i_) “Liberal Judaism has higher ambitions for the Jewish people. Above -all, it seeks to preserve the _Jewish religion_ in full beauty and power, -and _to extend its workings to a sphere co-extensive with the universe of -men_.”[26] - -(_Rabbi Mattuck, quoted by Paul Goodman in his article on “Zionism and -Liberal Judaism,” in the Zionist Review, November, 1911. Reprinted by -Petty & Sons, Ltd., Whitehall Printeries, Leeds, pp. 2 and 3._) - -(_j_) “It is not given to every one to _understand_ that which is not yet -finished.... Yes! The likelihood of realizing our demands and proposals -grows with our numbers and with the increase in our strength. For the -present we have reason to be satisfied with the spirit in which our -aspirations were regarded by the mighty ones of the earth. _Do not demand -more than this intimation from your Action Committee. In this respect you -must have implicit confidence in it. You may freely question it regarding -all other matters._” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “Congress Addresses,” delivered at London, August 13, -1900, at the Zionist Congress. Published by the Federation of American -Zionists, New York, 1917._) - -(_k_) “Let the sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the globe -large enough to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the nation: _the -rest we shall manage for ourselves_.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 11._) - - -2. EXTRACTS FROM PROTOCOLS - -=(a) “We must follow a program of violence and hypocrisy, not only for -the sake of profit, but also as a duty and for the sake of victory.” -(Protocol No. I.)= - -=(b) “When we finally become rulers ... we will see to it that no plots -are hatched against us. To effect this we will kill heartlessly all who -take up arms against the establishment of our rule.” (Protocol No. XV.)= - - -_Substantiations_ - -(_a_) “Our people who are receiving the new country from the Society will -also thankfully accept the new constitution it offers them. Should they, -however, show signs of rebellion, they will be promptly crushed.” (_Theo. -Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 38._) - -(_b_) “The interests of the revolution require the physical annihilation -of the bourgeois class. It is time for us to start.” (_Red Gazette_, Aug. -31, 1918, No. 159. Published by the Petrograd Soviet of the Workmens’ & -Soldiers’ Deputies, presided over by the Jew, Apfelbaum—Zinoviev.) - -(_c_) “Blood and mercilessness must be our slogans.” (Leon Trotzky, -International Communist Congress, Moscow, March, 1919. Quoted, _New York -Evening Sun_, March 18, 1919.) - - -3. EXTRACTS FROM PROTOCOLS - -=(a) “We will also artfully and deeply undermine the sources of -production by teaching the workmen Anarchy and the use of alcohol, at -the same time taking measures to expel all the intelligent Goys from the -land.= - -=“That the true situation should not be noticed by the Goys until the -proper time, we will mask it by a pretended desire to help the working -classes and great economic principles, an active propaganda of which -principles is being carried on through the dissemination of our economic -theories.” (Protocol VI.)= - -=(b) “We will present ourselves in the guise of saviors of the workers -from this oppression, when we suggest that they enter our army of -Socialists, Anarchists, Communists, to whom we always extend our help -under the guise of the rule of brotherhood demanded by the human -solidarity of our social masonry.” (Protocol III.)= - - -_Substantiations_ - -(_a_) “When the Jew gives his thought, his devotion, to the cause of -the workers and of the dispossessed, of the disinherited of the world, -the radical quality within him there, too, goes to the roots of things, -and in Germany he becomes a Marx and a Lassalle, a Haas and an Edward -Bernstein; in Austria he becomes a Victor Adler and a Friedrich Adler; in -Russia, a Trotzky. Just take for a moment the present situation in Russia -and in Germany. The revolution set creative forces free, and see what -a large company of Jews was available for immediate service. Socialist -Revolutionaries and Mensheviki, and Bolsheviki, Majority and Minority -Socialists—whatever they be called ... _Jews are to be found among the -trusted leaders and the routine workers of all those revolutionary -parties_.” - -(_Rabbi J. L. Magnes in his address delivered at the opening session of -the first Jewish Labor Congress, January 16, 1919, New York City. See the -Jewish Forum, February, 1919, P. 722._) - -(_b_) “The Jew, therefore, does take an active part in revolutions; and -he participates in them in so far as he is a Jew, or more correctly in -_so far as he remains Jewish_.” - -(_Bernard Lazare, “Anti-Semitism: Its History and Causes,” p. 312. -Published by International Library Publishing Co., New York, 1903._) - -(_c_) “We must not, however, leave these problems (social) and this -reform (social) outside of our Jewish thought, our Jewish activities. -We must not let them be taken by active Christians and stamped as -specifically Christian.” - -(_Rabbi Montefiore, “Outlines of Liberal Judaism,” pp. 266 and 267. -London, 1912._) - -(_d_) “_Das Volk_, a Jewish periodical published in America, writes in -1905: - -“‘One cannot blame us that people with different mentalities and views -as _Social Democrats_, _Anarchists_, and so on, are filled with our -socialist territorial ideas, and enter in our ranks in order to struggle -for a better future of the Jewish people. On the contrary, it shows that -life itself has raised our ideal and drives all under our banner.’” - -(_The Jewish Life, March, 1906, p. 173. Jewish newspaper published in -Russian, found in New York Public Library._) - -(_e_) The following quotation is an estimate by Bernard Lazare, -Jewish writer, of the part which was and is played by the Jews in the -revolutionary movement throughout the world: - -“Their [_i.e._, the Jews’] contribution to present-day Socialism was, -as is well known, and still is, very great. The Jews, it may be said, -are situated at the poles of contemporary society. They are found among -the representatives of industrial and financial capitalism, and among -those who have vehemently protested against capital. Rothschild is -the antithesis of Marx and Lassalle; the struggle for money finds its -counterpart in the struggle against money, and the world-wide outlook of -the stock-speculator finds its answer in the international proletarian -and revolutionary movement. It was Marx who gave the first impulse to -the founding of the Internationale through the manifesto of 1847, drawn -up by himself and Engels. Not that it can be said that he ‘founded’ -the Internationale, as is maintained by those who persist in regarding -the Internationale as a secret society controlled by the Jews. Many -causes led to the organization of the Internationale, but from Marx -proceeded the idea of a Labor Congress, which was held at London in -1864, and resulted in the founding of that society. The Jews constituted -a very large proportion of its members, and in the General Council of -the society, we find Karl Marx, Secretary for Germany and Russia, and -James Cohen, Secretary for Denmark. Many of the Jewish members of the -Internationale took part subsequently in the Commune, where they found -others of their faith. In the organization of the socialist party, the -Jews participated to the greatest extent. Marx and Lassalle in Germany, -Aaron Libermann and Adler in Austria, Dobrojan Gherea in Roumania, are, -or were at one time, its creators and its leaders. The Jews of Russia -deserve special notice in this brief résumé. Young Jewish students, -scarcely escaped from the Ghetto, have played an important part in the -Nihilistic propaganda; some, among them women, have given up their lives -for the cause of Liberation, and to these young Jewish physicians and -lawyers, we must add the large number of exiled workingmen who have -founded in London and New York important labor societies, which serve as -centers of socialistic and even of anarchistic propaganda.” - -(_Bernard Lazare, “Anti-Semitism,” pp. 312, 313, and 314._) - -(_f_) “When we sink, we become a revolutionary proletariat, the -subordinate officers of the revolutionary party; when we rise, there -rises also our terrible power of the purse.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 10._) - -(_g_) “Thus it would seem as if the grievance of the anti-Semite were -well founded; the Jewish spirit is essentially a revolutionary spirit, -and _consciously or otherwise, the Jew is_ a revolutionist.” - -(_Bernard Lazare, “Anti-Semitism,” p. 298._) - - -4. EXTRACT FROM PROTOCOLS - -=“At present as an international force we are invulnerable.” (Protocol -III.)= - - -_Substantiations_ - -(_a_) “Nothing effectual can really be done to our injury.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 9._) - -(_b_) “The very impossibility of getting at the Jews nourishes and -embitters hatred of them.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 10._) - -(_c_) “It is of course possible to get at shares and debentures in -railways, banks and industrial concerns of all descriptions, by taxation, -and where the progressive income tax is in force, all our realized -property can eventually be laid hold of. But all these efforts cannot -be directed against Jews alone, and where they have nevertheless been -made, severe economic crises with far-reaching effects have been their -immediate consequences.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 10._) - -(_d_) “A distracted and divided people have been so well instructed -in thought that the unity of Israel is greater than all the differing -religions, social, economic and political views of the individuals who -make up a nation, that the Rabbis of Eastern Europe have entered in full -force into the vanguard of the movement.” - -(_Jacob de Haas. See his preface to Hertzl’s “The Jewish State,” p. 8._) - -(_e_) “... _There is such a thing as a Kol_ (All) _Israel policy to -be pursued by all Jews together, regardless of their political, their -economic, their spiritual outlook._” - -(_Rabbi Judas L. Magnes, Speech delivered at the Jewish Labor Congress, -Jan. 16, 1919, at Yorkville Casino, New York City; quoted in the Jewish -Forum, February, 1919, p. 720._) - -(_f_) “The Jewish people, traditionally and through its experience, -knows the meaning of internationalism, and it must apply the method of -internationalism to its own national life as well, sharing the destiny of -every people, free and oppressed, in freeing the world in order that it -itself may be freed.” - -(_Rabbi Judas L. Magnes, Ibid., p. 721._) - -(_g_) “But, in order that the Jewish people may do its work in the world, -it must be organized—_organized for its specific purposes_ as well as for -participation in all of the cultural and spiritual movements of humanity.” - -(_Rabbi Judas L. Magnes, Ibid., p. 724._) - -(_h_) “_Here we are, just Jews and nothing else, a nation among nations. -Take it or leave it._” - -(_From speech of Dr. Weizman, delivered in Manchester, England, Dec. 9, -1917, partially quoted in a pamphlet entitled “Great Britain, Palestine -and the Jews,” p. 73. Published by Geo. H. Doran Co., New York._) - -(_i_) “Our union is not a French one, nor English, nor Swiss, nor German. -Nay, our union is Jewish and it is universal. The other peoples are -split into nationalities. We, however, are the only ones who have no -co-citizens, but exclusively co-religionists. The Jew will not sooner -become the friend of a Christian or a Mohammedan than at the time when -the light of the Jewish faith—the only religion of reason—will spread -throughout the world. Scattered among peoples who are hostile to our -rights, to our interests, we wish above all to be and always to remain -Jews. Our nationality is the religion of our fathers and we do not -recognize any other. Living in lands of dispersion we cannot be concerned -about the changing aims of those lands which are strange to us until -the time when our own aims both moral and material are in danger. The -Jewish teachings must spread all over the world. Sons of Israel! however -much the faith would disperse you all over the earth, always consider -yourselves as members of a chosen people. If you realize and if you -understand that the faith of our ancestors is our sole patriotism, _if -you realize that in spite of your cover nationalities you form only one -and the same people_, if you believe that only Judaism constitutes the -religious and political truth, if you are convinced in the above, you -universal sons of Israel, you will come to us, you will listen to our -appeal and you will prove that you accept it.” - -(In 1860, Isaac Adolphe Crémieux, the well-known Jewish leader in France, -founded the Universal Jewish Alliance (Alliance Israélite Universelle). -On this occasion he issued a circular appeal to the Jewish organizations -throughout the world. The above quotation is from this circular appeal. -Quoted by A. Shmakoff, “Jewish Speeches,” p. 131.) - -(_j_) “It is our opinion that the Jewish question can be solved only by -the _Jews themselves.... We no longer want to wear the mask of any other -nationality._” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, in Congress Addresses delivered at Basle, December 26, -1901, p. 28. Published by the Federation of American Zionists, 1917, New -York._) - -(_k_) “Furthermore, it is well understood in Germany and in Austria -that the Jews of Russia have never had real citizenship in Russia, and -although a Jew may have been born in Russia, that does not necessarily -imply that he has been a citizen of Russia. Realizing that, and for -other apparent reasons, the German and Austrian Governments are making -every effort to secure the coöperation and good-will of the large Jewish -population, now under their control.” - -(_Rabbi Judas L. Magnes. See his letter to Mr. Byrlavski, June, 1916. -Published in the Report of the Commission of the American Jewish Relief -Fund. New York City, March, 1917._) - -(_l_) “Let us forget whence we spring. No more talk of ‘German’ or of -‘Portuguese’ Jews. Though scattered over the earth we are nevertheless a -single people.” - -(_Rabbi Salomon Lipmann-Cerfberr in his opening speech delivered on July -26, 1806, at the meeting preparatory to the Synedrion. Quoted by H. S. -Chamberlain in his “Foundations of the Nineteenth Century” Vol. I, p. -329._) - -(_m_) “_Israel is a nationality._ We are born Jews, ‘_natu_’ because -we are born Jews. A child born from Jewish parents is Jewish. The very -birth casts on him all the duties of an Israelite. It is not through -circumcision that we obtain our Israelan quality. Nay, circumcision is in -no way analogous to Christian baptism. We are not Israelites because we -are circumcised, but, on the contrary, we circumcise our children because -we are Israelites. We acquire the Jewish character through our birth, -and we can never lose it nor get rid of it. _Even if a Jew denies his -religion, even if he is baptized, he does not cease to be an Israelite._ -All Israelite duties continue to remain with him.” - -(_Archives Israélites, 1864. Quotation from Ed. Drumont, “La France -Juive,” Vol. I, p. 14, 12th ed. Paris: C. Marpont E. Flammarion._) - - -5. EXTRACTS FROM PROTOCOLS - -=(a) “The economic crises were created by us for the Goys only by the -withdrawal of money from circulation.” (Protocol XX.)= - -=(b) “We hold in our hands the greatest modern power—Gold.” (Protocol -XXII.)= - - -_Substantiations_ - -(_a_) “The first official violation of Jewish liberties invariably brings -about an economic crisis. Therefore, no weapons can be effectually used -against us, because these cut the hands that wield them.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 43._) - -(_b_) “When we rise, there rises also our terrible power of the purse,” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 10._) - -(_c_) “The day is approaching when all the wealth of the world will -become the property of the Sons of Israel.” - -(_Isaac Adolphe Crémieux, quoted by A. Shmakoff, “Jewish Speeches,” p. -131._) - -(_d_) “The Government of Palestine (in the hands of Jews), composed of -_men of wisdom_ and of intellectuals _will guide_ the economic movement -not only of the Orient and of Anatolia, but probably also of the _whole -world_.” - -(_The Inkilab, a Jewish paper published in Constantinople. Quoted in La -Vieille France, No. 108, February 13, 1919, p. 21._) - - -6. EXTRACT FROM PROTOCOL - -=“At present, if any of the governments raises a protest against us, it -is done only as a matter of form and at our desire and by our order, -because their anti-Semitism is necessary to us to govern our smaller -brothers.” (Protocol IX.)= - - -_Substantiations_ - -(_a_) “The governments of all countries, scourged by anti-Semitism, will -serve their own interests in assisting us to obtain the sovereignty we -want.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 11._) - -(_b_) “Disaster binds us together, and, thus united, we suddenly discover -our strength. Yes, we are strong enough to form a State, and a model -State.” - -(_Theo. Hertzl, “The Jewish State,” p. 10._) - - - - -III. PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE PROTOCOLS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE JEWS -OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA - - -There are a number of important policies in the Protocols which find -a striking parallel in certain activities and movements among Jews in -various parts of the world outside of Russia. Among these policies of the -Protocols are: the control of the press for political purposes, securing -international or so-called “minority” rights for the Jews, the stirring -up of class hatred and social disorder, and the promotion of revolutions -and internationalism. - - -“SECRET KINGDOM OF THE PRESS” - -1. The boast is made in the Protocols that in Europe the press, with -unimportant exceptions, is under Jewish control. It is indeed true that -the Jewish influence in the press in many parts of the world is very -powerful. Just how powerful it is in America it is difficult to state. -It is certainly a great and growing power in New York City. A Jewish -magazine, _The American Jewish News_, recently pointed with pride to the -great number of newspapers in New York which are either controlled by -the Jews or in which Jews occupy important strategic positions. In the -article referred to, which was published in the issue of March 28, 1919, -under the title “Men Who Make Our Newspapers,” the following statement is -made: - - “While it is an accepted fact that certain of our industries - to-day are almost entirely directed and supported by Jewish - minds and labor, there are nevertheless just as many which are - not generally conceded to come within the same classification - which have at their head men of Jewish descent. Most - important among these latter is the greatest of all public - institutions—the press. - - “Hardly a newspaper of importance thrives in this city but it - has at its head or in some position of paramount influence - a man in whose fibre there is Jewish energy. And with one - exception the achievements of these men who mould and interpret - American public opinion could provide material for books of - incalculable inspiration.” - -The article proceeds to refer to several large dailies in New York which -are owned or controlled by Jews, with biographical sketches of these men -and their subordinates. At the end of the article it is stated that the -men mentioned are “but a few of a great number.” - -That there is nothing new in the Jewish policy of controlling the press -is shown by the following statement of Isaac-Adolphe Crémieux, who in -1860 founded the Alliance Israélite Universelle. - - “Consider the governmental and public offices as nothing. Look - upon all honors as upon nonsense. Do not pay any attention - for the time being to money itself.... _Capture the press!_ - Through it everything will come to you in the natural course of - events.”[27] - -The complete dictatorship over the press exercised by the Jewish -Bolshevist leaders in Soviet Russia is such a generally accepted fact -that it needs no extended comment. All newspapers that have attempted -in any way to criticize the Bolshevist government have been ruthlessly -suppressed, and many writers who have dared to criticize Trotzky have -been executed. - -The policy of the Bolsheviks is well expressed by one of the Soviet -officials, N. Bukharin, in “The Communist Program,” published by the -Soviet printing office, called “The Communist,” Moscow, 1918, Chapter -VII, pp. 20-23: - - “The Communist (Bolshevist) party receives from all sides - accusations and even threats like the following: ‘You close - newspapers, you arrest people, you forbid meetings, you trample - under foot freedom of speech and of the press, you reconstruct - autocracy, you are oppressors and murderers.’ It is necessary - to discuss in detail this question of the ‘liberties’ in a - Soviet Republic.... - - “At present the following is clear for the workingmen and the - peasants. The Communist party not only does not demand any - liberty of the press, of speech, meetings, unions, etc., for - the bourgeois enemies of the people, but, on the contrary, it - demands that the government should be always in readiness to - close the bourgeois press; to disperse the meetings of the - enemies of the people, to forbid them to lie, slander, and - spread panic; to crush ruthlessly all attempts at a restoration - of the bourgeois régime. This is precisely the meaning of the - dictatorship of the proletariat.” - - -“MINORITY RIGHTS” IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROTOCOLS - -2. From a practical point of view it is of the utmost importance to -Christian countries to ascertain whether the Jews are to be treated as -citizens who enjoy equal rights and equal duties with the rest of the -community, or whether they are to have, in addition, special privileges -uniform in every country because they are Jews. - -The American Constitution grants equal rights to all citizens of the -United States, without distinction as to race or religion. The same -conception of citizenship prevails in a majority of the western European -countries (Great Britain, Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland, -Norway, and Sweden). - -During the last two years, however, the Jews in various countries have -adopted a peculiar policy, threatening the fundamental principles of -equal citizenship, by demanding special national or minority rights -in central and eastern European states. During the Peace Conference -the Jews maintained an influential delegation at Paris which insisted -that such rights be granted to the Jews in Poland, Austria, Roumania, -Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Ukrainia. A special Bill of Jewish Rights -was presented by the Jewish delegation to the Peace Conference. This bill -contained the following stipulations: - - “_First_—New guarantees of citizenship for those born in the - territories affected, or resident therein since August, 1909. - - “_Second_—All citizens to enjoy equal civil, religious, - national and political rights, without distinction of birth, - race, nationality or religion. - - “_Third_—The right to use the language of any national minority - in business, private intercourse, public meetings or the press - shall be guaranteed; nor shall there be any restriction of such - language in the schools or other institutions, nor shall the - validity of any transaction or document be affected by the use - of any language whatsoever. - - “_Fourth_—The state shall recognize the several national - minorities as constituting distinct autonomous organizations, - having the right to establish, manage and control schools and - religious, educational, charitable and social institutions. - - “_Fifth_—Each national minority shall be allotted its - proportion of state, departmental and municipal funds, based on - the ratio of its numbers in the respective areas, as well as in - the entire population. - - “_Sixth_—Proportional representation of national minorities in - elected bodies. - - “_Seventh_—Those observing any other day except Sunday as - Sabbath shall not be required to perform on such days acts - they regard as desecrations, and shall be permitted to conduct - business on Sunday if they so desire. - - “_Eighth_—The signatories to the treaty, or any minority which - may be affected by failure to observe its provisions, shall be - entitled to submit complaints for adjudication to the League of - Nations, which will assume jurisdiction.” (New York _Tribune_, - June 12, 1919.) - -This Bill of Rights was strongly endorsed by the American Jewish Congress -held in Philadelphia in December, 1918. We quote an article in the New -York _Tribune_ of May 14, 1919, on this subject: - - “NATIONS MUST GUARANTEE RACIAL RIGHTS, SAYS MACK. - - “CHAIRMAN OF JEWISH DELEGATION TO PARIS CABLES RESULTS OF ITS - EFFORTS. - - “According to a cable received by the Zionist Organization of - America from its president, Judge Julian W. Mack, who is now - in Paris, heading the American Jewish Congress delegation to - the peace conference, and chairman of the Jewish delegations - from every part of Europe, the treaty offered to Germany - requires Poland and other nations to accept separate provisions - guaranteeing rights to racial, religious and linguistic - minorities within their boundaries. - - “Judge Mack says the word ‘national’ is not included in the - treaty as now formulated, but that a decision on this point is - expected in a few days. - - “He expresses himself as sanguine that the substance of the - demands adopted by the American Jewish Congress, held in - Philadelphia last December, will be obtained.” - -Moreover, the Bill of Rights was endorsed by most of the recognized -Jewish organizations throughout the world. - -“NINE MILLION JEWS PRESENT BILL OF RIGHTS AT PARIS,” is the title -under which the universal support of Hebrew national rights within the -boundaries of other nations was recorded by the New York _Tribune_ on -June 12, 1919. - -Mr. Edward Dillon, in his book “The Inside Story of the Peace -Conference,” referring to these national rights and to the support which -was extended to the Jewish demands, stated that the Allied policy was -“looked upon as anything but disinterested.” Mr. Dillon further said: - - “Unhappily this conviction was subsequently strengthened by - certain of the measures decreed by the Supreme Council between - April and the close of the Conference. The misgivings of other - delegates turned upon a matter which at first sight may appear - so far removed from any of the pressing issues of the twentieth - century as to seem wholly imaginary. They feared that a - religious—some would call it racial—bias lay at the root of Mr. - Wilson’s policy. It may seem amazing to some readers, but it is - none the less a fact, that a considerable number of delegates - believed that the real influences behind the Anglo-Saxon - peoples were Semitic. - - “They confronted the President’s proposal on the subject of - religious inequality, and, in particular, the odd motive - alleged for it, with the measures for the protection of - minorities which he subsequently imposed on the lesser states, - and which had for their keynote to satisfy the Jewish elements - in eastern Europe. And they concluded that the sequence of - expedients framed and enforced in this direction were inspired - by the Jews, assembled in Paris for the purpose of realizing - their carefully thought-out program, which they succeeded in - having substantially executed. However right or wrong these - delegates may have been, it would be a dangerous mistake to - ignore their views, seeing that they have since become one - of the permanent elements of the situation. The formula into - which this policy was thrown by the members of the Conference, - whose countries it affected, and who regarded it as fatal to - the peace of eastern Europe, was this: ‘Henceforth the world - will be governed by the Anglo-Saxon peoples, who, in turn, are - swayed by their Jewish elements.’” (Pages 496, 497.) - -Mr. Dillon emphasizes that the Jewish demands for special national -privileges were largely fomented by western Jews, including those of the -United States. He even states that among the many Jews who were present -at the Paris Peace Conference “the largest and most brilliant contingent -was sent by the United States.” (Page 12.) According to this author, -“Their principal mission, with which every fair-minded man sympathized -heartily, was to secure for their kindred in Eastern Europe rights equal -to those of the populations in whose midst they reside. And to the credit -of the Poles, Rumanians, and Russians, who were to be constrained to -remove all the existing disabilities, they enfranchised the Hebrew -elements spontaneously. But the western Jews who championed their eastern -brothers, proceeded to demand a further concession which many of their -own co-religionists hastened to disclaim as dangerous—a kind of autonomy -which Roumanian, Polish and Russian statesmen, as well as many of their -Jewish fellow-subjects, regarded as tantamount to the creation of a state -within a state.” (Page 13.) - -The treaties imposed by the Allies upon Poland, Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia, -Jugo-Slavia and Greece granted all, or nearly all the demands of the Jews -contained in the above “Bill of Rights,” while Austria and Hungary gave -pledges in their treaties with the Allied and Associated Powers, that -they would protect “minority rights” in the same general way defined in -the treaties with the other five powers. - -These treaties, as Mr. Dillon correctly points out, go much further -than to guarantee to the Jews residing in these several countries full -political equality with other citizens, and freedom from persecution or -discrimination on account of race or religion. Not only did the treaties -contain such guarantees,—which, Mr. Dillon states, the small powers in -question were quite willing to give,—but they contained a principle new -to international law, viz. that a racial minority should be treated in -various relations as a separate entity within the State, with separate -rights of its own, which it is permitted to enforce against the national -government. An illustration of this new principle is found in certain -articles of the treaty with Poland relating to educational matters. By -these articles the Polish State is actually compelled to permit the Jews, -in towns and districts where they constitute “a considerable proportion” -of the population, to administer primary education in their own language -in the Jewish schools, supported by an allocated part of the state funds. -The articles of the treaty which create this extraordinary “minority -right” are quoted _verbatim_ below. The two articles must be read -together and compared with each other to bring out their full meaning. - - -“ARTICLE 9 - -“Poland will provide in the public educational system in towns and -districts in which a considerable proportion of Polish nationals of other -than Polish speech are residents adequate facilities for ensuring that -in the primary schools the instruction shall be given to the children of -such nationals through the medium of their own language. This provision -shall not prevent the Polish Government from making the teaching of the -Polish language obligatory in the said schools. - -“In towns and districts where there is a considerable proportion of -Polish nationals belonging to racial, religious or linguistic minorities, -these minorities shall be assured an equitable share in the enjoyment and -application of the sums which may be provided out of the public funds -under the State, municipal or other budget, for educational, religious or -charitable purposes. - -“The provision of this article shall apply to Polish citizens of German -speech only in that part of Poland which was German territory on August -1, 1914. - - -“ARTICLE 10 - -“Educational Committees appointed locally by the Jewish Committees of -Poland will, subject to the general control of the State, provide for the -distribution of the proportional share of the public funds allocated to -the Jewish schools in accordance with Article 9, and for the organization -and management of these schools. - -“The provisions of Article 9 concerning the use of languages in schools -shall apply to these schools.” - -In some central European countries the Jews took prompt advantage of -the favorable feeling created in Paris by the Jewish leaders towards -the Jewish national demands. Thus, for instance, in Ukrainia a special -ministry for Jewish affairs was established, headed by Krasny Pinhoos, -a Jew. According to information contained in an editorial article in -the _New Witness_ of April 11, 1919, the new minister of the Jews “told -a press representative that the Jews take part in the spiritual and -social life of the Ukraine under conditions of equality with those of the -rest of the population, but that in affairs appertaining to the Jewish -community they would govern themselves.” - -The _New Witness_ made a rather peculiar deduction from the above -statement of Mr. Pinhoos: - - “But it is anyhow a good thing that in one country at least - the Jewish race should be regarded and should consent to be - regarded as something different and separate. We presume that - as soon as the Jewish State in Palestine is established, Mr. - Pinhoos will change his title to that of Jewish Ambassador. Mr. - Pinhoos hopes that before long there will be many other such - ministries established, but while Isaacs and Mond can govern - England and dictate to the Peace Conference, there is not much - hope that they will desire to rule the affairs of Whitechapel.” - -Mr. Israel Zangwill, in a recent address at the Poale Zion Conference in -London, went a step further when he stated that the race which produced -“a Beaconsfield, a Reading, a Montagu, a Klotz, a Kurt Eisner, a Trotzky” -should be represented as an independent member of the League of Nations. -(See Mr. Zangwill’s statement in _The Jewish Chronicle_, February 27, -1920, No. 2656, p. 28.) - -In view of the adoption of this policy by the Jews in Paris, Americans -are justified in ascertaining just what is the position of the American -Jewry with respect to enforcing such a program here. Our Constitution -knows no such thing as foreign national rights enjoyed by persons who at -the same time enjoy the privileges of American citizens. A subject of a -foreign nationality when he becomes an American citizen renounces his -former allegiance, and it is upon this condition only that he becomes a -member of our body politic. - -Nevertheless in the United States itself, where the Jews enjoy an -absolute equality of rights with all other citizens, they have recently -endeavored to build up an institution which is entirely opposed to the -spirit of the American Constitution, namely, a special Jewish court -which tries cases pertaining only to the Jews. This institution is known -as “The Jewish Court of Arbitration” and holds its sessions in one -of the Municipal Court rooms in New York City. This fact was briefly -recorded by the New York _Times_ in its issue of February 19, 1920, in an -article under the title, “Jews Here Start Modern Sanhedrin.” While this -significant fact may have passed almost unnoticed by the American public, -nevertheless it has already attracted attention in France. - -It is unthinkable to any American brought up under a system of government -which has provided a check against the oppression of minorities by the -majority, that special rights should be granted to any of the ethnic -elements of our population, such as the Jews, the Chinese, the Negroes, -or any other racial group, or that any of these groups should by virtue -of such special rights diminish our sovereignty by a treaty provision -similar to Article XII of the special treaty with Poland. By this article -Poland agreed that any member of the Council of the League of Nations -should have the right to bring to the attention of the Council any -infraction _or any danger of infraction_ of any of these obligations (the -national rights of the Jews), and that the Council may thereupon take -such action and give such directions as it may deem proper and effective -in the circumstances.[28] - -The whole question of Jewish double national rights is of the utmost -importance, since the recognized Zionist leaders and the international -Zionist organizations have on various occasions strongly urged the -adoption of such double rights. Such rights and privileges for the -Jews indeed are more than “national rights”; they are in one sense -international rights common to Jews living in different countries. -In other words, under such a system they would enjoy both the rights -of citizenship of the particular country in which they live, and in -addition, special privileges granted to them alone. The granting of such -privileges to the Jews would constitute a series of international rights -conferred exclusively upon the Jewish race. The Protocols of the Zionist -Men of Wisdom contemplate this very thing in the following language: - - “Then our international rights will sweep away the national - rights in a limited sense and will rule countries in the - same manner as the civil power of each state regulates the - relationship of its subjects among themselves.” (Protocol No. - II.) - -It is a question to what extent the demands for Jewish minority rights in -eastern European states may be a part of the general Zionist movement. -To this movement little attention can be given in this volume. It is -sufficient to quote a portion of an article published in the New York -_Globe_ on January 25, 1919, under the title “Want Brandeis to Govern -Judea.” The staff correspondent of the New York _Globe_ and Chicago -_Daily News_ in London, under date of December 31, 1918, refers to the -Zionist movement and the exposition of its objects and purposes by one of -its leaders, Ittimar Ben Avi: - - “If the plans and ambitions of the recently proclaimed nation - of Judea are fulfilled, Louis Brandeis, now Justice of the - United States Supreme Court, will be the first of the new - rulers of Israel. The dream of the renationalization of - Palestine which has lived for 2,000 years in the hearts of the - Jews is fast entering the realm of reality. Judea is sending - its delegates to the peace conference. Its existence as a - nation has been recognized by the allies, its declaration of - independence has been signed and its diplomats and politicians - are already busy moulding the future of its institutions. - - “Ittimar Ben Avi is the first of its peace delegates to reach - London. An impassioned idealist who already visions Judea - enrolled among the great powers of the world, is Ben Avi. But - his idealism and his oratorical agitations on behalf of Judea - have not impaired his worth as a diplomat. - - UNDER BRITISH TRUSTEESHIP - - “‘Israel cannot leap to its feet, full grown and capable,’ he - explained. ‘It has been scattered and dormant too long. As - delegate to the peace conference, I am to outline the demands - of the new Judea. The first and most important of these is the - political desire of the new Hebrew nation. We desire a British - trusteeship for a period of twenty-five years. We do not want - to establish a parliament or congress in Judea for at least - twenty-five years. The British have emancipated us from the - Turk. Great Britain is more capable of governing or overseeing - Palestine as a colony than any one other country. - - “‘If the English will agree to this our plan then includes - the appointment by England of a Zionist as governor-general - of Judea. It is more or less known among Zionists that Mr. - Justice Brandeis is the most logical man now living for the - position of governor-general. Under him there should be two - sub-governors—one a Christian and the other a Moslem. Both - should be appointed by England. We also intend to have attorney - generals for the various provinces and mayors for the various - communities in Palestine. These are to be elected by the people. - - “‘After twenty-five years Judea may be in position to govern - herself. As a totally independent nation and part of an entente - including Armenia and Arabia, Judea would be a powerful asset - to the western world not only as a producer of culture and a - contributor to the world’s markets, but as a military barrier - against any power seeking to control the Suez Canal.’ - - “OUTNUMBERED BY OTHERS - - “Ben Avi’s desire for a British over-lordship is inspired - by the fact that were Palestine to proclaim a complete - independence to-day and seek by popular vote to elect its - own ruler, the Moslem and Christian peoples living there - would outnumber and outvote the Hebrew population. The result - would be a nation in which the Jews were in the minority. By - England’s recognition of Judea as a Jewish nation and giving - its Moslems and Christians representation through sub-governor - generals, the Zionists are confident that their dreams will be - most practically fulfilled. - - “The history of Palestine’s struggle towards renationalizing of - the Jewish race is comparatively recent. Beginning some forty - years ago with the agitation of a handful of idealists, the - movement expanded slowly. Great effort to repopulate Palestine - with Jews drawn from Russia for the most part met with - indifferent success. In the face of ridicule and protest from - their own race, the Jews of England, the United States, France, - Russia and Germany, acting as an intensive minority, pursued - their dream.” - - -RADICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES OF THE JEWS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES - -3. The strategy of stirring up class hatred in Christian nations, and -the encouragement of revolutionary radicalism to that end, which has -such a prominent place in the Protocols, finds corroboration in the very -prominent part which, in recent times, the Jews have been taking in the -radical and revolutionary movement in many parts of the world, including -Hungary, Germany, Holland, Poland, the United States, and certain South -American states. - -The predominant influence of the Jews in the Bolshevist movement -throughout the world is a question which is publicly discussed in the -European press. The Budapest correspondent of the _London Times_ some -time ago stated: - - “Hungary is being terrorized by Jewish agitators.” (_American - Jewish News_, May 2, 1919.) - -Charges of this kind have appeared in the press in many European -countries. In this connection we call the attention of the reader to an -article of the _Morning Post_, entitled “An Insult to Poland,” August 30, -1919. In this article, among other things, the following is stated: - - “It is unfortunately true that Bolshevism is very largely a - Jewish movement. In Russia the Jewish Bolsheviks have taken a - terrible revenge upon all whom they regarded as enemies, and - also upon all who protected the Russian peasantry against the - exactions of the Jewish usurers.” - -This article closes with the following sentence: - - “And we warn Jews also, not for the first time. They are - showing themselves not Englishmen of the Jewish faith, as we - used to consider them, but a nation with a foreign policy of - their own—and that policy hostile to the friends of England. - And that is what in the end Englishmen will not stand.” - -The three following documents are also of importance: - -(_a_) An editorial article which appeared in the London _Morning Post_ on -April 8, 1919, entitled “Bolstering the Bolshevik.” - -(_b_) A letter signed by Lionel Rothschild and nine other well-known -British Jews to the editor of the London _Morning Post_, which -practically justifies the stand that was taken by that paper. - -(_c_) Comment on the two above-mentioned documents published in the -_American Jewish News_ on May 2, 1919. - -We set forth in full these three documents. - - -(_a_) “_Bolstering the Bolshevik_ - - “The news from Russia fluctuates from day to day. It is - now reported that the situation on the Murmansk Coast has - somewhat improved; but the situation in Archangel is obviously - critical. Our soldiers have driven off formidable attacks; - but the fighting is close and desperate. From South Russia - the Bolsheviks reported that Odessa had been captured, and - although we may hope that if this is true the Allied forces - were safely evacuated, there remains a terrible anxiety as to - the fate which may have overtaken our devoted friends in South - Russia. For these critical situations we do not blame the War - Office; but we do blame Allied policy which has trifled with - the whole situation and has alternated between large promises - to our Allies and obsequious approaches to our enemies. We are - informed that although the anti-Bolshevist Armies in Russia - have been promised arms and supplies in abundance, what they - have actually received has been contemptible. The result is - that they are fighting almost naked and in many cases without - arms. We may be certain both our soldiers and our allies in - Russia are putting up a brave and desperate fight for their - lives and their cause, but in these circumstances they must - feel that they have been forgotten, if not betrayed, by those - upon whom they looked for support. And so it is in Poland. We - hear from trustworthy sources that the spirit of the Poles - is magnificent. They are ready to become a strong and trusty - support of the Allies upon the eastern borders of Germany; but - they ask in vain for munitions, supplies and raw materials, and - they see their vital communications with the Baltic left in the - hands of their enemy and ours. - - “Poland and Russia are one problem in this sense. We must - support our friends if we are to defeat the Bolsheviks, and - their secret abettors the Germans. For it is certain in that - while Germany consistently suppresses Bolshevism in Germany - she encourages it in Poland and Russia. But we are not - supporting our friends. We promised them supplies which did - not arrive, and political support which breaks down before - German opposition. What is the reason of it? We notice that the - _Daily Herald_ and the _Daily News_ are persistently telling - the people of this country that we are fighting Bolshevism in - obedience to the pressure of the capitalists. Now that is a - lie. We are fighting Bolshevism in opposition to a very strong - group of German-Jewish and Russian-Jewish capitalists, who are - secretly working for the Bolshevist cause. Mr. Lansing may or - may not be aware of the fact, but he is helping as corrupt a - group of international financiers as ever lived. And the object - of that group is to support Bolshevism in Russia in order to - make a deal with the Bolsheviks. We have mentioned several - times the disagreeable fact that the Russian Bolsheviks were - Russian Jews. These Jews are at the present moment in control - of the Russian Government and they have powerful friends in all - the Allied countries who are helping them. We have appealed to - the British Jews, but appealed so far in vain, to dissociate - themselves formally from a cause which is doing the Jewish - people terrible harm in all parts of the world. In reply the - Jewish press shower upon us not only abuse but threats. Thus, - for example, the _Jewish World_ threatens us with the fate of - Mordecai: ‘ ... we wish it no harm, but we would beg it to - recollect,’ so it says, ‘_while yet it has its feet upon the - earth_, the fate of its anti-Jewish forbear in that narrative, - in the hope that it may mend its ways betimes.’ - - “We are aware of the significance of that threat. We fully - understand what it means, and the secret Allies upon whom the - _Jewish World_ reckons when it makes it. We saw them at work - in Glasgow and Belfast. We see them at work now in Budapest, - where, it is reported, out of thirty members of the Bolshevik - Soviet, twenty-six are Jews. We understand the threat, but we - do not propose to be deterred in our duty to the British public - by the terrorist methods of the Bolsheviks. And we suggest to - the British Jewish community—most of whom, we believe, are by - no means in sympathy with this crusade—that they are being - served very badly in their newspapers, which openly threaten - Bolshevik methods and scoff at advice which is tendered in a - friendly spirit. In secret, we feel certain, the majority of - the British, Jews distrust and dislike the fanatics who are - now leading Jewry astray in the cause of a spurious Jewish - Imperialism. But they are afraid to dissociate themselves - publicly from the dervishes of Judaism. In the meantime these - powerful influences are at work in every country, and chiefly - in Paris, where they are working powerfully against the cause - of Poland. An unseen hand is at this present time stifling the - infant Poland in its cradle, and this is being done in the - interests of German-Jewish Capitalism. It is a conspiracy which - is assisted by so-called Liberal newspapers like the _Daily - News_, and so-called Labor newspapers like the _Daily World_; - but it is a conspiracy, nevertheless, which is directed against - the cause of liberty in Poland and in the interests of alien - Capitalism. For it remains true that our labor agitators, while - they are the enemies of British Capital, contrive to be the - friends of the Capitalism of the enemies of England. Mr. Lloyd - George and President Wilson—those champions of liberty—also - appear to be more susceptible to the influence of an alien - capitalism than to the cry for freedom of long enchained - Poland. We ask our readers, who remember the traditional - friendship of England with the Polish cause, to mark the note - of anguish in Mr. Paderewski’s statement which we publish this - morning. He speaks—and he speaks truly—of ‘the bitterness of - the disappointment of the Polish population,’ but it is not - only the Polish population that is disappointed by the great - Danzig betrayal. Every student of Allied interests must see - that, whereas a strong Poland might be a bulwark against - both German militarism and Russian Bolshevism, a weak Poland - must be the vassal of one and the victim of the other. As to - the economic side of the question, British commerce may bid - farewell to all hope of a connection in Poland if it leaves - Poland in such a situation as to be the enforced dependent of - Germany.” - - -(_b_) “_Bolshevism and Jewry—a Repudiation_ - - LONDON MORNING POST, - April 23rd, 1919. - - “TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST:— - - We have read with deepest concern and with sincere regret - certain articles which have recently appeared in two closely - associated Jewish newspapers in this country on the topic of - Bolshevism and its ideals. In our opinion, the publication of - these articles can have no other effect than to encourage the - adoption of the theoretic principles of Russian Bolsheviks - among foreign Jews who have sought and found refuge in England. - We welcome, accordingly, your suggestion that British Jews - should ‘dissociate themselves from a cause which is doing - the Jewish people harm in all parts of the world.’ This is - profoundly true, and we, on our behalf and on behalf of - numbers of British Jews with whom we have conferred, desire - to dissociate ourselves absolutely and unreservedly from the - mischievous and misleading doctrines which those articles are - calculated to disseminate. We repudiate them as dangerous in - themselves and as false to the tenets and teachings of Judaism. - - Partly in order to counteract the mistaken policy of the - newspapers referred to, the League of British Jews was founded - in November, 1917. The proceedings and views of the League are - published in a monthly bulletin, entitled _Jewish Opinion_, - which can be obtained at the office of the League, 708-709 - Salisbury House, E.C. 2, and which may eventually be merged - in a larger journal appearing at more frequent intervals. For - we thoroughly concur with your criticism that ‘the British - Jewish community, most of whom,’ as you rightly say, ‘are by no - means in sympathy with this (Nationalist) crusade, are being - served very badly by their newspapers.’ Meantime we take this - opportunity of repudiating in public the particular statements - in those newspapers to which you have felt it your duty to call - attention. - - Yours, etc., - - LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD - SWAYTHLING - PHILIP MAGNUS - MARCUS SAMUEL - HARRY S. SAMUEL - LEONARD L. COHEN - I. GOLLANCZ - JOHN MONASH - CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE - ISIDORE SPIELMANN.” - - -(_c_) “_Prominent London Jews justify anti-Semitic Attack_ - - “General Monash, Rothschild, and Montefiore Figure in - Agitation. - - “In reply to a recent article in the London _Morning Post_, - in which the editor accused the Jews as being Bolsheviks, a - letter justifying the stand of the _Post_ in the matter was - sent to that paper and signed by Baron Lionel Rothschild, Lord - Swaythling, Sir Magnus, Sir Marcus Samuel, Sir Harry Samuel, - General Monash, Sir Isidore Spielmann, Claude Montefiore, - Leonard Cohen and Professor Galantz. - - “As a result of this letter, a self-sanctifying leading - editorial appeared in the _Post_, which cried out in virtuous - indignation against all those who had previously questioned - that the majority of the Jews are Bolsheviks. The letter, - coming as it has, at a time when the anti-Semitic pot is - boiling in London, has a peculiarly unfortunate effect. The - opinion of London Jewry towards these ten men they consider - have betrayed them, may best be left to the imagination.” - -It is significant that the feeling that the Jews are largely instrumental -in promoting Bolshevism and radicalism in general is by no means confined -to England. The New York _World_ published on January 26, 1919, a -cable, from Buenos Aires entitled “Argentina Deports Fourteen Hundred -Bolshevists.” The cable reads as follows: - - “_Buenos Aires, January 25._—Fourteen hundred prisoners, - charged with Bolshevist activities, are on board a cruiser here - awaiting deportation, according to Secret Service Men. _The - majority of them are Russian Jews._ Some Spaniards are among - the number.” - -In the same connection the New York _Tribune_, on January 24, 1919, -reported that in Buenos Aires posters were put up in which the Russian -Jews were blamed “for the recent outbreaks, as well as the anarchistic -outbreak in 1910,” and it was demanded that “the government rid the -nation of this Jewish pest.” - -In the issue of _The Review_ of March 13, 1920, an article was published -entitled “Bolshevism in Holland.” The article gives a brief description -of the Bolshevist movement in Holland. It also gives the names of the -most prominent leaders of the Bolshevist movement in that country. In -part the article reads as follows: - - “First among these is Mr. David Wijnkoop, _an Amsterdam Jew_, - of a fiery, impetuous temperament, a great orator with a - strong hold on the masses. He is the Dutch counterpart of his - Russian comrade Trotzky, whom he resembles even in outward - appearance, and a faithful henchman of his Moscow _alter ego_ - in the spreading of the latter’s international propaganda.” - -It is a well-known fact that in Hungary, during the Bolshevist revolution -of 1919, Bela Kun, whose real name is Cohen, a Jew, became the dictator. -It was often reported in various papers that out of the thirty-one Soviet -officials in Hungary twenty-six were Jews. - -In Austria revolutionary attempts were made to set up a Bolshevist -government, and the two brothers Alder, as well as Friedrich Adler, -all of whom are Jews, were the leading spirits of the Bolshevist -revolutionary propaganda in that country. - -In Germany the first Spartacan revolt was almost exclusively under the -control of Jews. Among others were: Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin, Radek -(whose real name is Sobelsohn), Eugene Levine, Muscham. - -In the recent attempt to overthrow the Ebert Government and set up a -Bolshevist Republic, almost all of the leaders in Berlin were Jews. The -New York _Sun_, under date of March 18, 1920, gives the names of the -Communist leaders who attempted to overthrow the government as follows: -Cohn, Daumig, Newmann, Dr. von Kahn, Kurt Bever, Levy. - -As to the United States the following should be stated: - -While it is a generally recognized fact that the Socialist, Communist, -Radical, I. W. W., and Bolshevist movements are largely recruited from -the foreign-born population of various nationalities, nevertheless -it can scarcely be denied that the moving spirit of the destructive -revolutionary propaganda is largely Jewish and fomented by Jews. Thus, -for instance, the notorious “Russian” Soviet Bureau, headed by Ludwig C. -A. K. Martens, a German, was almost exclusively composed of Jews. Those -who were in charge of responsible departments in the Bureau were as -follows: - - Abraham Heller Manager of the Commercial Department - Nuorteva Whose real name is said to be Neuberger, - Manager of the Propaganda Department - Gregory Weinstein General Office Manager - Morris Hillquit } Counselors at law for the Soviet Bureau - Charles Recht } - -All of the five Socialists who were recently ousted from the Assembly -of the state of New York by an overwhelming vote were Jews. Their names -are: Louis Waldman, August Classens, Samuel A. de Witt, Samuel Orr, -and Charles Solomon. During the trial of these men one of the most -sensational pieces of evidence introduced by the state to show that the -Socialist Party advocated the overthrow of the government by violence -and revolution, was a book published in Yiddish by the Jewish Socialist -Federation of America. This federation is a part of the Socialist Party. -The official report of the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly of the -State of New York remarks that in the book published in Yiddish, the -principles of Socialism, “were not camouflaged, as they frequently are -in English” (page 31). The book in question typifies the extreme of -revolutionary Socialism in the United States. We quote some of the more -striking passages: - - “Workingmen cannot depend on ‘_peaceful_ evolution’; they must - prepare for a revolution, and class-dictatorship” (page 207). - - “The Socialist movement rouses the workingmen to revolution; - it preaches to them class-struggle, awakens within them - class-consciousness, makes all necessary preparations for a - Socialistic order. When society is ready for the overturn, when - the Socialist organization feels that the moment has come, it - will make the revolution. To predict when and how this should - be done is impossible. This is a thing which must be determined - separately in every country, because the circumstances in every - country are different. No sooner than the revolution is made, - however, the first aim of the Socialists must be to seize the - government, the state, by whatever means they can succeed - in doing this with and then their rule must establish the - dictatorship of the Proletariat. - - “This dictatorship will be employed for one thing, _to - eliminate capitalism by force, take away by force the capital - from private owners_ and transfer it to the ownership of the - community.” - - “Socialists seek to be elected into the government principally - for the sake of propaganda.” - - “To the Socialist at present, the meaning of class struggle, - _Internationale, and dictatorship of the Proletariat must be - clear. He must understand that Socialism is not a reform - movement. He must know that Socialism is a Revolutionary - world-perspective, and that the Socialist movement is a - Revolutionary movement._” - -The radical periodicals published in this country in Russian are almost -entirely managed and completely controlled by Jews. For instance, the -_Russki Golos_ has an editorial staff composed of four men, all of -whom are Jews, namely, Weinbaum, Zvesdichiy, Sokolov, Gisenkin. The -official organ of the Russian Communist Branch of the American Communist -Party, the _Novy Mir_, is edited by two Jews, namely, N. Hourwitch, and -Stoklitzky. The Bolshevist weekly, _Pravda_, is edited by two Jews, -namely, Finkelstein and Weinstein. The Ukrainian Bolshevist tri-weekly -publication, _Robitnik_, is published by a Jew, K. Pitlar. At the same -time, even leaving out the well-known Yiddish publication _The Jewish -Daily Forward_, with pronounced pro-Bolshevist tendencies, the new -Anarchistic periodical, _The Communist World_, published in English, has -the following men on its editorial staff, all of whom are Jews: - - Maximilian Cohen Editor - B. D. Wolfe Associate Editor - George Ashkenouzi Business Manager - H. Winitsky Executive Secretary - -Winitsky was recently convicted of criminal anarchy in the New York -Courts. - -Again, with the recently founded Communist Party of America, the rôle -of the Jew is very important, inasmuch as its founder is Louis Fraina, -an Italian Jew. Examples of this kind could be multiplied almost -indefinitely. For this reason we must content ourselves with a reference -to an article published in the New York _Call_. This is the official -organ of the Socialist Party of America, which is issued under the motto: - - “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your - chains, and a world to gain.” - -The president of this publication is S. Block, a Jew. The article in -question, entitled “Chicago Workers Plan Big May Day Demonstrations,” -deals with the arrangements for the May Day Parade of the Chicago radical -labor organizations in 1919. It enumerates some of the organizations -which were represented in the conference which planned the demonstrations: - - “Joint Board, Cloak Makers’ Union - 11 branches of the Workmen’s Circle - Millinery Workers, Local Union, 47 - Northwest Side Jewish Socialist Branch - The Hebrew Trades - The Brushmakers’ Union - The 13th Ward Jewish Socialist Branch - The Karl Marx Jewish Socialist Branch - Yipsel Jewish Socialist Branches 1 and 4 - Carpenters’ Union, Local 504 - West Side Jewish Socialist Campaign Conference - The Northwest Side Jewish Socialist Campaign Conference - The 15th Ward Campaign Committee - West Side Jewish Socialist Branch - Amalgamated Local Union, 39 - Waist Makers’ Union, 100 - International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union - Bakers’ Union, 237 - Capmakers’ Union, Local 5 - Young People’s Progressive Dramatic Club - City Central Committee, Jewish Socialist Branches - City Central Committee, Workmen’s Circle - Douglas Park Jewish Socialist Branch” - -Indeed, it can scarcely be denied that the Jewish labor organizations as -enumerated by this Socialist publication itself were in complete control -of the whole May Day parade in one of the biggest cities in the United -States. - -One more fact of importance which should be mentioned is that four -Anarchists, who were convicted and sentenced to terms of twenty years -by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New -York, were Jews. Their names are: Jacob Abrams, Samuel Lippman, Hyman -Lachowsky, Mollie Stimer. - -Finally, we refer to the well-known activities of Emma Goldman and -Alexander Berkman, both of whom are Jews, and who were deported on the -Soviet Ark “Buford.” - -Of course, it is significant that the radical labor movement is largely -controlled by Jewish internationalists, but still more significant -appears the fact that recently several rabbis have taken a definite stand -in support of the Red movement. We shall refer here to two instances. -On October 25, 1919, the New York _Tribune_ stated that Rabbi Judah -L. Magnes had publicly announced that “he was a Bolshevik and in full -sympathy with their doctrines and ideals.” The article referred to is -entitled “Bolshevik Talk Forces Magnes Out.” Therein it is revealed that -on account of his public announcement that he was in full sympathy with -Trotzky, Rabbi Magnes was forced to resign from the American Jewish -Committee. It is important to bear in mind that at that time Rabbi Magnes -was one of the most honored members of the Jewish community. Rabbi Magnes -was deputed in 1916 to represent in Europe the American Jewish Relief -organization, The Joint Distribution Committee, which, among other -activities, solicited and distributed money and supplies to the Jews in -territories occupied by the Central Powers. Whenever there is a great -mass meeting Rabbi Magnes appears as the chief spokesman on behalf of the -Jews in New York City, as has happened several times since his expulsion -from the American Jewish Committee. Rabbi Magnes was one of the founders -of the People’s Council, which was dissolved by the United States -Government during the war. Here is a tentative enumeration of Rabbi -Magnes’s activities as stated in the _Tribune_ article above referred to: - - “Dr. Magnes was one of the organizers of the American-Jewish - Committee which has been engaged in philanthropic work among - the Jews for the last fifteen years. Most of the work of the - committee was confined to countries where the people were - oppressed. Dr. Magnes has held many important posts and at one - time was Rabbi of the Temple Emanu-El. Shortly after we entered - the war he became a strong pacifist and was active in the - People’s Council. - - “There was a movement started on the East Side early in the - summer to make Dr. Magnes the Socialist candidate for Congress. - The persons who attempted this move are now supporting - Congressman London for reëlection. Dr. Magnes is chairman of - the American Jewish Kehillah.” - -The other instance is that of Rabbi Maxwell Silver of Temple Shaari -Zedek, Brooklyn, who, on January 8, 1920, was ousted by his congregation -early in January, 1920, because of alleged radical utterances. “It was -charged that he drew class lines and spoke of the rich as oppressors.” -(See New York _Times_, January 8, 1920.) This fact alone might not be of -great importance, but the action of the New York Association of Reformed -Rabbis, as reported in the New York daily press, is significant: - - “After the dismissal of Rabbi Maxwell Silver, of Congregation - Shaari Zedek, of Brooklyn, the New York Association of - Reformed Rabbis undertook the mediation of the trouble between - the congregation and the Rabbi, and as a result pointed - out that the whole difficulty was due to an _unfortunate - misunderstanding_. Thereupon the trustees decided to recommend - the reinstatement of Rabbi Silver, and we are happy to state - that such reinstatement was ratified by the congregation after - a special meeting last night. By a special resolution the New - York Association of Reformed Rabbis expresses its confidence in - the worthiness of Rabbi Silver and also in the good intentions - of the Congregation Shaari Zedek to serve the cause of Israel.” - -It is also a peculiar fact to consider that certain powerful Jewish -bankers were instrumental and active in spreading Bolshevism, which now -threatens the whole world. In this connection we refer the reader to one -of the “Sisson Documents,” published by the United States Government in -1917 under the title “German Bolshevist Conspiracy”: - - On September 21, 1917, one of the leading German Spartacan - leaders, a Jew, by name of Furstenberg, wrote a letter to a - Bolshevist by the name of Raphael Scholan, who became later one - of the Bolshevist commissaries in Soviet Russia, as follows: - - STOCKHOLM, Sept. 21, 1917. - - “TO MR. RAPHAEL SCHOLAN, Haparanda. - - DEAR COMRADE: - - The banking house, M. Warburg, opened an account for the - enterprise of Comrade Trotzky, upon receipt of a telegram from - the Chairman of the ‘Rhein-Westphalian Syndicate.’ A lawyer, - probably Mr. Kestroff, obtained ammunition and organized the - transportation of same, together with that of the money, to - Lulea and Vardo, the firm of Essen & Son, Lulea, as to the - consignee and the confidential persons to whom the sum demanded - by Comrade Trotzky is to be handed. Fraternal greetings! - - (sgd) FURSTENBERG.” - -Rumors that international Jewish financiers have been supporting the -Bolsheviki in Russia are persistent. - -Who are the international financiers? Perhaps the answer is to be found -in the following cable dispatch of the Wolff Agency on the German -situation in 1919, published by _La Vieille France_ in the issue of -February 13, 1919: - - “The deputy Hyemann has revealed the curious fact: The - Bolshevist movement is supported by financiers. The banker, - Bleichroeder, has contributed two millions to the _Extremist - Journal_.” - -It is of course known that Bleichroeder is one of the most powerful -Jewish financiers in Germany. - -It will be remembered that the Protocols bring out very distinctly two -ideas, namely, economic and social dissensions of all kinds, including -anarchism and communism and also a _world war_. - -In a recently published book which has created much interest, entitled -“The Inside Story of Austro-German Intrigue,” by Joseph Goriĉar and -Lyman Beecher Stowe, the authors advanced the theory that Jewish bankers -have during the last century played an important rôle in European war -conspiracies. Mr. Goriĉar was, during the early part of the late war, -Austro-Hungarian Consul in Berlin. We refer to one of the most important -passages in the book bearing upon the subject: - - “The pro-war bankers of 1854 as well as those of - 1914 originated in the Semitic banking center of - Frankfort-on-the-Main in Germany, the birthplace of the - Bethmann-Hollwegs, the Goldschmidts, the Seligmans, Jacob - Schiff,[29] and the Rothschilds. - - “All the vast wealth of the banking house of the Rothschilds, - amounting at the beginning of the war to some twenty billion - francs, was made chiefly in war operations, war financing. - The Rothschild brothers of the Central Empires have in fact - sometimes financed simultaneously rival groups of belligerents. - - “Frankfort-on-the-Main is, and has been for more than a - hundred years, the chief source of financial backing for - wars. Kings, emperors, and war ministers have had to await - the pleasure of these bankers before issuing their ultimata. - To that centre have been added Vienna, Berlin, and Budapest, - the other important centres of Jewish world finance. In Vienna - the Rothschilds’ word is law; in Berlin, the Hahnemans, - Bleichroeders, Mendelssohns, especially the last named, who of - late years have controlled Russia’s finances. To these same - sources may be traced the origin of the World War.” (Pages 56 - and 57.) - -The “Protocols” have already attracted public attention in various -countries. The attitude which the Jewish leaders will take in regard -to them is a matter of great interest and deep concern. Until now they -have kept silent. Only on rare occasions have the Jews referred, though -very indirectly, to the question of the existence of a Jewish world -conspiracy. The most explicit utterance on the subject in the United -States is that of Rabbi Stephen Wise, in his address to the Congregation -of Free Synagogues in Carnegie Hall, on March 1, 1920. The reports of the -address in the daily press are rather meager. We set forth in full the -report which appeared in the New York _Tribune_ on the following day: - - “‘JEWISH PLOT’ ONLY AMONG APOSTATES, SAYS DR. WISE - - “BELIEVES MEN WHO FORSWEAR ANCIENT FAITH WOULD SEIZE POWER FOR - OWN ENDS - - “Speaking to the congregation of the Free Synagogue in Carnegie - Hall yesterday on the subject of ‘The Jewish Conspiracy,’ which - has had its most recent revival in a story published in the - London _Morning Post_, charging that Jews were in a plot to - seize control of the world, Dr. Stephen S. Wise said that the - only serious ‘conspiracy’ among the Jews to-day emanated from - the young men who foreswore their ancient faith. - - “Saying that oppression and injustice have attended the - followers of the Jewish faith for centuries, Dr. Wise added - that they had a right to be vindictive, but that it was not in - their nature to be so. - - “‘It is the Jew who has been reduced to such a state of - degradation by oppression that he lies when he swears - allegiance to another faith which has not even touched his - heart, who becomes a dangerous element in the life of the - world,’ said Dr. Wise. - - “‘The conspiracy,’ if there is one, is among those of Jewish - birth who are or seem ashamed of their origin. They follow - false gods or none at all, and among them will be those who may - seize power for their own ends.” - - -CONCLUSION - -In conclusion it must be stated that the motives which have actuated -the publication of this book are not anti-Semitic. The object—already -indicated in the introduction—is to call the attention of the American -people to a document which may throw important light upon the -international Bolshevist movement which menaces directly the vital -interests of the United States. - -That this attention is amply justified appears from a review of the -recent publication of the Protocols in England, which appeared in the -London _Times_ on May 8, 1920. The article is so significant that it is -reprinted in its entirety. - - “THE JEWISH PERIL.”[30] - - A DISTURBING PAMPHLET - - _Call for Inquiry_ - - (From a correspondent) - - The _Times_ has not as yet noticed this singular little book. - Its diffusion is, however, increasing, and its reading is - likely to perturb the thinking public. Never before have a - race and a creed been accused of a more sinister conspiracy. - We in this country, who live in good fellowship with numerous - representatives of Jewry, may well ask that some authoritative - criticism should deal with it, and either destroy the ugly - “Semitic” bogy or assign their proper place to the insidious - allegations of this kind of literature. - - In spite of the urgency of impartial and exhaustive criticism, - the pamphlet has been allowed, so far, to pass almost - unchallenged. The Jewish Press announced, it is true, that - the anti-Semitism of the “Jewish Peril” was going to be - exposed. But save for an unsatisfactory article in the March - 5 issue of the _Jewish Guardian_, and for an almost equally - unsatisfactory contribution to the _Nation_ of March 27, this - exposure is yet to come. The article of the _Jewish Guardian_ - is unsatisfactory, because it deals mainly with the personality - of the author of the book in which the pamphlet is embodied, - with Russian reactionary propaganda, and the Russian secret - police. It does not touch the substance of the “Protocols of - the Learned Elders of Zion.” The purely Russian side of the - book and its fervid “Orthodoxy” is not its most interesting - feature. Its author, Professor S. Nilus, who was a minor - official in the Department of Foreign Religions at Moscow, had, - in all likelihood, opportunities of access to many archives and - unpublished documents. On the other hand, the world-wide issue - raised by the “Protocols” which he incorporated in his book and - are now translated into English as “The Jewish Peril,” cannot - fail not only to interest, but to preoccupy. What are the - theses of the “Protocols” with which, in the absence of public - criticism, British readers have to grapple alone and unaided? - They are, roughly:— - - (1) There is, and has been for centuries, a secret - international political organization of the Jews. - - (2) The spirit of this organization appears to be an undying - traditional hatred of the Christian world, and a titanic - ambition for world domination. - - (3) The goal relentlessly pursued through centuries is - the destruction of the Christian national States, and the - substitution for them of an international Jewish dominion. - - (4) The method adopted for first weakening and then destroying - existing bodies politic is the infusion of disintegrating - political ideas of carefully measured progressive disruptive - force, from liberalism to radicalism, and socialism to - communism, culminating in anarchy as a _reductio ad absurdum_ - of egalitarian principles. Meanwhile Jewry remains immune - from these corrosive doctrines. “We preach Liberalism to - the Gentiles, but on the other hand we keep our own nation - in entire subjection” (page 55). Out of the welter of world - anarchy, in response to the desperate clamour of distraught - humanity, the stern, logical, wise, pitiless rule of “the King - of the Seed of David” is to arise. - - (5) Political dogmas evolved by Christian Europe, democratic - statesmanship and politics, are all equally contemptible to - the Elders of Zion. To them statesmanship is an exalted secret - art, acquired only by traditional training, and imparted to a - select few in the secrecy of some occult sanctuary. “Political - problems are not meant to be understood by ordinary people; - they can only be comprehended, as I have said before, by rulers - who have been directing affairs for many centuries.” - - (6) To this conception of statesmanship the masses are - contemptible cattle, and the political leaders of the Gentiles, - “upstarts from its midst as rulers, are likewise blind in - politics.” They are puppets, pulled by the hidden hand of - the “Elders,” puppets mostly corrupt, always inefficient; - easily coaxed, or bullied, or blackmailed into submission, - unconsciously furthering the advent of Jewish dominion. - - (7) The Press, the theatre, stock exchange speculations, - science, law itself, are, in the hands that hold all the - gold, so many means of procuring a deliberate confusion and - bewilderment of public opinion, demoralization of the young, - and encouragement of the vices of the adult, eventually - substituting, in the minds of the Gentiles, for the idealistic - aspiration of Christian culture the “cash basis” and a - neutrality of materialistic scepticism, or cynical lust for - pleasure. - - Such are the main theses of the “Protocols.” They are not - altogether new, and can be found scattered throughout - anti-Semitic literature. The condensed form in which they are - now presented lends them a new and weird force. - - Incidentally, some of the features of the would-be Jewish - programme bear an uncanny resemblance to situations and events - now developing under our eyes. Professor Nilus’s book was, - undoubtedly, published in Russia in 1905. The copy of the - original at the British Museum bears the stamp of August 10, - 1906. This being so, some of the passages assume the aspect - of fulfilled prophecies, unless one is inclined to attribute - the prescience of the “Elders of Zion” to the fact that they - really are the hidden instigators of these events. When one - reads (page 8) that “it is indispensable for our plans that - wars should not produce any territorial alterations,” one is - most forcibly reminded of the cry, “peace without annexations” - raised by all the radical parties of the world, and especially - in revolutionary Russia. And again:— - - We will create a universal economic crisis, by all possible - underhand means and with the help of gold, which is all in - our hands. Simultaneously we will throw on to the streets - huge crowds of workmen throughout Europe. We will increase the - wages, which will not help the workmen as, at the same time, we - will raise the price of prime necessities ... it is essential - for us at all costs to deprive the aristocracy of their lands. - To attain this purpose, the best method is to force up rates - and taxes. These methods will keep the landed interests at - their lowest possible ebb. - - Nor can one fail to recognize Soviet Russia in the following:— - - “... in governing the world the best results are obtained by - means of violence and intimidation.... In politics, we must - know how to confiscate property without any hesitation, if - by so doing we can obtain subjection and power. Our State, - following the way of peaceful conquest, has the right of - substituting for the terrors of war, executions less apparent - and more expedient, which are necessary to uphold terror, - producing blind submission.... By new laws we will regulate - the political life of our subjects as though they were so - many parts of a machine. Such laws will gradually restrict - all freedom and liberties allowed by the Gentiles.... It is - essential for us to arrange that, besides ourselves, there - should be in all countries nothing but a huge proletariat, - so many soldiers and police loyal to our cause; ... in order - to demonstrate our enslavement of the Gentile Governments of - Europe, we will show our power to one of them by means of - crime and violence, that is to say, a reign of terror; ... our - programme will induce a third part of the populace to watch the - remainder from a pure sense of duty or from the principle of - voluntary service.” - - Bearing in mind when this was published, we see, fifteen - years later, a government established in Russia of which - a high percentage of the leaders are Jews, whose _modus - operandi_ follows the principles quoted, and whose mainstay - is a Communist Party, which answers to the last quotation. - We see this, and it seems uncanny. The trouble is that all - this fosters indiscriminate anti-Semitism. That the latter is - rampant in Eastern Europe is a fact. That its propaganda in - France, England, and America is growing is a fact also. Do - we want, and can we afford to add exacerbated race-hatred to - all our political, social, and economic troubles? If not, the - question of the “Jewish Peril” should be taken up and dealt - with. It is far too interesting, the hypothesis it presents is - far too ingenious, attractive, and sensational not to attract - the attention of our none too happy and none too contented - public. The average man thinks that there is something very - fundamentally wrong with the world he lives in. He will eagerly - grasp at a plausible “working hypothesis.” - - What are these “Protocols”? Are they authentic? If so, what - malevolent assembly concocted these plans, and gloated over - their exposition? Are they forgery? If so, whence comes the - uncanny note of prophecy, prophecy in parts fulfilled, in parts - far gone in the way of fulfilment? Have we been struggling - these tragic years to blow up and extirpate the secret - organization of German world dominion only to find beneath - it another more dangerous because more secret? Have we, by - straining every fibre of our national body, escaped a “Pax - Germanica” only to fall into a “Pax Judaeica”? The “Elders of - Zion,” as represented in their “Protocols,” are by no means - kinder taskmasters than William II and his henchmen would have - been. - - All these questions, which are likely to obtrude themselves - on the reader of the “Jewish Peril,” cannot be dismissed by - a shrug of the shoulders unless one wants to strengthen the - hand of the typical anti-Semite and call forth his favourite - accusation of the “conspiracy of silence.” An impartial - investigation of these would-be documents and of their history - is most desirable. That history is by no means clear from the - English translation. They would appear, from internal evidence, - to have been written by Jews for Jews, or to be cast in the - form of lectures, and notes for lectures, by Jews to Jews. If - so, in what circumstances were they produced and to cope with - what inter-Jewish emergency? Or are we to dismiss the whole - matter without inquiry and to let the influence of such a book - as this work unchecked? - -The publishers believe that the vast majority of the Jews in this country -have never heard of the Protocols, and would denounce the plan which -they set forth. The Jews here, constituting about three per cent of the -population, enjoy the same rights and privileges as other citizens. All -are equal before the law and all are free from persecution on religious -grounds. American Jews are regarded by their fellow citizens, and for -the most part doubtless regard themselves, as Americans of Jewish faith. -They have indeed a special ground for gratitude to the country of their -adoption, for they have found here opportunities which they did not enjoy -in many other countries. They have shared in all the activities leading -to prosperity and they have prospered. That they do, in fact, recognize -their favorable situation is shown by the statements two of them are -reported by the New York _Times_, in its issue of May 4, 1920, to have -made at a mass meeting held on the preceding evening at Cooper Union -under the auspices of the Independent Order of Brith Abraham, to express -the gratitude of the Jewish people to Great Britain for taking the -mandate for Palestine. Judge Gustave Hartman, Grand Master of the order, -is reported to have said in part: - -“We didn’t know what a home was until we reached this greatest of all -republics, the United States of America. Here we are given free and equal -opportunity under the free institutions of this country. In this country -the Jews have lived and prospered, and in all this country there are no -better citizens than the Jewish people.” - -Judge Otto A. Rosalsky said “that it became the duty of the Jewish -citizens of America to cherish the ideals of this country and keep them -intact, so that they might be handed down to their children’s children.” - -Doubtless American Jews will recognize the menace to American -institutions and American prosperity of any such political conspiracy as -is outlined in the Protocols. But the situation demands more than tacit -disapproval on their part. Bearing in mind the close parallelism shown -to exist between the “Protocols” and the actual policies of Bolshevism -as practiced in Russia, the dominant position occupied by the Jews in -the Soviet Government, and the open sympathy and approval given to -international Bolshevism by prominent Jews outside of Russia, it is -vitally necessary that the American Jews should by word and deed express -their condemnation not only of Bolshevism, but of any plan or program for -world domination similar to that contained in the Protocols. Aside from -their position on these matters, there is no likelihood of any change -in the favorable situation of the Jews in this country unless by their -own conduct they convince the American people that they are hostile to -our institutions or to our system of government, or that they desire -to constitute within the borders of the United States a race apart,—to -be treated as members of a foreign nation, enjoying special rights, -privileges, or immunities. - - - - -FOOTNOTES - - -[1] “Actions Committee” has the same meaning as Executive Committee. - -[2] The GOYS—the Gentiles. - -[3] The reference is probably to those Masonic Lodges in Continental -Europe which, contrary to the fundamental principles of Anglo-Saxon -Lodges, have been converted into _quasi_ political and anti-Christian -organizations. See Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, Article -“Freemasonry,” Vol. XI, p. 84. - -[4] This probably means the practice which arose of not adhering to the -letter of the law but of judging by conscience. In European countries -jurors are not compelled to render their verdict pursuant to the -technical provisions of law. - -[5] It is important to point out that _some of the Jews themselves_ in -their writings have claimed that Masonry is largely controlled by Jewish -influence. In this connection the statement of Dr. Isaac M. Wise may be -recalled: - -“Masonry is a Jewish institution whose history, decrees, charges, -passwords and explanations are Jewish, from the beginning to the -end, with the exception of only one by-decree and a few words in the -obligation.” (Dr. Isaac M. Wise, _The Israelite_, August 3rd and 17th, -1855; quoted by Samuel Oppenheim in his pamphlet “Jews and Masonry in the -United States before 1810,” American Jewish Historical Society, New York, -1910, No. 19, pp. 1, 2.) - -[6] The words in parentheses would seem to be a comment of Nilus’s. - -[7] The words in parentheses are inserted by the editors. - -[8] The Jewish sayings cited in this volume show that some of the great -Jewish leaders maintain that the apostasy of a Jew in the matter of -religion does not prevent him from remaining for all other purposes a -Jew, or release him from his obligations as such. - -[9] “Bolshevik Propaganda. Hearings before a Subcommittee on the -Judiciary, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress,” p. 111. - -[10] Ambassador Francis, in his testimony before the Overman Committee, -stated that Dr. George A. Simons is an absolutely reliable and -trustworthy man (p. 977), and that the same is true of Mr. Roger E. -Simmons, whose testimony is cited below. - -[11] “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 310. - -[12] “Russia’s Agony,” pp. 137, 138, published by Edward Arnold, London, -1918. - -[13] “Memorandum on Certain Aspects of the Bolshevist Movement in -Russia,” p. 11. Compiled by the U. S. State Department in October, 1919. - -[14] Page 12 of the same memorandum. - -[15] British White Book, Russia No. 1 (1919), p. 86. - -[16] British White Book, Russia No. 1 (1919), p. 68. - -[17] “Memorandum. Certain Aspects of the Bolshevist Movement in Russia.” -Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919, p. 20. - -[18] British White Book, Russia No. 1 (1919), p. 57. - -[19] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” pp. 136 and 137. - -[20] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 139. - -[21] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 316. - -[22] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 431. - -[23] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 301. - -[24] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 946. - -[25] Senate Report, “Bolshevik Propaganda,” p. 299. - -[26] All italics in Part Two of this book are our own unless otherwise -stated. - -[27] Quoted from A. Shmakoff. Address in defense of T. Vekshin and -others, p. 36. Moscow: University Printing Office. 1907. - -[28] The full text of Article 12 of the Treaty between the Allied and -Associated Powers and Poland is the following: - - “Poland agrees that the stipulations in the foregoing Articles, - so far as they affect persons belonging to racial, religious or - linguistic minorities, constitute obligations of international - concern and shall be placed under the guarantee of the League - of Nations. They shall not be modified without the assent of - the majority of the Council of the League of Nations. The - United States, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan - hereby agree not to withhold their assent from any modification - in these Articles which is in due form assented to by a - majority of the Council of the League of Nations. - - “Poland agrees that any member of the Council of the League - of Nations shall have the right to bring to the attention of - the Council any infraction of the Council, or any danger of - infraction of any of these obligations, and that the Council - may thereupon take such action as it may deem effective in the - circumstances. - - “Poland further agrees that any difference of opinion as to - questions of law or fact arising out of these Articles between - the Polish Government and any one of the Principal Allied and - Associated Powers, or any other power, a member of the Council - of the League of Nations, shall be held to be a dispute of an - international character under Article 14 of the Covenant of the - League of Nations. The Polish Government hereby consents that - any such dispute shall, if the other party thereto demands, be - referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice. The - decision of the Permanent Court shall be final and shall have - the same force and effect as an award under Article 13 of the - Covenant.” - -[29] It has been stated by one of the leaders of Zionism, namely, Israel -Zangwill, author of “The Children of the Ghetto,” that Mr. Jacob Schiff -financed “the Japanese war against Russia.” This statement is made in a -pamphlet entitled “The Problems of the Jewish Race,” p. 14, published by -the Judean Publishing Company, New York City. - -In its report of a Socialist meeting held in Carnegie Hall on March 23, -1917, to celebrate the revolution in Russia, the New York _Times_ on -March 24, 1917, says: - -“An authority on Russian affairs, George Kennan, told of how a movement -by the Society of the Friends of Russian Freedom, financed by Jacob -Schiff, had at the time of the Russo-Japanese war spread among 50,000 -Russian officers and men in Japanese prison camps the gospel of the -Russian revolutionists.” - -The Jewish character of the first Russian revolution was strongly -emphasized in a report presented to the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, -by the Russian Foreign Minister, Count Lamsdorf, on January 3, 1906, -published in full in English translation in “The American Hebrew and -Jewish Messenger,” in its issue of July 13, 1918. Therein it is stated -that a very considerable part in the revolutionary activities was played -by the Jews, “who individually, as ringleaders in other organizations, -as well as through their own (the Jewish Bund in the Western -Provinces), have always come forward as the most bellicose element of -the revolution.” Count Lamsdorf further stated: “We may feel entitled -to assume that the above mentioned foreign support of the Russian -revolutionary movement comes from Jewish capitalist circles.... In June, -1905, a special Anglo-Jewish committee was openly established in England -for the purpose of collecting money for arming fighting groups of Russian -Jews: The well-known anti-Russian publicist, Lucien Wolf, was the leading -member of this committee.... The Jews in America ... collect money for -helping the pogrom sufferers and for arming the Jewish youth.” - -[30] The Jewish Peril. Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. 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