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The eternal curse of the Wandering Jew! Driven from Russia, they come to seek shelter in Turkey; Turkey then casts them from her under pretext that they are loyal to Russia. Truly, the Jew lifts his eyes to the mountains, asking the ancient and still unanswered question, "Whence shall come my help?" THE ETERNAL CURSE OF THE WANDERING JEW DRIVEN FROM RUSSIA THEY COME TO SEEK SHELTER IN TURKEY TURKEY THEN CAST THEM FROM HER UNDER PRETEXT THAT THEY ARE LOYAL TO RUSSIA TRULY THE JEW LIFTS HIS EYES TO THE MOUNTAINS ASKING THE ANCIENT AND STILL UNANSWERED QUESTION WHENCE SHALL COME MY HELP
ll to decide to leave the country; to get safely away was a different matter. There were two ways out. One of these--the land route by Constantinople--could not be considered. The other way was to board one of the American cruisers which, by order of Ambassador Morgenthau, were empowered to assist citizens of neutral countries to leave the Ottoman Empire. These cruisers had already done wonderful rescue work for the Russian Jews in Palestine, who, when war was declared, were to have been sent to the Mesopotamian town of Urfa--there to suffer massacre and outrage like the Armenians. This was prevented by Mr. Morgenthau's strenuous representations, with the result that these Russian Jews were gathered together as in a great drag-net and herded to Jaffa, amidst suffering unspeakable. There they were met by the American cruisers which were to transport them to Egypt. Up to the very moment when they set foot on the friendly warships they were robbed and horribly abused by the Jaffa boatmen. IT WAS ALL VERY WELL TO DECIDE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY TO GET SAFELY AWAY WAS A DIFFERENT MATTER THERE WERE TWO WAYS OUT ONE OF THESE THE LAND ROUTE BY CONSTANTINOPLE COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED THE OTHER WAY WAS TO BOARD ONE OF THE AMERICAN CRUISERS WHICH BY ORDER OF AMBASSADOR MORGAN THOW WAS EMPOWERED TO ASSIST CITIZENS OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES TO LEAVE THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THESE CRUISERS HAD ALREADY DONE WONDERFUL RESCUE WORK FOR THE RUSSIAN JEWS IN PALESTINE WHO WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED WERE TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN TOWN OF URFA THERE TO SUFFER MASSACRE AND OUTRAGE LIKE THE ARMENIANS THIS WAS PREVENTED BY MISTER MORGANTHOW'S STRENUOUS REPRESENTATIONS WITH THE RESULTS THAT THESE RUSSIAN JEWS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER IN A GREAT DRAGNET AND HERDED TO JOFFA AMIDST SUFFERING UNSPEAKABLE THERE THEY WERE MET BY THE AMERICAN CRUISERS WHICH WERE TO TRANSPORT THEM TO EGYPT UP TO THE VERY MOMENT WHEN THEY SET FOOT ON THE FRIENDLY WAR SHIPS THEY WERE ROBBED AND HORRIBLY ABUSED BY THE JAFFA BOATMEN
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