The Local Committee leased the Continental Hotel, capable of lodging over five hundred persons, and placed it under the Ladies' Hebrew Sewing Society.
"I wish," Sir Moses said, "facilities like those offered by the Committee at New Orleans could be secured for emigrants who select the Holy Land for colonisation."
CHAPTER XL.
1882.
THE REIGN OF TERROR IN RUSSIA—INDIGNATION MEETING IN LONDON—THE LORD MAYOR'S FUND—THE TISZA-ESZLAR TRIAL—ANTI-JEWISH CONGRESS AT DRESDEN—A PRETENDED SPEECH OF SIR MOSES—DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP TAIT.
THE Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia continued to excite the greatest indignation. All the daily papers had leading articles on the subject. Relief committees were formed in the principal towns and cities of Europe. The Governor-General, A. von Drentlen, sent Sir Moses full accounts of the work done by the Committee under him, reporting that contributions from all sources had amounted to 218,482 roubles, and that upwards of five thousand sufferers had already been relieved. By January 20th, Messrs Louis Cohen & Sons had collected £16,658, and on the following day the subjoined requisition was made to the Lord Mayor, Sir J. Whittaker Ellis, to call a public meeting at the Mansion House.
Requisition.
"January 21st, 1882.
"To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
"My Lord,—We, the undersigned, consider that there should be a public expression of opinion respecting the persecution which the Jews of Russia have recently and for some time past suffered. We therefore ask your Lordship to be so good as to call, at your earliest possible convenience, a public meeting for that purpose at the Mansion House, and that you will be good enough to take the chair on that occasion.—We are, your Lordship's faithful servants,
"A. C. Cantuar. Arthur Otway. Shaftesbury. James Martineau. J.,London Samuel Morley. C.J., Gloucester and Bristol. M. Biddulph. J., Manchester. B. Jowett. F. Leveson-Gower. H.D.M. Spence. "Charles Magniac. Donald Currie. "W.J. Cotton. Henry Richard. "James Clarke Lawrence. W. St John Brodrick. "John Tyndall. H.R. Haweis. "Mathew Arnold. J.J. Stewart Perowne. "F.A. Inderwick. F.W. Farrar. "John Lubbock. W. Page Roberts. "Henry Edward, Cardinal Manning. J.G. Hubbard. "Scarsdale. W. Lawrence. "Mount-Temple. Erasmus Wilson. "J.F., Oxon. Charles Darwin. "Edmund Fitzmaurice. A. M'Arthur. "Elcho. C. M'Laren."
| "A. C. Cantuar. | Arthur Otway. |
| Shaftesbury. | James Martineau. |
| J.,London | Samuel Morley. |
| C.J., Gloucester and Bristol. | M. Biddulph. |
| J., Manchester. | B. Jowett. |
| F. Leveson-Gower. | H.D.M. Spence. |
| "Charles Magniac. | Donald Currie. |
| "W.J. Cotton. | Henry Richard. |
| "James Clarke Lawrence. | W. St John Brodrick. |
| "John Tyndall. | H.R. Haweis. |
| "Mathew Arnold. | J.J. Stewart Perowne. |
| "F.A. Inderwick. | F.W. Farrar. |
| "John Lubbock. | W. Page Roberts. |
| "Henry Edward, Cardinal Manning. | J.G. Hubbard. |
| "Scarsdale. | W. Lawrence. |
| "Mount-Temple. | Erasmus Wilson. |
| "J.F., Oxon. | Charles Darwin. |
| "Edmund Fitzmaurice. | A. M'Arthur. |
| "Elcho. | C. M'Laren." |