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Wilcox did not sense the irony of the quick take-up. He had been about to complete the sentence himself. But his mind was practical. "The bankers must be satisfied. The terrestrial war must be assured before they will lend their support." "It is practically assured now," Balta insisted.
A contemporary observer, basing his statements on the results of a special investigation, gives the following account of the events at Balta: At the beginning of the pogrom, the Jews got together and forced a band of rioters to draw back and seek shelter in the building of the fire department.
The fury reached its climax at the small town of Balta; the rabble pillaged 976 Jewish houses, and, not content with seizing all the wealth that came to hand, killed eight of the traders, besides wounding 211 others. Doubtless these outrages were largely due to race-hatred as well as to spite on the part of the heedless, slovenly natives against the keen and grasping Hebrews.
So saying, he slipped off the white wig he was wearing, wiped his face so that the brown powder came off, and sat, obviously pleased with the success of his masquerade, useless though it was. He was a typical Martian, dark, sleek-haired, coral-skinned. "I hate to send a man to his death mystified," said the Martian after a moment, "so I'll explain that I am Scar Balta!" "Scar Balta!"
They are likely to upset our whole order of society. They need a set-back. And the military men are chafing at their inaction. The war will be ended before too much harm is done, by agreement of the interplanetary bankers. You see " "No!" Sira interrupted him coldly. "No! No! No! Oh, I'm sick of the whole thing! I'm sick of the men I know! I hate Scar Balta, and you too.
But after the declaration of the Government in June the courts adopted a more rigorous attitude towards the rioters. In the summer of 1882, a number of cases arising out of the pogroms at Balta and in other cities were tried in the courts.
In conclusion, he branded the petition of the Balta community for a commutation of the death sentence passed upon the rioters as an act of hypocrisy, adding impressively that "these persons have been pardoned irrespective of the requests of the Jews."
"I would rather trade places with Mellie than be espoused by that madman." "Not Wilcox, but Scar Balta. He is badly smitten, for which I can not blame him. He has great political power, and the backing of the military. He could have dictated better terms, but for love of you has yielded, point after point.
A servant, resplendent in the palace livery of green and orange, was instantly before him bowing low. "Who awaits our pleasure?" "Scar Balta, sire," answered Waffins, bowing low again. "We will see him." Waffins disappeared. Scar Balta came in alone, sleek as usual showing no trace of his irritation over his long wait.
The horrors of Balta were a substantial earnest of the Kishinev atrocities of 1903 and the October pogroms of 1905. The horrors of Balta cast their shadow upon the conference of Jewish delegates which met in St. Petersburg on April 8-11, 1882.
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