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188.] The sentiments of the American people were voiced less guardedly in a resolution which was passed by the House of Representatives on July 21, 1892: _Resolved_, That the American people, through their Senators and Representatives in Congress assembled, do hereby express sympathy for the Russian Hebrews in their present condition, and the hope that the Government of Russia, a power with which the United States has always been on terms of amity and good will, will mitigate as far as possible the severity of the laws and decrees issued respecting them, and the President is requested to use his good offices to notify the Government of Russia to mitigate the said laws and decrees.

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6533.] The highly-placed Jew-baiters of St.Petersburg were filled with rage, The _Novoye Vremya_ emptied its invectives upon the _Zhydovski_ financiers, referring to the refusal of Alphonse de Rothschild to participate in the Russian loan.