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  The so-called "Protocols of the Elders of Sion" were published in London late last year under the title of "The Jewish Peril."

  This book is a translation of a book published in Russia in 1905, by Sergei Nilus, a Government official, who professed to have received from a friend a copy of a summary of the minutes of a secret meeting, held in Paris, by a Jewish organization that was plotting to overthrow civilization in order to establish a Jewish world state.

  These "Protocols" attracted little attention until after the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the appearance of the Bolshevists, among whom were many Jews, professing and practicing political doctrines that in some points resembled those advocated in the "Protocols," led many to believe that Nilus's alleged discovery was genuine. The "Protocols" were widely discussed and translated into several European languages. Their authenticity has been frequently attacked and many arguments have been adduced for the theory that they are a forgery.

  In the following articles our Constantinople Correspondent for the first time presents conclusive proof that the document is in the main a clumsy plagiarism. He has forwarded us a copy of the French book from which the plagiarism is made. The British Museum has a complete copy of the book, which is entitled "Dialogue aux Enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu, ou la Politique de Machiavel au XIX. Siecle. Par un Contemporain," and was published at Brussels in 1865. Shortly after its publication, the author, Maurice Joly, a Paris lawyer and publicist, was arrrested by the police of Napoleon III, and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.

  "There is one thing about Constantinople that is worth your while to remember," said a diplomatist to the writer. "If you

• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
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