any religion except our own, proclaiming one God with Whom our fate is
tied as the Chosen People, and by Whom our fate has been made one with
the fate of the world. For this reason we must destroy all other
religions. If thereby should emerge contemporary atheists, then, as a
transition step, this will not interfere with our aims. It will serve as
an example to coming generations who will listen to the teachings of the
Mosaic religion. By its sound and reasonable system, we have achieved
the subjugation of all nations. We shall emphasize its mystic law in
which we will say lies all power.
"On every occasion we will publish articles in which we will compare our
beneficent rule with the past. The benefits of peace, though achieved
through centuries of turmoil, will stand out in relief in this era of
blessings. The shortcomings of the Gentile administrations will be
pictured by us in the darkest colors. We will sow such antipathy toward
their governments that the masses will prefer peace in a condition of
servitude to the rights of the so-called liberty which so tormented them
and destroyed the very springs of human existence and which were
exploited by a host of adventures, not realizing what they were doing.
The masses will become so satiated with the endless changes of
administration, which we instigated among the Gentiles when we were
undermining their governmental institutions, that they will tolerate
anything from us rather than risk undergoing again such struggle and
hardships. We will especially emphasize the historical mistakes of the
Gentile administrations which caused mankind to suffer for many
centuries through lack of real understanding in all that concerned its
true welfare, pursuing fantastic projects of social welfare and not
noticing that these projects made worse instead of better the state of
general relationships which are the basis of human existences.
"The chief strength of our principles and measures will lie in that they
are put forward and interpreted by us as a sharp contrast to the old and
decayed order of society.
"Our philosophers will discuss all the shortcomings of the Gentile
religions, but no one will be allowed to discuss our religion from the
true point of view except our own people. We shall have a fundamental
knowledge of it and will never dare to disclose its secrets.
[Illustration: Cyrillic
FACSIMILE OF THE SAME PROTOCOL CHANGED BY BUTMI IN 1907.]
[Transliteration:
75
Nš 17.
(po rukopisi protokol 16-j).
Kogda my vocarimsja, my budem pri kazhdom udobnom sluchae
sravnivat' Nashe blagoe Pravlenie s proshlymi bezalabernymi
administracijami... Oshibki goevskih carstv budut opisyvat'sja
nami v samyh jarkih kraskah: my poseem takoe
prezrenie i otvrashhenie k nim, chto narody predpochtut pokoj
i mir v krepostnom sostojanii pravam preslovutoj svobody,
stol' izmuchivshej ih v techenie vekov, istoshhiv samye
istochniki sushhestvovanija, popiraemye prohodimcami, ne vedajushhimi,
chto tvorjat.
Bezpoleznyja, de fakto, peremeny pravlenij, na kotoryja my
ih podbivali, kogda podkapyvali ih stroj, do togo im nadoedjat
do teh por, chto oni predpochtut prinjat' vse to, chto
my im navjazhem, lish' by ne riskovat' pereispytat' perezhityja
nevzgody i volnenija, tem bolee, chto my budem, publichnoju
kritikoj, osobenno podcherkivat' oshibki upravlenija goevskih
pravlenij, stol'ko vekov promuchivshih chelovechestvo
nedostatkom soobrazitel'nosti na istinnyja blaga, v pogone za
fantasticheskimi social'nymi uluchshenijami, ne zamechaja, chto, uluchshaja
byt nekotoryh, mery eti uhudshali vseobshhija otnoshenija
i porjadok stroja, na kotorom osnovyvaetsja chelovecheskaja zhizn'.
Nashi principy i mery budut imet' v svoju pol'zu to, chto
oni budut istolkovany i vystavleny, kak kontrast s razlozhivshimsja
starym porjadkam obshhestvennago stroja.
Nashi filosofy budut obsuzhdat' i kritikovat' vse nedostatki
goevskih verovanij, v chem oni nam otvetit' ne mogut
po otnosheniju Nashej Very, potomu chto nikto eja tajn ne
znaet, krome nashih talmudistov i ravvinov, a oni nikogda
ne vydadut ih, potomu chto na nih osnovana sila upravlenija
pastvoju nashej.
My sozdali bezumnuju, grjaznuju, otvratitel'nuju literaturu,
osobenno v stranah, nazyvaemyh peredovymi. Posle vstuplenija
nashego vo vlast' my nekotoroe vremja ne zapretim eja, no
budem ee iskorenjat' strogoju kritikoj, chtoby ona, kak ostatok
goevskih ruin, rel'efnee obrisovyvala kontrast togo,
chto razdavat'sja budet s Nashej Vysoty, s tem, chto iskhodilo
iz grjaznago bolota goevskih carstv.
]
"In countries that are called advanced, we have created a
senseless, filthy, and disgusting literature. For a short time
after our entrance into power, we shall encourage its existence so
that it may show in great relief the contrast between it and the
written and spoken announcements which will emanate from our
exalted position. Our wise men, educated for leadership of the
Gentiles, will prepare speeches, plans, notes, and articles,
through which we shall influence their minds, directing them along
the lines of knowledge and understanding which we intend them to
follow."
[_Translation of the same Protocol published by Butmi in Russia in 1907,
showing the changes made in the Protocols within two years._]
"When we become rulers, we shall at each suitable occasion compare
our beneficent rule with the former unsystematic
administrations.... The mistakes of the administrations of the
Gentiles will be pictured by us in the most lurid colors: we will
sow such antipathy and hatred toward these governments that the
masses will prefer peace and quiet in a condition of servitude to
the rights of the so-called liberty which for many ages had so
tormented them and destroyed the very springs of human existence
and which were exploited by adventurers, who did not realize what
they were doing.
"The masses will become so satiated with the useless changes of
administration, which we instigated when we were undermining their
institutions, that they will accept anything that we may give them
rather than risk undergoing again such struggle and disorder....
Moreover, we will, through public criticism, especially emphasize
the mistakes of the Gentile administrations which caused mankind to
suffer for many centuries through lack of real understanding in all
that concerned its true welfare, pursuing fantastic projects of
social welfare and not noticing that these projects made worse
instead of better the state of general relationships which are the
basis of human existence.
"Our principles and faith will be especially useful inasmuch as
they will be put forward and interpreted by us as a contrast to the
old and decayed order of society.
"Our philosophers will discuss and criticise the shortcomings of
the Gentile religions, but the latter will not be able to answer
with regard to our faith, for no one is acquainted with its
mysteries except our Rabbis and Talmudists, and they will never
reveal it, for on them depends the power of guiding our flock.
[Illustration: Cyrillic
FACSIMILE OF NILUS PROTOCOL WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1905 AND CHANGED BY
BUTMI IN 1907.]
[Transliteration:
-345-
hitrost'ju i pronyrlivost'ju vo vremja peregovorov i soglashenij,
no v tom, chto nazyvaetsja "oficial'nym jazykom",
my budem derzhat'sja protivopolozhnoj taktiki i
budem kazat'sja chestnymi i sgovorchivymi. Takim obrazom
narody i pravitel'stva goev, kotoryh my priuchili
smotret' tol'ko na pokaznuju storonu togo, chto my im
predstavljaem, primut nas eshhe za blagodetelej i spasitelej
roda chelovecheskago.
Na kazhdoe protivodejstvie my dolzhny byt'
v sostojanii otvetit' vojnoj s sosedjami toj
strane, kotoraja osmelitsja nam protivodejstvovat',
no, esli i sosedi eti zadumajut stat'
kollektivno protiv nas, to my dolzhny dat'
otpor vseobshhej vojnoj.
Glavnyj uspeh v politike zakljuchaetsja v tajne eja predprijatij:
slovo ne dolzhno soglasovat'sja s dejstvijami diplomata.
K dejstvijam v pol'zu shiroko zadumannago nami
plana, uzhe blizjashhagosja k vozhdelennomu koncu, my dolzhny
vynuzhdat' goevskija pravitel'stva jakoby obshhestvennym
mneniem, vtajne podstroennym nami
pri pomoshhi tak nazyvaemoj "velikoj derzhavy"--pechati,
kotoraja, za nemnogimi iskljuchenijami,
s kotorymi schitat'sja ne stoit,--vsja
uzhe v rukah nashih.
Odnim slovom, chtoby rezjumirovat' nashu sistemu obuzdanija
goevskih pravitel'stv v Evrope my odnomu iz
nih pokazhem svoju silu pokushenijami, t.e. terrorom,
a vsem, esli dopustit' ih vozstanie protiv nas', my
otvetim Amerikanskimi ili Kitajskimi, ili
Japonskimi pushkami.
Sledujushhij protokol.
My dolzhny zaruchit'sja dlja sebja vsemi orudijami, kotorymi
nashi protivniki mogli by vospol'zovat'sja protiv
nas. My dolzhny budem vyiskivat' v samyh tonkih
vyrazhenijah i zagvozdkah pravovogo slovarja opravdanija
]
"We have created a senseless, filthy and disgusting literature,
especially in the so-called advanced countries. For a short time
after our entrance into power we will not prohibit this literature,
but will weed it out by means of destructive criticism, in order
that, as a remnant of the Gentile ruins, there should be a stronger
contrast between the literature that will come down from Our Height
and that which emanated from the filthy mud of the Gentile
governments."
[Illustration: Cyrillic
FACSIMILE OF BUTMI PROTOCOL PUBLISHED IN 1907, SHOWING THE CHANGE MADE
AFTER THE REVOLUTION.]
[Transliteration:
52
Dlja dostizhenija etogo, po vsej Evrope, a s pomoshh'ju eja otnoshenij
i na drugih kontinentah, my dolzhny sozdat' brozhenija,
prerekanija, razdory i vrazhdu. V etom--dvojakaja pol'za: vo
pervyh, my derzhim v strahe vse strany, horosho vedajushhija,
chto my vlastny proizvesti po zhelaniju bezporjadki ili vodvorit'
porjadok v nih. One privykli videt' v nas neobhodimoe
davlenie: _my zaputali vse niti, protjanutyja v Gosudarstvennye
Kabinety vsemirnoju politikoj, ekonomicheskimi dogovorami
ili dolgovymi objazatel'stvami_. Dlja dostizhenija etogo
poslednjago obstojatel'stva nam nado bylo vooruzhit'sja bol'shoju
hitrost'ju i dazhe pronyrlivost'ju vo vremja peregovorov i soglashenij:
no v tom, chto nazyvaetsja official'nym jazykom,
my dolzhny byli kazat'sja sgovorchivymi i pravdivymi. Takim
obrazom goi, _kotoryh my priuchili smotret' tol'ko na pokaznuju
storonu togo, chto my im predstavljaem_, prinimajut
nas eshhe za blagodetelej i spasitelej roda chelovecheskago.
Na kazhdoe protivodejstvie my gotovy otvetit' protivodejstvujushhej
Strane vojnoju s sosedjami, a esli mnogie zadumajut
kollektivno dejstvovat' protiv nas, to my zavjazhem uzel
vseobshhej vojny, i nezametno dlja nih podob'em ih na eto...
Glavnyj uspeh v politike zakljuchaetsja v tajne eja predprijatij:
slova ne dolzhny soglasovat'sja s dejstvijami diplomatov.
[Transcriber's Note: The following paragraph is circled.]
_My uspeshno vynuzhdali ne raz k vojne goevskija pravitel'stva,
jakoby obshhestvennym mneniem, v tajne podstroennym
nami. Odnomu iz nih my dokazyvali svoi sily v pokushenijah--v
terrore, a vsem, esli dopustit' ih vozstanie,
my otvetim Amerikanskimi, Kitajskimi ili Japonskimi pushkami,
kotoryja vsecelo v nashem rasporjazhenii._
Nš 5.
(po rukopisi protokol 2-j).
Nam neobhodimo, chtoby vojny ne davali territorial'nyh
vygod. Eto pereneset vojnu na ekonomicheskuju pochvu, na kotoroj
nacii ubedjatsja v tom, chto preobladanie zavisit ot
_nashej pomoshhi_, a takoe polozhenie veshhej otdast obe storony v
rasporjazhenie nashej internacional'noj agentury, obladajushhej
millionami glaz, vzorov, ne pregrazhdennyh nikakimi granicami...
Togda nashi internacional'nyja prava sotrut vse narodnyja
prava i budut imi pravit' tak, kak grazhdanskoe
]
Thus it is seen that Butmi, publishing his version of the "protocols" in
1907, two years after the Nilus version had appeared, changed the text
to suit his purposes. In 1905, before the first Russian revolution, the
Nilus version of the "protocols" said "_we will show one of them our
strength by means of violence, that is, by terrorism_." After the
revolution, Butmi changed this sentence to read "_We have shown one of
these governments our powers by assassination, by terrorism_."
And now the introducers of the "protocols" in this country and in Europe
are pointing to bolshevism as the fulfillment of the "documents" which
have been concocted, elaborated and changed by antisemites to serve the
devious political purposes of their masters and their own.
The "protocols" came into the world with the trademark, "made in
Germany" and were elaborated under the auspices of the "Russian Black
Hundreds" in their efforts to save the dying Russian autocracy. When the
Russian autocracy was overthrown and members of the "Black Hundreds"
were scattered in various lands, their financial and "moral" support
shattered, they set out in quest of new sources of income. They are now
resorting to their old discredited methods in a new environment and thus
the poison of the Russian Black Hundreds is being spread in England,
Germany, France, the Scandinavian countries, Japan, and even in this
country. The voice is the voice of dead despotic Russia, and the hand is
the hand of the same "Black Hundreds."
And now cowardly anonymous writers are embellishing the "protocols,"
adding new lies to the old ones, making accusations against the Jews
that even Nilus-Lutostansky-Butmi dared not make in darkest Russia.
Perhaps some day these new legends and absurd, malicious myths may
evolve into a new and revised edition of secret Jewish "protocols."
In periods of turmoil and unrest such venomous fabrications may gain
credence among the ignorant and may poison their minds. But, like all
anti-semitic myths of old, the new anti-Jewish legends are bound to
destroy themselves. A lie shuns the sunlight. It thrives in darkness. It
cannot survive analysis. The truth will prevail.
Israel has no secret protocols, no hidden designs. After all its
tribulations, its dream is still of peace, of justice and of human
brotherhood. After all the centuries the word that came from Sinai and
the message of the prophets of old are still enshrined in its heart.
Indeed as has been aptly said: "The Holy Scriptures are the only
authentic protocols of the Wise Men of Zion."
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[Transcriber's note: The following apparent misprints were
corrected for this electronic edition.
"answered the learned Polish Jew"
--was "answerd"
"reactionary Chernsk nobility made"
--was "Chersnk"
"Constantinople!"
--was "Constaninople"
"Our nation is ostentatious and greedy..."
--was missing opening single quote
"sole possessors of all the gold to be found on earth"
--were two blank lines between "all the gold" and "to be found"
"free-thinking, scepticism, and conflicts."
--was "scepticsm"
"tremendous capital which is in their possession"
--was "possesson"
"Russia adopted a definite, anti-Jewish policy of vengeance"
--was "vengenance"
"less cultured and civilized that the English"
--left as printed (unverifiable translation)
"mysteries except our Rabbis and Talmudists"
--was "Tadmudists"
"historical mistakes of the Gentile"
--was "Gentle"
"must try to humiliate it, we must instil into it free-thinking"
--left as printed
"The name of the notorious Alexey Nikolayevitch Sukhotin"
--was "Nikolayevtich"
Any misprints in Cyrillic facsimile pages are left uncorrected.
The capitalization and hyphenation of anti-Semitic (and variants)
is inconsistent throughout, and left as printed.]
End of Project Gutenberg's The History of a Lie, by Herman Bernstein