CHAPTER XXXVI

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SYNAGOGUES AND INSTITUTIONS. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA. ROUMANIA AND THE ROUMANIAN NOTE.

Synagogues and other Jewish Institutions――General improvement and moderation――The Jewish Encyclopedia――Its editors and contributors――The Roumanian situation and the American Government’s interest in it since 1867――Benjamin F. Peixotto, United States Consul-General in Bucharest――Diplomatic correspondence between Kasson and Evarts――New negotiations with Roumania in 1902――The Roumanian Note to the signatories of the Berlin Treaty――The question still in abeyance.

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