governor-general of, reports to Tzar on pogroms in, II 284 pogrom in, welcomed by Central Jewish Committee, II 310 center of "Love of Zion" movement, II 376 Jewish labor movement in, III 55 economic progress of Jews in, III 166 Jews of, instrumental in election of socialistic deputy to Duma, III 167 Hebrew papers and periodicals published in, II 333, 372, III 58, 60, 162 Yiddish papers and periodicals published in, III 59, 162 Goora Kalvarya (Gher), in vicinity of, II 122 Kotzk, in vicinity of, I 303, II 122 Praga, suburb of, I 294 =Way, Lewis=, representative of London Bible Society, I 397 submits memorandum to Alexander I. pleading for Jewish emancipation, I 398 memorandum of, laid before Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, I 398 =Weber=, United States Commissioner to Russia, II 407 =Wertheimer=, banking house of, in Vienna, exerts influence over Polish king, I 176 =Wessely, Naphtali Hirz=, Hebrew poet, compared with A. B. Lebensohn, II 135 =Western Europe=, Jewish diaspora in, I 13 emigration from, into Poland, I 39 ff leading Jews of, invited by Russian Government to participate in work of enlightenment, II 67 Jews of, intercede on behalf of Russian Jews, II 67 ff public opinion of, influences Russia, II 262 effect of Warsaw pogrom on, II 283, 287 emigration from Russia to, II 321, 408, 413 Political Zionism originates in, III 42, 46 Jews of, deny Jewish nationalism, III 53 public opinion of, agitated over Kishinev massacre, III 78 "=Western Region=," term explained, II 16 number of Jews in, II 168 Jews form majority of population in cities of, III 11 =Westminster=, duke of, addresses Guildhall meeting in London against oppression of Russian Jews, II 390 f =White, Arnold=, member of English parliament, sent by Baron Hirsch to Russia, II 417 discusses Jewish question with Russian dignitaries, II 417 visits Pale and is favorably impressed by Jews, II 418 recommends regulation of emigration, II 418 dispatched to Russia a second time, II 419 =White Russia=, see Russia, White _Wine_ grown by Jews in Palestine, II 376; see Liquor =Witsen=, burgomaster of Amsterdam, petitions Peter the Great to admit Jews into Russia, I 246