Praised the role played by Jews in his abortive revolt against Russia. Singling out Warsaw’s Jews he wrote, “(they showed) to the whole world that when it comes to human rights they do not spare their blood.” As part of his revolt he granted Joseph Aronowicz and Berek Joselowicz permission to form a Jewish legion. Five hundred men volunteered to a call to arms issued in Yiddish, and fought in Praga, a suburb of Warsaw.
– Eli Birnbaum