Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1922-09-22

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A WEEKLY NEWSPA1
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THE JEWISH HOME
iMlMBIlR 22, 1922
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SAMUEL SWORN IN AS HIGH COIUMISSIONER OF PALESTINE GOVT
Brilliant Ceremony On Mount of
OHvcs Attended by 700 Guests,
Despite Ar^b Strike
.lEWISH IMMIGRATION
TO BE REGULATED
JKUUSALICM (J. T. A.).—Despite the ;i1).5cncc of many Arab Icjitlers, who declined tlic iiivit.ition to attend, tlic promtil(;atioii exercLscs at Government House Scptcnihcr 11 proved a brilliant affair. Seven hundred guests, reprcseiit- inK .ill rclif»iou.s and national coniiiiuni- tics, including the dignitaries of all the , Christian churches, from the represent¬ atives of the Greek P.-itriarchate to the Abyssinian monks, were there in gala attire.    Kabbis   rubbed   shoulders   with
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The Trumpet of the Rescuer
By MAURICE SAMUEL
(Copyright, J!)'22,* by the Jewish Writers' Guild.   All Rights Reserved.).
r/"/ii.r is « beautiful Rosh llashanah story, symbolical of the dawn of a ,nciv day ill L'irad's life. The author, Mr. Maurice Samuel, is one of the talented, versatile and scholarly Anglo-J eivish tvritcrs in America. Among his out¬ standing works are "The Outsider^' "The Greatest Romance of the Ages," and a volume of translations from Bialik to be published shortly: He writes an English column for The Day, and is the President of the Jetvish Writcrji' Guild. — Edhou's Notk.)
I    One   afternoon   during   that   bloody
missionaries, and Zionist workers with month of Sciltember which heralded tlic- Uritish oflicials. Government House on tlosc of the world war, two soldiers, one the Mount of Olives, built at the be- French and one American, were walking best of the former German Kaiser as <lown the rue de la Pepiniere, in Bor- a bosiiicc, was profusely decorated. The doaux, France. This street, one of the exercises commenced with the firing of a I auictest   in   that  provincial   city,   winds
salvo'of 17 guns as.Sir Herbert Samuel entered  the  hall,  where  in  July,   1020,
through   a   residential   district,   passing at   one   point   the' ruins   of   a   Roman
he delivered his inaugural address, wear-' amphitheatre, built during the reign of ing  his  oflicial  uniform of  white  .iiid  the   Emperor. Hadrian.     All   that   rc-
gold.
After taking the oath of office wihch was repeated in Arabic and Hebrew, Sir Herbert stressed the British Gov¬ ernment's desire to promote the happi¬ ness and prosperity of the inhabitants of the country. He deplored tbe rccal- 'icitrancc of" certain Arab leaders, iiidi- Icating that resistance to the British 'policy would be severely dealt with.
tThe part of hi& speech to arouse the Widest interest and speculation was when |e expressed the hope that when, "after ,«.(& years" the Mandatory will leave Pal- ^^tine, there will be found "a prosperous R^eople,  the  Arab and  Jewisli  cultures flourishing side by side."    This  is be¬ lieved to be the first inkling from any British official of the probable date when England will lay down its mandate for Palestine.   The High Commissioner re- ;mained   standing   as   these   documents were read in -English and  repeated in Arabic and Hebrew.
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The Order in Council
; . ¦
The Order in Council opens with the
laration   tltat   thc)   principal   Allied
,&wcrs havQ agreed, for the purpose of
ct' td Article II of the Cov-
je'^-Leagiia of-Nations.-.tov.en-
i'iinistVaijm„oOJnl5itii*a''M-r,'~Vi^-c^ ^  ..„.»'dapt?r^^;rT"ov^er^'^.havi;;gT,,yt^    ^„',,
agreed that the mandatory sliould be re¬ sponsible for putting into effect the Bal¬ four Declaration in favor of the estab-
mains of it now is a crumbled double wall, with dilapidated arches through which the lizards cra-wl on sunny days.
The soldiers walked Slowly, the Frenchman with the aid of a crutch, the American leaning on a stout stick. They talked in low tones, as if a con¬ versation of serious import had started ill the midst of trivial talk. They did not look at the few passersby, but either at each other or at the ground.
When they came to the little gaite which leads into thc small park contain¬ ing the Roman ruins, they turned in by tacit accord. In all Bordeaux there is scarcely a quieter spot than this. One might think that, as if to make up for thc sweat and agony which two thou¬ sand years ago had delighted the howl¬ ing mob seated on the vanished tiers, Nature had condemned the spot to eternal quiet. .Round about the tiny garden there rise the walls of •tranquil middle-class homes. The larger city, with its traffic and its crowds, is far removed. The rumble of a carriage, the patter of individual footsteps, only serve to deepen the silence that sleeps on the place in sunshine and in dark-
nes.s.   . l'.-j-W'hen''';lhc
o!dier.4".were -li-.iated  the
Antt" Defamation Exposes Source Anti-Semith
after another long silence: "In our family there is a curious legend, and a still more curious destiny linked up with this part of the year. The legend I half know — the destiny not at all. But both arc there. .Even though I shall die with that destiny unrevcalcd to me, I shall .still believe that it exists.
"I do not know llovir old thc legend is,' or when the first shadow of that undiscoverablc destiny fell across my family. My father, before be died, told me all he knew — as much as I .shall tell you. I sat at his bedside when he lay dying, for both of us hoped that in the moment before death sonic revela¬ tion would come to him. He, too, had sat at thc bedside of his dying father. But neither to him nor to his father before him was anything revealed. His last word to me was: 'Remember 1' So it was his father's to him. It shall be mine to my son, if I shall ever have one. But I do not know what I must remember, what my fathers remembered, or' what my sons must remember. Strange, is it not?"
He waited, as if for some comment, and then continued;
"This much I,do know. At this time of the year, in the month of September, there is in invisible and ghostly trum¬ peter haunts the chief in line of our family. Wherever wc chance to find (Continued on pane 2.)
'Jewish Science'' Haven
For Jews Leaning
To Christian Science
1
Issues Booklet Namingr Thois<s R4$.^|)on! Alien Influences Reveak?J t-Foj tool of Anti«.1«m^
league Organized m in America
indepeL,%^nt order,
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New Cult  Under Leadership of Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein "   of New York
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
ILLS TREATED
J,niis'"'eil>«!vv^ ''on   .lis up  at thei, topmost
ookc' point of the ruins. ,      ¦   '
, "Perhaps you wonder," he- said, speak¬ ing French, "why I am so melancholy .lishment in Palestine of a national home  toja,,    j^„^   j ,i,ave 'so   little   reason, for the Jewish people, and haying sc- ^^^ ' i„ j,,,^^,,.^ ^^ek pr so I shall b.: Iccted Great Britain as the mandatory, ^,,3,^ ^^ ^j^pense with this.. I shall be His Majesty has  power and jurisdic-:^   ,^hole   man,   with   another's   momh
leave, or even more, in front of me."
New York, — Some seven months ago "Jewish Science" came into being:, It is like Christian Science in its disbelief in doctors of, all 'sorts, and its belief> in the healing power of prayer, and in that one of its founders was a woman, 'It is ,unlike, Christian Science in its pro- ¦ ric«^''^ti'i(»aircfei'aii&'T!rimr"Go^ 'Israelites, .rather than¦ to>'ChHst
CHICAGO.—Sources   and   far-«(iClifi; ing efforts  of organized atili-SelHUffjj!*} ill thc United "rlatcs arc fully dcsiSrfefe!;! ill a "Questions and Answers" paRfpIilfl issued by thc Aiiti-Dcfamatioii ].,saii«^.
Thc League, which was organiii^'e!;|:..-li't'' li)13,  under the auspices of the-.ttjf^iS-i pendent Order of B'nai B'rith, hy brltiE about   a   better  uudcrstandinij tstwrsn Jew and non-Jew, states that until; «fe?Hi two   years   ago ^ there   was   ,tio' gp.c thing as organized anti-Semittsiu in'.th/! United States and that there is no'f'';^ deriiiitc movement of thi.* cnai'a'c'ior" ij our-midst directed by men who dev»' their entire time to iliC' spreading of i seeds of hatred, and who have at th^i disposal unlimited funds.    It iis'.furtlitil charged by the  League that org.wi^ifl anti-Semitic   agitation   in   Ameripii'-^ chiefly traceable to the following;'' .¦^^'^^i,
(A) A group of Russian .fimif.ii living in New York. ,   ' ~    ,
(B) An ' anti-Semitic ' organi-,!,ttJciB with headquarters in' London whicli''ift, supported by certain, members-oLith.e British nobility -who had large fiiiaiicMl' holdings in Russia prior, to the riSVcJljl.' tion of_ 1917, and which-is >y6rk!'o^-Mrt harmony with Polish and' FreUdi--!5nr|- Semites. , '',;•"   -^!\
(C) Polish propagandists who .bj?" fj^« faming the Jew in this country sciugltt to justify the treatment of thc }^k-,,-t'*' Poland. "  . •    ,   . '-.--;¦'':;';•
(D) Henry Fprd,' who-has'b^cgtQe the dupe and tool of anti-Semitic-agr*!^"- cies and whose nefarious activities-J,^ri' this regard are too well known to;!-"?/' quire further exposition,' ,    '      - '   , '•',
(E) Certain publishing houses,, tjiriic of them well knowii,~. other.« previously unheard of. -      ^       , ¦     , /'-.'
• (F) Certain national patriotic brgafti; izations which were imposed upon^^j; anti-Semitic agencies and whose'; chinery was used to '^p literature, "
tl
iblo — Purpose Described — Termed Dupe and
Agencies
B'RlfH LAUNCHES FOR^IPUNDS
Iqucslions and .•mswer,'- contained
.inphlct follow:
organizntiona   of   RuAaian
are   spreading   anti-Semitic
inda in the United Statea?
if these organizations is known
|ssociation Unity of l^ussia with
5 Columbus Circle, New York
I was formerly located at 121 E.
ptL_in   New   York   City,   ih   a
jccupied by an Orthodox Rus-,
[gregation.    Thc  association, is
of men who arc exiles', as a
the Bolshevik revolution and
Sopcrty has bccrt confiscated by
Icviki.   It prints and distributes
pamphlets, br organization having similar the Russian  National   Society, |t 5 Columbus Circle, New, York presided over by Lieutenant the   notorious   Russian J one of the Black Hundred who .was also one of the |tit ,prosccutors   in   thc   Beilis asol has many friends among officials and at one time was I in a secret service capacity by S. Government bureaus.   In many bulletins issued by the I'lational   Society,   Brasol   de- Bolshcvik revolution in the Herms:
ernal theme of vvorld dom- |da3  vs. Jesus"  assumed  in Jtorm of a gigantic revolt- of hnat ghetto against a Chris- i^Jitch served hitherto'as the ean ' reservoir  of  religious linoral achievement.' |e keynote of the activities an .l>fational Society. Iry; organisation-is affiliated li'Ss the-American Russian has 'a^ large membership ^rica«s.l' . ¦    .
swbsicliarjji
Jewry at the Cross Roads
REFLECTIONS AT THE NEW YEAR'S MILESTONE
*By HAROLD  BERMAN
(Coiiyright, 1!)22, J. C. B.)
LEAGUE ASSf ^r; DEBATING »ii.y
PACTSvlSKSfe?
tion within Palestine' by treaty, capitu-
.lation,   grant,    usage,    sufferance   and other lawful means."
The Order then provides for the ap¬ pointment of "a fit person to adminis¬ ter the government of Palestine," to be known as the High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief. The powers necessary for tbe execution of the duties associated with the office are conferred
I upon him. He, is ' also specifically charged to give effect to the provisions of the mandate accepted by Great Brit¬ ain for the general administration of the country, and the establishment of a National Home for the Jewish people, Authority to divide the country into dis¬ tricts for purposes of administration are vested in the High Commissioner, as are ^, all rights in relation to public lands, \ mines and minerals, subject to existing
< concessions.   He may also appoint gov¬ ernment officers as "he may think fit."
An Executive Council is established for the purpose of assisting the High Commissioner, consisting of the Chief
1 Secretary,   the   Attorney  .General,   the
[LTreasurer, and other officers who in'ay be appointed  in pursuance of  instruc¬ tions from the Colonial Secretary,   The {Continued on page 7.)
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The Ainerican did not reply. He sensed, by some unanalysable instinct, that his new-found friend was about to reveal something.
"In truth," said the Frenchman, "I am not melancholy. I am oppressed. I am half afraid. And I scarcely know of what."
He hesitated a full minute, and then a.sked: "Do you believe in a fate which half-reveals itself, Avhich speaks a lan¬ guage you half-understand, and flashes to 3:'ou now and again a. signal which you know has a meaning, but -which you have not the skill to read?"  ¦
"I do not know whether I believe in it or; not," said the American, answer¬ ing in the language of the other.
"Would you laugh at me if' I were to speak of it?" asked the French sol¬ dier.
"I laugh at nothing," said the Amer¬ ican. "I believe in everything and in nothing. Nothing is possible, and every¬ thing is possible. I laugh only at men who say ye.s and no with such cer¬ tainty to problems of nature and life and death." .    ,
"It is so," said the Frenchman, grate¬ ful   for  the   other's   sympathy.    Then.
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AU Jewish Immigration Deportation Stayed
NEW YORK.—At the instance of the Hebrew Shelter¬ ing and Immigrant Aid Society of Anierica (HIAS), 425- 437 Lafayette street. New York City, the Department of Labor has consented that all deportations of Jevvish immigrants shall be stayed during High Holy Days. The Department's letter , is as follows:
"In aiK'.v^r to your query contained in a letter addressed to the Department regarding tiie approaching High Holidays of the Jewish people, will state the Department has'issued a general order to the Conimissioner!; at all ports, in so far as possible, to take cognizance when niaking deportations of all religious Holidays. Your representative should communicate with the Commissioners at ports regarding same."
HIAS has already taken steps in conformance with this order and is also making arrangements for religious services during the Floly Days, as well as for providing the detained immigrants with Sefah Torahs, Shofroth, Prayer Books aqd ...everything necessary for the proper conduct of such services. The detained immigrants will also be provided with special food by the society. HIAS has branches in all the port cities—' Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle and 5an Frantisco. Immigrants passing through Chicago will be taken care of by ihe Chicago branch,
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ish Science was created to draw' th' many Jews vvho have gone to Christian Science back into the fold of Judaism. Its practices are simple, its precepts few, and its results are very gratifying^ judg¬ ing by the statement of its leader, Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein.   .
Approximately seventy thousand Jews in New York alone have become believ ers in Christian Science.' Starting with a desire to try a cure for some ill, these Jews have gradually been weaned from Judaism by their constant contact with the Christian Scientists, their ways and beliefs. To counteract this, to prevent the number of Jewish converts to Chris¬ tian Science from growing, and possibly to bring back some of those vvho have already gone to the other, we have- Jewish Science.
The Jewish Scientists meet on Wed¬ nesday evenings in the Y. W. H. A. building in New York. Most of their membership is made up of women. Treatments are given at the home of the leader. No distinction is made between reform aiid orthodox Jfiws. The num¬ bers of the Jewish Scientists are con stantly increasing.
One of the founders of Jewish Sci¬ ence is Mrs. Morgenstern. Rabbi Lich tenstcin, the leader of the Jewish Sci- eii,tists, is a Russian bo»n Jew who com¬ pleted the rabbinical course in Cin¬ cinnati, received his Master of Arts degree at Columbia university and is at present taking work which, will ulti¬ mately give him the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Rabbi Lichtenstein, in an interview in the Jewish Daily News is reported as laying that "sickness is not a pun¬ ishment Jewish Science does nbt be¬ lieve that God punishes. Does not be¬ lieve in heaven and hell. The, Lord created the world hi a spirit of love and set a number of standards, rules. He who observes these rules is healthy and enjoys life. He who docs not, he who breaks these rules, becomes sick. God does not punish him; he gets sick because of his own negligence—he pun¬ ishes himself.
"It is not true that God wishes man tp fear him," the rabbi is quoted as saying. "God is no tyrant. He is a Father, not a ruler, tie is like a Father vvho looks after His children. His ob¬ ject is the good of His children.
"Jewish Science, Jtlierefore, teaches that one should love God and not fear Him,"
Believing that one is' born into re ligion, that it is handed down to a people through ageS, Jewish Science does not seek converts—that is non- Jews. Jewish Science believes that death is merely the passing from this life to the life everlasting.
According to Rabbi Lichtenstein, Jew¬ ish Scientists are Zionists, not politically, but in the interest of peace. Jews must {Continued on page 6)
PAL^TINIA! PLACE COI
League of  Nations Ijlecide^  on
Committees, to  ^av6
Custody of Shri;ne3
JEWISH SUB-COMMISSION HEAD ALSO AN AMERICA!
IS' ^yS'CAMP
It is characteristic of man that when standing in too close proximity to thc subject under observation, he invariably fails to grasp many, and sometimes, thc most important, attributes of thc thing which forms thc object of his study, m,-iny of its dimensional as well as .ib- stract and spiritual qualities and as beauties duly csciping him. A minimum of distance and detachment from the object is needed -for thc physical eye if it is 10 apprehend the message con¬ tained in the thing—-in thc tints and shades and pigments placed on a canvas, and to send home its lesson.
Intimacy in human life usually leads to contempt and the under-valuation of greatness, for then it is not the marks of genius that reveal themselves to the observer,.^ but rather the petty foibles and eccentricities in small things that become manifest while the attributes of greatness vanish into the thin air. No man is a hero to his valet; nor did thc North Pole look any different from any other barren and frozen bit of terra firma to its discoverer after having, spent many tireless years of his life in the quest .for that particular bit of mother earth. And were it not for the unerring testimony of his sextant and the magnetic needle he would not even have been aware of having achieved both the apex of his,career as well as of the world, 1
Equally so is it when studying some contemporary spiritual or social phe¬ nomenon whereon we are almost always hampered by a too close proximity to the object examined and, as a conse¬ quence, are apt to miss a great many of its most pregnant implications, not to speak of the temporary blindness which! as often as not results from the too bright glare of the revealing light.'
-  Jewry -at a Standstill
Studies of the life of modern Jewry
resemble not a little the position of the
mar/ who is standing too close to the
picture to properly judge  it.    To  ob-
ve recent events aright and to eval-
their.import properly  as well  lis
gret their meaning for future
CitcCi'lit  uiatcnt^lv
and  the  correct  pe.^oective  that, only
ourselves lo be considerably augmented ill   spiritual  increment and  value.
Our  Status   Has   Risen
Our status in tbc vvorld has risen con¬ siderably, as a consequence of this as of many another outstanding fact. Wc can no longer be looked upon as Pariiihs even by our enemies, even by those who would cheerfully fasten upon our necks the total responsibility for thc world's ills, but rather as a people very much like others, to be loved, hated or feared, to.be lived with in concord or in a state of war, Indeed, the very fact of this exaggerated talk of thc Jew, this very assignation of the role of Atlas to him, speaks eloquently of the giant stature that he has recently ' attained though much of that growth may have taken place in thc adversary's fevered brain. Arid let us but remember the truism that no one has yet come forward with such scare-head talk of a dying race, much less of a despised Pariah.
Side, by side, and in an even greater and clearer perspective, with the gains implied in a solidified and rejuvenated Jewry, the Minority Rights granted to the Jewish people in most of the newly- cstablishcd lands;, as well as - their en¬ franchisement in those others that have {Continued on page 2.)
AU Plans Completed ForAnti-Defamation Drive in Columbus
Meeting  Held at  the  Southern Hotel Predicts Oversubscrip¬ tion, Say Leaders
EVERY JEW IS ASKED
TO PERFORM HIS DUTY
fianfarber Adequately De-
tho Vital Need of a iwish Sununer Camp
I. O. B. B. LODGE ISSURES HIM SUPPORT
GENEVA    (J.    T.   A.).-A    "wel' known American" Protestant will hea(| the commission that is to have custod of the holy places in Palestine—ChriLl tian, Jewish and  Moslem—the  Leagui of  Nations has decided.    The decisioi is in line with the proposals submittej'| by the Earl of, Balfour on behalf C Great   Britain,  differing  only  in   this That a Frenchman instead of an Eng, lishman is appointed to preside over thi Christian sub-commission, an Italian in stead  of  a  Frenchman  presiding  over the Moslem coipmission, and an A'tner^ ican instead of an Italian being name, chairman of the Jewish i.ub-conimissio) Great  Britain has  waived  its, right have one of its nationals head a su committee,   it  is   understood,  in   orde that   an   American   may   be   includdl among the chairihen in addition to thi American Protestant who is to presid over the whole commission.
The Christian sub-commission is t<| be composed of three Catholics, a Italian, a Spaniard and a Belgian, li sides three representatives of the Grej Orthodox Church, a Russian, a Orecj and one to be designated. Reptesen attves of the Armenian, Abyssinian, a Copt Churches arc also to be included
JeWish Sub-Commission
Custody of the Moslem holy plai is entrusted to a sub-commission co prised   of   three   Palestinian   Moslemi one French Moslem and one Indiaa
The Jewish sub-comndssioii^will con sist of one Palestinian, one JEnglis Jew and one Jew of Shepardic stock.
In the course of the debate on thi report  of  the  Council  of  the  Leagui of   Nations,  Professor  Murray of  tin South African delegation asserted tlii council's   method  of   dealing  vvith question   of   minority   rights   had   n< proven universally successful.    He hi personally received a number of cor plaints,  Professor  Murray said, whic' tended  to  show that  the condition least  of  the  Jewish  and  Macedonia minorities  in  some  countries  was   n satisfactory.     Professor   Murray  pr
onday evening, Sept. llth, there
'cc at Woodmen's Hall a meet-
ital importance concerning the
r's program for the local I. O.
ganization.   Those present were
ithusiastic   over   the   proposed
r tho coming year and pledged
Ivholc-hearted   support   towards
nsumniation. Among the notable
iths at the meeting was Mr. E. J.
irber, past president of the dis- 10 addressed the meeting on thc y of  the Order  to  establish a Boys' Camp in Columbus. Schanfarber declared that "it is b-discussion of a pressing problem ows more serious year by year, moreover, a purpose beyond that ing before the Jeivish community osition.   It seeks to elicit the ex- of opinion on the part of those hould be interested in such a camp suggests.   ¦ Such  expressions  of on mil be heartily welcomed as an tor of the attitude of Ihe Jewish towafd the proposed plan of ion  of  the  work   of   the  B'nai '1 among th^ young Jewish manliood 'te city."
Problem iNot Recognized
here  is,   however,"  continued  Mr.
n farber, "a problem which has as
hardly been recognized in Columbus
vvhich is a very proper place here
activity on the^part of the Ipcall. O.
organization.    Most of the men
Wicn   bf   Columbus   who   have
n any attention at all to the evils of
pool  rooms, low 'dance  halls and
r harmful recreation places open to
rtg men and women have long felt
^iressing need of a counteracting in-
nce.   Many, however, are not fully
uainted with the many harmful con-
oiis that young men are subject to in
summer.
What greater stimulants can there to the energies of the young man n wholesale and carefully planned out ivities?" said Mr, Schanfarber. "The perience of all men and women with fiiip^ have been that the young man
At thc meeting held Thursday evening at the Southern Hotel all plans were completed for the Columbus Anti- Defamation League Drive which, the leaders hope tovvind up within four days pf the c^^i^^^^The splendid
thusilrs'niW^^^^F'^''»^y' ¦ °'' PTlrpose on the part of 	
remittaTTces' {towards this worthy cause, a cause vvhich aims, once for all, to save the future of thc Jew in America by consecrating its energies to the stupendous work of bringing Truth to Light and Justice to the Jew through its proposed educa¬ tional campaign for the next few years.
Columbus Jewry, in 9ur opinion, should be prcfud of the fact that it pos¬ sesses within its midst such a .noble body of men and women as loaders, whp are at all times ready to do their duty as Jews and American citizens. It is there¬ fore up to every individual to support this cause 100%.
Are you going to share this respon¬ sibility which is yours as well as ours?
Bear in mind! OUR FUTURE IS AT STAKE 1 and that, this ediicational cam¬ paign is our salvation I
Start the New Year right I — Ar o good Jew and true. Ainerican.
The   Chronicle   vvill   in   the   forth¬ coming issues publish the names of all {Continued on page 7.)
Representatives Asked to E' Why Minority RWhts Ar« - in Operaftjon
 \
STATES MUST KElfeP
MINORITY Pl\OM!SEi
GENEVA   (J. T. A.).—A iesolutid calling upon ;dl new stales to kR^> thei^ troth with the minority groups i^, thei countries,  was  adopted  yestcrdify \y special commission of the As'icmbl:|b 0, thc  League   of   Nations,  composed^«! some fifty delegates.   The resolution t one   of   five   introduced   by   Professor Murray   of   South   Africa,   discu.s.iion upon which took place in open session attended by visitors and newspaper cor¬ respondents. •' Professor Murray favored the est.ib- lishmcnt of a/acrm.inent commission to examine   all  complaints   of .minorities. Representatives of thc states directly af¬ fected took part  in the discussion be-^ sides the delegates of the Great Po^iK^ Thc   Latvian   and   Esthonian  <l-<i^^t.^- inade an effort to substitute for E^iii:'?- sor Murray's resolution one calK^'j;?'^^ thc   appointment   of   a   commiW |^^."j review   the   minority   situation fe^'iVgf.ij states,'an interpretation which F^^SK: Murray did' not accept. Cecil, made a brilliant speech in '^^.'^'^ of Professor Murray's stand. Brfj':'-:*';?! left to Dr. Nansen to deal the Kk proach to the twp offending state, dressing the Latvian and Esthonian di gates,   he   demanded   categorically explanation   for  the   failure  of   thi countries tb  carry  out  the  obligatio undertaken before thc League of N: tipns.     Professor   Ashkcnazy,. one Poland's  representative;,' was  als.o^c posed to the consideration of the tion   as   a   whole,   insisfip position in the two Baltic c ranted a special inquiry. ., • The    resolution,   wMich passed,' is one of the five submittc- Professor Murray, calling for a ge! investigation   into   the   minority ation, omitting special mention two' states  whc're the Jewish   minorities  appear, ticularly aggravated.
LITHUANIA WILL ., .,..-„...„ -PERMIT'.
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posed the establishment of a commissio^j,^ ^,^^3 t,,e,^. ^„^g3 ^^^^ ^jj^ ^^^^ to probe and report on the jninonty siV^eation recreated in health and in uation, the League to base its action oy,-atjpti." that report.
'The Bttst Method Proposal by Lutvin ^"The   best. metho4^.'   cpncluded   Mr.
The  prpppsal'was  endorsed by  thi«hanfarber, "of showing the boy or Bulgari[an   and  other   delegates,  whil«|ung man that this community is really {Continued on j^a^e 2.) -] {Continue^ on page &.}   ""
future years will be ^~.ble to liye^..'4^g^clTV4^WCTash For centuries the world stood practically still or moved at a slow, scarcely recog¬ nizable pace. And so had Jewry in the many lands of the Dispersion. After man's genius had discpvercd America, invented the printing press, the steam engine and electricity, the wprld had set¬ tled dpwn tp a life — the industrial life — that was becoming ever more and more standardized, mechanized and un¬ inspiring. Man, having conquered the forces of nature,' began to hope that now life' would take on a new and brighter lustre, when as a matter of fact, he very soon discovered that all the virility as well as all the inherent poetry had gone like a phantom out of it. Like Alexander of pld, he nPw began to sigh for new worlds to conquer, new worlds to take the place of those lying prone and lifeless at his feet. This civilization crumbled like Sodom's apple before he could bring it to his mouth, and the in¬ evitable result was a sense of unhappi- ness as Well as a deep-felt though.vague dissatisfaction with it all.- Man-simply felt that something vital had gone wrong with his Paradise and yet knew not what it was that did go wrong.   .
Under the abnormal circumstances, the Jew suffered doubly, both as. a man as well as a Jew., The anamoly of his position — a homeness and tolerated mi¬ nority everywhere—singled him out for the role.of the scape-goat to bear away everyone's sins. In the general spiritual debacle of the day he was the conven¬ ient target for all pfirties; witness the growing anti-Semitism of the West and the increased persecution of him in the East; - Under these most unfavorable circumstances, his own mental fibre be¬ gan to det9i'iorate, to weaken and give way, especially in its weaker places.
The catastrophic occurrences of the past eight years, sad in themselves as they were as well as surpassingly rich in human misery, have nevertheless brought to us undreamed of changes and hitherto unexperienced metamor¬ phoses, "Out of the strong came the sweet," and put of the unparalleled mis¬ eries of.our brothers abroad has come forth that equally as unparalleled man ifestations of Jewish solidarity and Jew¬ ish kind-heartedness on this side of the Atlantic. The amorphous, as yet un¬ formed American Jewry, as being yet in its swaddling-clothes and barely yet cpnscious of its potentialities grew to maturity all at once under the stressing blows delivered and aimed at the less fortunate brothers abroad, and becoming a conscious and living organism under the stress of tragic events.
It has now beeii tested in the fires of adversity and found of a pure, un¬ adulterated consistency.
There can be no doubtf pausing now at the New Year's Milestone just long enough to take stock of our national as well as cultural wealth we will discover
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Qn  circularized %y of the Interior to all governors ing them to take stern steps ag tempts to incite pogroms.   The 1 calls Lithuania's struggle for calls upon all officers of the gov^ to see to it that the well-^eing| inhabitants, is safeguarded.
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WARSAW (J. T. A.).—Polish poli^ ticians have found it convenient' to re- .'' sort tp a new war cry on the eve of the   "' Sejm elections.   To discredit thc minor-    '\ ity   bloc,   anti-Semites   have   made'. a habit of denomiting it as a Jevvish, bloc,., -' although  it includes, representatives. <J? ' '. all minorities.    Charges are made^-^jj',\ that the Jews are financing the coalition.' - j Dwa Grosse, which features this charge,,;'" appeals to all patriotic Poles "to save'' the  Polish  future"  by  returning >vell-f '" known anti-Semites. '" 1
SALE OF FORD PAMPHLETS PROHIBITED AT I^AIR
DETROIT (J. C. B.) The sale of Henry Ford's apti- , Semitic pamphlets containing reprints of articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent attacking the Jews vvas shopped at the Michigan State Fair by John A. Doelle, Commilsioner of the State Fair, four days prior to the closing of the ann' exhibitions.
The order to put a stop to the sale of the discriminatinl literature was given following the receipt by Mr. Doelle of letter from Dr, Emil Amberg of this city, who questioned tl" fairness of allowing- Ford's anti-Semitic propaganda to b spread with the help of the State of Michigan in the course ,<if the at\nual State Fair. The Ford interests had a special sp||l&t reserved at the Fair Grounds for the Dearborn Indepen^^it.
Dr. Amberg's letter, questioning the fairness of th^^^te i officials ¦ in allowing the sale of Ford's propaganda, fdl
"In the 'Announcement' of your official program you^otel
" 'Fairs are time keepers which mark the state and nation,' by William McKinley.
"May I inquire whether the offering c|r booklets in the Ford tent for 25 cents each, derogatory tola race, marks a progress of this state, or, is in harmony witfi the spirit of the constitution of the United States?" '
The prompt and satisfactory reply" that came from Mr. Doelle follows: .
"We appreciate your letter of Sept. 4th and desire to say that the matter of the booklets which were being sold at the Ford tent has been take care of and I believe you will find that none of these are being disposed of at the preseut lime.
"We were not aware that this was being done and im¬ mediately upon receipt of your letter took care of the situa¬ tion. We' appreciate very much your cooperation because none of those connected with the State Fair desire that any« thing should be done which might in any way offend anyone in the State."