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Voluitic VI — No. 25
COLUMBUS, OtTTO, NOVJ-MIIER 9, 1923
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MARSHALL SAYS KLAN PREACHING IS HIGH TREASON
Dastardly Slurs of Imperial Wiz¬ ard Hiram W. Evans Are An¬ swered, by Jewish Leader
FLAYS WIZARD'S FIRST
OPEN ATTACK ON JEWS
URGE JEWISH BOY¬ COTT OF BAVARIA
WARSAW, (J. T. A.). —The forma¬ tion of a committee of Jewish profes¬ sionals and business men to boycott Bavarian resorts and products is urged ))y a section' of the Jewish press here.
It is pointed out that many well-to-do Polish Jews were in the habit of fre¬ quenting the famous Bavarian watering pl.ices of Kissingen and Reichen'halle.
NEW YORK. —That the first open pronouncement of Dr. Hiram W. Iwans, supreme wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, against the Jew, Catholic and Negro, ap¬ parently seeking to impose, a religious test, to establish the Protestant religion and prohibit all others "sounds suspici¬ ously like treason to the Republic" is the comment made by Louis Marshall, pres¬ ident of the American Jewish Commit¬ tee, in a statement to the New York World.
Evans' first public railings against the Jew, Catholic and Negro, containing fulminations so vile in their implications that they are unprintable in their en¬ tirety, include the charge that the Jew can never be an American because he canno't feel the patriotism of the Anglo- Saxon. The keynote address of Evans, who is a Dallas dentist, was made at the recent Klan demonstration in Texas.
Coincident with the publication of the statement from Mr. Marshall is the ap- -pearancc of an editorial in tlie World, charging that the Klan's activity in Texas "is one of pure hoodlumism, hu¬ man depravity in its worst and most vicious form." .The editorial follows:
"It may be that the Ku Klux Klan in Texas has some more-admirable pur¬ pose in view than is to'be gathered from Lieutenant Governor Davidson's rc- Tie'arsal of what the organizati6n has been doing lately in that state. No evi¬ dence is available on that point. I'he Klan, by its own proclamation, is .against Negroes, Jews and Catholics. By what means it intends to suppress them the jDtpclamatton leaves to the imagination'. Whether the order is bound to stop at injustice to members of those three groups is also left to surmise—and, to an examination of the evidence.    .
, "The evidence indicates that the Klan in Texia has fltiietly extended .its ihtol-;' crancc 'to everybody if dislikes, irrespec¬ tive pf race or religion. It is now a secret society out to terrorize the com¬ munity in its own interest. Some of its outstanding recent accomplishments, ac¬ cording'; to Lieutenant.Governor David¬ son, are ¦ tbe murder of a respectable wbrkman'named Otto Laiige, the wound¬ ing of his daughter' and the beating of hi^ mother into submission with' pistol butts; also the shooting of a merchant in front of his store, the flogging of a venerable Baptist minister, an assault on a iTian named E. T. McDonald, mob revffnge on several citizens in the neigh¬ borhood of Port Arthur, the whipping of a drug clerk at Wichita Falls with copber wire, bits of which were found in his wounds, and a series of other out¬ rages less specifically described. In no single case was the motive of the Klan traq^ble to the three prejudices named in the speech of the imperial wizard as fundamental Klan doctrine.
"Despicable as are the stated prin¬ ciples of the Klan, its practice in Texa^ is, if such a thing is possible, worse Its ' one activity is pure hoodlumism, deptavity in its most vicious and danger, ous' form. It is a government by the ¦worst—and at present it is governing Texas. How long will Texas endure so contplete humiliation?"
\tr. Marshall's statement, in part, fol¬ lows:
"Hitherto   I  have  regarded  the  Ku Klux _Klan   movement   as   so   utterly ridiculous as to be undeserving of seri¬ ous consideration," Mr. Marshall said, '       (Concluded on page 4)
Jews in Bavaria Are Being Deported By the Hundreds
Their   Residences   Are   Requisi¬ tioned and Their Property Cqniiscated      ;
America's Leading Jew
BY AARON M. NEUSTADT
Great men stand like solitary ;owrr.<j the demands of, Judaism whether as a
MANY JEWS ARE BEING PERSECUTED AND KILLED
MUNICH — (Jewish Telegraphic Agency.)—Two hundred Jewish fami¬ lies have already been expelled from Bavaria and as many are awaiting deportation, by order of Dictator von Kahr on the ground of their inability to establish the right' of domicile. Among those expelled from Bavaria arc many old residents, including Jews who, while not subjects of the Bavarian State, are citizens of the Reich. There are also many Jews who though "aliens", have seen service during the war in the Bavarian regiments. A number of East-European Jews from Austria are also among the evicted.
The houses owned by the depprtecs have been requisitioned for the alleged purpose of housing the refugees from the Ruhr district, without, however, any provision Ibcing made for the housing of the expelled'in districts outside of Bavaria.
Bavarian Jewry is in the throes of an unspeakable panic. Many heads of Jew¬ ish families, feeling their residence threatencdj have offered to the authori¬ ties to leave Bavarian territory volun¬ tarily if any are. permitted to change their residence for some other German province.
The Voelkishe' Beabachter, organ of Adolph Hitler,' disregarding the Jews' plea, cojitinueSj.the, publi.c5itij(,nj 0/ the names of Jews not yet expelleti, .demand¬ ing the confiscation of their property as well as of those already deported.
That Dictator von Kahr will yield to Hitler's demands is a foregone conclu¬ sion, since Hitler has convinced him of the value of his support.
The Hitler spirit controls not only the Government but also all public opinion. This is best shown by the fact that the Allgemeine Zeitung of Munich, the only liberal paper in Bavaria has been sup¬ pressed,
in the city of God — Longfellow.
Among the many Anierican-Jews who haVe achieved national reputations as champions of Jewish ideals and de¬ fenders of Jewish rights Louis Marshall, president of the American-Jewi.sh com¬ mittee and chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Theological, Seminary of ^^^Amcrica stands out pre' eminently. His services to American Judaism—begun at a very early period in his life—arc today one of the bright¬ est spots- in contemporary Jewish his¬ tory. Whenever aiiy emergency has arisen where -Jewish honor, the Jewisli name, or the welfare of the Ilolise of
director of a Jewish educational institu¬ tion, a community center, a temple, a siMuniary. a hospital or a great national organisation. To'bim neither reforinj nor conservatism, nor orthodoxy are the 'most deserving of support and encour- ageiuent; he is too broad to align him- .M'lf entirely and exclusively..with any br.iiich of the synagogue. .His field is tlu' Rl eater Judaism-r-the Judaism of 111'- late lamented Profes.sor Schechtcr— Catliolic Israel. For the cause' of Critholic Israel Louis Marshall hiis at all times liten ready to stake his health,,his foi tunc and his, very life. Although president of the leading reform temple
'YOU DEPORT MY JEWS I WILL DEPORT YOURS"
WARSAW, (J. T. A.). —The Pof;,sh Consul at Munich has been instructeti'to protest against the expulsion from Bavaria of Jews who arc Polish citizclis. The Polish Government, it is under¬ stood, threatened Dictator von Kahr with reprisals, declaring that Bavarian citizens living in Poland will be-de¬ ported Unless Bavaria halts the expul¬ sion of Polish citizens.
STATE AND NATION TO GREEr C. J. W.
C0NVENrN,N0V.12
1,000 Women From All Parts of
y. S. to Gather at
St. Louis
Israel  was  at  stake,  this  valiant,   for- in \'ew York City, he nevertheless takes
wjird-looking and doughty leader has stood up and made himself Iieard—in city halls, councils, in state legislatures, before city boards of cduciti.on, in the
llic most active interest in the welfare and pi ogress of the conservatively Or-^ thodox Jewish Theological Seminary of America.    In fact the writer has often
halls of congress, and even before tht y Vjf'"'' '''<= remark by a prominent mcm- Unitcd States Supreme Court.    An ah\i?{   I of tile board of directors of that in-
'  ili'tutioii that without the able coopera¬ tion and assistance of  Louis Marshall
speaker,  with  a  splendid command  of the English tongue as well as a thor¬ ough knowledge of Jewish history andi tho seminary today would be in a rut — Jewish  problems, he has proved to bel>ca, its existence as a living and throb- well equipped for his self-imposed tasi4 bing force in Anierican Judaism would of guardian of  American  Israel. .  In | be seriously jeopardized, every city of the .United .States his name j and fame, especially among Jews, is as - firmly established as the rock of Gib
TO OPEN CONVENTION
ON  ARMISTICE  DAY
Brands as Untrue Lipsky's^Statement On Palestine Resolution
Zangwill  Declares  Jewish  Con¬ gress Adopted His Resolution Almost in Full
LIPSKY SAYS AUTHOR'S VIEWS WERE REGRETTED
raltar. Even our most brilliant rabbjs concede that today Louis Marshall is not only tlie biggest Jew in New Yorlci City but at the same time the most pub"- lic-spirited and loyal layman .of pur our faith in this country.
-Not Through Power bf Wealth
Not througli the power of wedlth not efren the force of eloquence has he gained this enviable position among our people but through his whole-hearted,' unremitting, self-sacrificing, and ener¬ getic efforts. ¦ Although he has for a quarter of a 'century been a busy and alTluent liwyer, always' hard pressed foij time,' he has never failed to respond tq*
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All  Too  Few
Men like Louis Marsha'll are all too few in America today, but the writer be¬ lieves that this generation is producing young men who are striving to follow in the footsteps of this splendid leader. Thcic joiing men maybe found in our universities; invariably they are dis¬ tinguishing themselves as scholars im¬ bued with a, deep and abiding spirit of public service. Most of them are ac¬ tive in the Menorah socities and it is to a certain extent for this reason that the CiiuoNiCLE is a staunch supporter of the Menorah movement. We feel that the "Menorah" is a recruiting center for our future public workers and leaders.
It' is opr. fond hope to see the day (Concluded on page, 4)
NEW YORK, (J. T. A.)--Israel Zangwill in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Ag;ency has characterized as untrue the assertion by Louis Lipsky, Chairman of the Zionist Organization of America, that "nothing said by Mr. Zangwill in his address or in private was considered by either the Congress or any of its committees."
'Mr. Lipsky in denying Mr. Zangwjll's claim that the resolution of the Atncil- can Jewish Congress expressed Mr. Zangwill's views on Palestine called at¬ tention to the fact that Mr. Zangwill's suggestion for a solution of the Arab question embodied in his Carnegie Hall speech and by him submitted to the Committee drafting the Palestine reso¬ lution were "specifically and unani¬ mously rejected." .
• In support of his contention that the resolution as finally adopted by the Congress was his, Mr. Zangwill has fur¬ nished ,the Jewish Telegraphic Agency with a copy of the resolution as orig¬ inally drafted by him. This resolution is the one adopted by the Jewish Con¬ gress, 'with a few exceptions. The last part of the second paragraph which Mr,
A VITAL QUESTION
TO BE DISCUSSED AT NEXT I. O. B. B. MTG.
"What About The Cloied Door .Immigration Policy?" is the subject which will be dis¬ cussed at the next nieeting of the B'nai B'rith Lodge of this city' at Woodmen's Hall, East Main St., Monday evening, No- ' vember 121. A competent speaker will open the discussion and then the subject will be thrown open to the house. Non-mem¬ bers as well as members are urged to attend this meeting and participate in the discussion of this vital problem.
At present there is nA more important question facing the American people as a whole aud the Jews of America in particular. It behooves every intelligent Jew to become more familiar with the various as¬ pects of this subject.
BERLIN, (J. T. A.)—Notwithstand¬ ing the statement communicated to the press by the police chief of Munich that the expulsion in Bavaria is aimed at all aliens, the Reich press triumphantly as¬ serts that only Jews have been expelled.
There was only, one case, according to press reports, where the authorities ac¬ ceded to the request of deportee housing accommodations in some bther German province. The "police,; hoWeyer, have made .a condition, that no Jews were to be housed. The Abendzeitung reports that a search of the expelled has resulted in the seizure pf much gold and silver. The paper demands that the "Jew specu¬ lators" be put tp death.
Reports from all parts of Bavaria inr dicate that the expulsion is not limited to Munich alone, biit is being carried out throughout Bavaria.
VIENNA, (J. T. A.)—Austrian Jews who had" lived fpr as long as thirty years in Munich on arrival here follow¬ ing their expulsion from Bavaria jn^de the following statement to the J< T,A.:
"Our homes were invaded at night; all belongings confiscated, and we were forced oyer the frontier. Operators of targe factories were expelled and their property requisitioned. The equipment of> their factories, has in many cases been seized, although the authorities ad¬ mitted the owners had a right to retain thein.
"The Kahr regime encourages, the Hakehkreuzler, who go about in public singing 'The alien Jews must "get out, our reckoning then with the local Jews'."
Thus far 300 Jews' have arrived from Munich. The majority.of these refugees have been left with no means whatever, all their property having been confis¬ cated;
PALESTINE EDUCATOR
TO VISIT U.S.
7w
IN ONE NIGHT FOR
Zangwill   Writes   That   Schools
Must Teach Judaism as
Well as Hebrew
JERUSALEM, Sept. 19, (J. T. A.)— Ishai Adler, author of a number of Hebrew text books has left for a visit to the U. S.
Mr. Adler is active also iij Jewish communal affairs, having served as head of the Tel Aviv Council for a number qf years.
NEW YORK, (J. T. A.). —The sum of $200,000 was pledged at the dinner at the Hotel Astor of the Jewish Educa¬ tional Association toward the half mil¬ lion dollar fund which is being sought.
Among those who spoke were Judge Rosalsky, chairman of the campaign, Louis Marshall and Felix M. Warburg. Samuel 'C. Lamport presided.
A letter was read from President Cooiidge praising the work of the As¬ sociation. A letter was 'also received from Israel Zangwill in which .he ex¬ tolled the plan of the Jewish Educa- tional Association as "one of the finest nianifestations of. the abiding interest of the Jews of New York in religious edu¬ cation. "Mr. Zangwill stresses!the-need of teaching Judaism aS well as the Hebrew language. "
"In my recent speech," Mr. Zangwill writes, "at Carnegie Hall, T labored to convince the American Jewish Congress that np merely racial aggregation of our people can last except it be in a honie- land of its own or in one of those old East European milieus where ancient racial minorities leading a niasS life are part of the historic and.natural order. , "Even in these eommunities, however, thdugh our people may have been un¬ consciously preserved by the will to live of the toughest race in history, the conscious conserving force has always been religion. S'till more is Judaism — the frontier of fiery faith —the only means of preserviiig small and scattered communities.
"I do not believe in 'Jewish' educa¬ tion if that, merely means artificially teaching^ children the Hebrew language and history, for that is only carrying on the race isolatioii, which I do not valiie except under autonomous condi¬ tions, such as in Palestine or in any other political Jewish territory.
"But if it means teaching your chil¬ dren Juidaism, then you are placing the great American Jewry on its only "right basis,
"I know how abysmal are tlie depths of Jewish ignorance in the young gen¬ eration, but the young generation is sometimes wiser than its elders, and when you have put before it a Judaism which can rfeally be practiced in America you will find gigantic campaigns no longer necessary, I write ih a sincere effort to bring lightj not discouragement, to your great gathering," the letter reads.
;OUNCIL OE-JEWISH Al E
In Existence But Thirty Years, It Has Enjoyed a Most    ' Phenomenal Growth
The National Council . of Jewish Women was organized in Chicago at the world's fair in 1893 under very memo¬ rable circumstances. "The call to all na¬ tions in the world to form a world's parliament of religions at the World's fair was the inspiration that led to that marvelous organization of women now known as the Council of Jewish Women, with Mrs. Hannah G- Solomon of Chi¬ cago as its first president.
Under her efficient leadership , this organization' has had a phenomenal de¬ velopment with sections in almost .every cominunity in the country, coinprising a membership of over 48,000 women band¬ ed together for religious, philanthropic, and educational endeavor.
In-1894 there were thirteen local sec¬ tions with a membership of 1,324. The pioneers had many obstacles to encoun¬ ter, but this did no;t daunt them in the least, in fact, it seemed the more ob¬ stacles they were compelled to encounter the more enthiisiastic they became, be¬ cause they recognized the urgent neces¬ sity for such an organization of Jewish women.
, There are sections of; the Council in Canada and Cuba. Where there is a section of the Council there is always excellent co-operative work on the part of the Jewish women in that community, ho matter how small or how large it may be.     '  . ,
Each local section, forms its organiza-. tion to harmonize with that of the national section; electing its own officers, appointing its own committees, and con¬ ducting its own local work in addition to co-operating with the national body.
Among the various committees on spheres of Council activity are those on religious schools, social welfare, civic and communal affairs, junior auxiliaries, department of immigrant aid, American¬ ization and education of immigrants, legislation; Council extension, finance aild scholarship fund. The sub-commit¬ tees comprise those on public health, blind, deaf, tuberculosis, purity of press, peace and arbitration.
The Council has been far-reaching in its activities, not only in this country, Canada and Cuba, but also in Europe. As a result of the unceasing efforts and beautiful spirit of fellowship on the part of the members of the foreign relations committee, sections of the Council have (Concluded on page 4)
On Sunday evening November llth, nearly 1,000 women from all parts of the United States and from Canada will gather at Temple Shaare Emeth in St. Louis, at the public meeting that will mark the opening of the Tenth Trien¬ nial convention of the Council of Jewish Women, according to figures announced by Estclle M. Sternberger, National Ex¬ ecutive Secretary; These 1,000 wonicn will represent 50,000 mcnibers of this body, which is the largest Jewish viJomen's organization in the world.
When tlie^ fingers of Mr«. David Kriegshaber touch the keys of the tem¬ ple's iiiagnificent organ, this significant convention, which will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Council of Jewish Women, will open for a week of earnest thought jind action on questions affect¬ ing Jewish womanhood. After Dr. Samuel Sale of Temple Shaare Emeth, offers the invocation, Mrs. Alvin L. Bauinan, president of the St. Louis Sec¬ tion of the Council and National Treas¬ urer, will welcome thg visiting delegates to her community.
The entire city and state have ar¬ ranged to extend special greetings and a word of welcome to the women of the Council on this occasion. Mayor Henry W. Kiel will speak for the citizens of St. Louis, and cx-Govcrnor Herbert S. Hadley, who is now Chancellor of Washington University, will express the gratification of the state of Missouri in entertaining the Council during this im¬ portant gathering. There will also be a message from the Nation, in tribute to the Contribution of the Council to the progress and welfare of America, by Colonel DvC'ight Davis, Assistant Secre¬ tary of War and a native son of St. Louis. The spirit of co-operation that prevails among the Jewish women of America, will be voiced in a message
Zangwill proposed, but the Committee
rejected, r?ads as f.^Uows,:,., -^b^^-yii \.'',^^^^^i '^^^^^\ -Fcderatiqn Tjf"Jc'i^'ple.
'And taking note finally of the address of Mr. Zangwill pointing out that by the conditions of the Balfour Declaration and Mandate, the Arabs of Palestine are justified in demanding a free parliamen¬ tary constitution, the only .objection to which is thatrit might be used to nullify the prirnary purpose of the; Balfour Dec¬ laration and the-British Mandate .which requires the l^jlandatory to establish a Jewish National Homeland in Pales- tine^--,    ^,   ,"¦;¦•    ¦
The Congress resolution omits also an¬ other part of Mr. Zangwill's draft reso¬ lution asking to "grant Palestine the par¬ liamentary constitution desired by" the Arabs, subject only to the veto of the British Governor upon all anti-immigra¬ tion or any other legislation calculated .to . destroy the creation of the Jewish National Home."
The final clause of the resolution as adopted by the Jewish Congress, is text- ually at variance with the one proposed by Mr; Zangwill, the resolution omitting Mr. Zahgwill's proposed - references to the Holy Land as the place where Jesus and..Mary lived their earthly lives as members of the: Jewish people, and that Jews' and Moslems revere in common the memory of Moses.
Mr. Zangwill challenges Mr. Lipsky or .other members of the Committee to pro¬ duce the original resolution prepared: be¬ fore he, Mr. Zangwill, joined the reso¬ lutions committee in its labors. Mr. Zangwill says he found the committee's draft to be "incompetent.'*
The issue between the two appears to be not Mi". Zangvirili's authorship pf. the resolution, which Mr. Lipsky does not contest, but to what extent the resolu¬ tion as finally adopted by,the Congress expresses Mr. Zangwill's views.
Mr. Lipsky claii|is that in rejecting the concession to the Arabs the Congress rejected Mr. Zangwill's view^s, whereas i/Lr. Zangwill insists that in accepting all of his resolution, with the exception of the Arab clauses, the Congress showed it was won over to his views.
Sisterhoods, to be presented by the Ped-~ oration's    First   "Vice-President,   Mrs, Maurice Steinfeld of St. Louis.
Miss Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N. Y., the Natioiial President of the Coun- cilpf Jewish Women, will deliver the address of the evening. Her message is eagerly awaited by Jewish women every¬ where, for its forceful presentation of the ideals that animate Jewish woman¬ hood in its program of world service. The benediction. by Doctor Leon Har¬ rison of Temple Israel will conclude the program for the evening.
Mrs. Irvin. Bettman, Chairman of the Trienniar Board of the St. Louis Sec¬ tion announces that a reception'to the; delegates and Council -visitors at the Co¬ lumbian Club will follow this opening meeting.' This reception will be tendered by the Sisterhoods of Temples Israel, Shaare Emeth, B'nai El and the United Hebrew congregation.
The first business session of the Con¬ vention, which will have its headquarters at the Hotel Chase throughout the en¬ tire week of November llth, will take place on Monday morning, November 12.,
FIRST POGROM ON GER¬ MAN SOIL AT NUERENBERG
JEWISH ELECTORS DIS- FRANCHISED IN SALONICA
SALONICA, (J. T. A.)—Of the 96,000 Jews resident in Salonica, not more than 3,600, or about 3%, will, be allowed to go to the polls in the forth¬ coming elections.
Disfranchisement of the Jewish elec¬ tors, who are suspected of being hostile to the present government, was effected thrpugh the establishment of a special Jewish election sector, by means pf which a few thousand hand-picked Jews are recognized as electors.
MUNICH, (J. T. A.). —The first actual pogrom on German soil occurred in Nuernberg yesterday when an infuri¬ ated mob attacked Jewish residents, fatally wounding four well-known citi¬ zens of the Jewish faith. Shops'owned' by Jews were plundered to an extent which makes it difiicult to estimate the damages.
Panic among the Jews continues as placards and circulars are still in evi¬ dence calling on the population to "strike down the Jews like dogs."
The town cpuncil met in extraordinary session to protest to the authorities for having, failed to take precautions to avert the pogrom which, in the present excitement, was not to be unexpected.
POLISH ORGAN WANTS JEWS TREATED AS ALIENS
WARSAW, Sept. 19, (J. T. A.)— The withdrawal, of all political rights from Jews and the treatment of all Jews as aliens is urged by the anti- Semitic and influential Polish organ "Dwa Grosze".
This Jew-baiting organ declares that the minority and constitutional guaran¬ tees cannot stand in the way of such a step, as the jews themselves consider themselves niembers of a separate com¬ munity and at prsent,^ it contends, pro¬ fess a double allegiance, which is un¬ tenable. ,
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