Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1923-06-22

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JEWS SHRINKING PHYSICALLY IN THE UKRAINE
More Than 150,00» Are Victims
of Pogroms, "OZE" Re-
port Shows
DR. SCHWARTZMANN BACK FROM WORLD RELIEF CONF.
SWISS ANTI-SEMITES
ENCOURAGED BY FORD
LONDON (J. T. A).—Pogroms, f.-iinine und epidemics of every descrip- tioii h;ive left not only a bloody trail of hundreds of thousands of Jewish vic- ,tids in Ihc Ukraine and Russia, but have effected survivors to such a decree as 'to cause a shrinking of their si;sc. The physical frame of the Jew is changing as a result of the horrors he has gone through. ',
This was the statement made by Dr. Schwartzmanii of the Jewish World Re¬ lief Conference at the inaugural meet¬ ing today of the "OZE." an organiz.i¬ tion for the improvement of health con¬ ditions among Jews of Russia.
Dr. Schwartzm-inn has just returned from an exhaustive tour of the Ukraine. Some of the facts disclosed by him were: The size of the average Jewi.sh chest has become reducetl. The mor¬ tality of the Jews has become twice as great as that of the non-Jews. More than l.iO.OOO Jews have been killed in pogroms. These, Dr. Schwartzmann said, were the Red Cro.ss figures. Tens of thousands of Jewish girls and women have been violated.
In one town of the Ukraine, half of the Jewish population of 30,000 within two years perished for want.of food. Two .hundred and fifty out of every thousand Jews in the city' of Cherson died''of hunger. In Ekaterinoslav, one hundred and fifty out of each thousand were stricken.
thousands   of    victims    of    hunger
dropped on the street, too weakened to
cry  or  even   to  beg.    Thjrty-two  per
cent of the Jewish dead buried in the
-   Odessa cemetery are unidentified.
Nervous diseases have becomt; multi¬ plied to an extent impossible to calcu¬ late, and Jews are subject to all forms of hysteria. Numerous, s mall towns and villages rhave virtually been wiped .' ijul as a result of the pogroms.    Some
ZUKfCII '(J. T. A.).—Notwithstand¬ ing vague denials to the contrary, the reports of Ford's arrival in Switzerland to spend the summer continue.
The "Israelitische Wochcnblatt" of Zurich dtclares that Ford's expected arrival has already resulted in intensify¬ ing the anti-Semitic bias throughout the country. Colics of Ford inspired articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent, as well as translations of his anti-Semitic work, The Intenmtional Jew, arc on sale universally through¬ out Switzerland and on account of their cheap   prices  have  found  an  extensive
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Joseph Kraiiskopf's Monument
AN APPRECIATION
By A. H, FP.OMENSON
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Private Initiative Lauded by Jewish
or of Tel-Aviv
Meyer   Dizengoff   Offers   First
Jewish Municipal Bonds
in History
IMMIGRATION TO
PALESTINE JEWISH
SAYS TOWN BUILT ON
SELF-HELP PRINCIPLE
NEW YORK.—-The first Jewish mayor of the first all-Jewish city .since the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans has' come to the United States and is now the guest of the Jews of New York. Meyer Dizengoff, the mayor of Tel-Aviv, Palestine, wants flie Jews of America to know what Jewish initia¬ tive aful constructive enterprise has been able to accomplish in a neglected and forbidding land. And he points to Tcl- Aviv as the most convincing evidence of the constructive ability of the Jewish people.
The arrival of Mayor Dizengoff has created quite a stir in the Jevirish press of the metropolis, as was bound to he the case with the first mayor of the first Jewish city. Ardent Zionists see in him a" symbol of the fulfillment of their fondest dreams, while other Jews find gratification in the fact that their co-religionists have heen able to build up a community- in Palestine which is admitted -by all observers 'to be the finest in the country and one of the finest 'in the entire Near East..
For Joscpli Krauskopf a monument-of his visit, in lMi)l, to Leo Tolstoi, already exists — a monument, indeed, |who laid upon his soul a duty which that marks ,hiin a man unicpie in h.H ' foitiid c-\picssion in the foundhig of generation, a man of vision, statcsman-Mllis institution. In a strictly literal like vision, as a great coustruclive foixc -.scnso that is' true. The great Russian whose strivings and whose achievemerlts I sage and teacher of the humanities, have not ended with the cessation ot\ foresaw, with prophetic vision, a dan- the beating of his great heart. ,    {!,'er to the vast mass of Jews who were
It is true of Joseph Krauskopf that.[lhen moving, like some mighty torrent the good he did in life, lives after him.'Joiil of the land of Czars and pcrsecu- will live after him, and that his nietu-'tioii, to the laud of cipiality and oppor- ory will remain, as green and golden afijtmiity, "Let not your people create those broad, rolling acres near DoyIes-'j crowded cities in the new land," spoke town, Pennsylvania, that embody andj the prophet, "These invite slavery, symbolize the vision and the purpose fpoverty, discontent, lawlessncssj dis- to which, above everything else, lunl;;ise. Those vast areas of rich soil gave the best .years of his life; upoii¦ across the'sea cries aloud for workers, which he lavished the full, measure _of,l T-cad your people thither." his gcniii-s and the entire force of hisj And Dr. Krauskopf knew that the marvelous energy and capacity. The.i pi-ophet had spoken words of great red bams, the silos, the lowing kitie;.j wisdom. For he had seen the vast fhe multitude nodding heads of the,'.i,„i-(iL. of fugitives pouring into the great fields of corn and wheat, the houwf ciiies. He had witnessed their struggles bent over rake and harrow and plouitli'|to gain a footing there. He had seen or tending the cattle, the dormitoncs;|l,i;(i;i„„ing of a great exploitation, and green-houses and class rooms of the|l,i,-i,i previsioned its aftermath in indus- National Farm School — these 'arejti-iai oppression, in misery, in disease, Joseph Krauskopf's enduring moiiu,-Ji,i moral decailence. He had previ- ment. The scores of graduates, manyji tioned the time when this vast horde of them imparting to others the great/jl-ivotild create problems beyond the fundamental wiiich they ac«iuired at tht| powers of philanthropy to allay, be- School   founded  by ' Joseph Krauskopf,, yond the power of legislation to solve.
JfCRUSALFM (J. T. A.).—Omcial figures of the immigration into 'Pales¬ tine for the month of April show an overwhelming majority were Jews. The total number of immigrants was H'M^. Of that number, 800 were Jews, S-'i Mohammedans and eight Christians.
Of the immigrants, !)0 are rated as possessing means, 22'1 have relatives in Palestine, whom thcy have come to join, and 108 had employment guaranteed in advance of their arrival. Three hun¬ dred and twenty-six of the immigrants came   with   their   families.
U. OF A. H. C. TO SPEND NEARLY HALF ILLION FOR 1923
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Joseph Krauskopf's monument .-willj endure, and liis memory will remain'»!(; green atid golden as the broad acres-of that significant institution .ind'its pilr-, pose with'which his name'will ever bii, associated. And every JeWish farmi^rj; every Jewish iii'striJctor rehhparting-'td; their kind-that ancient kno\Vledge vihp-V the Jews 'have lost through' cishtui^^i|fr, will add to the height as'if will addiWi the enduringness of-Joseph Krauskopfj monument. - -.    ". -V,"#,'|
Dr. Krauskopf crediled linothe.t i>^^||| the inspiration that"; gave - .bir|1i , t^C';^f| National Farm School.   Hejife^ 'f'^MM :"•"   -'
Peering into the future he had heard his people charged, in this country, as they were being charged in lands of hate, with being non-producers, para¬ sites, and he saw that the time would come when the portals of this haven and refuge would be slammed in the face of the fugitive Jew. What to do? How to prevent that which he foresaw? The words of Leo Tolstoi answered these questions for Joseph Krauskopf. Today, eight hundred acres in a rai-ely ' fertile Pennsylvania valley are dedicated to the effort to direct Jews back to the soil. -Cut, there are also the Congested cities,. the hideous tenemiint {Concluded on page 6.) .
as; tnshy «s titleen times. - acSfcciy" a village in the Ukraine escaped without af least one pogrom.
The mortality of the Jews of Odessa increased from 18 per thousand during tlie period before the war to 56 per thousand in 1920.
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Zangwill Comes to Address Jewish Congress Session
To Deliver Chief Address Before
the Next Session of the
Congress on Oct. 14th
COME ON INVITATION
OF DR. STEPHEN S. WISE
NEW YORK (J. T. A.).—Nath.an Straus, president of the American Jew¬ ish Congress, announces that Israel Zangwill, the noted English Jewish novelist, playwright and essayist, has icccpted an invitation to deliver the chief address before the next session of the congress which will be held on October 11, aud delegates to which are now l)eing elected in different com¬ munities of the country.
The invitation was extended to Mr. Zangwill in behalf of the Executive Committee by its Chairman. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, after a meeting of the same was held at the offices of Mr. Straus on May 13.
Mr. Zangwill will come to the UniteJ States, which he had not visited for 12 years, for the exclusive purpose of de¬ livering this address .^nd, he will return to his home in England, where he is en¬ gaged in pressing literary work after a stay of only a few days.
It was indicated yesterday by officers of the American Jewish Congress tha\ Mr. Zangwill's'address will be in a large
Warburg Explains Loan to Hungary and Austria
VIENNA (J. T. .).—In an interview with the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Felix Warburg, .who has come here to attend the Joint Distribution Coinmittee conference, de¬ clared that the first ne^vs of the partici¬ pation of Kuhn, Loeb & Company in the international loan for Hungary came to him after his departure from America. Mr. Warburg said that he had since learned that the share of the Kuhn, Loeb & Company in the loan was principally in 'the Austrian phase. Conditions in Austria were muclh better, he said, and the further improvement of the situation by means of the loan would be reflected also in improvement of the situation of tlie Jews there. Be-, fore leaving Austria,'Mr. Warburg will confer with fhe President of Austria, Herr Hainisch.
Schiff's Heirs Not to
Assist Enemies of Jews
VIENNA (J. T. A.).—The J. T. A. learns from a person in close touch with Felix Warburg that all reports regarding the negotiations between Premier Bethlen and the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb and Company for the loan that Hungary plans to float are baseless.
The Warburg family, the Schiff fam^ ily, and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. maintain the Jewish traditions of Jacob Schiff, it is ^stated.
If the official Hungarian telegraphic agency endeavored to convey the im¬ pression that Count Bethlen. negotiated in Paris with representatives of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., this was either done i.n an effort to mislead, or negotiations were conducted with a Paris batik which has business associatioiis with Kulin, Loeb & Co.
It is possible, it is further stated, that Premier Bethlen tried to obtain the as¬ sistance of the' Paris bank to mediate with the Kuhn-Locb house to partici¬ pate in the proposed loiui.
Tel-Aviy,'* said' the''*riiayor;'*is' tiie first - fruit- pf' Jewish private initiative \Xi Palestine and owes its success not to any institution or' agency but to itself. It stands on the principle of not accepting any donations."
"Tel-Aviv," continued the mayor, "was at one time visited by that prince of givers. Baron Edmund de Rothschild of Paris. Of course he was received by the officials and the people of the town with all the respect and affection to which his services to Palestine entitle him. He was shown, and naturally dis¬ played particular interest in, the Roths¬ child boulevard of Tel-Aviv, which is one of the finest streets and named for him. When it was over, he asked what he was expected to give in return for the honors he had received and when we told him that we could accept noth¬ ing from him, he could hardly believe us. But I am convinced that this prin¬ ciple accounts for the success of Tel- Aviv."
Seeks American  Interest
"I do want American Jews to become interested in Tel-Aviv—not, however, as donors, but as holders of Tel-Aviv municipal bonds. ' I have come to the United States to interest the Jews of your blessed country to complete the .£75,000 issue of bonds which the Pal¬ estine goyernment has authorized us to put out. The work has already made an excellent start through the efforts of Judge Bernard A. Rosenblatt, whom Tel-Aviv authorized fo place ifs bonds on the American market. The greatest {Concluded on page 8.)
SIR HERBERT TOURS
PALESTINE AND SYRIA
JERUSALEM (J. T. A.).—The High Commissioner of Palestine, Sir Herbert Samuel has left for a tour of northern Palestine, during which lie will visit a number of the colonies. He will also visit a part of French Syria.
The visit, it is announced, will be en¬ tirely informal. The French' govern¬ ment, however, has assigned an official escort for the High Commissioner dur¬ ing his' stay in Syria.
KLAUSENBURG TEACHERS JOIN STUDENTS' STRIKE
BUCHAREST (J. T. A.).—Sixty as¬ sistant profes'sors and instructors joined the striking anti-Jewish studepts, de¬ claring that since only Jews attended the kctures, they saw no purpose Jn continuing to teach. Appeals by the Jewish student body to the tn'structors to disregard the, anti-Semitic boycott proved unavailing.
Changes in the Board Announced
and Appropriations  Made
for Fiscal Year
SHORTAGE OF RABBIS
GREATER THAN EVER
Nearly a half million dollars will be spent hy the Union of American He¬ brew Congregations during the coming year for the advancement of Judaism in this country. Appropriations totalling !?111,000, and representing an advance of .'flOO.OOO over the expenditures of the previous year wcre made at a recent meeting of the executive board of the Union in Cincinnati. The burden'^ of raising funds will be placed upon the congregations affiliated with the Union, which have expressed their willingness to assuinc it. The .¦support of the Union is at present derived from 8,500 subscribers, representing twenty-five per cent of the membership of the vari¬ ous  congregations.
It was announced at the meeting that the resolutions adopteil by the Twenty- Eighth Council, condemning the r^buse of the sacramental wine privileges re¬ ceived the endorsement of a large pro¬ portion of the congregations of the Union, and that resolutions have been forwarded to Washington asking the government to withhold the sacramental wine privilege from Jewish congrega¬ tions.
It was reported that the Union now has a membership of 265 congregations, with 43,769 individual memberships.
The following wcre elected to filJ vacancies on the various boards of the ^ Union. On the board of governors of the Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Leo M. Franklin of Detroit, Michigan, to take the place of Mr. Sigmund Rhein- . Strom of "Cincinnati, resigned. The term to  begin   immediately;
Vacancies  Pilled
For ,T period of tliree years beginning - with January   1,   ]92t,   Marcus   iViron,   Pittsburgb, Pa.;  .-\.   G.  r.eckcr,' Cliicago,  Ill.J  Dr.  Henry TJcrkowit/, ¦   Philadelphia,    Pa.]    Pr.    Joseph  -• Kr.iuslcopf,  PJnlii'delphia, tn.; Simon'L.ttaru-s,, .dolumbus, Ohio; Eabbi Charles S.-Levi, Mil-- (.^quket;,' Wis.,  Alfred Mack',   Cincinnati, O.;-. . nlv.   Ilavid, Philipson,  -CincinnartJ  Er,  Joseph. -;',
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BALTIMORE (J. T. A.).—After a stormy 'debate which lasted for three holirs the Zionist onvention at 1:30 Mdnday morning adopted, 154 against 10, the proposal introduced in behalf of the Administration recommending that the coming Zionist congress give to the Zionist Executive power to es¬ tablish immediately a Jewish Agency by inviting into its membership representa¬ tives of Jewish ¦ organizations inter¬ ested in the upbuilding of Palestine.
A counter proposal fathered by AbraJ- ham S. Schomer, urging the early con¬ vening of the World Congress, in the meantime having the Zionists act as the' Agency, was defeated. William Edlin, Abraham S. Schoine, Bernard G. Richards a'nd A. M. Seddin stoutly de¬ fended the Schomer resolution , while Morris Rothenberg and Ab Goldberg advocated co-operation with those no¬ tables who were willing to assist in the Palestine task.
Dr. Weizniann refrained from ex¬ pressing any opinion until the vote was cast. He then spoke for one hour and forty-five minutes. He said that the resolution adopted coincided with his opinion and he explained why it -was impossible to call the World Congress immediately and how essential it was to have the Palestine task borne by addi¬ tional men. Zionists hoped, he said, that the Balfour Declaration, the San Remo decision and the ratification of the mandate would sweep Jewry. In¬ stead of that one crisis after another arose which necessitated his coming to America in order to raise money for the balance of the budget, ".'\nother such year as last," he said, "would break the backbone of the Zionist or¬ ganization. . God only knows what would have happened if Palestine last Easter had been in tlie_ same position as in January. Man elements," he con¬ tinued, "are unprepared to come to the World Congress. Jewish workmen of America whom we need are not reatly. If certain circles who were formerly hostile are coming around, it is be¬ cause (10,000 chaluzim came to Pales¬ tine. The call for a world Congress will come from Jewish Palestine wh'eii we double Jewish population there." In speaking of notables Dr. Weizmann' said that Baron dc Rothschild is ii Zionist par-excellence, although he doe^' not share the Zionist phraseology, am as much of a democrat As anybod said Dr. Weizmann, "but detuocra often is the refuge of incompeteni We   must   strengthen   our   positioii
Turning to opponents in Palestine and Europe, Dr. Weizmann charged them with interfering with his labors toward a reconciliation with the Arabs. "Pal¬ estine," Dr, Weizmann said, "even if predominately Jevi-ish, is still an island in the, Arabic sea. We must have peace and understanding and yet while en¬ gaged in conversafaions with Arab leaders one is stabbed in the back." "We must have our backs covered," he exclaimed.
Weizmann is leaving the country Tuesday. This is his last speech to American Zionists and it stirred the delegates profoundly, especially when he promised to fight like a tion for the resolution this convention adopted.
PERCENTAGE NORM
TO BE CONTINUED
BUCHAREST.—(J. T. A.)—Reply¬ ing to a delegation of Jewish students, AI. Anghelescu, Roumanian Minister of Education today denied their plea for the removal of the limitations of Jew¬ ish students at the universities. He de¬ clared that for the present this could not be done.
He declared also that the restriction regulations for the present would als~o apply to-the recently actjuired Rouman¬ ian provinces of Bessarabia and Klausenburg.
JEWISH AGENCY TO
BE "RESPONSIBLE"
BERLIN.—(J. T. A.)—The move¬ ment for "democratizing" of the Jewish agency for Palestine won a victory Sunday when a resolution was adopted by the Zionist Actions Committee pro vidhig that the Agency shall be re¬ sponsible for its actions to a body rep rcsentative of other Jewish organiza¬ tions besides the Zionists.
The resolution provides also that the Zionists may now start negotitians whh other Jewish bodies for their participa¬ tion in the Jewish agency. Nahum So¬ kolow in a speech before the Coinmittee pledged himself to see to it that the "democratizing" principle was fully carried ont.
This satisfied Deputy Gruenbaum whose resolution Friday calling for a "responsible" agency to be constituted by a world Jewish congress was rejected by Mr. Sokolow on behalf of the Zion ibt Executive as showing lack of con¬ lidence in the leaders.
sented before dififerent Zionist cosi- gnesses, and much gratitude was ex¬ pressed that the foremost Jewish writer in the world will head the next session of the American Jewish Congress.
England Needs Zionists, Lloyd George Organ Says
LONDON, (J. T. A.).—Arab con¬ trol of Palestine would mean that it would soon become a part of French Syria oc fall in the hands of the Turks. This is the contention of the Lloyd George organ, the Daily Chronicle, in an editorial today.
England cannot afford to have either the French or the Turks such near neighbors to the Suez canal, the paper asserts. The Chronicle adds that even if there were no Jews involved in the matter, the government could not give the Arabs the demands they are ask¬ ing, as they are not fit to be trusted with self-government.
The case against the Jews in Pales¬ tine has been completely disproved, the Iiaper says. "The Jews are bringing brains and money to Palestine. The civil and religious liberties of all, re¬ gardless of creed, are amply safe¬ guarded. Sir Herbert Samuel in his conciliatory policy, it declares, has missed no opportunity to give all pos¬ sible concessions to Arab sentiment.'; "Perhaps," says the editorial, "it would have been better if Samuel had been firmer  from the beginning."
"The concessions may have conveyed a, false idea of weakness. Britain," it declares, "in its treaty with King Hus¬ sein of Hedjaz has recognized the inde¬ pendence of Mesopotamia, Transjor¬ dania, Arabia and has offered its as¬ sistance in creating an Arab confedera¬ tion.
"Generosity could go no further, yet in the midst of negotiations, Hussein announced that Palestine vvas included in the treaty. It was false, but it wrought much mischief."
"In view of England's generosity to Hussein, it is reasonable to ask him," concludes the Chronicle, "to use his in¬ fluence with the Arabs in Palestine against following a coursi; there head¬ ing fast to rebellion.
I The government should take an early opjiortunity of testing the Palestine policy in parliament. The Arabs have been encouraged to believe that public sentiment is not behind the British gov¬ ernment in its Palestine policy. The government must disabuse the Arabs of that idea,"   ,
On-tlic bparrf of 'JiasiJlgers,pf. Synagogoe' nnil School extension for a term o£ ibree and one half years beginning immediately, Messrs. Milton M. Alexander of Detroit, Nat Stone o£ Milwaukee, Dave Davidson of Sioux City, Emanuel Bronner of Syratusc, AI A. Rosen- bush of Boston and Nathan J. Miller of New York.
For a period of three years beginning Jan- uary 1, 1021, Messrs. Julius \V. Freiberg, Cincinnati; George A. Gershon, Atlanta; Fred ' L.  iGuggenheimcr,   New   York;   Sol   S,
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Hold Lawn Social, ' Tnesday Eve. June 26
Entire   Proceeds   of   the   Affair
Will Go to the Baby
Milk Fund
The Junior- Council of this city com¬ posed of local representative Jewish young womfen, most of whom are daughters' of meinbers of the Senior Council of Jewish Women, the greatest of all Jewish Women's organizations throughout the world, merits the sup¬ port of every young man atid woman who believes in that noble doctrine, "To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name."
This organization, with Misses Rosina Weiler, as active chairman and Dorothy Hassel, as sub-chairman, will next week, Tuesday evening, June '20, hold an elaboratae lawn-fete in the baclc yard of Mrs, "I. Wolf's residence, 1141 Madison Avenue. Tickets are being sold by all members at 10 cents each, entitling purchaser to entrance' and with an ice cream cone. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate. Cakes, candy, pop and other refresh¬ ments arc to be sold. There will also be dancing and novelty entertaining features  for all who attend.
The success of this lawn social will depend on the generous contribution of friends and the even more generous support of patrons.
A beautiful beaded bag has been do¬ nated by Mrs. Simon Lazarus, which is to be raffled off that night.
It is hoped that the entire community will respond generously to this worthy cause.
¦ The following are the officers of this reorganized Junior Council:
Coryne  Bash,  chairman.
Helen Bornheim, treasurer.
Helen Wolf, secretary.
Mrs.  Sol  Gohlsmith,  senior advisor.
The committee also wishes to mentioit that in case of rain, the lawn fete will be held on the following Wednesday evening.
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