Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1922-07-28

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JEWISH FUGITIVES REVEAL TRAGEDY OF THEIR RETURN
War Refugees, Struggling Back
to Former Homes, Undergo
New Hardships
NUMBER OF REFUGEES
GREATLY INCREASED
BOYCOTT UNIVERSITY
FOR APPOINTING JEW
PRAGUE.—(J. C. B.)—Fol- lowing tho unavailing protest by students of tho Prague Uni¬ versity belonging to the Deutsch V o I k i s c h e Parte! against thc appointment of Professor Samuel Stcinhartz, thc students decided to compel tlie professor to resign. Among the mcasurss to bo adopted is refusal    to' take   the   oath    of
(Speci.il   to  Ohio  Ji.wish   Chkoniu.e)        allegiance,   to    the    university NEW   VOKIC-Stories   of   refugees        „„j t„ boycott the university if
who  drag their  pitiful   way  across   the        Pr„fe„or   Steinhariz    fail,    to
Ukraine, Roumania, Turkey, Poland and        resign,
thc   Baltic   countries   in   an   endeavor
eilthcr to return to their native heaths
or   to  go   further   in   quest  of   a   safe  IJ*      t__l:_L   W^^KI*,
haven, are told in numerous reports to 1 Dig   EillgilSn   W CCKiy
the Joint  Distribution' Committee.
,Thc story of thc hardships these un¬ fortunate exiles endure until they reach
thc border of their homeland is more]
or less   familiar.    Reports published by ' 	
the Joint Distribution Committee have | ^^ggg^j^ 2ioni8t Leaders Are Cam- told time and again ot hundreds of families that have succumbed, of thou¬ sands who h.ivc perished (luring their agonizing march toward Jthc borders of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. Nor do the agonies of Israel's new exodus end with thc arrival of the refugees at the homeland's border.' Often this is the beginning of a new chapter of suffering. Recent beports received by. the Joint Distribution Committee are agaiii filled with talcs of suffering, with facts and figures indicating that 'there has been no cessation ot this suffering, no initiga- . tion   of   the ¦ disaster   which   has   over-
Says Zionists Revoked Their Basic Principles
ouflaging Surrender of Principles
EDITOR'S REMARKS
CREATE SENSATION
LONDON (J. C. B.)—The London Jeii'Lih Chronicle, virtually the only Jew¬ ish paper which has hcld'out consistently for the maximum Zionist demands, .in an editorial today declares that the ac¬ ceptance by the, Zionist Executive of VVinsloii Churchill's dehnhion of "Na¬ tional Home" as formulated in the re . . cent white paper, gives Zionism an alto Whelmed thousands of Jewish  families. Ig^j,,^.^  different aspect  from what had
Detained For Months : been  hitherto envisaged.
Thc   situation   would   not- be   so   ter-. More Than a Revocation
rible   if  these  unfortunates   would   not c   .1 •     1 r  •.•
,,. .      ,        „   . M   1   ¦ .«., I    Acceptance  of   this  dehnition consti-
have/- additional   sufferings   piled   upon, ^ .^ ,, ,. ,   ^,
('.     ,^',     „    ,    ,•   " ..¦   .1   •    tutes   more   than 'a   revocation of   the
FLORENCE REED
A CONFESSION OF JUDAISM
By CHARLES t). ISAACSON
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I them iu their efforts to return to ihejr former homes, following their arrival at the borders of their native lands. Forced into ugly, unsanitary barracks, thcy are detained for months, quaran¬ tined lest thcy be the carriers of in¬ fectious disease.' The terrible condition of these barracks is unendurable for those who'have already suffered more tlian human beings can endure and in !;,;it.-*-jHa,;*rf.i,<,-tljigij^-.;;,rvetyH»w»ekS'" the)5-»faecomBs».4n- fected with the diseases of which they were free until their detention began. I The    Polish    government's,   quarantine
rules arc very rigid," but it is frequently | criticized in the Sejm,' or' p.arliament, for the unsanitary condition of the de¬ tention stations, which, tiiiie and again, have been denounced as disease breed¬ ers.
'Quarantine regulations alone would not, perhaps, cause the detention of so many thousands of re-immigrants in these hideous, loathsome barracks, if so many legal obstacles were not set up. Regardless of the Riga treaty between Poland and Russia, which \lcfiuitely de¬ termined   thc  categories   of   those  who
basic principles of Zionism, the Chron¬ icle editor, who was one of Herzl's first followers, declared. It is a revocation of the principles of Judaism. When Hcr/.l first called thc Jews Home, hjs aim was thc antithesis of the exile. He had hoped to bring Israel at rest instead of eternal, wandering. Church¬ ill's statement that the British Govern¬ ment accented the mandate ¦ for Pales- tine on thc understanding that the Jews will be alldwed to set up'a community' falls short of the Herzlian principle.
"Zionist   Renunciation"'
The Chronicle insists that this "Zion¬ ist renunciatioii" of the previous aims is a vitally serious matter to thc Jewish people, being more serious than Church¬ ill's renunciation of those principles.
Continuing, the Chronicle accuses the Zionist leaders of camouflaging the Zionist surrender of principles to the exigencies of the British Government, by "trumpeting 'tl^e recent favorable Vote in the IIou.sc of Commons as a Zionist victory."
If the  mandate passes  in  its  present
1 must- describe one of the most re¬ markable .situations I have ever beheld, in which the characters were I-'lorcncc Reed, famous emotional actress; Mich¬ ael Morton, playwright; A. H. Woods, theatrical producer-; Edgar SeUvyn, au¬ thor and m.anager; myself, an audience of twenty-live hundred amazed listeners and a play-girl.
Let mc try to reconstruct the scene as it happened—so vivid is it in my mem¬ ory.
I had invited Florence Reed to ap¬ pear ht my Educational Literary Se¬ ries, where I am attempting to carry on a missionary effort in behalf of books and plays, similar to that which I have been  doing  for years in behalf
of good music At these
meetings we have heard Frank Reicher do Hamlet and have met Shakespeare, George Sand, Francois Villon, Charles Dickens, James Whitcomb Riley, "Face to Face;" Louis Mann, Philip Moeller, S. Jay Kaufmann have discussed plays and players; Walter Pritchard Eaton, Margaret Widdemer, Mrs. Joyce Kilmer, Harriet Wecins, have read from, their own and other poetry and have pre¬ sented bits from Dickens, Riley, Villon, Sand and' others.    .  ' . I mention
this to show you what the audience was there for, and how unexpectedly and dramatically  came the  confession.
"The. Yellow Ticket"
Some years ago I had gone to the theatre to see Michael Morton's play, "The Yellow Ticket." I had been thrilled, and the chiefest thrill, even in¬ cluding the splendid drama, was the acting of Florence Tieed, From thai time fdrward she was a prominent figlire in my estimate of the American stage,- and J have always placed h°er amongithe greatest emotional interpreters of ''0\xf day. Since that time I have seen her,.i; other plays, some good and some ,vet^ bad, but always she has been a sincef'
should be permitted to return, hundreds j ,     ,,       ,     ,     ,     ,
,.,,..      .    T) \   ,\    T„„,:..i, I form, the Jews should understand what
arc denied admission to Poland.   Jewish. •" ,..,•, ,   ,   ,
,.     , ,,   , ^,      ..    .• ,c ti,„ It now means, the editorial,cone uded.
deputies have called the attention of thci '
Sejm  to. this situation  time and .again,. ¦	
but their efforts have been vain against | «<jq|j^y„   AlifQC-
th.- constant exclusion  agitation  of the LEAVE FOR UKRAINE
anti-Semitic Polish press. LtAVt fUK UK.KA1IN£.
IJortr,!} t-r of character. Through hcr Jove for music, and hcr own uncommon ability ,is a pianist, we have become Jvarin friends, and it has been refreshing and enlightening lo hear hcr views on eilrrciit art. She has been a "rooter" |«)r our Globe concerts, going out of per way to make friends and supporters for our efforts and has been one of the n^ost enthusiastic applaudcrs when she has come to thc concerts. I have had bjit to ask .Miss Reed to do this, that or 'the other thing, and if she could do it at ?1I, she has been more than willing.
Hence, when I asked hcr to appear in behalf of the Literary idea, she gra- jfciously accepted, and was instrumental m inducing Michael Morton, here in this country for a brief period (hc is stag¬ ing his own "In thc Night Watch and ,iWoinaii to Woman") to appear.
I mention these facts, to show you how surprised I wa.s—how bewildered thc audience became—when the bomb was fired.
!_'Thc hall of the Boys' High School ?n Brooklyn was crowded to the doors, iVith hundreds standing. The Lincoln .Society (with whom the Globe is co .Operating in this plan) with its three Ijundrcd idealistic young men and wom- 6n were in their accustomed seats. The jpusical program had been completed, the poems of Riley had been recited by >ihe little Sarah Bernhardt, Aida Ar¬ mand, I had given my'"Face to Face |VV'ith Riley." ... In expectancy the audience awaited their big star, tfloreiice Reed.
FIRE MAKES 3,000
PEOPLE HOMELESS WARSAW. — (J. C. B.) — Three thousand Jews have been made homeless by a fire which swept over the town of Yanova, province of Lubin, destroying 400 houses, includ¬ ing thc synagogue and thc . Jewish   elementary   school.
Provisions have been dis¬ patched by the Warsaw com¬ munity   for   the  sufferers.
THE COUNTRY OF PALESTINE GETS LEAGUE MANDATE
Immigrants Do Not Lower Standard of Living, Says Professor
Commission Taken to Task  By
Dr. Hourwich in His Latest
Book
DECLARES IMMIGRANTS DO DISAGREEABLE WORK
JEWISH PHYSICIANS
Mr. Morton'Speaks
III my very best manner, I intro¬ duced Michael Morton, as one of the most distinguished playwrights in thc Englisli-speakiiig world. Mr. Morton, who is evidently of Hebraic persuasion, came upon thc stage and delivered a _mastcrtjiil"'sp4ech:'-'-He-.toId-, how "The }l.        (Continued on page 6.)
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By E. A. GOLDENWEISER
(Statistician,   Federal   Reserve   Board, Washington, D, C.)
A revised edition of Dr, Hourwich's work on Immigration and Labor is op¬ portune at the present timi when the current of public opinion on immigra¬ tion has rapidly turned from a some¬ what sluggish and hesitating stream in a raging torrent of prejudice and hatred. It .would be fatuous to expect that Hourwich's book will change political action on immigration, nor is it likely to change the opinion of many readers, for thc problem of immigration has now i definitely left thc realm of reason and I has entered upon the plane of heated emotional issues.
Nevertheless, a forcible presentation of the pro-immigration side of the eco¬ nomic phases of the problem is wel¬ come?, because it will strengthen the position  of  those who  are  opposed  to
Council   Agrees  on   Government
Plan for Countries of
Near East
ACTION LOOKED UPON AS BOOST FOR JEWISH HOME
5i^
GO TO PALESTINE ON GREAT MISSION
Will Establish Medical Faculty of
Hebrew University at
Jerusalennt
THE KEREN HAYESOD
BIDS THEM GODSPEED
Number of Refugees Grows
B,nt even worse is the situation of those who desire merely to cross Po¬ land to r^ach their former homes.   As
" a result of the obstacles set up against thein, of the protracted delay in secur-
V ins permission to continue' their jour¬ neys, the number of refugees held up at the Russian-Polish border has growh enormously.
'   .\  recent  report to thc  Joint  Distri¬ bution Coinmittec gives these figures of
. detained re-iinini,grants:
i^Cont'mued on page 0.)
PALESTINE ARABS' STRIKE AGAINST MANDATE ENDED
JERUSALEM, (J. T. A.)—Thc two-day strike of sections of the Arabs called out by thc leaders of the Chris¬ tian-Moslem Unioii to protest against tho registration on Monday of the Brit¬ ish, mandate for Palestine by the Council of the League of Nations was concluded last night. Reports from various sec¬ tions of the country ifiaicate that it p.assed uneventfully, the Arabs that heeded the call to strike leaving followed thc leaders' urgings to cause no dis¬ orders. The railways and government oflices, on which large numbers of native .\rabs are employed were not affected by the walk-out, .Arabs em¬ ployed by Jews on farms and in in¬ dustries remained at work. The Jewish shops closed on Thursday when Arabs- closed theirs, were reopened on Friday to permit Jews to make their- purchases for the Sabbath. Leaders of the Arab nationalist     movenient    declared     fnat
W A R S A W (Jewish Telegraphic .Agency). — Partial liquidation of, the activities of the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee in Poland has commenced as a result of the visit of a Commission sent by the American Jewish Relief Commit¬ tee to Poland to study the reconstruc¬ tion problem here. Several departments were closed, and the automobiles have been transferred from' here to various points in the Ukraine where the distress is greater.
Ten , carloads of clothing were despatched to Odessa from the J. D: C. oflice here. The 1.10 pogrom orphans from the Ukraine who are being trans¬ ported for„ agricultural training, in Palestine under the siupervision of Israel Belkin, h.ave been outfitted bv the J. D. C. , . '
FOUR KILLED
IN MINSK POGROM
VILNA, July 18 (Jewish Telegraphic .Agency)—Four Jews were killed and over ten persons injured in a peasant riot against Jews of Minsk, advjces to local Jewish papers state.
The peasants attacked and plundered Jewish shops, the reports declare, while the Jews offered stubborn resistance. The red troops had difficulty in quelling the riot, succeeding -only after four Jews were killed, including three communists.
ENGLISH JUDGE ORDEI^S
JEW TO WEAR HAT
LONDON (J. C. n,)-A Jewish witness hi .one of.the London courts was should the League of Nations vote to | made to wear his hat while taking the approve the mandate, it will tend to loath on the stand, the judge sternly, re- consolidate the .Arab opposition to minding the witness that it was the British rule and Zionist aims. 'Jewish custom to do so.
(From our New York Correspondent) NEW YORK.—A coinmittec of Jew¬ ish physicians,.consisting of'Dr. Nathan Ratnoff, Dr. David J. KaTisky, and Dr. Samuel J. Kopetsky, sailed on the Ho¬ meric for aPlestinc¦ for the purjiosc ol establishing the Medical Faculty of thc Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Funds for this University \Vere gath¬ ered among the members of the profes¬ sion in the United States simultaneously with thc Keren rfayesod campaign. The chairman of the i»pecial Physicians' Cam¬ paign was Dr. Nathan Ratnoff. ' On the way to Palestine the Committee will stop in London to confer with the Zion¬ ist leaders there.
Dr. Ratnoff's Statement
Before hc sailed, Dr, Ratnoff said: "The establishing of thc Hebrew Uni¬ versity in Jerusalem, which will become a fact with the founding of the Med¬ ical Faculty, will be one of the most {effective answers that the Jews, in de¬ fending their .self-respect, can give to the 'present agitation which started the Harvard University to exclude Jews from American institutions of learning. I look, forward to the time when the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew Uni¬ versity in Jerusalem will make note¬ worthy contributions to the science of healing, from which all other universi¬ ties, including Harvard, will derive great benefit. The Jewish physicians of .Amer¬ ica will enjoy the distinction of having founded the first Faculty of the He¬ brew University, and thus having made a distinct contribution to the developnient of the Jewish Homeland in  Palestine."
Keren Hayesod's Message
The officers of the Keren Hayesod in America    with   whim    the   Physicians' Committee have been in close co-oper¬ ation, sent the Committee the following message on the eve of their sailing: "We are glad that your Coininit¬ tee is actually sailing for Palestine, for'the purpose of carrying out your noble plans for the Hebrew Univer¬ sity,     The   Committee   further   re¬ quests  me  to convey   to  you  and your associates the very best wishes for a pleasant voyage and for the complete success of your mission in Palestine."        ' >
fi811NENT^E'ftM*N' THINKS POGROMS IN GERMANY UNLIKELY
Dr. Michaelis, German Ex-Chan¬ cellor, Denounces Anti-  , Semitism
SAYS JEWS HAVE
MISSION TO FULFILL
(Special to Omo Jiiwisii  Ciitio.NiCLE)
NEW YORK (J. T. A.)—"Anti- Semitism in Gerniany is fostered by.a small group of fatalistic fantastic young men who believe that the revolution' which dethroned the kaiser was the greatest misfortune for Germany and who desire to restore the monarchy to its erstwhile pre-eminence," Dr Mich¬ aelis, ex-German Chancellor, told , the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in the course of an interview at the Hotel Astor.
"I do not believe that pogroms of the kind that have been perpetrated in Russia and Poland are possible in Germany'," Dr, Michaelis said. "-I be¬ lieve that anti-Semitism can best be downed by Jews working hand in hand with Christians opposing the capitalist system which is dominating society to¬ day.
Expresses Opposition
"I am opposed to that anti-Semitism which makes racial prejudice the cause of war on Jews. This is immoral anti- Semitism. But I understand the hos¬ tility against thc methods applied by Jews in politics, commerce and finance and am per.suadcd that every rjgiit- thinkiiig Jew. has the same attitude to¬ wards the present capitalist system in Germany in which Jews as well as Germans are represented."
Asked how it happens that the in<m- archist circles in Germany apparently direct their activities against leading Jews, such as Rathenau, Harden and Warburg, Dr. Michaelis said it was be¬ cause the monarchists believed that such men as Rathenau are not sufficiently steadfast and accentuate Germany's weakness.
"If   anti-Semitism   in   Germany   has reached an acute stage, I must' say that ,„ent and reduce immigration.", it is primarily a movement against thej    ^^^^ j,^ ^^y.^^ „p ^^^^ question of the so-called   Jewish   press,   especially   the,^^^,^^ „f immigration upon labor in the Berliner Tageblatt.    The Jewish ques- y^^jj^j gtatcs. .He says that the major-
restriction and .provide them with log¬ ical arguments supported by facts and figures to sustain their contentions.
Occasiotai' for. First Edifion
Th,e; 'occasion Hot '''the 'ihtsHttiptji
tion of thc reports, of the Immigration comniission and the presentation of the summary of its work and recommenda¬ tions in a recently reprinted book by Jenks and Lauck, entitled "The Immi¬ gration Problem." Whatever fault may be found with the Immigration Commis¬ sion's conclusions, it rendered an im¬ mense service in clearing away the cob¬ webs of prejudice which had surrounded the imniigration problem prior ¦ to the report. The Immigration Commission definitely takes the position that our im¬ migration policy should be based pri¬ marily upon economic or business con¬ sideration?. The Commission found that there was nothing in 'the contentions that the present immigration consists of "beaten men from beaten races," that, there ,was nothing in the cry that immi- gmnts fill our prisons and almshouses; that congestion in cities was the result of growing industries rather than of the preferences of immigrants, and that un¬ desirable conditions in the congested portions of cities were due more to the neglect of poorer districts by city au-, thorities than to an inherent love of dirt and squalor by the| immigrants. "The homes arc often clean," says the report,  "while  the  streets  are dirty."
Demand for Labor
The .Immigration Commission states that if restriction is desired, it is for the reason that unrestricted immigration makes for a lower standard of living, and for lower compensation for Amer¬ ican workingmen. And it is this chal¬ lenge that Hourwich takes; up. He demonstrates by statistics that immigra¬ tion responds to a demand for labor, and that the flood turns the other way in times of depression. He produces figures to prove that unemployment is not related to immigration, but to the seasonal nature of our industries and to the reserve army of workers which capitalistic production encourages. He sums up thc unemployment situation in the following sentence : "Unemployment and immigration arc the effects of eco¬ nomic forces working in opposite di¬ rections ; those who produce business ex¬ pansion, reduce unemployment and at¬ tract immigration; those which produce business depression, increase unemploy-
fSpecial to Ohio ji-wi.su Chkonicu;) LONDON, JULY JI. —The Council of thc League of Nations formally ap¬ proved today the mandates for Palestine and .Syria. Thcy will not come into force, however, until certain questions at issue concerning-thc latter are .set¬ tled between France and Italy. As soon as the Council has been notified that this has happened both mandates will be placed in operation simultaneously. The session at which this conclusion was reached was public and was at¬ tended by a large number of privileged spectators. Among them were the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mgr. Cer- retti, the Papal Nuncio to France; thc Arab delegation to this country and Mrs. Weizmann, wife of the Zionist leader.
Viviani Opens Session Rene Viviani, thc French representa¬ tive, opened the session, pointing out that the criticisms which had appeared concerning the number of private meet¬ ings of th'e Council were unwarrantetl. The newspapers, he argued, had no right to demand greater publicity than in a court of justice, which deliberates in private and announced only its de-. cisions in public.
"If you insist on entire publicity on all occasions," he continued, "the re¬ sult will be that we shall have private discussions elsewhere and shall come before you with discussions which will have the appearance of being public, I but which will be in  fact only the re¬
sult   of   discussions   which   have   taken
place  in  private.    You are quite  right
in   objecting  to  secret   diplomacy,  but
_ do not confuse that word with discre-
tfltfSt-'-.edition'oi tion.'-swliich .is .the right of all negotia- .  J-><
M. Viviani then said that the French' • Government -realized the ' danger if Palestine were placed under a British mandate before Syria under a French and explained that the delay caused by the failure of Italy to agree with the French Government as quietly as it had with the British concei;niiig certain rights for Italian Nationals was due .solely  to   the  political  crisi-S   in  Rome.
Earl of Balfour Speaks
The Earl of Balfour then dealt with the Palestine mandate and in discussing the cause setting up la commission to define rights and claims in connection with the holy places declared that' the British Government had no, other de¬ sire except to administer those places with historic justice to all the great communities  concerned.
"Our solitary wish," he said, "is that I all these ancient rights .shall be carried on with decency and order in future, and in a manner whieh will prevent any- religious interest feeling that it has been .unjustly treated hy those who possess authority."
Then he took up the protest af the .Arab population in Palestine to the Zipnist  policy and .said;
"I know there haye been representa¬ tives of the Arab population who think that their interests have not been suf¬ ficiently safeguarded. I. can most sin- (Contintted on page 6.)
tion will not hc solved if treated as an isolated problem
ity of Americans now are engaged in farming, in business, in the professions Germany's Serious Blunders and in clerical pursuits, while the major-
"No disabilities against Jews should ity of immigrants are industrial wage be tolerated and it wa^ one of Ger-j earners. He" maintains that immigration inany's serious blunders to have permit- has raised the native workers to the ted laws which restricted the economic j higher occupations, while the immigrants freedom of the Jews in former times. A perform the more disagreeable tasks. (Continued on page o!) I (Continu'eti on page <)
ARMED   HORSEMEN   SUR¬ ROUND SYNAGOG, STRIP JEWS    OF    THEIR POSSESSIONS
VILNA, (J. T. .A.) — Terrorstricken, Jews are fleeing Radin, a near-by town, following, the raid -yesterday by one hundred armed horsemen, presumably Lithuanians. With the aid of, machine guns, the raiders drove the Jews into the synagogue court and there inflicted sever floggings, stripping the Jews of their clothing and personal possessions. Eighty-year-old men were not spared, while the students of the renowned Tal¬ mudic Institute at that place were han¬ dled mercilessly. The torture continued for hours. The Radin Rabbi, known throughout Jewry as. "Chefetz Chayim," was dragged from his sick-bed,¦ the raid¬ ers removing the pillows and all objects of value. The raiders then repaired to the Jewish quarter and plundered most of the shops.
Repetition of the pogrom is feared hy the fleeing Jews who are seeking shelter in Vilna. The Jews here held special services yestered at the. synagog erected in the memory of the "Gaon of Vilna," invoking aid for the latest pogrom sufferers.