THE JEWISH ,CHRONICLE

It is Viscount Reading Now, If
You Please

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Elevation of Lord Chief Justice Gives Him Highest Posi-
tion Ever Occupied by an English Jew.

MONROE

The conferment of a viscounty on
Lord Reading raises him to the
highest rank ever attained by an
English Jew. Previously none had
ever risen above a barony, etc. The
first English Jew to be raised to
the peerage was the late Lord
Rothschild, whose father, Baron
Lionel de Rothschild, was the first
Jew to gain election to the House
of Commons. Sir George Jesse!
was the first Jew to be sworn of
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the Privy Council, to enter a Ilritish
(;overnment (as Solicitor-General).
or to be appointed a judge ( :Master
of the Rolls). Lord Pirbright was
the - . first JeW to hold a non-legal
office in the .government, and He-
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mid, was the first Jewish Queen's
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Counsel, and had previously been
the first Jew to be called to the bar.
The first Jew to receive the honor
—AND—
of knighthood lived much earlier,
for this honor was conferred on
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ANCIENT OPPRESSOR

Egyptologists Unearth Structure
in Which it is Believed Moses
Confronted Pharaoh.

Philadelphia, July 9.—The mu-
seum of the University of Penn-
sylvania has made public a report
from Dr. Clarence S. Fisher,
leader of the Eckley B. Cox, Jr.,
expedition to Egypt, in which he
tells of what appears to be the dis-
covery that Meremptah had in his
palace at Memphis an archeological
museum something like those of the
present day. Meremptah was the
son of Rameses the Great and by
many is identified as the Pharaoh
of the oppression as described in
the Book of'Exodus.
The palace was discovered early
in the present year, the report said.
It was large and elaborately decor-
ated, but at some time was de-
stroyed by fire, traces of which are

successful barrister, with a seat in
Parliament, but in March of that
year he was appointed Solicitor-
General, and a few months later
succeeded to the senior office of At-
torney-General. In 1912 he joined
the Cabinet, and the following year,
on the retirement of the late Lord
Alverstone, became Lord Chief
Justice of England. honors fol-
lowed rapidly on each other. 1 - le
was knighted ill 1910, became K.C.
V.O. and a member of the Privy
Council in 1911, and was created
Baron Reading of Erleigh in 1914.
Ile has rendered valuable service to
the government at the treasury since
the outbreak of war, and was
largely responsible for the success-
ful placing of the English loan in
America last year.
)nite a number of other 1ews
figure in the birthday honors list.
Among them is the knighthood con-
ferred upon Alexander W. Prince,
the dignity of Privy- Councillor
granted to Sir Harry S. Samuel,
M.P. .\ Pricy Councillorship is
all ornamental dignity, not carrying
with it much in the way of emolu-
ment or executive power, but still
only given as a sign of esteem for
national service. In addition, note
must be taken of the military hon-
ors conferred in the birthday list.
Colonel Leverson became a com-
panion of the Order of St. lichael
and St. George : Captain E. II. S.
Beddington becomes brevet-major.
One Jew receives the military cross:
two Jews receive the D.C.N1., and
three the military medal, and an-
other, Major Jacob Waley Cohen,
the D. S. O.—The American Israel-
ite.

abundant. The palace was about
180 - feet long by 100 feet wide, and
contained about twenty rooms. The
throne room was a magnificent
chamber of about 60 by 40 feet. In
describing this room the museum
announcement stated :
"It is probable this throne room,
if not the same one, is similar to the
one in which Moses and Aaron con-
fronted the Pharaoh, demanding
that the people of Israel be permit-
ted to go. The authorities in Egypt
admit that a great discovery has
been made."
In the throne room were found
gold ornaments, scarabs, vessels for
various purposes and vases. The
most interesting find, the report
stated, was a collection of relics
partly of the stone age and partly
of the sixth dynasty (about 4500
B. C.), which indicated that Me-
remptah was a collector much like
modern men or nations. The stone
implements included knives, razors,
sickles and arrow heads.

