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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

Anxiety Felt For Safety of Ambassador
Abram I. Elkus

Severance of Relations With Turkey Occurs During Illness- —Ameri-
can Jews in Country to Be Aided By United States

WASHINGTON.—The State De-
partment has just announced that the
expected break of diplomatic relations
On the part of Turkey with our gov-
ernment, has—at the instance of her
Teutonic ally—been effected. State De-
partment officials are unable to say
when-- Ambassador Abram 1. Elkus is
likely to make his return to this coun-
try. Some anxiety is felt in this con-
nection, owing to the state of illness
in which the American Ambassador
found himself lately. It is, however, per-
fectly evident that our government is
not feeling any great concern over the
hostile attitude of the Turkish govern-
ment.
In connection with this new phase of
the international situation, the State
Department drew attention to the fact
that since the outbreak of the European
war, some twelve hundred American
citizens remained in Turkey These are
settled in Jerusalem, Jaffa and immed-
iate vicinity. For over a year now, ef-
forts have been made to bring these
citizens over to this country, but all at-

tempts in this direction have proven
vain. The "Des Moines" and "Caesar,"
both of the United States Navy service,
especially undertook the trip in order
to transport these Americans from Tur-
key to some neutral port, while the Joint
Distribution Committee co-operated with
the government by guaranteeing the pas-
sage money of all citizens who would
be brought across, but the hope of those
who worked so indefatigably in this
matter remained unfulfilled.
As far as the government is concern-
ed, it has positively exhausted every
means at its command, and the official
records covering its efforts form a glor-
ious monument to the noble labors of a
state in behalf of its citizens, who in
this particular instance were mainly
composed of Jews.
It was well known in Washington that
this was one of the most important mat-
ters with Ambassador Elkus when he
sailed for his new office, and he, realiz-
ing that his government laid so much
weight on its success, did not for a mo-
ment relax his exertions.

JEWS BECOME GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS IN RUSSIA.

DETROIT BOY HONORED BY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Seven Jews were appointed by the
provisional government to important
government positions. All of these are
lawyers of prominence. M. Goldstein was
appointed chairman of the committee
of Ministers which will decide upon
the legality of the arrests made within
recent weeks: Halpern was made mem-
ber of the Council of the Ministry of
Justice; Grusenherg, Kalmanowitch,
Sheftel, Kaplan and Ginsburg were ap-
pointed members of the Council of Min-
isters.
M. Vinaver is a member of the com-
mittee of Ministers which was appointed
to work out a plan for the coming con-
stitutional convention.
One hundred and eleven Jews have
thus far been admitted to the bar in
Moscow since the overthrow of the old
government.
M. Bernstein. a wealthy Petrograd
Jew, donated the sum Of 250,000 roubles
to found a Jewish Temple of Liberty in
honor of the Russian revolution.

Jewish Republic In Palestine Discussed

Probable Fall of Palestine to Allies Inspires Project

WASHINGTON — Informal discus-
sions are already well under way, it was
learned, concerning the erection of a
separate state in Palestine—a Jewish na-
tion by itself, under a republican form
of government. The proposition is es-
pecially favored in England and has been
taken up with France and the United
States, as well as with the new Rus-
sian government.
England, it is now said, desires the
Jewish Republic as a buffer state be-
tween the Suez Canal and the Turks.
That is the reason her armies are
driving on Jerusalem.
Military information in the posses-
sion of the authorities here shows
that the British expedition has already
fought its way 85 per cent. of the dis-
tance from the Canal to Jerusalem.
Within the next few months, it is be-

lieved, the union Jack will be flying
over the ancient Holy City of Jerusa-
lem.
In line with her approval of the Jew-
ish state, England has informally ex-
pressed her voillitiOness to have the
United States act as protector of the
proposed republic. This would serve
to assure the neutrality of the state.

It is understood that prominent Jews
throughout the United States have dis-
cussed with the State Department the
possibilities brought out by the pro-
posal. They are at present making no
direct move, it is indicated, because of
the fear that action at this time—before
the British have completed their mili-
tary victory—might serve to bring about
a massacre by the Turkish troops still in
possession of Jerusalem.

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mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Friedmann, of 248 Winder St., has been
awarded a cum laude degree in Philoso-
phy and Economics.
"Max" will be remembered as the boy
who won the Harvard Scholarship in
1912, after three years of meritorious

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