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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

The Jewish Congress in Russia

To Take Up Question of Legal Position of Jews in Other Lands.
Zionism an Issue.

Details have just been received here,
of the conference of representatives of
the various Jewish parties in Russia
for the purpose of creating a tempor-
ary organization to make the neces-
sary preparations and issue a call for
a Jewish Congress.
The particular feature of the confer-
ence was the discussion which was
elicited by the resolutions introduced
by the representatives of the Zionist
organization, that the program should
include these two questions: (1) The
legal position of the Jews of other
lands, and (2) Palestine.
The delegate from the "Bund" pro-
tested against the inclusion of either
or both of these questions, taking the
position that the gaining of equal
rights by the Jews in countries where
these are denied them can be obtained
only through struggle and not
through so-called public opinion. The
motion, therefore, in the opinion of
the "Blind" delegates was of a purely
platonic character, and without prac-
tical value.
Other speakers favored the adoption
of the first resolution, but advocated
the defeat of the second resolution,
relating to Palestine, on the ground
that its adoption would give to the
congress a party character. Still oth-
ers suggested that Palestine should
not be singled out but that it should
be included with other lands, i. e.,
Poland, Palestine, Roumania.
Dr. Grunbaum, a Zionist delegate,
argued that the adoption of these two
resolutions would serve as a precept
for the Jews of Russia. "There is a
Jewish nation," he argued, "which is
scattered among the nations. The
question of the treatment accorded to
Jews in any land is a question for the
Jews of the whole world, who had in-
deed concerned themselves with the
condition of the Jews of Russia. It
was therefore a moral obligation of
the Jews of Russia to concern them-
selves with those Jews who have not
yet attained to full liberty and quality.
The Jews of America have assumed
that attitude. How is it possible," lie
demanded, "that there should be a con-
gress in 'Russia which should not con-
sider the status • and the suffering of
Jews in other lands?
"The Jews of America had taken up
the question of Palestine as a separate
issue. Palestine cannot be included
with other lands," Dr. Grunbaum in-
sisted, "because Palestine has a social
interest for us, and the question con-
cerning it is quite different.
"The Jews of Palestine are not with-
out rights; indeed, they have national
rights. It is a question of the coloni-
zation, of the transformation of that
land into a Jewish centre. The Zion-

JEWS SUBSCRIBE HEARTILY TO
RUSSIAN LIBERTY LOAN. .
Russian Jews are very prominent
among the subscribers to the new Lib-
erty War Loan. Besides the lrge
subscriptions in Moscow and Petro-
grad previously announced, the Jewish
community of Roston on the Don
raised the sum of five million rubles
for the loan. In Odessa eighteen mil-
lion rubles were obtained, chiefly
among Jewish merchants. The firm
of Brodsky, at Kieff, subscribed a mil-
lion rubles. A most favorable impres-
sion has been created by the news
that the late Mr. Leopold de Roth-
schild, of London, and Mr. Jacob H.
Schiff, of New York, each subscribed
one million rubles on the loan. The
newspapers gave great prominence to
the announcement. .

New York.—Morris Hillquit has
been nominated by the Socialist party
for the Mayoralty of Greater New
York. Mr. Hillquit is one of the dele-
gates of the Socialist party of America
to the International Socialist Peace
Conference to be held at Stockholm in
August, called by the Council of
Workmen and Soldiers of Russia.

ists arc therefore compelled to present
the question of Palestine, though they
have no desire to influence the resolu-
tions in their detail. The Jews of Rus-
sia must state definitely whether they
are with the Zionists or with the anti-
Zionists."
The famous Jewish historian, Dr. S.
Dubnow, agreed that the question of
the Jewish status in Poland must,
under all circumstances, be taken up
by the Congress. And this, naturally,
must lead to consideration of Jewish
conditions in other lands. That there
should be delegates who had the te-
merity to propose that Palestine
should be excluded from the program
was very deplorable. The cxtremest
wings of the Jewish people, lie was
sure, would not acquiesce in this in-
famous proposal.
After a long debate the resolution
that the question of the Jewish status
in other lands — Poland, Palestine,
Roumania—should be considered, pre-
vailed. The Zionists stated that al-
though they resented the form in
which the resolution was adopted, they
would co-operate with the work of or-
ganizing the Congress, confident that
the Congress itself would find the
proper terms for the formulation of
the question of Palestine. The repre-
sentatives of the "Bund" withdrew
from the conference, declaring that
they would under no circumstances
co-operate with it.
This conference, as has already been
announced, was followed by a district
conference in Kiev the Jews of the
eight governments of the Ukraine,
containing a population of two million
Jews. At this conference Palestine
was made a separate question for the
Congress, the term "autonomous
centre" being employed. The "Bund"
delegates withdrew from this confer-
ence demonstratively.

SECRETARY OF ITALIAN MIS-
SION A JEW.
The general secretary of the com-
mission from Italy is a Jew, Cavaliers
de Parente, descended from one of.the
oldest Sephardic families in Italy.
Cavaliere de Parente of the Italian
Foreign Office is one of the rising
diplomats of Italy, and is fast becom-
ing a political figure there. His ap-
pointment to be secretary to the mis-
sion to the United States was a signal

honor, which in itself indicates his po•
sition. He has in the past been firt
secretary to the Embassy at London
and more recently in the highly im-
portant similar position at Berne,
Switzerland.
He has an unusually superb coin
nand of the Anglo-Saxon tongue ht -
cause of his residence in London. l I
is not a believer in the Jewish re4
ion, avowing he was a mere theist.
identified with no particular church.

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