7 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Congregational News We offer the first and underlying mortgage bonds of a Transcontinental System combining the following strong features: SHAAREY ZEDEK NOTES BETH EL NOTES Sabbath services are held in the Temple Assembly Room each Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. The music for the summer services is in charge of Mrs. I. Lapin Cohen. An Investment — Proven Value Yield 6 Saturday morning services begin at 9 o'clock. Rabbi A. M. Hershman will deliver his weekly sermon, beginning at 10 o'clock. Closed Mortgage. Large Proportion of the Property Under the Mortgage in State of Michigan. Bonds Outstanding 30 Years. Bonded Debt About $9,000 Per Mile. Net Earnings Over Long Period of Years Two and One-half to Four Times Interest Charges. Large Equity Represented by Junior Issue. Broad Market and Opportunity for Enhancement. The Petrograd "Philadelphia Conference" The New Republic is following the rights, and finally the point of national footsteps of the Old Republic, and the rights was covered up in mysterious J ews of the New Republic arc follow- language, that the Jews should demand ing the footsteps of the Jews in the Old separate rights where such rights are Republic, states a report issued by the recognized or ought to be recognized. Executive Committee of the American The program of the Russian Jewish J ewish Congress. The erstwhile liber- Congress, however, says clearly and ated Jews of New Russia were quick to openly that the Russian Jews demand apply the lesson that they had learned national autonomy. There is no doubt that Russia will from the experiences of their American brethren. With one stride they reached grant the various nationalities living the point where the American Jews had within its domain, autonomous rights. reached only after months of travel. The nationalities in Russia always pre- served their individuality and they re- The Philadelphia Conference for an American Jewish Congress as convened sented being Russianized. When czarism only after almost two years of constant was still in power they had to submit to conflict and controversy, while the Rus- oppression. Now, however, they will all sian "Philadelphia Conference" was con- demand their being recognized. The vened in Petrograd as speedily as was Ukrainians have already sent a delega- physically possible for a people that had tion to Petrograd to settle with the gov- ernment the scope and the limitation of just emerged into the light of liberty. the Ukrainian autonomy. After the Similar, indeed, is the Perograd Con- Ukrainians obtain autonomy from the ference to the Philadelphia Conference. Russian government, the Jews will have The Philadelphia Conference marked the foundation of the American J ewish to get autonomus rights within Ukrainia itself, but that might be a difficult task, Congress, while the recent conference as the nationalities themselves arc not held in Petrograd was convened for the any too friendly toward the Jews. The purpose of determining the time and the Russian Jews realize this and are deter- program of the Russian Jewish Con- mined to safeguard and to guarantee gress. In one respect, however, the their rights, civil and national. Petrograd Conference is still more sig- Another demand in the program of nificant than the Philadelphia Confer- the Russian Jewish Congress is rights ence. While the latter was not repre- for the Jews in Poland Rumania and sentative of all of the parties ill Ameri- Palestine. This wording was adopted as can Jewry, the former was composed of representatives of all of the Jewish par- a compromise after much discussion that ties in Russia. According to a cable in centered about the question of Pales- the "Forward," the "Build," which com- tine. The Bundists objected to the prises the radical Socialistic element that Congress taking up Palestine as a coun- constituted the National Workmen's try to be singled out from among other Committee in this country, will partici- countries, because that would' give the Zionists a decided advantage. The pate in the Russian Jewish Congress. Evidently, there will be no more con- Zionists were dissatisfied with the final form of the resolution but submitted ferences preceding the Russian Con- gress. At this Conference in Petrograd to it The question of rights for the Jews all the preliminary matters were ar- ranged. An organization committee was in Poland and in Rumania was recog- appointed with power to convene the nized to be a serious one, especially Congress. Democratic elections—the rights for the Jews in Rumania. Al- point of controversy which for a time though Rumania had recently promised threatened the unity in American Jew- to grant the Jews full rights, it is still ish life—was easily bridged over. No apprehended that the Rumanian govern- one dreamed of opposing. Accordingly ment is not in earnest and that it wants the 500 delegates which will comprise to dispose of the Jewish question by the Russian J ewish Congress will be merely giving rights only to those Jews elected directly by the people. Each who have seen active service in the delegate will represent ten thousand army. Such a compromise would mean to continue the oppression of the great • voters. In determining the program of the `"majority of Rumanian Jews. The American Jewish Congress will American Jewish Congress, a great deal take place about the same time the Rus- of ill-feeling was aroused in the discus- sion as to whether or not the question sian Congress will be held, and about of "national rights" should be included. the same time also there will probably At first the term "group rights" was be held Jewish Congresses in Salonica, suggested as a substitute for national in Rome, and perhaps in Austria and in England. The entire Jewish nation has seemingly become imbued with the de- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISE- sire to demand of the world the rights MENTS. that had been denied them throughout FOR SALE —Grocer's ice box, the centuries. counters, scales, showcase, cash regis- ter, etc. Going out of business. Will sell at low price. 1418 Fort Street West. Telephone West 1648. Correspondence and personal interviews solicited. F. LISMAN & COMPANY Detroit Office Cherry 769. A. R. 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London.—The war office has' decided to organize a Jewish division of bri- gade, and the work will be undertaken by Lieut.-Col. J. H. Patterson, D. S. 0., an Irishman. It has been estimated that 11111111111111111 there are 40,000 Jews in the British army, including 8,000 colonials. About 30,000 are on foreign service. It is intended to employ the Jewish force in Palestine, and their religious convictions will be considered in every way. They will have their own cooks and bakers, and the dietary 'will be in conformity with Jewish ideals.-