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RABB. LEO It FRANKLIN,

an peace and in star, as mana of otirlif

dales simued Ionise!! superior in valor

to all the rest of the army; fur these'
reasons I will add that Ilvrcanus, the
son of Alexander. and his children be
et linarch, of the Jew,, and have the
high grie..ificiod of the Jews
lorries.
according to the customs of tin ir fore-
lathery and that lie and his sons he
our conie•lerates''
It is resp ecttull% submitted that

Some time ago we took occasion in the,: tolumais to it
arn our
religionists in Detroit and thrumghout the :state that the so -
called
- .kid
Association for Lx-l'atients of Denver Sanatoriums -
had after
The Jewlah but
Chronicle Incites corresponden ee
very careful scrutiny, been repudiated of the National Conference of
on subject s o f nt erest to
Jewish
the Jewish Charities. At the same tim
disclaims
e Mr Fred NI. Butze
people.
responsibility for an Indorsement of the views ,,f il
arpreised
by the wroters
l. now president limns Caesar was a competent
l , National Conference
nob!,
of lewi.11 ( narnles, under his
on sigma • . ,f tabor, and that his tribune to the
Entered as second-clams matter Mardi Z, DI ,
tore,
published
a
letter
stating
in
no
uncimivot
:II
terms
that
the
appeals
;, at the Pustutfice at Detroit,
1 ,c ,ununr;:gurn °:.uilob,°;e 1.3411) 'le"
Sikh., under the Act of March
was 110
sent out by this !kit% er society
IS?,.
might not to be heeded by I Air pei!'ple. Th e
chroni c les o f th e middl e .Ages
The fact of the matter is that Denver is not only am
dy - 11., b ut like those of antigun). are rich with
it i s s
perfectly. nulling, to care for its 1-,tor, and adequate provision is the records of deeds of heroism of the

Editorial Contributor

An correapondence to insure publication must be sent
in so as to reach this,
see, Tuesday evening of each week.

Mr. Roosevelt at the D. A. C.
11.1.- do not agree with Theodore Roosevelt in all things, and least

of all in hi, criticism of the administration in a time when every impli-

co-

sena, were Jews. The Jewish Ency-

The circular letters with which again it is
floating this community' clopedia denies that Soult was a Jew.
.lining these none was more forcibly presented than his plea for are c o
uched in 'curds that are likely to mislead the min ary. In fact, but Disraeli was not only a great
an .losericanism that recognizes no distinction of race, creed or color,
statesman but a reliable historic
some of the statements made in the letter are, according to those who authority as well. Napoleon admir-
a plea that was central to the masterful address that lie delivered, accord- ought ill ht .
in IN,Sit 1011 10
know the truth, utterly without foundation. ingly styled the Gentile Ney "the
ing to the newspapers, at the 1)etroit Athletic Club.
bravest of the brave. - He affection-
This is at best no time to add to the multiplicity of existing organiza-
But we wonder whether Mr. Roosevelt, himself, was conscious of
ately called the Hebrew Massena "the
tions, but any attempt to foist upon the public philanthnipie societies child of victory," and when giving or-
the satire of such a plea before such an audience, and in such a place. for which there is
tnu need is more than reprehensible.
ders to Soult he simply said.
1Ve wonder whether Mr, Roosevelt understood that he was speaking
Marshal soult, as you are acustomed
therefore caution our readers that they will be doing the cause
to do."
to men representative of an organization that has no conception of the
of Jewish philanthropy a real service if they will pay
In all the wars of .killeriCa the Jew
no heed to the
sort of Americanism for which he was so earnestly pleading. IV(' won-
, played I an honorable
Apia ai that has reached many of them from the association named. 'The
A
1
i
and c on-
has
'
der whether he knew that the men ho had budded this great organiza- judgent
in
the National Conference of Jenli
Charities is to be
tion interpreted their Americanism in the narrowest possible terns in
ritteesrolut itou t i lheirtemess etrtie itihoet
trusted in this matter and that organization, as stated above, has after more Than .
that they exclude from their fellowship men iv ho do not hap
3,000 Jews in all North
p en to be too-4 careful investigation decided that this ".1ssociation
uttttenca
-
sal er
of the same religious creed as they. We wonder vybether lie understood
t j\e:syseratrielekivii'04Vy i 4 14' 24 na o nfle tlie. i ' i f t
thrums :und in fact a detriment to the existing institutions of Denser.
that men whether born in :America. or having through choice entered
P awing those of officers. Maj. Benja-

into its citizenship, and who are of unimpeachable integrity, of unques-

the doors of the Detroit Athletic Club, and that it is very doubtful

whether, were those doors thrown open to them, and considerable num-

ber of Americans of Jewish faith would avail themselves f the ques-

tionable privilege of entering. 1;ut in times like these vy hen the sectarian

oarriers that have separated nien are everywhere being thrown down,

.clien the chasm betneen social and economic classes is I•ing bridged,

not only by men of the loosevelt type, but by all thinking men and

min None., a native of Bordeaux.
France. who came to America in 1777,
served on the stalls of both Lafayette
and 1VashingtOn. Col. Isaac Franks
became aid (le camp to 11 .ashingtun.
holding the rank of colonel on his

James Bryce on Palestine

tioned loyalty, who give of their time and of their money and of their
genius as generously and as eagerly as the best
of the menders of the
Under the title - Palestine is 'Too Small,
- the Detroit Free Pr
D. A. C., are still not permitted to become members of that organiza-
of a st Monda y
tion, should they so
prints an editorial in Wh
desire, if by chance they have sprung from Jewish
ich it endorses the view of NIr.1
parentage.
James Bryce, the former British ambassador of the United States. that

Of course in expressing these thoughts we would have it clearly

start, and serv

e d with distinction
'rough the war. .And when the

P; vy now has hao,ouni people, can under present conditions heave Baron de Kalb fell mortally
support :foo,noo more. and with
irrigation works another :nio,000--- wounded at the battle of Camden.

which indicates

S. C., August lb, 17F0, three Jews.
Maj. Nunes. Capt. Jacob De 1.a Mot-
ta, and Capt. Jacob lie Leon carried
him from the field of battle.
But it was not in the %Val - of the
knolution that the military services
of
the Jew in America %%err
world in the
most sig-
land of their fathers lutist lie futile. Zionists themselves are not nally rendered. More than 50 years
ago
civil
war
broke
upon
the
country.
unmindful of this fact and very- wixely they. have given wide publicity
ro i l peer
The most momentous struggle in the
' ‘1‘,)
•
I 1,0 /itint,in
th .s s.essi tletnent of all ;
centur Y fated to the field
,Iews ill I .:destine. Nit, on the other Vatul, if the facts are as NIr. Bryce
,!oril 'ial treNleilifi err:171e :Itie - a\:111;tehi' a ll init en
ce
inattitain: that no more t an 010.000 new
,
h
settlers can be accommodated from the South rushed to the dividing

that under the most favorable circumstances :nu more
than Ii110,0011 people call be added to its
present taipulation.
Basing upon this fact the Free I've„ wakes
to the fact which all
thinking men must have known long ago that any. thought of settling
even a considerable majority of the Jewish people of the

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wbmen of our day, it does seem timely to look the existing condition
squarely in the face, particularly When sell-ciditplac•nt and
self-assured. in Palestine. even after the land shall late liven irrigated. it does stem
line in serried ranks with martial step
the members of time I). A. C. are ready to applaud the R
s.seveltian that Zionists would do yy ell to revise their program and to accede, if ad :tit:tub:it eh:a r ttstothat beat tliket tkie, ttle
theory of Americanism but are apparently not courageous enough to for no tither th n tactical
riot
n ts, to the position of those selves a with remainingmer
and practical reasons,
translate it into practice.
e ely inter:
•ivIto hold that while for sentimental
reasons Palestine may offer vaster coded spectators of the colossal strug-
Nor can its fail to wonder, if Mr. Roosevelt actually knew the 01portunities
hf,.. :111rzei nig w.i. hiee rae u cunciction
than any. other land to the Jews of the Oppression. it
existing conditions, what thoughts must have passed through his mind should
yet be recognized not as the Homeland. but only a-, one out of
to shoulder with 't ) beir Gentile coin-
as he spoke his words and read the faces of the men wbo -at lefore many.
possible homeland. for the Jew.
rade.. and on every field exhibited the
him. For we know that whatever shortcomings Mr. Roosevelt may
Tbis concession on the part of official zioni.ts
would go far to Imit.tst,,,c,","r;I:iewgi rtehlet ic"!;`,,P:j ‘ ‘1 1 %'.'“c r"' 1,7;,e„'
have, hypocrisy is not one of them. If there is a
Hiatt in ..tner.ca
; Wig) bring about a closer coo - operation on the part of Jews of
all shades of the patriotism and gallantry, the
speaks straight from the shoulder. it is he. If he knew the situation
religious opinion, a condition that in these times of testing is 1 „ ht.
tars' ardor, and capacity of the Jew
in Detroit, his words must have been intended as a rebuke to his hearers.
great ly lesi ret I.
shone forth most brilliantly'.
y.
The
J ewish polation
If he did not know how things stand the hypsicrisy was only on the part
pu
of the United Stes
ta
1\ idio reference to the philosophy of the oY einem. the twactic
m
al in 1144'il wa s less than 150.000 so uls.
of those who were ready to applaud a type of .1inericanisni to Mildh aspects of the situation as enunci
ated by NIr. Br% c c should be given Nevertheless. according to a list fu n
they do not live up.
careftd cmisideration by Zionists. To ignore these considerations is to jniAled r kki ;: iition ,, 11Alt i li..nearl• hult,011:0
Undoubtedly the tin-Americanism of the attitude of the Lk A. (•.
tote
invite failure for a movement in ii inn even non-Zionists see possibild F e d er ,'
and
is unconscious to many of its members, but thew are times when men ties of service to the Jen ish cause.
list exhibits 40 staff otlicers, II mod
should be wide-awake IO great issues. Americantsm, as Mr. Rooseyelt
officers, 0 generals, lif colonels, X lieu-
maintains, must It- independent of the creed, the
tenant-colonels, 40 majors, 205 cap-
color, or the social
tains. 325 lieutenants, 45 adjutants,
condition of ,1inerican citizens, and the sooner all .‘inericans
under-
and 25 surgeons.
stand this, the better will it be for our country and for the cause of
The highest rank attained by a Jew
democracy in the world.
during the Civil 11'ar was that of

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An Opportunity f-Ir Constructive Philanthropy

Not

the least important of the results achieved In the success of

the recent Patriotic Fund drive is the opportunity that will henceforth

be given to social service organizations to study and meet in a construc-

tive nay the various social problems by nbich they are confronted. Up

to this time practically' all social service agencies have been counselled

to spend a major portion of their energies in meeting the financial prob-

lems that pressed upon them, and the main topic of discussion at the

meetings of their various boards of directors was lion to raise sufficient
money to meet their current ekivellset,

,

%Vial

a

definite income assured to these various agencies, this

problem may be fairly put to one side and the energies of the porkers

may be concentrated main the rehabilitation of individuals and families

who come under their supervision.

Fur once in Detroit constructive
philanthropy nil! have an opportunity to fairly test itself out. 'the

battle against delinquency and dependency, against disease and vice can

not he effectively carried um if the workers are hampered at every turn

by' lack of funds. But iv ith the necessary funds available, as seems

likely to be the case henceforth. there is no reason vv hy the community

should riot ask for very definite results at the band s o f *o •j a t serv i ce

agencies.

There is perhaps no City in AllicriCa is here social problems are

more pressing than here in Detroit. !hue to the steady influx of IleW -

C011tera, Which was inevitable and continues to be inevitable, in the light
of our industrial activity, social and moral problems, unkininn to most

American communities, were bound to arise. These problems attack

the family life from every angle. They have to do with child-welfare

in all its phases, with the various problems of sex, with industrial rcla•

firms and with the general morality',

Up to this time the most that could be expected from any of our

social service organizations was a teimairary mitigation of existing

evils. From now on, although with the progress of the nar thew prob•

lents are likely to grow in number and intensity., we may fairly ask for

a

detailed study of them and for some form of iwrinanent solution for

at least

a part

of them.

"LET US FIGURE"

DECORATING

PAINTING

PAPERHANGI

Aaiinent

made for the
care of all ex-patients Isoli of the National knish Hos- sons of Israel. Under King Alfonso
.
I of Castile. 1068. 411.hoS) Jews fought
in a iur oi.ttioptive•
ll
and ot the Jew ish Constimplisc•
' .% til Societv, against Vusuf Ibu Teshillin
the
Nhireoter, a most amicable relationship
has been established betwearti h!alite of Zalaka
- , with such heroism
these two great
mat the battle
m f ield was strewn with

cation of Americanism demands that we stand hack of the President
with all the strength of our inattliiiO41,
national organizations, and the hope may he indulged their bodies.
and that we do not hamper him that in the not distant futur e
either by carping
these two institutions Ina' see their way
Modern history is also luminous
or by constructive criticism. But, honeyer, we mac clear to amalgamating their activities.
with moots of Jewish courage. skill,
find ourselves out of harmony with Mr. Roosevelt in his attitude toward
In the meantime, honeyer. the so - called "Aid
and ilocipline in war. Ii we are to
-Association for Ex-
the administration. we most whole-heartedly endorse malty of the prin-
belie,e Disraeli in Coningsby, Napol-
Patients• is absolutely superfluous and it has no right to aptwal to the
eon's great marshals. Soult and Mas-
ciples that were so strikingly and convincingly' enunciated by him during
Jews Ilwoughout the country fin' suppi,rt.
his recent Iktroit visit.

understood that no self-respecting Jens are knocking for admission at

".• ■■ ,..........,
a

general• have loOrtIC N line", and Came
to our aysiAartre in the last Alexan-
,h.,,,,, ‘‘,,. with 1.)is
I .01diers; andl
when he was sent by Inc to Mahn -

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records of the AVar Department
that inure than 4.000 furloughs wet,
granted to Jewish soldiers w h. wish-
ed to return home to celebrat•
Ilashana and foul Kippur. This ,t,g -
tests a much larger enlistment in the
general service

The first man to fall in the att.,
on Manila was Scott. ,Morris Justh
Jew. of the First California olui,•
teens, a regiment that 'lumina-el !Mar
than 100 Jews in it, rank,.
The .% stor Battery numbered I
Jews among its 99 men.
Fifteen Jew s went dim n
death
in the Maine, destroyed in the harli.,
of Habana.

Commander Adolph Nlarix. of
Hebrett, was judge aok.a.,.,
of the Ntaine disaster board of mom,.
Theodore Roosevelt, the Moen! i
leader of the 'lough Riders.
I
that in that brave regiment of los'...-.
and it (Kid renown the must auola,
courage was shown by the seer,. Jew
Poll Rough Riders, one of whom he
promoted to a lieutenancy.
•-gibilltlf-4411feS•ik not )et at lot
.
concerning the propurt
who will fill the ranks of the lingiv.
.American .%rtny that will be sem
abroad to represent our great countr,
on the battlefields and in the ban'.
trenches of Europe; but if history rt-
Peat, itself. their number will be all
out of proportion and Intiell great!:
than their representation in the ifen•
tral population of the country. 'tele-
graphic dispatches from the trio
hate already disclosed the fact that
Jews have already made the last gro-ag
sacrifice for the country that alliiiii•
them citizenship unrestricted :0 , 1
freedom without abridgment
1%1mile complete and reliable sta ■ i-
tics are not yet to be had concerto, •
the prOpOr I 1011 t.of jeN w1141 N
ticipate in the great world stroigie
for the freedom of manktitd..tifilciuti•
information is at hand to make a o
sonably at:unfair forecast.
l'he population of the United Sul( -
is a little more than 1011,00Ontio .•,
whom a trifle more than 3,000.15111
Jews The military and naval o., ■ •
of the ('oiled States number

Navy, a

I,5oui ono to

2,000,000 Men. Hots m

bret et major general. by Frederick of these are Jews? Secretary ot
I lie Naccabean clan. who sane
Ruder a native of Hungary. Ile Baker made an estimate some t••
(continued From Page Otis.)
Their battle anthem to the Lord.
went out as a private in the Seventy- ago of 60,000. We have reason to
testament more than mite loss win Pier
ir4d;
then,
following,
Sc,'
her.'"
ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry and lief e that this is an widerestimat •
ness to this truth. The war song or Ten thousand rush tin victor.,
rose from the ranks successively to rather than an overestimate, for t•.
Deborah is filled with martial music
he colonel, brigadier general, and bre- bureau of Jewish statistics of th..
The Battle of Gideon was a battle ot Oh, foe Jerusalem's triiiiipet 110u.
vet major general. His gallant con- American Jewish Committee, woo.
heroes.
10 blow a blast of char tering power,
I lie godlike feats of Saul,
duct at Chickamauga gave him the limited resources and but scarce!) 1,,
Jonathan. and David auto st the prow • :To wake the sleeper. high and low,
highest military COMMand e'er held ginning its investigations, has airs'v
Ind rouse tin in to the urgent hour! by a Jew in
ass of the ancient son, of Israel, e'er.
America.
liSted Await 40,00 names.
hand of vengeance. but
lain of the Psalms sound like trumpet
,;v e,
Edward S. Solomon, colonvt of the
But even if we accept the comseri.o•
k million naked swords should wave. •
calls to halite
ighty-second Illinois A'olunteer In- five estimate of Secretary Bak. r.
Judas
fantry, became brigadier general in would appear that as the Jews of
M
" I "'" : 1" his
,' oh.
ore oos. am , o "" , ov il ' s wh e ' , lp
not dead that martial fire:
roaring oar
recognition of valiant services at United States constitute about 3 1 , •
prey, is the great military hero 01
Say not the mystic flame is spent!
Chancello,naille and Gettysburg.
Cent of the total population of
ancient Jr)) WI 111,01,y.
11'ith
Moses',
law
and
David's
Bre,
Ile sat the
Leopold Illumenberg commanded country, so the Jews in the Aim no .o.
l'our ancient strength remain* un-
Robert Brut•e. Ihr 1Villiain \Vallace, of
a regiment as colonel at the Battle of forces constitute about ,i per cent
bent.
ancient PaIrsimile. 11 . 1111 a hand of
Antietam, and received a wound from the personnel. In other words, Md.:
devoted follower, he desc•nded from Let but an Ezra arise :mew-
which lie died in 1/175.
■
ing by surface appearances a lone,
l.
° lift the banner of the Jew!
the momitains won a auccession of
Philip J. Joachimson was colonel of Jews are contributing their full (pima
brilliant victor es over the best gen-
the Eiftyminth New York Volunteer Should we go below the surface. how
erals of Syria, and finally drove idola- A rag, a 'Mark at first—ere long,
Regiment.
ever--should we analyze these ligit,•
When Hien have bled and women
ters and profaners of the temple from
Israel Moses was lieutenant colonel carefully — we would Mid that they a re
Wept,
his native I:0111111T Ills glorious deeds
of a regiment in Gen. Sickles's bri- infinitely more creditable to the le, -
ire recalled awl invoked by the fol- To guard its precious fold. from
gade.
of America than their face value inolo
lowing thrilling poem by the gifted
Both the Federal and Confederate cates, and for the following reasons
Jewish poetess, Emma lararili, en-
liven they who shrunk, even they Armies were
nobly represented in the
First. Because of the great influx
titled.
who slept,
ranks by the sons of Hebrew fathers. of comparatioely recent immigration
Shall leap to 1,1(.1a it, and to save—
The Banner of the Jew,
It is a striking fact that 14 families among the Jews large numbers now
YVake. Israel, wake! Recall to-day
Strike, for the Irate revere the liras e! alone contributed 53 men.
'ho the in this country are not naturalized.
The glorious Maccaliean rage,
Confederate Army, h Cohen brothers and many among the unnaturalized
This beautiful poem !trellis to have
The sire heroic, hoary-gray,
were sent by North Carolina; S Moses are citizens of Russia and hence too
been modeled after Lord Myron''
His fivefold lion lineage;
"Isles of I;reece," for it ha* the same brothers by South Carolina; 3 Levy liable to he calicd for service, while
The wise, the elect, the help of God,
brothers by Virginia; Cohen broth- many others are citizens of Austria;
The burst of spring, the avenging rod, pathetic lament and martial rapture,
ers by Arkansas; 3 levy brother. by that is, technically, alien enemies.
Ancient secular history is not for-
Louisiana. The Jonas brother', four
Se•OMI. The character of Jewish
From Mizpah's mountain ridge they getful of Jewish skill in battle. Julius
saw
Caesar more than mice paid splendid in number, went from Mississippi to immigration during the last quarter of
fight
in
the
Confederate
Army,
while
Jetusaleill's
a
century
has been peculiar in so far
empty
streets,
her tribute to Hebrew courage. T h is is
the fifth, Edward Jonas, fought for as it has included an unusually large
shrine
an extract from one of his famous
Laid waste w•liere Greeks profaned decrees touching Jewish affairs in the Union in the Fiftieth Illinois. number of persons now beyond tight-
From the North went 5 11'enk broth- ing age and of women and children.
the law,
Syria:
ers; ()Ho sent 3 Koch brothers; Thus a study of the immigration flu
AA'itli idol and with pagan sign.
"I, Julius Caesar, imperator the Pennsylvania sent 3 Emanuel broth.
urea for the decade 10199.1909 will
Mourners in tattered black were
second time and high priest, have cis. But it is needless to swell the
show that the Jews had a higher per-
there.
made this decree, with the approba- list, These are given to illustrate that
centage
of children under 14 and a
AVilit ashes sprinkled on their hair.

The Jew As A Soldier.

tion of the Senate. Whereas tlyr• the Jews were well represented on
cant's, the Non of Alexander the Jew, the battlefields of the Civil War.
In the Spanish•Anterican War the
A blast to ope the grates: down diligence about our affairs, and this
Jews were not lacking in numbers or
poured
Loth now and in former times, both lagging in courage or spirit. The

Then from the stony peak there rang
huh demonstrated his fidelity and

lower percentage of men of military
age than any of the immigrant peo
ples. At the acne time, this immigra
tion had a disproportionately large

(Continued on Pane I.)