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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

Brave Battle Made by Jewish Members of
Austrian Parliament Has Not Overwhelmed
Anti-Semitic Outrages in Central Empires

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Hopful Signs Seen in Anxiety of Germany to Aid Judaism in
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Houston Chamberlain, Renegade Englishman, and Other
Kaiserite Agitators Distinguished for Anti-Semitism—
Teuton Lands May Be Last Stronghold of Intolerance.

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NIST1.1121). \ N1- The attitude of
the Central Powers.towards the Jews
presents a curious contradiction.
On the one liand•the German Gov-
eminent, anxious to annul the intlu-
twice of England over the Jewries of
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peror Francis Joseph to life itnpris-
onment, from which Ililsner this not
released until last year. The situa-
tion is, therefore. fraught with grave
perils from both sides, and perhaps
even noire so than in Poland, where
the Jews are living it, such compact
masses so as to make their weight
felt in a political life based on uni-
versal suffrage.
tledieval Rabbinic authors called
the Czechs "Canaan," probably be-
cause of the slaves imported from
those sections of Europe. Canaan
seems now destined to turn Noah's
curse against those who made him
servant of servants. The Jews may
yet feel the retaliation for the grudge
that Canaan owes to Aslikenaz, the
grandson of Shem, in spite of the
noble stand taken in the Mistier case
by Masilryk, the president of the
Czech republic.
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constantly taking place and bitter
speeches are uttered against the Jews
Ptace Table By
who are accused of profiteering and
Sl It NTON.—A group of Jewish
of hating undue influence with the
soldiers with the American Expedi-
Government.
tionary Forces have been organizing
There has even been. a movement
activities for their co-religionists in
to collect all possible statistics about
(Continued From Paget Rive.;
France, conducting services and even
lews who are taking part in war in-
dustries: and the intention is to use mem from contributing its share to assisting at burials, according to a
letter
which has been received by Mr.
these statistics after the war in a the persecution of the Jews.
Th e German city of Kaaden, in, Bo- Chester J. Teller, executive director
great campaign which will aim to
demonstrate that the Jew s have bone- henna, informed the first Jewish set- of the Jewish NVellare Board, United
any i n . States Army and Navy, from A. Sandy
fited by the war, while the German they t h at i t would nut tolerate
keep, NVeislierger, army field clerk, formerly
people has shed its blood in the de- f r i„g y „,„, o„
privilege of
fence of the fatherland.
ing Jews out. Olmuetz, in Moravia, general secretary of the Scranton Y.
some such accusations are which had a Jewish congregation as M. If. A.
Mr. Weisberger writes:
, as the Twelfth century, but had
also made in England by a certain Car IV
section of the press, the English Gov- expelled the _toys in 1454, introduced "Nly dear Mr. Teller:
"You will probably he interested
i
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ernment, as befits its record and its a bill in the diet declaring Jews in e
ideals, has been uniformly fair to the Bible to franchise.
'flie agitation in knowing that Chaplain Voorsanger
Jews, espbusing their cause earnestly grew fiercer, when the Pan-German spent a short time at General Head-

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provoke them to excesses against

the Jett,. The anti-Semitic agi-
tation has reached its climax in
\‘'est Germany and in the so-
called Deutsch Yolk-'Page in the
course of which the assembled
crowds were directly incited to
pogroms against the Jew,"
Straucher's Loyalty.
the populations have been cunningly
The Austrian ce nser suppressed the
wrought up against the Jews, and
furthermore in Germany' and Austria newspaper report, of a serious otti•
proper, the anti-Semitic parties and the break against the lews which took
Governments themselves, arc showing place in J a ro s lax, ,,d i cta.

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the laxity of the authorities in
tolerating. during a number of
months past, the carrying un
in Vienna and throughout An,
Iris of4 s(steniatic agitation the
avowed obi. ct ot which is to in-
dame the Christian popidation and

(1821-1872), the great-grandson of
Rabbi Eleazar Fleckeles of Prague,
have won a lasting place in German
literature.
Numerous scientists have gained
recognition in the academic world.
But the German students of Prague
passed a resolution which calla! the
Jews a "plague spot on the body of
the German nation"
The attitude of the Czechs is suf-
ficiently characterized by the ritual
murder trial of Polna, 1899, which re-
sulted in sentencing the innocent
Leopold }filmier to death. The sen-
tence was commuted by the late - Em-

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and making liberal allowances for party, about 1881, made anti-Semitisin
with him for a very short time.
their religious scruples.
part of its program.
"1 was pleased to know, from what
A recent pamphlet written by Hous-
This movement brought the Jews
he said, that the NVelfare work abroad
ton Stewart Chamberlain in Germany
of the Slavic sections in Bohemia into
was to begin in real earnest very soon
should he considered typical of pan-
the Czech camp.
and that another Chaplain named
German opinion. Chamberlain is a
conveneriii 1861,
The lust
Tannenbautu Was also in France con-
renegade Englishman who has identi-
nected with a division of the 82d. He
(lid himself for many years with (kr-
M oravia two Jews, all belonging to was eery much pleased with the work
man life and ideals. the is so anti-
the German party. But even before we were doing here and also with the
Semitic and so convinced of the im-
1848 some far-sighted publicists like
little paper - The Junior Argos of
possibility of the existence of any
David Kull, the editor of a German Scranton, l'a.," which I am issuing
worthy ideals among the Jews that
he attempts to prove that Jesus and daily in Prague, and Siegfried hap evert now and then for the Scran-
same meritorious gliet- tonians with the A. E. I , .
David could not have been Jews, but per\ anthor of
to novels, advised the Jews in Czech
"Tomorrow one of the boys here
really sprang front a race allied to
districts to join, the national organ- has "Vartzheit." and we are coming
the Teutons!
ization
of
their
neighbors.
together
special so that he may be
I bis recent pamphlet is entitled
Formerly all congregations in Slav- able to say "Kaddish" in memory of
"The Will to Victory," and in it he
who
died bong ago.
describes the British, his former com- is districts maintained schools of their one
'"flirongli the services we are con-
patriots, and the Jews as "low and own, where the ticrinan language was
repulsive shopkeepers." The Kaiser not only taught, but was the main ducting here we were also able to be
wrote, Chamberlain a letter of thlinks medium of instruction in all branches. of service to a French family living
In 1890 the number of these schools 111 this little village.
for his pamphlet.' .
"A 21-year-old girl in the family
Anti-Semitism in Austria-Hungary was reduced to fill, in 1900 it fell to
shows itself in ways similar to its 27, and in 1913 the last Jewish school died and hearing that we were con-
ducting
Friday evening services at
of
Bohemia
was
closed
"owing
to
pc,-
manifestations in Germany. Recently
headquarters. one of .the French Jew-
when the food situation became acute Mical exigencies."
a great mass meeting was held in
•"Or ish men came to some of the boys
to ca el‘ li ti*: 10tirage and wanted to know if it could be
Vienna to protest against the various Triniiiiid.1"88t4t asa created
v
to
restrictions enforced by the food ad- the use of the Czech language in the possible for them to conduct the sm.
ministration.
synagogue. :\ Jewish paper ill the ices at the funeral, in view of the
In this meeting the Jews were Czech language was started in 1894. fact that a rabbi throughout this sec-
openly denounced as the chief au- But all this did not prevent the con- tionois absolutely out of the question.
thors of all the misery of the people. start repetition of the charge that the "Two of our boys agreed and on Sun-
The Universities of Vienna and Jews are aiding the oppressors of the day, June 9th, the funeral services were
Cracow have restricted the number of Slavic people. \\lien in the Bohent- conducted by our two Khaki clad men
Jews to lie admitted. A proposal was ian diet in 1905 the Germans coot' with all ceremonies an d rites and which
-et been fo rgotten by the
made in the Reichsrath that a per-
;dallied that the students of the lire- has not )
centage norm be adopted for all the man university of Prague (Prague French Jews living here.
"They had fallen away entirely from
schools of the Empire. In the budget
has two universities, tine for the Ger-
customs, ceremonies, and
debate in the Reichsrath on July lb, mans and tine of the Czechs) are all Jewish customs,
spirit and this seemed to revive in them
the Christian Socialist deputy, Jerza-
constantly molested on the streets,
lick, said that the rumors which are the Czech delegate, Briezettowsk)• the spark which had long, long gone
being spread against the imperial
replied: "There are no,German std-
""I ''Every evening for a week thereafter
house emanated front people who
dents, they are all Jews."
tell Americans of the Jewish faith
spoke "a Yiddish Jargon of German."
But there were certainly enough gathered at this house for "Minyan"
Jerzabek appealed to the Emperor
Germans in the University of Prague and prayed so that Kaddish could be
to preserve Christian peed') • from "the
to form a German anti-Semitic party. said for the I me who had died.
grip of Jews who ruled the .ountry."
"So, you can readily see that while
A Contrast.
Synazogues Raided.
we are 3,000 miles or more from home,
1902,
the
Jew,
Stein,
was
In Hungary, recently, a raid took
on a mission that will ensure freedom
place against the Jews which was appointed by the Board of Aldermen and peace to all for the years to come,
worthy of the worst days of Czarism. of Prague to a high office in the mu- we arc also determined to keep true to
In the town of Patoralynhely I Jilin- nicipal administration, the same our faith and iii ,10 whatever we can
garyl gendarmes arrested all the Jews Brzeznowsky exclaime d: "Now in many other ways for the people of
in the streets. entered the synagogues. Prague. has become SOIlle city."
France. summing it all up in the word,
stripped the prayers, and took all the
But the city of it r 11 ■ 1111, which has SERVICE.
total
population
of
worshipers to the police station.
9.000 Jews in a
"I spoke to Chaplain 'Moody of the
When all the Jews were assembled 125.0(0, elected in 1913 two anti-Sem- A. E. F. Chaplain's Commission and he
they were accused of profiteering. ites to the Reicherat, although the said that he would call on me for any
The Jews, with the exception of one Jews contribute far more than their assistance I may he able to give them
of them, were able to prove their pro rata to the prosperity of the city. in the work. Its a wonderful work.
complete innocence and were at . once Tit, town is called the Austrian Man- and respite the fact that 1 have other
released. The Jewish com munity chester, because it is the largest wool- work to do. I am only too willing to do
called upon the Jewish deputies in en manufacturing center of Austria. whatever I can during my spare time
the Reichsrath to demand satisfac-
Of the 42 woolen mills, 37 were in this respect.
tion from the Government for this
(Signed)
owned by Jew.. a nd nnc of these
"A. S. WEISBERGF.R."
manufacturers. Junes Loewe Beer, re-
The Jews of Austria have liewm ceived, in 1911, the honorary fre .e-
courageous enough to denounce the
By order of General Wilson, com-
dont of the city in recognition of his
Government for permitting such oc-
manding, all Jewish soldiers in Mon-
benefactions.
currences to take place.
Nor'have the Jew , been lacking in treal, Canada, were ordered t s attend
The Jewish community of Vienna
contributions to the intellectual life of a special thanksgiving service at the
obtained the assent of four hundred
Germanism in Bohemia. The Ghetto McGill College Avenue Synagog "
Jewish communities in the Empire
novelist. Kemper! 11922-18801, the Saturday morning. Rabbi It .thr"'"
to a resolution of protest. The reso-
Frankl ovitz preached a special s ern:o•1 for
Ludwig .tiignst von
poesr,
lution states that:
41, also known as the or- the occasion.
9
(1810-18
"In the name of all Jews rep-
ganizer of the first modern educa-
resented by it, the Council of
Prof. lace, of Bavaria. has been
tional institute in Jerusalem, the von
the Jewish community records
Laetnal school, and Moritz Hartmann appointed Minister of Justice.
- its most solemn protest against