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contention of ;;olitical Zioni5ts be granted that statehood is the
sine qua non of the fulfillment of Jewish destiny. But upon this
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divided. Fur our part, we have faith that the rights of the Jews
throughout the world will be well safe-g , -dui at the Peace Table'
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The Resolutions of the Jewish Congress.
As was to be expected. the essential tvork of the Jewish Con-
gress convened in the City of Philadelphia during the past week,
was the passage of a resolution bearing upon the achi&entent of
ZionisCaints. However, it must be conceded that the wording of
the resolution—though apparently very carefully studied--is
not
entirely clear.
It calls upon the Peace Conference .to recognize the aspir-
ations and historic claims of the Jewish people with regard to Pal-
e 74 i Th' and to declare • ' * that there shall be established such
political, administrative and economic conditions in Palestine as
will assure under the timsteeship of Great Britain acting on he-
half of such League of Nations as may be formed, the develop-
ment of Palestine into a Jewish cimunonwealth, it being clearly
understood that nothing shall be done which shall prejudice the
civil ands..sritious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in
Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by" Jews in any
other country."
Althinigh strictly' in accordance with the tams of the Balfour
Declaration, the last part of this resolution negatives the first. If
it is the thought of the.framers of this resolution that to the people
of Palestine shall be given the right of self-determination, so that
in the event that the overwhelming population of Palestine shall
come to he Jewish and hence a Jewish State shall be created from
within, ( t I w proposition is entirely logical. But if on the other
hand, 1 n th a comparative minority of Jews in Palestine, it is de-
s ird t i set up a Jewish government, e simply restrict d by the
guarantee that the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish
communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed
whose at attitude and polici es are
ci ,ailicitti,ltaetrefel
sleoril;ee.
isnt(- 1 - yn oti,t, any Jeu-
interests a
the
interests of the electorate at large.
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Tlw sad estate to which the so-
called "southern state's vote" and the
. connection is there between the Jew-
"negro vote" have fallen, the first 1/11l.
s ,,ev eq rt a i r y S t a t Zast
\sslia znt ize
' In no far as Christmas holds any religious implications, it can
the having been regarded as a sure Demo-
cratic and the latter as a fixed Repute
d i s t r i c t p o l h i t ician will ask it
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h ve no appeal or interest Ito' the Jew. In so far as it celebrates war,.
a
lieati asset, is the strongest e ■ idenee
the natal anniversary of Christianity's Saviour, it is an event that a resentful ton e. lie will re g ard the of the wisdom of that admonition.
Although the history of America is
f
;`ln,e„"„tincirea,i
can iinly be construed is having brought sorrow and calamity to lanneraetts:Inglig, testioiffiii „, o. adaell,
a history of parties, yet the time is
our people. \Ve can th•r.efor• fully understand the protest that is precinct and an unjustified interfer- fast approaching when it will fie con-
ro
to use the
n n e with his pregative
raised by many of our people against the over - emphasis that is `'
sidered a reflection on a voter's intel-
le\cisb cute for his immediate sinister
ligence to be labeled as the hereditary
laid upon the Christina.: celebration in the public schools which
property of this or that party. men o
l
Nevertheless,
it
would
he
difficult
to
particularly
against
should be entirely free front sectarian lints and
that party ill its inception is surround.
,r,ra,tretalii,y,,stunicktentooraiw, ritten word
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the singing of songs bearing tip in the Nativity in schools where telsaagigne
individual ed by a halo of idealism
lowers 101/k 111) lit it as a religion. as
the non - participation. of Jewish children sets then; apart to their or group of individuals, Ina to the
•in the case of Socialism.
good name and prestige of all Jews of
disadvantage and often to titerhumiliation.
Second, it is of equal importance
a well-balanced and judicious use of
that the Jewish voter thi not regard
the franehiss.
( In the other hand, we must recognize the fact that to the
the issues from a narrow point of.
It is error to suppose that Jewish
great majority Ill Christians, Christmas has lost its character as intellect, ingenuity, commercial power iew. the should always defer to the
general and national welfare.
a holy day anti it has become a holiday. Entirely apart from any and the like is sufficient to perpetuate
The Jew should exercise a degree
our welcome and assure our safety in
religious associations that it may have had in other days, it hal: these 1;nited States. it is far more.' 11 self-abnegation and add his weight
the suite that has in sir ". t h e """-
become a season tit ga ol cheer and of fellowship, especially for important that we demonstrate in
He must especially be
good.
the children of the household. Try as the may not to be alTected actions, 'and 'especially at the ballot mon
careful not to permit
to be be ,
box, a high conception of our civic
conceit b\
by the spirit of such a time, he cannot succeed. Joy, cheerfulness, duties, and a (hie appreciation of the guided by an appeal to
good fellowship 1S 111 the air. That to" give is to receive is the great responsibility that the exercise means of "race-flattery."
Friends Remembered.
dominant note that is struck at this season. The higher meanings of the franchise. entails. Fot, after
'Yet, where the common interest
all, this franchise is'the real corner- .
of peace and of good will are emphasizede Certainly then, it must stone of democracy. ' will be equally served, preference
Therefore, if, to us, the United should he given to the cause, parte ■ ;r
smack of narrowness to try to shut out this spirit from our hearts.
States is one of the few great asylums individual who best sersee our inter-
All this does not imply that Jews :ire justified in the introduc- the world over, where the oppressed i ests and is friendly to us as Jews.
can and will come for the enjoyment It is not merely our privilege, but
tion of the Christmas tree and other non-Jewish symbols into their of these inalienable human rights that our clear duty to be nn the alert in
homes. That would be stupid. But we must not be narrow. were proclaimed gospel by the found- defense of our rights as Jews and at
Christmas is in this country more nearly an American holiday ers of this government, it is our sol- the proper time to make ion- political
emit and imperative obligation by all influence fell in such a way as to en
than it is a Christian I ) dy (lay.' Surely it is in this spirit that means at our command to give courage our friends and cause our
Jews look upon this glatkiim• s e ason. In this year above all strength, dignity and longevity to the traducers to stiffer from a stricken
years, its message of peace and of good will .s.- Tiutild be received in institutions upon which this govern- conscience.
meat rests.
welcome . by J own and by non-Jews ;dike. May that message
llow can the Jew in America best
Ur. Joseph Medoff has been elected
effectuate that purpose? is a question
realize itself in ever greater fullness throughout the earth.
of too much moment, I sought the instructor in Hebrew and librarian of
judgment of disinterested and mature'Gratz College and superintendent of
minds high in the counsels of govern- ' the School of Practice, succeeding
Christmas and the Jew.
Irelanted.
le re -
ment, but whom 1 cannot, for,obvious Rev.
Dr. who
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reasons, quote. Let me give a brief :eentlY for Montreal to become the
rabbi -Th'Ylle Spanish and Portuguese
sunnmiry of their views.
synagogue there. Ur. 'Medoff is a
No Party's Pawn.
First and foremost, it is of the graduate of the University of Penn-
greatest importance that no political sylvania and of Dropsie College.
teller of the right of self-determination of small peoples, in which
if he is correctly quoted, Dr. Weitzmann—leader of the English
Zionists and virtual head of the movement—thoroughly believes.
In this connection, we are reminded of what Dr. John II. Finley,
recently returned from Palestine where he went as the bead of the
American Red Cross Mission, had to say.
"Palestine," said Dr. Finley, is tnique among all countries.
We all have an interest in it. . either Jew nor Gentile nor
Moslem has any exclusive title to it. Rather it belongs to all the
nations of the western world, and itOis my hope that it will loom
On the horizon of all Americans as it does tot mine. All Chris-
tendom must take an interest
"Redeemed by gallant British arms, it ought to be held in
trust for all civilization rather than . intrusted to any single na-
tion, race, or creed. It should be a home for the Jews if they
wish to go there, as well as for all others, Christians and
Moslems alike."
course, it is tut hate in the day to diSCIIS ,, whether the
Galician Pogroms Will Be
Investigated by Committee
of Both Jews and Gentiles
Demand of Polish Leaders for
Inquiry Agreed to by Julian
Mack and Louis Marshall for
Jewish Organizations.
INQUIRY STARTED
IN EUROPE ALSO
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NENV VORK ---011 Nov. 29, Mr.
Palestinian problem is the most important problem confronting Louis Marshall, president of the Am-
world Jewry today. .\ great many thinking Jews are entirely erican Jewish Committee, and Judge
Julian Mack, president of the Zionist
convinced that before the problem of the Jew in Poland, in Galicia,
Organization of America, issued a
and in R.ountania, it sinks into comparative insignificanc e .
statement replying to the .11nerican
representatives of the Polish National
Speaking. of the Jews if this land, Ex-Tres. Taft writes only Committee and of the Polish National
this Week in the New York Public Ledger, " \Ve shall be derelict
I.tepartnient, who had denounced the
reports of Galician Pogroms massa-
in our duty if we do nut require as part of the fundamental law cres as groundless and who' declared
id these new republics, that the Jews shall have as great religious that they had made joint demand for
freedom as they have in the United States." AYere such condition the appointment of an interallied and
„r all new states by the Peace Con-
American commission to be sent into
Poland to investigate existing condi-
freres, the incentive hi Jews to emigrate to l'alestine from what tions and thus set at rcpt the allega-
are now their lands of persecution would of course in greatest tions that Jewish pogroms had been
carried out there. •
part be removed.
In their statement Messrs. Mack and
Marshall joined in the demand for
Nor can their permanence and security in Palestine be any such an -investigation of the reports
more assured than it can be in these other lands, unless the treat- of the pogroms which they declared
ies and agreements that shall be made in behalf of the Jews, be had come to them fromauthoritative
and unprejudiced reports in Copen-
enforced by a League ■ )f Nations. .\s Mr. Taft clearly establishes hagen. Amsterdam, London and the
in the article referred to, "Roumania agreed in the Berlin Con- V ague.
groas to accept as part of its constitutiOn, a declaration of com-
plet• religion; freedom and that 1111 C111/ell S11011111 be discriminated
against 011 account Of his religion. Ilut the' Roumanian govern-
ment had the audacity after incorporating this guarantee in its
fundamental law, to declare that Jews who hail lived in Roumania
for two or three uhildred years, were not citizens but aliens."
The great need of the hour listen is that Jews shall be made
free and be given equal rights everywhere and that the guarantee
of these rights shall be backed up by the concert of nations leagued
together.
adopted by the
Jewish Congress at
Philadelphia bears upon this point. It is our belief that with or
without the passage id this restitution 11) the Jewish. Congress,
the representatives of the United States at the Peace 'rabic Would
have insisted upon the incorporation of its _main provisions in any
compact to lie arranged as the basis for the settlement of the war.
The resolution reads as follows:
"That this congress of American Jews requests the peace
colzurnsisioners representing the L • nited States of America at the
peace conference to use their high and kindly offices to the end
that it shall he made a condition precedent to the gram of au-
tonomy:independence or freetlom to any nation or land, that all
the inhabitants thereof shall have equal, civil, political, religious
and national rights without distinction of race or faith and that
such rights shall be guaranteed to (bent and their descendants
in perpetuity"
Should the spirit of this latter resolution be incorporated in
the final decisions at the Peace Table, then the former resolution
in regard to Palestine %you'd be superfluous, unless of course the
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Special to the Chronicle.
LONDON—The Polish leader, %a-
le\ ski, who is
in Switzerland, in
a telegram to the Board of Deputies
here. gives an explanation regarding
the attacks upon Jews in Lemberg
and outlines what has been done to
bring those responsible to justice.
He further states that the Polish
Government is already making resti-
tution for the damages which have
been sustained by the victi m,: of the
Dogrom.
Zalevski asserts that the pogromin
Lemberg was - made by criminals, who,.
as a result of the armistice, were re-'
leased from prison. Sixty of the
rioters have been\ executed and 1,500
others have been imprisoned.
According to Zalevski, the Polish
Government is already paying dam-
ages to Jews who have suffered, and
an investigation commission of Jews
and Poles is now engaged in tnaking
an investigation into the recent po-
groms. In order to satisfy the Jews
it is also planned to have an interna-
tional commission to make an inde-
pendent investigation.
!deports front other sources, how-
ever, indicate that only Jews of then
assimilationist type have been ap-
pointed on.the investigation commis-
sion. It is also reported that the
worst sufferers from the pogrom were
the non-assimilationists. including
Zionists.
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