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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

VOL V. NO. 23.

MILLIONS OF JEWS
FACE STARVATION
ALL OVER EUROPE

Joint Distribution Committee
Publishes Harrowing Report
of Terrible Privations in Po-
land and Czecho-Slovakia.

$25,000,000 RAISED BY
AMERICAN JEWS DOES
NOT RELIEVE DISTRESS

Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY, 9, 1919.

SPAIN TO EXPEL
300 MORE JEWS

LONDON.—Three hundred more
Russians are soon to be expelled from
Spain by the government of that coun-
try. Up till now many Russians have
been forced to leave Spain and they are
now in Constantinople.
These "Russians" are mainly Russian
Jews, who settled in Spain during the
war. They are being persecuted by the
Spanish government because a former
Russian consul of the Czar condemned
them as Bolsheviki.

HERBERT SAMUEL TO HELP
BELGIAN INDUSTRIES

LONDON—Herbert Samuel, one
of the most prominent members of
ex-Premier Asquith's Cabinet, has
been appointed Special Commissioner
New York—Detailed reports by to help in the re-construction of the
American eyewitnesses of the actual Belgian industries which have suffer-
present conditions, affecting the pop- ed by the war,
ulaticms of Poland. Czecho-Slovakia,
Mr. Samuels has occupied very im-
Greece, Serbia, 'Turkey, Syria, l'ales- portant positions under Asquith's re-
tine, Siberia and other countries of gime. For many years he was Post-
Europe and the cast, compiled, since master General, and later on he was
the close of the European war, are England's Minister of the Interior.
today made public by the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee of the American
Funds for Jewish War Sufferers, of
which Felix M. Warburg of the bank-
ing house of Kuhn, Loeb and Cons-
pany, is the chairman.
The reports are, in many instances,
to End
the first word received directly from
American sources describing the ter-
rible sufferings, privations and hard- Mass Meeting Planned to Close
which are being undergone by
Drive—Jacob de Haas, Zion-
millions of Jews throughout the
ist Delegate to Peace Confer-
world and toward the alleviation of
which the Joint Distribution Coin-
ence, May Speak.
mittee has to date disbursed more
than $25,000,000, contributed by all
Directors of the local Zionist Dis-
sections of American Jewry.
trict of Detroit announce that the
drive
for more members for the Zion-
Americans Sent to Gather Facts.
ist Organization of America, origin-
While in a general way, it has, of ally planned to terminate May 11, will
course, been known that the popula- be extended until the end of the
tions were largely without food and month. Plans for a huge mass meet-
clothing, the conditions narrated are ing at that time are under way. It is
even more appalling than has hither- purposed to bring a speaker of na-
to been suspected. On many occa- tional repute here for the final meet-
sions the representatives of the Joint ing. Present indications are that
Distribution Committee, comprising NI, Jacob De Haas will be here to
a commission of Jews sent from the address the local Zionists. Mr. De
United States, and the members of Haas has just returned from l'aris
which are scattered throughout the where he was sent as one of the Zion-
various countries, have, they report, ist delegates to the l'eace Conference.
returned to their lodgings overcome lie was' formerly private secretary to
by the scenes they have witnessed Justice Brandeis, and is a noted jour-
and unable to sleep or rest. nalist, a lecturer, and is at present
The gamut of human misery is holding the position of Administra-
reached in the reports received which live Secretary to the Zionist Organ-
tell not alone of Starvation and utter ization of America.
destitution. but of the ravages of dis-
Reports show marked progress in
ease, the spread of epidemics, corn- the drive during the past week.
plete lack of clothing and of housing Speakers at the various clubs and so-
facilities, in short, of the terrible cieties were received enthusiastically.
plight of hundreds of thousands of At a meeting of the Washington Pro-
human beings, penniless, workless, gressive Club, Monday evening, fol-
hopeless. lowing stirring addresses by Mr. Har-
The members of the commission, • old Goodman and Mr. Max N. Freed-
in addition to their own observa- man, the society, in a body, joined the
floes, hav e been aided by reports Zionist organization. The Bicor
received by the American Relief Cholera Juniors, at a electing Tues-
Administration which. under the di- day evening, responded warmly to
rection of Herbert Hoover, is dis- the appeal.
'The local organization has named
tributing American food supplies.
They have been in especially close Bandar, may II. as its official regis-
touch with Lewis Strauss, Mr. Hoov- tration day. Mr. Louis James Ros-
er's representative in Paris, from enberg is general chairman of the
whom much information and assist- drive, with the assistance of a num-
Mr. M. II. Zack-
her of captains.
ance have been secured.
,
Personnel of American Commission. liiir is treasurer. and Mks
Mr. Sarah
M. N.
t-intan is secretary.
The members of the conunission, 1 , edman is chairman of the publicity
and from among whose reports the , elmittee with Philip Slomovitz, J.
following facts are quoted. include: H. alter and Harold Goodman as as-
Dr. Boris I). Bogen, Isidore Hersh- .,,, ,,,,,,
field and Bernard Honvich who are
in Poland; Barnet Zuckerman, who
is at Brest-Litovsk; Dr. Solomon
Lowenstein, returning from Pales-
tine; Nliss limy Goldman, on her
way to Roumania, following extended
— --
visits to Greece and Serbia; Rabbi
Aaron Teitelbaum, whose headquar-
In a telegraphed statement to the
ters are at Constantinople and whose Zionist organization of America, Mr.
investigations cover Turkey and ,kdolph Kraus, of Chicago, President
Henry G. Alsberg, in Czecho-
udent of the Inilenendent Order Icnai B'rith,
Slovakia; Jacob Billikopt. St
denies having given to Congressman
Asch. Morris Engelman, Meter Gil- Kahn authority to represent it he-
lls, 'Max Pine, who are at t he head- f o re the Peace Conference, at l'aris,
quarters of the Noised:m(1s branch where the California statesman is
of the Joint Distribution Committee, leading a delegation from America
at The Hague, and later are to visit which is seeking to prevent the real-
of the
i Jewish aspiration for a
:
it,
other
other countries; Dr. Frank F. Rosen- :
Blatt, who is nearing Siberia, where J ew i sh r i„„ i „,,,,t „ ca ith i n Pa l es ti ne ,

Zionist Membership
Campaign Is Extended
of the Month

AABBI FRANKLIN BACK
IN PULPIT SUNDAY

Mothers' Day Proclamation

131 THE GOVERNOR

F ever there was a time to yield homage to the
mothers of our land that time is now. The
spirit of devotion and sacrifice and service they
manifested during long months of cruel war is beyond
all praise. With aching hearts they gave their sons to
die, if need be, that our cherished liberties might be
preserved, but they hid the ache and the pain and went
bravely and calmly about their allotted tasks. This
year then of all years, when peace has come to bless
the world, we should thankfully observe the day that is
specially marked in honor of the mothers of America,
living and dead.
And let us rejoice with them that do rejoice and
weep with those that weep. Many a Michigan mother's
heart will sing with joy as our Michigan boys return
from afar; and we joy with them in their joy. There
will be many a mother too, alas, whose heart will
bridge the seas and journey on to find a dear grave in
Flanders or in France or in far Archangel, there to
place a wreath of loving remembrance for the boy
who will not come back; and to these mourning
mothers we tender our deepest sympathy, while we
sorrow with them in their sorrow.
Therefore, that we may pay a special tribute of
affection to the mothers who still live and honor the
memory of those who have gone from us, I, ALBERT
E. SLEEPER, Governor of the State of Michigan, do
hereby designate and set aside

The entire Jewish community of
Detroit will be pleased to learn that
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, who has been
absent from his pulpit at Temple Beth
El for the past two weeks, will re-
911111• his duties on Sunday morning.
Dr. Franklin has prepared a special
service for the students of Michigan
universities,
soldiers,
sailors and
strangers, in whose honor an all-day
program at the Temple has been ar-
ranged. The subject of Rabbi Frank-
lin's talk will be "The Readjustment
of Life to l'eace Conditions."

I

SUNDAY, MAY ELEVENTH NEXT, AS
MOTHERS' DAY

and I call upon our people, both young and old, to
gather in their several places of worship and take part
in services appropriate to the day, and, by the wearing
of a red flower for the living mother and a white for
the dear departed, to symbolize their love and rever-
ence for the mothers of the nation.
Let me suggest too that absent sons and daughters
take this occasion to visit, if possible, the mother in
the old home, or, where such a visit is impossible, that
they send a message of cheer and greeting. By this
may mothers know that in the rush of affairs they are
not forgotten.
In accordance with a resolution of the Congress of
the United States, I further request the people of
Michigan on the day aforesaid to display the United
States flag in their homes and in other suitable places,
as a fitting expression of their desire to pay homage to
American motherhood.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State this twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and
of the Commonwealth the,sighty-third.

ALBERT E. SLEEPER,
Governor.

By the Governor:

COLEMAN C. VAUGHAN,
Secretary of State.

Pisgah Lodge, B'Nai
B'rith Outgrows Home
Dedicated Last Week

188 ORGANIZATIONS
AT CONVENTION OF
CHARITIES MAY 27

20th Annual Meeting of Ness
tional Conference of Jewish
Charities to Take Place at At-
lantic City.

RUSSIAN ANTI-SEMITE
ASKS FORGIVENESS

RECONSTRUCTION AND
FEDERATION PROBLEMS
ARE TO BE DISCUSSED

LONDON—Baron Hiking, former
Russian Chief Consul in London, has
written a letter to the "Jewish Chron-
icle," in which Ile asks the Jews to
Russia. Baron Hiking declares that
forgive him for supporting the Ileitis
blood accusation, and for helping in
the passage of anti-Jewish laws in

14 4:"

The 1919 meeting of the National
Conference of Jewish Charities will
be held in Atlantic City, May 2-June
1st, and marks the twentieth anniver-
sary of the Conference which was or-
ganized in 1899.
The rapid growth of Jewish Social
he is no more an anti-Semite, and
Service agencies in the United States
that he wishes to be on good terms
and the increasing complexity of the
with the Jews.
problems confronting them emphas-
ized the fact that the work was not
local but intercommunal in its scope.
It was realized that there should be
some means by which those inter-
ested in the work might hold counsel
upon the problems that faced then),
where they might exchange experi-
ences, come to some common under-
Soldiers, Sailors, Students and standing as to standards and meth-
ods and effect a mutual co-operation
Strangers to Be Entertained at in all :natters pertaining to the relief
Temple Beth EI—Special Ser- and betterment of the Jewish poor.
Thirty-two organizations com-
vice in Morning.
posed the initial Conference, which
now embraces 188 constituent socie-
Final preparations have been made ties representing 93 cities in 37
by the Young People's Society of the states, and 3 in Canada, and an indi-
Temple Beth El for the welcome to vidual membership of 1,500.
Soldiers, Sailors, Students and Stran-
Record of Achievements.
gers Day, to be held May Ilth, which,

All-Day Program for
Young People's "Welcome"
Meeting, Sunday, May 11

this year, is to be celebrated by a ser-
ies of events at which the society is
to act as host for its returned soldiers
and sailor members, as well as for the
members of the Jewish Students'
Congregation of the University of
Michigan.
In the afternoon, beginning at 3:30 ,
a matinee dance is to be held in the
vestry rooms of the Temple, the dec-
orations being appropriate to the oc-
casion, and the guests of the affair.
At six o'clock a supper is to he served,
the Young People's Society of the
Temple being assisted by the Wo-
man's Auxiliary. During the supper
various leaders of the society, Tem-
ple and the visiting organization will
take occasion to briefly comment, and
Mr. Abraham J. Gornetzky, well
known to Detroit's younger set, will
perform at the piano. Mr. Gornetzky
has written several of the scores of
the University of Michigan operas,
and has contributed to the "shows"
of the Young People's Society given

Besides the general benefit derived
from interchange of ideas and experi-
ences, the following definite achieve-
ments should be recorded to the
credit of the Conference:
1. The promotion of the spirit of
social service in the different com-
munities and the encouragement of
the Federation movement,
2. The adoption of the Transporta-
tion Rules, regulating the treatment
of the transient poor and abating the
perniciouspractice of the "passing on"
policy.
3. The intensive study of the prob-
lem of dependent children leading to
improvement in child caring agen-
cies and the encouragement of the
placing out system.
4. The establishment of the Na-
tional Desertion Bureau.
5. The promotion of the work of
the industrial Removal Office.
6, Organization of the National
Jewish Committee on Tuberculosis.
7. The promotion of professional
training for Jewish Social Workers,
and the encouragement of schools of
philanthropy.
8. The establishment of the Field
Bureau.

present. A motion to appoint a coo- Prior to the war.
Alter the supper an entertainment
mittee to begin work at once to con-
sider practical methods to further the will be given in the Temple, which
ity
building
was
carried
unanimously.
includes
musical talent of the society
object of a Detroit Jewish Common•
and Of the University. " Cozzy" Gots-
flanker
is
to cartoon persons of in-
This committee is also empowered to
War Workers to Report.
investigate the need of a Jewish Hos- terest locally and internationally. Mr.
In order to cover the tremendous
pital and a Convalescent Home for
field of problems in modern Jewish
Marvelous Growth Prompts Detroit.
,
social sers'ice, the entire program has
Lodge to Lay Plans for Beauti- The meeting was addressed by Mr.
been arranged by sectional commit-
ful Jewish Community for De- Abraham Cohen, vice-president of the
tees on Family Care, Community Or-
Toronto 1.odge of the B'nai Brith.
troit.
ganization, Reconstruction, Social
Mr. Cohen expressed his great admir-
Moral, Industry, Jewish Education
ation for the wonderful work already
Pisgah Lodge, No. 34, Independent accomplished by the Detroit "dyna-
and Health. Experts in each field
Order of B'nai Brith, has already out-
will present the theses, and these will
This mic" lodge, and stated that Pisgah
grown its present quarters!
be followed by discussion from the
Lodge had become the model lodge
startling revelation dawned on many of the international order. That To-
floor, as well as formal discussion.
members of the order at one of the
Acial workers just returned front
equal
the
bril-
,, routes would some day
most enthusiastic meetings ever hem hant record of Detroit was his tour
the various war-torn countries of Eu-
in the history of the lodge last Mon- est hope.
rope will report on the problems and
Mr. Cohen is a splendid
day night.
social service activities there, and
Several hundred mem- type of the earnest and capable Jew-
hers crowded the large auditorium of isls young man who is re-making
special emphasis will be laid on the
the Irniii Itrith Club, at 25 Broadway, Jewish life in America. Ile is bead
development of specific Jewish social
Latecomers
early in the evening.
service as it has been developed
of the Federated Jewish Charities 01
were unable to find chairs, and at the Toronto, President of the V. M. li
thromth the four years of the war.
close of the meeting standing room A., and a delegate to the Jewish Con-
The Conference draws its delegates
was at a premium.
from every part of the country. In
grass of North .\ inerica.
The fact that no special programs
addition to the r,ificially accredited
Initiation.
or feature had been announced, made
delegates from organizations, a large
One of the finest speeches heard
the lack of accommodations all the , by the members was delivered by Mr.
number of board members and trus-
It
was
only
one
weer,
more acute.
tees of social service agencies, and
Leo Newman, of Braddock, who was
ago that the new lodge rooms of l'is- formerly a resident of Detroit, and
numerous volunteer social work ers
gab Lodge were formally dedicated. secretary of Pisgah Lodge. He said
and interested lay citizens attend reg-
Samuel Nlason, representing the He- under the trusteeship of Great Britain, The rapid and st.-oly growth of the
ularly.
that the marvelous strides made by
brew Immigrant and Aid Society, as ac ting for the League of Nations.
organization has outdistanced the the lodge which he once knew to be
While essentially practical and
the Joint Distribution ""t" Mr. Kraus says in his telegram that calculations of the must optimistic in
constructive, the Conference is of a
well as
insignificant in the life of the city
mince, now is; and Nliss Harriet It. Congressman Kahn's action in pre- the order.
definitely
inspirational character, and
SYLVAN S. GROSNER.
was dazzling to hint.
Lowenstein, executive head of the seating an anti-Zionist p e titi on to
'Hie suggestion that Pisgah Lodge
as such it is eager to draw to its ses-
Retiring President of Society.
In the course of the evening, Pres-
commission, who is in Paris. President Wilson took him by stir- immediately lay plans for larger qintr-
sions socially minded persons, even
ident Garrett announced the appoint-
judge Julian Mack, Louis Marshall prise for the reason that he was au- tees was made by Rabbi Samuel S.
!nem of the Intellectual Advance- Sylvan S. Grosser, president of the though not actually engaged in social
and Dr. Cysts Adler. all members of thorized only to endeavor to secure Mayerberg, who took the occasion to
society,
will
welcome
the
guests,
and
service themselves.
maul Committee consisting of L. J.
,
the Joint Distribution Committee, f u ll r i gh ts for J ews i n coun t ri es w h ere call attention to the urgent need of
Rosenberg, chairman; Adolph Freund, Mr. Abraham J. Gornetzky, president
Name to be Changed.
that is denied them. His telegram a pretentious Jewish community cen-
also are in the French capital.
of
the
Jetvicit
Students'
Congregation,
Samuel S. Maverberg, N. J. Gould,
Through the annual Conference
is as follows:
ter for Detroit, a building of strut.•
will respond in behalf of the students
Terrible Conditions in Poland.
and Jacob Nathan.
"I gave Congressman Kahn a ere- tural beauty that would combine the
The meeting next Monday evening and military members of the society meetings definite principles of Jewish
The situation in Poland is graphi- dential to visit B'nai B'rith lodges activities of the 11-nai With, a Y. NI.
social service are being developed,
will be devoted to another initiation. who are returning.
cally described by Dr. Boris D. Bo- and ascertain how many of our own II. A. and such other Jewish organ-
It is planned to make the enter- standards of professional qualifica-
Over 125 applicants still remain to be
gen who has possibly been most deep- members, if any, are in distress, and izations of a general communal na-
initiated into the order. A feature of tainment brief and interesting, and tions are being worked out, and pro-
,
ly impressed with the attitude of the requested him, if Ise should have the lure that Detroit will eventually (le-
grains for the coming year are pre-
the meeting will be an address by after it adjourns, at about 9:30, there
population itself, and of which he coance,
,
to co-operate with the others velop.
will be dancing once more its the sented.
Mr. I. George. Dobsevage, General
says: who are trying to secure full rights
Outstanding features of this year's
Committee to Begin Work.
Secretary of the Jewish Publication gymnasium of the Temple.
"The population has seen and felt for our people where such rights are
A clever little "newspaper'' entitled Conference w ill be the change of
This suggestion met with universal Society of .kruerica. He will discuss
so much of suffering that it has be- denied them. Afterwards. to my as-
"The Column of the Young People's name of the Conference itself, where-
approval, and the proposal was elo- the advancement of Jewish literature
come calloused to hardship and to tonishment, he presented to the Pres-
Society," has been issued to the mem- by it is to secure a name more indi-
quently seconded by several others in this country.
want, but the spectacle of hundreds ident the anti-Zionist petition. He
bers announcing the Big Day, and it cative of the large field of social ac-
of starving children, of women. in the has no authority to appear for us he-
is expected that an exceptional at- tivities it represents. the discussion
biting cold, clad only in the scantiest fore the Peace Conference on that
tendance will fittingly welcome the of an endowment system for Jewish
of filthy rags, and of men, listlessly question, and I am confident that on
returned soldiers, and will properly social workers, the development of a
and aimlessly walking the streets ask- that question he will not pretend to
revive the 'Students and Strangers' system of standardizing the qualifica-
Day." May 11th will undoubtedly tions of social workers, and the dis-
ing for bread, has deeply affected the act for us. Should anyone attempt to
committee's representatives." speak on behalf of the order for or
he a red-letter day in the history of cussion of the various methods and
new activities brought forward by the
Writing under date of February 12, against that question I will denounce
the organization.
and telling of conditions at Warsaw', hi m. °
war-time emergency.
he says:
Poles Forbid Hebrew in Lodz.
"I am heartbroken over the situa- Noted Anti-Semite Among
Jewish Girl's Book Used
lion. The people are here hopelessly
WARSAW.—The City Council of
German Peace Delegates
At Columbia University
out with themselves and the world.
I.odz has issued an order to the Jew-
The only thing that keeps them alive
ish schools forbidding them to teach
BERLIN.—The "Tageblatt" pub-
Rose Cohen's "Out of the Shad-
is the fatalistic faith in some miracle fished a sharp protest against the
the Hebrew language. The Jewish
in the future.
population of Lodz has entered strong ow." the record of an immigrant girl's
Ebert-Scheidemann government for
emergency
and poverty, is to be used
protest.
its appointment of General Reiss-
Scenes in Warsaw a Nightmare.
at Columbia University as recom-
berg as one of German's Peace Del-
"I spent this afternoon in the poor-
Rabbi J. A. Pollak has assumed the mended in the study of immigrant
est district. It is a nightmare, a sight agates. General Reissberg is a well-
pulpit of Temple of 1-r sr!. Elmira, N. problems. The book was written as a
that hurts me. Children sitting in the known anti-Semite. who has recently
Y.,
formerly occupied by the late Rab- series of essays, while Miss Cohen
been conducting a strong anti-Jewish
was learning English.
bi Jacob Maec•
(Continued On Page Four.)
propaganda throughout Germany.

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PRES. KRAUS, I. O. B. B.
EXPLAINS MISSION
OF HON. JULIUS KAHN

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