THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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in nearly' hdlf a century, Pisgah Lodge assumed its rightful place of
THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE i importance among her sister lodges. Perhaps it is the first time
\LARGE JEWISH COLONY EXISTED
IN CHINA FOR OVER 2,000 YEARS
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
that the local lodge deserved recognition. The progress it has made
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in the last year is remarkable and deservedly called forth the un - Inscriptions on Stone Tablet Found in Synagogue Indicate Jews
stinted praise of all Grand Lodge officers.
President
•
First Entered China in 200 B. C. Have Been
-
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
While the growth and activity of Pisgah Lodge is somewhat
Secretarv-Treasurer
Loyal Followers of the Faith.
NATHAN J. GOULD -
belated, it is nevertheless gratifying to realize that at last, after all
Entered as second-elass matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, its slumbering and blundering, the lodge in the second largest city
A great many people are acquainted t In 1445 Kaifengfu, the headquarters
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
of the District, has awakened t o its responsibilities and its duties. with the fact, in a vague way, that of the Chinese Jews, was a great city
As a reward for this awakening, the delegates representing the lodge there has been a Jewish colony in of about one million people and of
OFFICES, BOOK BUILDING
great wealth. There are records to
at the Convention were given high recognition by appointment to China for many centuries. That this
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show that in the fifteenth century
colony
was
founded
about
two
thou-
important committees and to the Executive Board of the District.
there were many communities of
$2.00 per year
sand
years
ago,
and
that
the
Chinese
Subscription, in advance
All of this flatters our vanity. We are proud that we have
Jews possessed scrolls of the I.aw and Jews in China, reference being found
shown
what
we
can
(I()
if
we
wish
to.
We
congratulate
the
men
reach
the Bible is perhaps. new to all save a to establishments in Ningpo, Hang-
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must
who represented Pisgah Lodge and we arc confident that they will
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
few who have taken a special interest chow and Pekin.
About the end of the Aling dynasty
Editorial Contributor fulfill the trust imposed upon them by their fellow delegates.
in our Oriental co-religionists. It was
FRANKLIN
RABBI LEO M.
lint we must go a step further. 'We must put the lodge to not until the close of the sixteenth the decline of the Jewish colony was
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to work. Mere weight of members, a large roll of inactive members, century that European Jews knew of rapid. Letters sent there in 1777 and
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
can be productive of no good. Work, noble, unselfish work, must the existence of a colony of their co- 1779 were unanswered, and letters
views expressed by the writers.
become the keynote of the lodge or it will soon outlive its usefulness religionists in China, and Chinese from London Jews sent in 1815, al-
and perish. Pisgah Lodge right now has the greatest opportunity , Jews were equally unaware of their though undoubtedly received, were
Protection Assured to Jews
without result.
of its lifetime. It can become the dominating factor in all Jewish European brothren.
Possess Scrolls of the Law.
. It is welcome news to hear that M. Pichon, French Minister of activities of the community if it so wishes. It has the largest Inscriptions on a stone tablet found
Foreign Affairs, has declared that the rights of Jews shall be safe-
In 1850, Dr. Smith, Bishop of Hong
membership of any Jewish organization in the city. It potentially in the synagog at Kaifengfit indicate
that Jews first entered China during Kong, sent two native messengers
guarded in all countries, especially in Poland and Roumania. Ile
possesses incalculable strength and unbounded usefulness. But it
the Ilan dynasty, from 11. C. 200 to
points out, however, and all right thinking Jews must agree with
must use this strength in concerted and solid effort. It must not A. I). 226. From letters of the Jesuits from Shanghai to obtain all possible
details regarding the colony. After a
him, that. it would be. extremely unwarranted and dangerous to
undertake t(8) much at a time. It must do well a few important it is gathered that they came during I
of 25 days they reached their
create special privileges for Jews, "as our final object is to guarantee
ourney
things so that its concentrated activity will prove effective. Great the reign of Mingti (A. D. 58 to 75) j destination
and found the ancient
(
the rights 'of minorities until the day they are welded into nations care should be exercised to direct effort in order to insure the active
from the "western regions," which II temple in ruins. A number of small
so that they are indistinguishable from other citizens without losing co-operation of each member. A few cannot do all the work. The
taken to mean Persia.
apartments in the temple precincts
their ethnic or religious characteristics." M. I'icho) has, sounded pportunity for accomplishing everlasting good is here and it
The Persian words in the language were inhabited by Jews, who allowed
o
the right note in his declaration. It will be a boon to Jews of should be the prime consideration of the officers to allot a share of and literature of the Chinese Jews in- the messengers to examine is-hat was
Eastern Europe if the.great covernments of the world shalltatot. let
dicate that this is true, but there is no left of the sacred buildings. The in-
work to as many members as possible to obtain their co-operation.
their efforts cease with the spoken word but shall insist upon the
The community at large looks to Pisgah Lodge for aid in all tangible evidence to warrant the be- scriptions on tablets confirmed all that
lief of some writers that these Jews was already known of the colony.
minute carrying out of their promises.
communal affairs. It must not be disappointed. It will not be
-
The Mob Spirit at Washington
It is difficult for law-abiding citizens to realize that in our own
national Capital, outrages - are"taling place dad}. The whites and
the blacks are having trouble. The whites attack the blacks and
then a general melee follows in which hundreds arc killed or injured.
It seems rather odd that things. like this can happen country
that has set itself up as the spokesman for humanity before the other
nations of the world. No doubt that the Government is totally
ithout blame, but be that as it may, the authorities must not permit
mob action or mob spirit of this kind to get the upper hand in our
cities or in any section of the country. Immediate steps must be
taken by the Government to prevent any further outbreaks of this
nature. If no other means can be found, martial law must be pro-
claimed at once. If something isn't done shortly we may find•that
the European nations will request Villas or Carranza to quell the
disorder in America. Surely nothing happening in Mexico is more
disgraceful than the horrible spectacle of one kind of American
citizen gleefully and willingly slaughtering American citizens of a
disappointed.
descended from the ten lost tribes.
The earliest record regarding them in
Chinese annals is found in a work Of
the•Sung dynasty, called "Tung King
Re," in which mention is made of a
"heaven spirit monastery" in Kaifeng-
fu. This work was written in the third
July, 1851, after another trip to
Kaifengfu, Bishop Smith's messengera;
brought back with them many rolls
of the law, which it took two weeks
of argument to induce the Chinese
part with. Each of the rolls
Jen, s
contained a complete copy of the
Books of Moses. They were beauti-
fully written on white sheepskin, cut
their schools and their methods of ed- or fourth century.
ucation to the peculiar psychology of
Records Abundant.
the various cultural groups will tend
From 878 on, there is an abundance and sewed together, about 20 or 30
to create better citizens and so
strengthen the Polish state.
of material about the Chinese Jews. yards long and rolled on sticks.
In addition, the messengers brought
(Continued from l'age 1.)
"Linguistic minorities, when op-
pressed, develop the cravings for sepa- An Arabian writer of that period men- back a ntinilier of smaller manuscripts,
"This prosperity was the mainspring
Linguistic minorities, when I
in developing Polish national culture. ration.
they have free play in the field of cut-Itions them as one of the sects that written on thick yellow paper. Among
Even while the Poles were persecuted lure, when dealt with as good neigh- perished in a general massacre at them were several containing the
in Russia their art and literature pros- hors and equals, turn out to be most Kliatifu, but in a 956 and 958 there are
services of the Day of Atonement.
pered there.
records of the district officials of
faithful to the country in general.
One had at the end of it the names
Jews as a Material Aid.
"Here in America it is difficult to Kaifengiti conferring honors on Jews,
"The Jews were in no small way in- realize the importance of that. Con- and in 1163 the erection of a synagog of the Jewish months and days of the
week. All of this shows pretty con-
strumental in bringing about this ditions here are essentially , different.
state of prosperity. They acted as You have no tight of linguistic minor- was begun in that town. Chinese rcc- clusively that the Chinese Jews of
intermediaries between the Russians ities. Europe is rife with them. The ords of 1329-54 show, too, that Jews
Kaifengfu have been loyal guardians
and l'oles. After the expulsion of the Jew in Poland has something dis-
Jews from Moscow many of.theni had tinctly Jewish to offer to Polish art were invited to Pekin to join the im- of the law.
come to Poland. The markets of and culture if he is allowed to develop perial army.
different color.
Russia were known to them. They it in his OW11 racial environment. The
The originality of Moses.
had commercial relations with many best qualities of the race can only be ADMIRAL MAR1X DEAD
centers in Russia. It was not very brought to the fore under the condi-
The originality of Moses has been
(Continued from Page 1.)
long before they had inaugurated an tions where they are allowed full
strongly questioned ill late years.
Some time ago the community wa47.startled by the news that a active program of commercial inter- sway under expert educational train- years' sea duty and 18 years' shore This questioning arose when it was
duty, and in April, 1910, attained the discovered that many of the Mosaic
- course between Russia and Poland.
retire- regulations, even the Sabbath, were
large concern doing war . work for the Government had illegally The l'ole was not the loser by any ing.
age of 62 years, the limit for retire-
Minorities
Protected.
profited in its transactions to the pitent of fifty million dollars. For means.
ment from active service under the anticipated in the code of the Baby-
"While industrial Poland was be- . "This holds true for the other min- provisions of the act of Congress of lonian King Ilammualii or Katnurabi,
some inscrutable reason nothing ftlAller has been said about the coming a force to be reckoned with.
orities in Poland. There is a Ukrain- December 21. 1861.
issued some 500 years before the time
matter. We also would be quite content to let the. incident pass the political forces both in Russia and ian minority, a German minority, a In the opinion of naval officials, of Moses or away back in the days
Poland
were
busily
at
work
planning
may
he
Admiral
Maris
was
a
highly
intelli-
of Abraham. who came out of "Ur of
with slight notice were tt not for the fact that since the'•ifty-million- the freedom of the country. The Bohemian minority, and there
a Lithuanian minority. At the pees- gent, active and decisive officer, of the Chaldees" or ancient Babylonians.
dollar graft became public another smaller case has been brought Russian Socialists worked for an au- ent time the Poles are holding Vilna, indomitable
Then in Germany, when l'rofessor
and Pinsk. If the boundaries
severance
courage
and and
possessed
slogged
of sound
per- Delitsch delivered his series of lec-
to light. This time it is a case of two Jews in New York who were tonomous Poland under the sov- Lida,
ereignty of Russia. The 'P. S. D.,' the Lida,
tures on "Bible and Babel," in which
of
Poland
are
fixed
on
the
condition
judgment.
found guilty of robbing. the 'Government of fifty thousand dollars. Polish Social-Democratic l'arty. of present occupation, then Poland
In spite of his three-score years, he the discovery was emphasized, the late
stood
for
the
same
thing,
a
Poland
This case has not beenshopped. It is liable to become the subject
kaiser said that the nimbus was gone
ill have a large number of Lithuan-
that would be allowed to govern itself w
ians and White Russians to deal with. was
alert and
tally still
and keen,
physically,
and robust,
carried men-
him- from the head of the chosen people.
of much wise and painstaking congressional investigation. The locally, under its own laws, its own
"It is interesting to note that, while self as a soldier of 40, and were it Yet we do not question the original-
court wants "to make an example of these men." • They wila.possibly people and its own language, or a fed- the Poles are giving linguistic rights not for the retirement act could have ity of the constitution of the United
eral part of Russia. The 'P. S. P., the to the Germans in the territory that been counted on for many more years States, even though we do not go so
"get" ten years apiece at Leavenworth or Atlanta.
Polish Social l'arty, and the 'N. D.,'
far as Gladstone in saying that it is
active service.
We have no quarrel with the Government for prosecuting these the Naradowa Demokracya, however, was German before the war, they are of Attended
Services When He Could. the greatest instrument ever struck
very definite in withholding the right
maintained
a
platform
of
full
national
men for their avaricious dishonesty, and by all means they should
In private life his manner of speech off at one time by the hand of man.
of linguistic freedom to the German-
independence.
speaking people in the territory that was quiet, deliberate and unmarked Unlike the Declaration of indepen-
why
"pick
on"
the
fifty-thousand-
.
pay for their profiteering. But
Jews Are Part of Poland.
was orniinally Polish. Lodz is one by haste or heat. He was a member dence, the Constitution was produced
dollar Jewish thieves and let the fifty-million7dollar Robin Hoods go
"It is their program that has suc- of the cities situated there. Accord- of the Army and Navy Club at Wash- of the extended deliberations of many
Poland
has
become
a
free
ing to the last paragraph of Article ington, which he frequented when his men. But we do not underrate its
unscathed? Is the Government trying to verify the cynic's state- ceeded.
sovereign state. The treaty provides
the provisions of that article (ed- official duties did not call him away originality, even if it was modeled af-
ment that if a man robs a. grocery store and takes a sack of flour for the elimination from l'olish inter- IX,
ucational) apply to Polish citizens of from the Capital: Because of his long ter colonial institutions or had its
nal
affairs
of
the
same
evik
from
German speech only in that part of service at sea he had been able to at- root in England in Magna Charts and
he is a thief, but if he wrecks a bank by speculation and defrauds
which the Poles were suffering as part Poland which was German territory tend services at synagogs but spas- the Bill of Rights. So Moses still re-
fortune,
he
is
a
financier?
a
widows and orphans while making
on Aug. 1, 1914. modically. In this connection an in- mains an original figure, as he is de-
of Russia.
"It must be emphasized, however,
Perhaps we are a trifle sensitive over two Jews serving as
teresting incident in which the Ad- picted by Henry George of single tax
"The gr eathopeof the world at the miral was one of the actors may be and "Progress and Poverty" fame.—
that
there
is
a
distinct
and
basic
dif-
in dishonesty. We admit our discomfort would be ference between the former aspira- preset
o time h to see Poland carry
lessons
object
of her apropos. The Jewish community of Sentinel.
lions of the l'oles under the Russian out in the best spirit the terms
somewhat mitigated were all grafters treated alike.
rty. There is every indication that Portland, Maine, have cause to re-
rule and the present aspirations of t tea Jews there are anxious to see the member the incident, which occurred CONGRESSMAN CHARGES
he
the Jews in Poland. Whi l e the
dawn of a new era of peace and ar- on a certain Sabbath in the summer
REPORTS OF POGROMS
never thought of themselves as part molly. They are moved by no other of 1908, when five Jews of national
of the Russian empire, the Jens in motive than one of helpful co-opera- fame attended the unpretentious syn-
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
In the death of Dr. Abraham Jacobi, the medical profession of Poland do consider themselves an in- tion. All they ask is to he allowed to agog to worship. Two were Admirals
of
the
United
States
Navy
(Marin
and
tegral part of the Polish Common-
According to Stephen G. Porter,
the world has lost one of its greatest lights. Coming to America to wealth. While the Poles never live and. to work to the best advant- Taussig), one a member of President
age of the country and themselves."
chairman of the House Committee on
Roosevelt's Cabinet (Oscar Straus), Foreign Affairs, there is a German
escape German oppression in 1853, lie located in New York City thought and never could think of Rus-
sia as their native land, the Jews in
one an ex-Congressman who had de- newspaper in Kovno, Lithuania, a lit-
where his unparalleled skill and great knowledge brought him to the Poland do consider Poland as their
clined a portfolio in the Cabinet of tle way over the line from Poland,
CHINESE ZIONISTS PLAN
President Cleveland (Isidor Straus) ,
attention of all scientists in America, and he became famous through- native land, and rightly so, because
PALESTINE COLONY and the fifth a Judge of Porto Rico that is owned and controlled by Ger-
their
ancestors
lived
and
worked
there
out the world. It was through his great research work that diseases
(Adolph Grant Wolf). it is fairly mans, and sends out regular and ut-
s:Clie for more than 500 years. While the
of children were opened for treatment. Ile was called aptlys
Poles desire national independence,
certain
that never before was a syna- terly false reports of Jewish pogroms
Shanghai.—At a meeting of the
in Poland.
Children's Friend." He practiced among rich and poor alike, and which means the formation of their Zionists of this city, it was decided gog honored by the attendance of so
He said these reports were the basis
own sovereign state, the Jews have to establish a memorial colory in many men of national fame at one
of publication in this country, of the
ided
his
patients,
as
it is said that his fine personality .
never desired the formation of a state Palestine, in honor of the late Mrs. time.
Mrs. Marie, the widow of the Ad- stories of the massacre of Jews, and
within the state of Poland; their only Kadoorie whose work for Zionism in
recovery as any mediciatlefiierillet: t1)
were the inspiration of the recent Jew-
■ sire was to be allowed fall develop- China helped to bind the Jews of that miral, is the daughter of a Russian a ish day of mourning and protest.
In 1911 he became president of the American Medical Associa- ile
tnefit Of their culture and their lan- country together. The "China Jewish rabbi living in Brooklynft She is
He added the purpose of the Ger-
tion and he served with distinction for several terms... He was also guage through the medium of their Colony" in Palestine will be merged woman of much social grace L linown man
paper in Kovno was to Convince
the theatrical world as Grace
president of the New Vork Pathological Society, the New York own Ahools and other educational es- 'nto a "Laura Kadoorie Colony" to
the
world that Poland was incapable
tablishments. This desire has now which will provide more than 100 king, and is very much interested in
of humane self-government.
Obstetrical Society, the New York State and County Medical So- been granted by the treaty.
ottages for the use of poor laborers. the movement for women suffrage..
W
STATUS OF JEWS IN
POLAND
. Grafters • and grafters
Dr. Abraham Jacobi
cieties; and also of quite a few other local and national medical
grImps. He won the applause of his associates when lie steadfastly
refused, some years ago, to accept the invitation .01terlin
tolecturethere upon Pediatrics. He refused becatt4 . of his previous
harsh treatment by the German Government. His fillow physicians
admired his strength in rejecting such an invitation which they cop-
sidered to be one of the highest honors attainable by any member
of the profession.
Dr. Jacobi contributed much valuable literature to the .'science
of medicine, and his name will be immortalized by the great fulid of
knowledge he acquired and bequeathed to tllc who shall follolv in
his work. Dr. Jacobi is another great Jew who, beginning life under
great obstacles, surmounted them all and by his 'own genius tri-
umphed, not selfishly, but fur the good of all •humarSty: • -- I
Pisgah Lodge Honored
The recent B'nai Brith convention held at St. Paul was in the
general opinion the best ever held in the District. For the first time
Statue. of Jews Now.
"The Jew under the present treaty
is, in all matters and. relations, a citi-
zen of Poland. He pays taxes. he
serves in the army, lie obeys the laws
of the country, he participates in the
framing of those laws in the National
parliament, and in the local self-gov-
erning bodies he is subject to the jur-
isdiction of the general courts. In
short, he is an active member of the
Polish Commonwealth.
, "this autonomy in the matter of ed-
ucation also begins. The treaty guar-
antees him a possibility of using the
Jewish language in schools established
for Jewish children and managed by
the Jews themselves, under the gen-
eral supervision of the State.
"All this does not mean a kind of
separation between the two forces.
The law provides for the compulsory
instruction in the Polish language in
son-Polish schools. On the other
hand, the very fact that the linguistic
minorities will be allowed to adopt
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