American fairish Periodical Carter CLIFTON AVENUI - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. VOL. VI. NO. 11. CONFIRMS REPORT OF SLAUGHTER OF JEWS IN UKRAINE JEWISH FINANCERS FORCED POLISH PACT SAYS PADEREWSKI REPORT MORGENTHAU DENIES HE MADE STATEMENT THAT POGROMS WERE EXAGGERATED Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents JEWISH BOY, 19, FOUGHT 14 GERMANS, CAPTURED 11, RECEIVES D. S. C. REPORT DESPERATE CONDITION OF JEWS IN BALKAN STATES Boston—Benjamin Yabovitz, a boy I ,,d,,ii— In an address delivered New York—The New York Yiddish daily "Der Tag," in its issue of Au- of nineteen years and generally ac- iu - •n the Polish parliament by Pad- knowledged as Chelsea's greatest I, w ,ki regarding the Jewish rights gust 8th, publishes the following report: "Henry Morgenthau, the head of the American committee to investigate hero of the war, was tendered a tes- granted by the Polish Peace Treaty timonial banquet at time Boston club to be ratified by Parliament, the pre- the reports of Jewish pogroms in Poland, has, through the State Depart- by about one hundred prominent cit- Have Suffered Same Privations Cable Message From Leo Motkin liner said that the question of minor- meat, denied the report, published in Polish papers On July 28th, that he de- izens of Chelsea, arranged by the as Other European Jews, but ity rights had been settled even be- dared the Polish pogroms to be grossly exaggerated. lie said he made nu Young 91en's Social Club, of which to Louis Marshall Says 120,000 no Religious Repression. fore the armistice has been signed, in such declaration. the former soldier is a member. Ya- • "Until July 28th, his committee hail not yet begun the investigation of Massacred. order to satisfy the Jews who are bot who on September 12, 1918, the pogrom reports. Ile and General Jadwin had merely discussed different JEWISH COMMUNITIES powerful in financial circles. while a private in Company It of the Paderewski admitted that from the problems, such as the ecimomic boycott against the Jews. and had sought to 101st regiment, was sent by his cap- PERPETRATED BY ANTI. ARE WELL ORGANIZED BOLSHEVIK BRIGANDS Polish point of view there arc many fold a solution and a means of golfing the breach between the two peoples tain with a message to a forward clauses in the Peace Treaty which in the interest of a permanent peace. trench which had been cut off from Serbian Jews Starving—Bulgarian the . G are very objectionable. This, he said. . to investigate "On the night of July 28 the committee left . Warsaw . I communication by machine gun fire, , rndno Marshall Says Horrors of Ukraine Jews Comparatively Well Off; .) mitt . T I hey be helped, be- reports of the crimes at their source. was attacked by 14 Germans. He Parallel Those of Armenia— rouse th ul 't! .11.11(1?::sevl';a r've put their foot Lida, and spent several days at Vilna. It was then their intention to inves- received two bayonet wounds and Aid Rumanian Refugees. maxim"' concessions tigate conditions at Baronovitch, Brest-Litovsk, Pinsk, Lodz, Krakow, Lent- taking his rifle he dispatched three Demands Action. on t he ' '1""" they were willing to grant Poland. aderewski re- berg and Tchenstachoff. Reports of the condition of Jews of the Huns and captured eleven in the Balkan countries, as made to "M orgenthau and Jadwin believe that they have accomplished only one- N ENV V I) 12 K.—Massacres in the Before concluding, P Will more. He was cited by General . the American Jewish Relief Commit- conceded Poland the right to demand thi d f their task, and when they have completed their investigations, Pershing for his bravery •and was Ukraine. in which message sent from minded Parliament that the Allies Polish be taught in Jewish place their findings before the Polish government fur reply. Not mad they awarded the Distinguished Sets ice tee by its investigators abroad have N. S• . . •. . have obtained all the information possible will they regard their mission at that the c omm i tte „ o f th e l etr i,lt WI, ga . t hat Cross. Yabovitz enlisted When but been made public. They show an end, and then only will they make a public declaration concerning the seventeen years old, leaving a widow- CC011011-11C ruin, epidemics of typhus, thins at the Peace Conference, to " tuberculosis, and other diseases have results of their mission. ed mother in Chelsea. Louis Marshall, the President of that The report states that the Polish telegraph agency garbled the state- fallen to the lot of Balkan Jews to committee, who is 110W this city CHICAGO JEWS VICTIMS ment of Mr. Morgenthau regarding the equal obligations of the Jews to an extent equal to that suffered by This cable message, which was given OF RECENT RACE RIOTS their fellows. Mr. Morgenthau was reported to have said that "Jews oftimes their co-religionists in other war-torn out last week, is as follows: that equal rights incur equal obligations." Mr. M orgenthau did say, countries, but that political and re- forget Paris, July 30, 1919. for equal obliga- CIIICAGO.—The Negro race riots must remember that equal rights call ligious repressive measures have been however, that "Jews Marshall, New York: that have recently kept this city tions," which is interpreted to mean that it they obtain equal rights and lacking. Zuckerman arrked and confirms in a state of terror, have claim- privileges, they will necessarily be obliged to bear equal responsibilities. The first detailed account of the former communications. He reports ed two Jews in the toll of the dead. situation in Serbia in many months new and terrible pogroms, which oc- Several other Jews have suffered curred during June at Kaminet Pr wounds and a number of Bernard Richards Says Former eet where olsk,Kitaigorod, Ourinine, etc. The places on South State Street Ambassador Will Not be latest news is certified by three rob- the disturbances were greatest have Through With Investigation Till his and by other Jewish represents- been damaged. None of these par- tires of Rhotine. I know these men, ticipated in the riots, they being in- End of August. . who arc front the Ukraine. They nocent victims Of stray shots. The dead are: David Marcus, six- state that altogether 120,000 have been New York—Doubt as to the ac- killed. In Proskurof alone 3 .0o4 in- ty years old, of 509 East Thirty-sev- By COLONEL HARRY CUTLER curacy of a quotation from Henry habitants and numerous passing pen- emit Street, and Morris Pearl, a ped- Morgentlian mm the question of the ple have been killed and 2.000 wound- tiler, living at 5200 Indiana Avenue. Thousands of men of all national- demonstrated time and again in massacre of the Jews in Ukraine is ed. Among the killed were 1,500 school The wounded are: Samuel Nloson, one expressed in a signed statement of children. Ukrainian Judaism fears of the best known lawyers in the city; ities were made happy, and the Jewish France. In the Le Mans area, for in- spirit brought anew into many lives, stance, it has been shown from our M r. Bernard G. Richards, secretary total extermination. It is impossible Harold Jacobson. Louis Ehrlich, Nlor- of the American Jewish Congress to check the exact figures. In all of ris Nliner, Samuel Nleikan, A. Neu- and the name of the Jewish \Velfare records, 56 to (0% of the soldiers delegation to the peace conference. the pogroms undoubtedly dozens of man, A. Rosen, Henry Rosen, and Board enshrined in the hearts of the making use of the recreational facil- The statement follows: khaki, before we began the ities of the Jewish NVelfare Board thousands have been massacred.Sol. Simon. • In the report of the massacre of of our work abad. were non-Jewish. In the Imes sec- ro The furniture store belonging to disorganization (Signed) m(ITKIN. d Jews in the Ukraine, printed in the did \Viten word came that the war de- ', tion of Germany, our quarters were Samuel s at 3018 Smith State Street Blame War With Poles. Blame New York Times the following state- non- 90% partment would take over the work continually visited by about considerable damage, as ,, The Ukrainians reported guilty of ment appeared: "I'" businesses belonging to ' r ' of the war welfare agencies in France,I.Jewish soldiers while other sectors "The Ukrainians reported guilty of these the massacres have been who warring have been large- Poles, , averaged about I I erhst. .3912 South State street, and we hauled down the blue and white 50 to 60% of non- With the Jewish W'elfare I Jews in attendanace. It is only fair, these massacres have been warring " standard of tvii awIll ' n ' kin g establishment " ly exonerated by the reports of lien- °''' l' with the Poles. who have been large- pu. ed by ..\ homy, Brothers and Marcus . Board from our forty huts through-1 however, to mention that in all this, ry Morgenthau and others of street out France and Germany. with a sense we did not lose sight of the special ly exonerated by the reports of Henry groins attributed to them. The al- Neirman of 3036 South State Morgenthau and others of pogroms of accomplishment, of a difficult task needs of our Jewish men. attributed to them. The alleged mas- leged massacre of Jews by l'oles at All Customs Observed, WAR HAS KILLED ANTI- well-done. Pinsk occurred when Poles were sacre of Jew's by Poles at Pinsk oc- \\*hen I came to France, in Febru- Full opportunity was given of to Jew- our curred when Poles were passing passing through the city to tight the SEMITIEM IN FRANCE ary 1919, mine was the task of ex- own men for the observance through the city to fight the Uk- Ukrainians Mr Mashall made the SAYS CHIEF RABBI LEVI painting the work of the Jewish IA el- ish ceremonies and rites. So, for in- rainians." following statement: Board to meet the new conditio ns stance Passover was made the occa- RABBI ISAAC ALCALAY f It is true that a few days ago a "Similar reports reached me while P.iri• The new Grand Rabbi of which arise after the signing of the sion of a great Jewish rally. Unleav- dispatch from Paris quoted Mr. Mor- Chief Rabbi of Serbia. 1 was in Pari• which came indirectly ened bread was furnished at the re- a armistice• from the Ukraine and from men of Franco stated in an interview - 7plest of the war department by the genthau as saying that there had desirable that the was found —l'a—y.,--C. hief Rabbi it high standing and responsibility. Ev- French newspaper man, that there is oho., Board to all Jewish been exaggerations in some of the is from Dr. Isaac Ala cry effort was made to procure detail- 11,, snore anti-Semitism in France. Jewish Welfare Board, the youngest Jewish reports. M r. Morgenthau is still in of Serbia, with headquarters in Bel- t re d a e h e d th of the seven agencies engaged in wet- soldiers. 150,000 pounds of matzohs Poland and if his plans are carried grade. Writing June 17, he said Bel- so! information, but owing to the state Th e war, h e ,a id, kilt of anarchy which prevails in the of Jew... The Jews sacrificed them- fare work in the army overseas. be , were obtained from America. 150,000 out will probably not be through grade was still without regular corn- Ukraine and from men of high stand- selves for th e country as much as the g iven a " -liter latitude ' and what was pounds were baked in France, while with his investigation before the mid- munication with the provinces, be- ing and responsibility. Every effort best of the natives, he stated, and more important, he given autonomy large quantities of matzoh:4 were dle of August. Would not Mr. Mor- cause the railroads and bridges de- In accordance Naked at army bases at Cohlenz. genthau be indiscreet to make such stroyed by the Austrians have not was made to procure detailed infor - with this sacrifice they succeeded in and independence. . bat sty ing ti. 111C state of an- killing the hatred towards Jews and with the suggestions received from Ihrough arrangements with the a statement in advance of the official been restored. al Gener Pershing, thugh Raymond French government at the Food Com- report, which would be made to the the love, through archy which mutants iii the Ukraine in winning for themselves Suffering in Belgrade. mission tinder \I r. Hoover. we were respect, and tolerance of all those II. Fosdick, we had been functioning and the difficults• of communication it president? How can it be asserted the "During the war," he wrote, "Jews allowed to purchase raw material not Poles were exonerated when Pade- formerly them. Chief Rabbi disliked Levi also stated that and operating under the Y. NI. C. A. has been impossible to secure such who its Belgrade suffered proportionately obtainable through any other source. rewski, the Polish diet, General Pil- details as are important or desirable. Status Established. hici,, weis,:er,waosf suilski and General Haller have all more than the rest of the population. f e wai ti :yr It is, however: understood, that the the war had ruined most of the Jew- Most of their habitations were ex- "My first act was to take up with I Je w ish massacres that hate taken place have ish communities in the districts occu- admitted that there have been perse- posed to gunfire throughout the fif- the proper authorities the status of Seder i serv faru ice , tis ISe h ; the 1,1 ,1 e dd at been principally perpetrated by large pied by the Germans. cutions of the Jews? teen months that the city was under Boardin France, ea: aarrd the Jewish \Velfare Board organized bands of robbers, one of No Question of Massacres. bombardment. Almost all houses are in Paris. This Seder service will long them under the leadership of General OULEMAS OPPOSED TO The paragraph is also unfortunate destroyed. The Jewish population stand out as a memorable event in the in speaking of the alleged massacre Gregorieff. whose death Was report- of the city, formerly 8,000, now num- ZIONIST GOVERNMENT minds of all of those who attended it. o f Jews by l'oles at Pinsk. There is ed a few weeks ago. Those familiar bers no more than 4,500. The num- High personages graced our Setter no - question that thirty-four Jews with Ukrainian conditions regard the is being increased daily by re- Paris—Le Terms publishes the fol- table. Marshall Foch sent his chief were murdered by the Polish military ber situation of the Jews who live there turning refugees. Many men are still of staff, al,d General Pershing was authorities at Pinsk tinder conditions as precarious so long as the chaotic lowing despatch from its Beirut cor- with the colors. represented. In addition to our own which have been fully detailed in the conditions which now prevail shall respondent: "Economically, the Serbian Jews "herewith are expressions of opin- army representatives, many Jewish Times and which cannot be contro- continue. have suffered terribly. Because of I'm gathered by the American Inquiry delegates to the Peace Conference verted. Strong Government Only Hope. the uncertain political situation, all Commission in time course of its rap- from Russia. Ukraine, Roumania, Po- . Although the map of Europe is un- regular commerce is impossible, and "The only hope for relief is to be land, Czecho-Slovakia, Palestine and dergoing a great transformation, it is found in the speedy establishment of id ',arm, through Syria. At Damas- it is difficult for Jewish citizens to cit the Oulemas, who represent the other countries were present. It was going a little too far to say that the improve their condition. This has de- a strong and liberal government and . indeed an all-Jewish congress in min- massacres of the Jews by the l'oles prived Jewish institutions of finan- the requirement that such government party most favorable to the regime f Emirbevcal, express these de- o at l'insk occurred when the Poles iature. cial aid from the native population. shall as a condition of being recog- sires: sires: No No Zionist government in Pal- e were passing through the city to fight "This was only one way of s rving Jewish schools are totally destroyed, tilted by the allied and associated , e of Ito int,rnationalization our men and we served them in more the Ukranians. Pinsk is far to the and the children cannot be educated. powers give adequate guarantees for 1 1 I Palestine: comolete integral inde- than one way. I might mention one north of the Ukraine and front the the protection of the lives. liberty I for Syria; no union with Jews Active in War. very interesting instance. At the re- front where the Poles and the Lk- II ti i , tta. ortes: installation of Emir Feycal and Ai i quest of the war department, we gave rainians have been in collision. That "Such a situation is unfortunate, : kinu; institution of democratic, P o r f °t P le te tY reo p h or atli l ti:siiitilcuh it; h as in the second army General Wiegel's has been in East Galicia, near Lem- for the war has brought the new du- ceived coincide in their estimates of civil constitutional government on oka Division, a show entitled "W'ho Can berg, 250 kilometers to the south of Jews ofOtid Sielrlitiato w s decentralization basis, thu the number of the victims. the part in the akan wars Tell," which was performed by 150 Pinsk. Nor is it true that the etas- very t iT c i t mie ve jw it is quite likely that the gnaroling the rights of the minorities. eaars n of r. more The o years oreldrw,at soldiers, 60 of whom took female parts sacre of Jews by l'oles at Pinsk oc- ngthling 7iti the world estimate may be excessive, and I ard- I The 011IC Inas recognize the fleet's- have deprived with such success that the general in curred when the Poles were passing is. information I nevertheless l' Iltly hope that it so y of foreign aid, but say they will the that i site speech said he would consider in- through the city. The soldiers who families of their bread winners. These believe from all not ask for it unless they have the creasing military police at the stage committed the outrage constituted a people have to be helped. We have has come to me that the numbers will right to free themselves front it, and door. The properties and costutnes part of the garrison at l'insk, and ,a,Irspob at no s taklet ci sa riee coef s at ah rey intuva bliudisldana dn be found to run into the tens of , ' only after their complete integral in- thousands. / hay , lean " that the alone cost about 100,000 francs. This placed the Jews whom they slaugh- I dependence has been recognized. was considered the best show in the tered under arrest while the latter orphan asylum, and means must be French Government has sent a coin- ; the Ukraine to invest; I They want this help from a rich, un- mission into A. E. F., and was played to about were engaged in arranging for the provided to rehabilitate those dis- interested rower unsuspected of co- Jew- COL. HARRY CUTLER. -. three to four thousand tnen every di tribution of food among the aided s by wounds. If American gate conditions, and it is probable ., lomat ambitions. As was to be ex- ish relief societies can continue the that our committee will likewise un night at Grandicourt, and other sec- starving. iieeted, they prefer Atnerica, with that of the Jewish Welfare Board. at 2 until -: tions of the A. E. F. in France, as well (Signed) dertake an inquiry into conditions in britain as second choice, disabili- dtheabeind- ld flly. refuse and any they This enabled us at once to extend the of 1920 help of th BERN \ RI) G. RICHARDS. as in Germany. It was at this play formally w•ou th e h hope of helping the survivors and work and to carry out the principle ties and misfortunes will gradually e Y ties that President and Mrs. Wilson fav- of presenting to the proper author;- I s";; th for which the American public had . other power. , disappear.' ored the Jewish NVelfare Board with ties an accurate account of the facts I In Beirut the municipal council de- PROF. EPSTEIN, FRIEND OF In Bulgaria, according to a report " 1 mantled Syrian integrity with in- generously contributed, namely, hos- their presence. so that it may be made the basis of • . dependence front Miss Henry Goldman of this tinder Emir Feycal and pitality and entertainment to all men HAMMERSTEIN, DIES Served All Men in Uniform. action to put au end to these • • in the service regardless of faith or city, the condition of the Jew's is ties. The parallel between conditions an .. American mandate with Bri tain as creed. a principle which underlies all "It was ac tivities of this sort, car- New fork—Professor Richard Lip- somewhat better than in Serbia. l'ov- in Armenia and in the Ukraine is most second choice. but it should be re- the activity of the Jew i s h we lfare vied on by the Jewish Welfare Board called that this council is not elect- Board. startling. as an autonomous and independent stein, well-known pianist and musi- health rely is conditions not so widespread, our are so bad. d later const i tutes a member of the. welfare agencies ,per- e, t! but appointed. It is the same as •. what followe confinunities throughout the e clan, whose d ath occurred at Lenox under the does Turkish regime, and con- APOLOGIZE FOR FRENCH sting in France that gave us a chance hospital Friday evening a few mo- country ; " ' Miss Goldman says, "are, not represent the peo- record of unbroken extension, growth TROOPS IN POGROMS sentiently and development of our work over- to prove that the Jewish Welfare ments after that of his life long ' anized. At the head is a ors I pie in the slightest degree. This was seas. when I came to France, we Board has rendered distinctive ser- friend, He is assisted by Oscar Hammerstein, was bur-. well Grand •Rabbinat. i - vices to all men in uniform irrespec- LONDON.—The French A initassa- pointed out by one of its members, ' Christian, had but a (etc centerswith a personnel ied yesterday after services at 1970 a central Jewish consistory, which an Arab, who is a five of race and creed; it further pro- , iine, of the Jewish com- of 57. When I left Paris, 40 Jewish Jewish.\111 Broadway. The deceased was fifty has supervision der at Warsaw invited the station s were vided us with the opportunity of show- years old and was a professor been ddeputy from the Polish Parliament, I took cognizance of the soundness of welfare Board huts and at the in munities in all the cities. In thirty- i is ing our own boys they were not ste- , Ncademy of Music. lie has ye to the American commission which on a choruenecilscitiae ns d tliaereschaoreol ecoommmmuinttite lzchok Greenbaum. to pay him visit. and upon the latter's accepting , took cognizance of the soundness of and flying blue Nlogen D as the a result the Jewish Welfare children of Uncle Sant, but his right this city since 1914. t the people and approved Board was given authority to deal di- I full sons, with equal privileges as well the invitation. the ambassador apolo- his objections. rectly with army departments. trans- as duties. PISGAH LODGE NOTICE. el the gized to him for the participation of commit- MANNY STRAUSS HONORED French soldiers in Poland Allotments to Families. ...........Inc next regular meeting of Pis- w that I doubt very much whether ting anti-Semitic acts in conjunction FOR CAMPAIGN WORK commissary, and all branches whose ork "The families of Jewish soldiers work in any way made contact with any single person could have Lodge No. 34, Independent Order with the Polish pogromists. The — ranging front 45 only because we had the unstinted and justice to it, and I deem myself par- of B'nai Brith, will hold its next reg- receive allotments ambassador asked Depute Greenbaum to give him a list of the names of I NEW YORK—Mr. Manny Strauss. unqualified co-operation of the army ticularly fortunate for being in the ular meeting at the lodge rooms, 25 to 70 levas a month, according to the French soldiers who participated in of New York, gave several months of that the Jewish Welfare Board huts company of other gentlemen whose , Broadway on Monday evening, Au - size of the family. Recently the max- raised to 90 levas to meet these anti-Semitic outbreaks. The his time to directing the Isaac M were erected in quick succession in aim was to cope with the great task gust 18th, at 7:30 P. M. It is urgent- imam was of the Hebrew of living. The pen- French ambassador expressed a de- Wise Campaign Fund areas. points of embarkation, cas- of expanding the work of the Jewish I ly requested that all members and , the rising cost continued for widows sire to appear before the committee Union College. Mr. Strauss refused ual camps and occupied territory in Welfare Board in France. In per- I applicants for membership to the 1 Si0115 Will be appointed by the Jewish National compensation for his work, and now Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. plexing questions touching activities I lodge or the club notify the secretary and orphans. "Bulgarian .Tews are able to meet Council to investigate all attacks up- in his honor the Union of American and the work proceeded in full swing. of the Jewish Welfare Board in at once as t o c hange f address. The on Jews. I Hebrew Congregations has establish- France, I had the good advice of Dr. secretary is in his office at the lodge , the needs of their own poor, but they a ! ed an endowment fund of $25.000, the Some people seem to be under the vice-chairman, and rooms daily except Saturday from 12 have recently been confronted with for future impression that the Jewish Welfare Cyrus Adler, our 2 o'clock. new responsibility. Rumanian Jews Rabbi Elias Margolis of Temple income to be available Board was organized to function only whenever his time permitted, also of to Vernon. N. Y., has been propaganda work only. The fund is The Detroit Je.ish Chronicle is the officjal This is Emanuel, Mt. (Continued on Page 4.) "The Manny Strauss Propa. for men of the Jewish faith. Four.) local organ of Pisgah Lodge. (Continued On Page appointed a Grand Chaplain of Ma- known as not so. And that this is not so, was ganda Fund." sons for New York state. DOUBTS MORGENTHAU SAID POGROM REPORTS ARE EXAGGERATED CLOSING CHAPTER OF THE JEWISH WELFARE BOARD IN FRANCE