THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

VOL. VI.

NO. 18.

JEWS PROTEST REFLECTION
ON THEIR AMERICANISM

Indignation Meeting, Held in New York on Eve
of Rosh Hashonah, Denounces $1,000,000
Fund of Board of Missions of Episcopal
Church to Be Used to "Convert" Them.

SPLENDID WAR RECORD OF JEWS
IS PROOF THEY NEED NO OUTSIDE
INFLUENCE OF AMERICANIZATION

Secretary of Episcopal Board of Missions Says Jews Are
Not Singled Out, But Calls Attention to "Large Number
of Jews Whom Synagogues Cannot Reach"—Part of
Million Dollar Fund to Be Spent on Community Houses
for Jews in Large Centers.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919.

An Interview with the King
of Roumania.

By LEO WOLFSON.

(Copyrighted by

laterna:arnal Jr,Isli Presi Bureau.)

It was on the 17th of July 1919 in beautiful room, with bookcases on
Bucharest, Roumania. I was sitting all sides, and a richly carved table
in the dining room of the Grand in the middle of the room. At a coy
Hotel—a Jewish hotel where I was ner of this table two chairs stood
stopping—and listening to the prepared. Heavy hangings made
troubles which several Bessarabian the room somewhat dark, though
Jews were detailing. Suddenly the through one window which was
room became quiet; and everyone open the sun shone in; a sort of gen-
stood transfixed, looking at the door tie twilight atmosphere seemed to
where the proprietor of the hotel prevail.
was talking with an officer of the
The King Himself.
Royal household. Finally they came
over to my table, and the hotel pro- I stood near the table and looked
prietor pointed me out. The official around and waited. A few minutes
greeted me politely, asked if I were later, I noticed the portiers being
Mr. Wolfson, and when I answered quietly parted, and a gentleman
"Yes," he again bowed and said that clothed in a navy uniform, very
lie had a letter for me from the simply, without 'decorations, . was
Marechal of the royal household. coming up to me. 1 believed that
He handed me the letter and asked this was an officer coming to lead
me to sign a receipt for it. After I me to the King; but I was mistaken
did so, Ile very politely bowed him- —he was the King himself. He
self out. The letter was written in stretched out his hand to me and
French and read as follows; greeted me in French. the seated
"From the Household of His Ma- himself at the table, and asked me
jesty the King.
Bucharest, July to take the other chair which was
seventeenth.
prepared. I was the first journalist
Sir: By command of His Majesty who had conic front Paris immediate-
the King, I have the honor to in- ly after the Treaty had been signed,
form you that His Majesty will re- and who had been present at the
ceive you in audience on Friday the ceremony, and the King questioned
eighteenth of July, at 5:30 in the me concerning certain topics on oc-
evening, in the palace in Bucharest. currences at l'aris. I answered his
I beg you, Sir, to accept the assur- questions to the best of toy knowl-
ance of my highest esteem. edge of the circumstances involved.
The Marcellal of the Royal All the time up to then, we had been
Household,
When in the
talking in French.
11 EN R I KATA RG1.
course of the discussion we came to
Roumania herself, he remarked that
Formal evening dress.
he knew that I spoke Roumanian
To Mr. Leo \Volfson."
A quarter of an hour later, the and asked whether I wished to con-
tinue the conversation in that Ian-
entire Jewish section rang with the
news that I had been invited to meet guage, to which I agreed.
For over an hour we spoke con-
the king, and the evening papers
cerning the Roumanian Jewish ques-
carried a notice to that effect.
Friday, at four o'clock, people al- Gott. I called the King's attention
ready began to gather about the en- to the tragic plight of the Rottman-
trance to the Hotel. Curious ones tam Jews, to the many promises
wanted to see how I would go to which from time to time hail been
the audience. At five o'clock my made that the Jews would be grant-
carriage arrived, and ten minutes •d equal rights, and to the fact that
later I left my room, dressed in all these promises leave never been

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ANTI-SEMITISM STILL
RIFE IN GERMANY

BERLIN (By I. J. P. B.)—Anti-
Semitic feeling still runs high all
through the country, and 1:3ntinues
to lied an outlet in calling for the
annihilation of the Jewish popula-
tion. The propagandists are not con-
tent with arousing hatred against the
Jews, but urge the adoption of the
Polish methods of solving the Jewish
problem. "Vorwaerts," the Social-
istic paper, has appealed to the gov-
ernment to take energetic measures
to suppress the pogrom agitation.

MORGENTHAU OR MORRIS
MAY BE U. S. AMBASSADOR
TO GERMANY IS RUMOR

New York—A report which appears
to have come to Berlin hey way of
l'aris and The Hague is circulating
to the effect that either Ira Nelson
Morris, minister to Sweden or Henry
Morgenthau, will be America's first
ambassador to Germany. Official an-
nouncement naturally will not be
made until the state of war, which
technically exists between Germany
and the United States, is ended either
by ratification of the treaty or by
special resolution in the senate.

SERBIA DECLARES
IT FAVORS EQUAL
RIGHTS TO JEWS

Premier Tells Deputation of Ser-
b:an Jews His Government Will
Grant Religious Freedom and
Privileges.

SAYS JEWS OF SERBIA
ARE LOYAL CITIZENS
---
BELGRADE. — The Premier of

Serbia has declared to a deputation
of Serbian Jews that his government
is in favor of equal rights for the
Jews, including religious freedom,
and the right to conduct their own
schools in which Yiddish shall be the
medium of instruction. He expressed
the opinion that the Jews of Serbia
had always been the best and most
loyal of citizens.
The reason Serbia had declined to
sign the peace treaty with Austria, he
stated, was not because she was op-
posed to minority rights for the Jews,
but because she did not wish to give
such rights to Bulgaria.

New York.—On the eve of Rosh ish boys who gave their lives in the
Hashonah, an indignation meeting,' world .war. We know how splendid-
attended by many prominent Jews, ly the Jews at home sacrificed their
was held at the Hebrew National worldly goods at the call of the na-
Orphan House, in order to voice a tion that the victory might be won.
protest against the statement of "It is not the purpose of the pro-
m to Americanize the Jews. The
Bishop Thomas Garland and the Rev. i grant
John L. Zacker, made at the Epis- program is not one of Americaniza-
JEWS TO BLAME FOR
copal church convention, that mere- tion alone. It is a program of
OWN TROUBLE, SAYS
hers of the Jewish race were in need Christian Americanization, based up-
SLOVAKIA MINISTER
on the firm belief of the church that
of Americanization.
WARSAW.—The Polish Jews and
Bishop Garland was reported, in true citizenship must be founded up-
particularly the Socialists are express-
on
religion.
It
has
to
do
with
the
L
0
N
1)0
N.—The Minister for
addition, to have said that the ques-
ing much dissatisfaction with Men-
genthau's visit to Poland. The Jew- Slovakia, Srobar, in a speech made by
tion of the Americanization of the foreign-born and their children in
Jewish race had become secondary this country, above all with those
ish papers write that his coming to him recently at Turocs, S. Martin
Poland and his attitude toward the (Slovakia) opened a discussion by all
to the Christianization of the Jews. who have become unchurched. And
situation there have done the Jews government representatives and dele-
The Rev. Dr. Zacker is alleged to it deals not with one race, but with
have declared that "The Jews control all races. Certainly the foreign-born
more harm than have all the Polish gates of Slovakia. Srobar availed
himself of the general questions re-
the world, and if Christianity is to Jews were not singled out. They
anti-Semites.
During Morgenthau's visit to Cra- garding the problems of the Czech°.
convert the Jews it must be attempted are but a small part of the program.
cow, it is reported, several Jewish Slovakian Republic in Slovakia for
at once." It was also reported that
After "Lost" Jews.
$1,000,000 would be devoted to the
officers came to him to complain that the purpose of inciting the represeic-
"It is estimated that fully one-half
they had been dismissed for serving tatives present against the Jews.
problem of Americanization.
of the Jewish people in the United
as Jewish officers. Morgenthau jus- Among other things he said, "Our
Money Would Be Wasted.
States are foreign-born. Any re-
tified the Polish government, saying Jews accuse us in their papers of in-
"Before I refute the gratuitous ligious Jew will admit that there is
that these men had no right to em- troducing a reign of terror into Slo-
charge that Jews as a race arc in a large number of Jews who have
phasize their Jewishness. America vakia directed against the Jews; that
need of Americanization," said l'resi- left the faith of their fathers, and
and other countries, he said, would our government is anti-Semitic, and
dent Leo Lerner, of the Hebrew Na- whom the synagogues do not and
that the Jews enjoy no rights what-
tsimilar
h i sta ti instance.
n
also h
tional Orphan Home, "let site say cannot reach, It is with these very
a nu
g
oabtiectiti ai n d ea ever there. Nowhere in Slovakia are
that the sum didicated to this purpose special classes of the Jewish race
the Jews persecuted; if it does hap-
presence of a Polish officer.
by the Episcopal church (outside of that the Christian Americanization
pen it is because of profiteering by
its own flock) will be flagrantly program of the Church primarily has
the Jews and for treachery. But the
wasted. It would appear, however, to do.
same treatment would be meted out
that these clergymen, unlike their
to Christians in similar circumstances.
"The program, therefore, is not
. .
The Jews have taken advantage of
fine confrere, Dr. Jowett, are living general, in so far as it applies to the
the Slovakian people, and the last in-
in a bygone age, for they do not seem Jews. It noes not propose the Am-
frock coat, silk hat and white gloves. kept. I stated that the present law
' vasion of Magyaria proved that the
to have read the casualty lists in
, the ericanization of the Jews as a race. The crowd greeted me warmly, with decree which purports to grant the
TOLEDO—Rabbi
David
Alexan-
Jews
did not keep the promises given
Jews equal rights was not satisfac-
wold war. They appear to be in It does propose the thorough Amer-
all ovation; I exchanged a less scorch
total ignorance of the fact that the icanization of the foreign-born Jews
tory. it excludes all Jews who were der, for 15 years rabbi of the emigre- by them to the government, and that
amid shouts of "Bring salvation to
Jews contributed—pro rata—store and their children who have not
not born in Roumania. I raised sev- gation Shomer Eniomin, has accepted they were unloyal. Enemies of Bov-
the Jews," I rode off. Many people
literally than any other single race to grasped what real Americanism is.
enteen objections against the law, a call to Akron, Ohio. eminent are punished throughout the
.. It does propose to make religious among them acquaintances, lined the and attempted to show him that
When Rabbi Alexander came to world. During the Magyar invasion
Liberty Loan and other drives, and
.
sidewalks along the way to the pal-
that every company commander in those who lucre lost all faith in God,
the Jewish question is not com- Toledo 15 years ago his congregation we were compelled to intern people,
ace; they greeted me in friendly
occupied
the Tenth Street Temple. and various mistakes were made in
pletely solved thereby. I remarked
contact with Jewish soldiers at the that God who is the God of the
fashion and wished me success. In
that under this law, two of the most Through his efforts the Scottwood this connection.
front has nothing but the h i g hest Jews and the Christian alike.
Roumania, the King does not re-
Avenue
Temple
was purchased and
"One of the principal questions of
praise for their fighting qualities,
which is
prominent Roumanian Jews cannot
program,
"The entire
ceive Jews very often, and for that
finally he succeeded in bringing about the Slovakian Republic is the Jewish
their spirit and morale.
purely tentative, provides for an ex- reason my audience was creating become citizens. The first is the
"There is one other fact which both penditure of approximately $1,000,-
venerable Rabbi Dr. Beck, who for the building of the beautiful Coiling- economic question. On that we must
such a stir. At twenty minutes after
Bishop Garland and the Rev. Dr. 000, so that the Episcopal Church
over forty years has been Rabbi in wood Avenue Temple. be agreed to a man. The Jews en-
five I reached the palace. At the
Rabbi Alexander made many joyed privileges in Slovakia. These
Zacker do not seem to be aware of. iiiay co-operate with all Govern-
Bucharest; and the second the dis-
entrance, a Major received me. Hr
tinguished scholar, Rabbi Dr. Num- friends, among Gentiles as well those privileges most be cancelled, particu-
Not a few Jews assisted President m•nt, voluntary and religious organ-
introduced himself as Major Cris-
of his own faith, who sincerely regret larly where they were bestowed by
Wilson at the l'eace conference. We izations in making American citi-
mower, also serving the country for
tescu. Between rows of lackeys
over twenty-five years—and that his leaving l'oledo• the Magyar government for inform-
thought that Jew-baiting and prosley- zees of t hose who were born in for-
who opened the doors, we entered
The city of Akron is fortunate in ants' services rendered them against
Of this sum little
tens of thousands of immigrant Jews
tizing were matters of the past, or eign countries.
a waiting salon. The Major talked
find themselves in the same posi- having secured Rabbi Alexander, a Slovakians. Our economic success
merely confined to Russian Czarism inore than one-tenth has been de-
with me for a few minutes. Then a
worthy representative of Jewry and a depends upon our emancipation from
tion.
or Polish reaction. Would it not, in voted to the problem of the foreign-
bell rang and he asked me to ac-
patriotic citizen.
Rabbi Alexander foreign Magyar capital which rules
fact• be more appropos for liberal- born, the unchurched Jews.
company him. \Ve passed through
Brutal Military Treatment.
and family expect to move to Akron in Slovakia at the present time."
minded Americans, both Christians
"The specific projects include the several handsomely furnished salons.
in November.
Coming to cases of prosecution, I
and Jews, to launch a campaign for erection of one community house for
We stopped at a door, the Ma-
HEBREW ORPHANAGE WILL
the Americanization of such men as Jews in one of our large cities, as a jor took leave of me, and a lackey told the King that the military tribun-
Bishop Garland and the Rev. locker? large attempt to meet a real need, opened the door and asked sine to als treat Jewish soldiers brutally and
TEACH AMERICANISM
Americanization Is Jewish Concern. and smaller work elsewhere. Sim- enter. I found myself in a large and
(Continued On Page Four.)
"Americanization has always been ilar plans have been made hey other
New York—Leo Lerner, president
our first thought with regard tee the churches. The Jews themselves,
Captain Isadore Levin, some of of the Hebrew National Orphan
Notice of Intention to Produce Witte,
children under the tutelage of the those
,
Jews who are part of our na-
!etc. This form should be counter- Rabbi Judah L. Levin, was publicly House which is conducting a cam-
Hebrew National Orphan House. \Ve tional fibre, have undertaken Amer-
signed by the district Rabbi for the commended by Zionist leaders at the paign to raise $500,000 for its new
have sought to instill in them they icanization projects. Our work is
Union of Orthodox Rabbis, his signa- Chicago convention of America for home on the Tuckahoe Road, an-
regard for the highest traditions and planned to lie in co-operation with
WASHINGTON — The Commis- tore appearing directly below the his services toward the fulfillment of nounced recently at a special meeting
ideals of the American government the work of all religious and secular
Zionist aims.
of the board of directors that a large
Signature of Winemaker:
by teaching America's glorious hist- agencies and co-operation with the sinner of Internal Revenue, Daniel C.
Speaking before the whole body of part of the money will be set aside
ory and accomplishment. One of the Government. In this period of crisis Roper, has issued regulations for the"Where this form reads in the T. I).
use of Kosher wine for sacramental 200 gallons' it should be changed to delegates at Chicago, Judge Mack, for teaching Americanism at the in-
things we have taught them is toter- there cannot he ton much done in
purposes, under the war-time pro- read '15 gallons' instead of the phrase president of the Zioinist Organization stitution.
once and due respect for all the noble the business of Americanization if
the present vintage season,' the form of America, Professor Felix Frank-
Special teachers of history and
creeds and beliefs, the doctrine we American civilization is to be pre- hibition law. The regulations read as should read 'the present year.' The furter of the Paris delegation, and civics will he obtained for this pur-
follows:
have found in the Declaration of In- served.
dignated
es
qantity,
u
15 ga llons a year. Ra bbi Steph en Wise ack nowledged pose, as well as a complete set of
"The application of Treasury De-
"This, then, is the truth about the
dependence as well as the Jewish lore.
is deemed a sufficient max imum for the meritorious services of Captain books, flags, pictures and works of
''Only the other day," continued Mr. proposed Episcopal program of cision 2888 to the use of Kosher wines e stablished religions usage.
Levitt in dealing with the most coin- art, illustrating American history. Mr.
Lerner, " I received a letter from Christian Americanization as it re- by congregations under the super-
The form of Intention to Produce plicated problems to be solved be- Lerner also announced that in ac-
Secretary Lane, thanking me for the lates to the Jews. These were the vision of the Union of Orthodox Wine will be filed with the Collector fore the Peace conference and by the cordance with the plan elaborated by
co-operation of the Hebrew National major points discussed at the confer- Rabbis, involves the following pro- of Internal Revenue in whose district Zionist commission in Palestine.
Secretary Lane, a series of pageants
Orphan House in his proposed legis- ence of Tuesday. And, if the cedure:
the family resides."
Captain Levin was acclaimed before and plays chronicling the glorious
"Kosher wines, which have been
lation for the Americanization of the churchmen who discussed them re-
the convention as one of the most past of the nation will be presented
foreign born. In the past we have alized the need of the foreign-born made tinder the supervision of the
Roumania, Protector of Jews! foremost figures in the world Zionist by the children themselves. In this
given our utmost assistance. In the Jews for an interpretation of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, may he
movement of today.
endeavor Mr. Lerner said he had ob-
future we are ready to devote all the ideals of American citizenship, if obtained from any manufacturer of
tained the hearty co-operation of
they realized the need of the un- or dealer in such wines who has the
BUDAPEST.—That the Jews of
facilities at our command."
Congressman Fiorello La Guardia,
churched Jews for a religious foun- certification of the President of the er
"January ought to he grateful to
Episcopal Board Replies.
who had endorsed the campaign in
dation upon which their citizenship Union of Orthodox Rabbis. The said Roumania for saving them from be-
addition to making a liberal sub-
The following statement was made may rest, they realized as well and President will certify to the CoPec- ing slaughtered, was the contention
scription to it.
by the Rev. Thomas Burgess. Sec- spoke with appreciation of the value tors of Internal Revenue the names of Roumanian commanders before the
NEW YORK.—Objecting to the
retary of the Department of Chris- of the Jew as a citizen, and the fine of the approved manufacturers and Allied Commission here. They de-
Mil -
tian Americanization of the Board Americanization of the thousands of dealers in such wines.
clared that Roumania had protected activities
of the
Williamsburg
for Jews.
said
to be a Christian
'"rhe application for such wines for the Jews in Hungary', and warded off sion
of Missions of the Episcopal Church: Jews ill this country, born and reared
organization, at 235 South Fourth
"It was with astonishment and re- here, who are citizens."
use in religious ceremonies in homes pogroms against them.
street, Brooklyn, because of alleged
or elsewhere than in a synagogue,
gret that I read in the papers the
proselyting of Jewish children from
expressed indignation of President pennsylvana Episcopalians Reply to should be made on Form 802 in do-
WARSAW—A horrible pogrom in
their faith, crowds of Jews went into which half of the Jews of Novgorod
Jewish Statement.
plicate and must be approved and Zangwill Calls It the
Leo Lerner of the Hebrew National
mission and upbraided Otto Ginz, Volinsk were slaughtered is reported
Orphan House in connection with
"League of Dam-nations" the
Philadelphia—Bishop Thomas J. countersigned by the Rabbi who rep-
its leader.
resents the Union of Orthodox Bab-
in one of the recent issues of the
statements reported to have
Many of the Jews congregated on local paper "Heint." Three sisters,
made by Episcopal churchmen at the Garland and the Rev. John Zacker bin in that certain district. One copy
conference to consider the church's of the 1•:piscopal Diocese of Petinsyl- will be retained by the Rabbi and the
Boston—The Boston Advertiser the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza the Ita. Tzerne and Bessie Pasik, who
. vania today answered statements of ether will he forwarded to the rams- mmoonces an article by Israel Lang- (lay before the Jewish holidays and
came here after the pogrom, have de-
proposed program of Christian Am
.
ericanization, and in connection with New
York Jews that the Episcopal facturer or dealer. Such copy will he will, the noted English Jewish author, protested particularly against a sign scribed the details of the outrage,
!lurch sought to Christianize Jews
"The League of on the top of the building. reading:)
the authority of the latter for shi p. under the title of The
: 1 which they say was organized by Pet-
the program itself.
ping wines to the members of the Dam-nations." The announcement of "Jesus Was a Jewish Messiah." l'
"If his conception of the aims of in this
lura's soldiers. They tell of having
The country.
statements were made at a
, l seen victims at every house and on
i. es-I
the church's Department of Christian meeting of prominent Jews in New congregation who executed Form 802. the article, published in the Sunday terilay afternoon, when a dense crowd
"Form K2 for kosher wines for use edition of the paper. contains the fol- was in front of the building, one m I every doorstep.
Americanization and of its program Y ork yesterday as a protest to a
were correct I could understand in. A ublished statement that a $1.000,000 in a synagogue may be executed by lowing sentence from Mr. Zangwill's the plate glass windows was broken.
Many pogroms in different cities in
the Rabbi for the district in whirl sensational criticism: ''He (President A number of patrolmen on duty at
p
Siberia are also reported by "Ileint."
dignation on the part of all loyal
and religious Jews. But it seems to iund of the Episcopal Church was to the synagogue is located and will re- Wilson) lured on ley his dream and the Bridgellaza dispersed the crowds. These occurred after the withdrawal
that President Lerner's indigna. be used in part to "Americanize quire no further indorsement fooled to the ton of his bent, SOLD
of KnIchak's forces, in Tcheliabinsk,
Me
Jew's."
"In view of the fact that it has the l'eace in exchange for the League
PISGAH LODGE NOTICE
Komislay. Shadrinsk and Ekaterin-
tion is not justified by the facts.
Bishop Garland said the facts had been the custom during many cep- of Nations.
burg. In the last-named town,. eight
Praise Jewish War Record.
been misconstrued. "The Episcopal tunics for families to make in their
The next regular meeting of Pis- Jews lost their lives.
"It was never stated, at Tuesday's Church," he said, "does not make
homes the wines used in the religious Holy Day Furloughs Granted
gah Lodge, Independent Order of
conference, that 'the Jews as a race any distinction in its program for the
rites connected with the Sabbath ob-
Brith will take place at the
are in need of Americanization.' The Christianization and Americanization
to Polish Jewish Soldiers Wool
servance, the observance of the Pass-
lodge rooms, 25 Broadway, on Mon-
war record of the Jews is an inspir- of immigrants. We include in that
over and other solemn feasts, the
day evening, October 6th, at 7:30
ing chapter in the history of Amer- program all foreigners.
propriety of permitting the continti-
WARSAW (By T. J. P. B.)—The P. M. '
BUFFALO, N. Y.—The engage-
ican patriotism. All of us realized
Dr. Zacker, Episcopal missionary ance of such custom is recognized. suggestion that Jewish soldiers in the
Members of the lodge who sing ment is announced of Miss Elsa
and discussed at this meeting the in- to the Jews, said the controversy is Therefore, members of congregations Polish army be granted furloughs for
are invited to join the Pisgah Glee Rheinstrom, daughter of Mrs. A.
tense loyalty, and, in many instances, due to misquoting of speakers at the affiliated under the Union of Ortho- the holy days, which was offered by
club. Make application to Director Rheinstrom of Avondale, Cincinnati,
the patriotic leadership of Americans recent conference of Christian work- dox Rabbis may execute the form the Jewish deputies in Parliament,
Leonard I. Braun, 726 Penobscot Ohio. to Rabbi Louis J. Kopald of
of the Hebrew faith. We honor the ern in New York. prescribed in T. D. 265, paragraph I: has been accepted by the government. building, Main 1603. Buffalo, N. Y.
memory of those thousands of Jew-

Polish Jews Dissatisfied
With Morgenthau's Workl

Rabbi David Alexander,
of Toledo, Resigns
To Head Akron Tem ple,

Capt. Levin is Lauded
at Chicago Convention

Government Allows,
Use of Kosher Wines •

N. Y. JEWS ATTACK
"MISSION FOR JEWS"

MORE POGROMS IN
UKRAINIA AND SIBERIA

Rabbi Kopald to Marry.