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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1920-02-13

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PAGE THREE

THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

American Jews
and the Alf airs of
European Jewry

BY MEIR GROSSMAN.

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where no sense of obligation is felt
toward that body in Paris which
speaks also in the name of American
Jewry.
Small wonder indeed that the
American Jet% ish Congress is now
embodied in a •inall bureau on the
'Intirteentli door Of the kletrop•ditan
From the very outset, the
idea of generating creative Juss'ish
won k in .1nierica \ea , scouted, and
with the ,! ■•■ lice of any representa-
tive in 1 1 .,,,-. all 'ouch ha. been lost
smith the a ,.1i world-center there.
\\ hat el- ,
1 1 ,t-re left to do: That
ihe
:el,
the letvish C,olgress
'
to the
ent Jewish ut - orld-
, 1, hos oinl belief.
po
on ion this is Pict
rdii , 14inentally
and !'
,unts for the in-

1
-,ion of
1 1 1esidine ^der the
it e League oi Nations in
Leon
11toirgeots, speaking of the special
chair reserved for the United State;
of America. said, "1,Ve want America
to route and the the not honored
place in the League it !licit she cham-
pioned so valiantly."
the representatives of the
Itul
United States are still absent add the
special chair reword for them stands
• ■ •, 1 , 11
1
vacant. hearing •ilent testintions to
.a mer i c a'• separ'ation III the Sell:Ite 1rrn
America
In not
d , h,ites over the wan I
lettishi institution
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Peace Treaty are . ti ll indulged in, and
.11 the name of all Jew.. least
means for protecting America against
the possible influence of the League of all , I.• they want an institution
have a voice in the af-
are tinder discussion. America, yott tt lo,
realize, i• a country for itself and fair , , i American Icutry and its forms
still not toleiate a foreign voice in of national life.
American Jesvi•li leaders think to
her council.
Thus the idea of a 'League of N a . theinselt es. The Jewish masses ere-
tions originating in America has been ate.' a national democratic forum
over furbish we hair attained leader-
weakened. jtlqt then when Ihe world
hut its work i• done, the war
need for closely-allied ronstinctive ship.
relief in devastated Europe i• iuo.t is over.leNvish rights have been guar-
pressing. anteed, and the forum together with
This incident with America': ta, ant the Jewish masses can well go. Jew-
chair in the Ilall of the League of ash leadership can well return to its
Nations unwillingly reminds me of good old state of former days.
Hence the desire to let the delega-
another 11611 in Paris. a smaller and I
t he d e .
much more modest Hall. the llall lit,, lion die ou t quietly.
Place
sire
that the Jewish quarter should
Delegations in
the Jewish
FA Ionard VII where for the better aalui down and cease talking o f a
ewish national
half of a year reserted seats are kept Jewish' nation, and
q ue•tious a n d th e
•\ merican lento., rights, language
for the dekdate•
Here. too, ate Ihr fundamental: of like. :oil chiefly to see the cessation
a League. a I e of the., poisonous and h onc i, s ,

unite all br.o., '•• . •I sections of the I dreams fostered knimig the boyish
unified ina...e.
, 1■ 1,1r
people I .!
-,1,1 pal,
Amen,. i s, Inn
for itseli and
lett ish attitude I , •
in In III/ watt in nerd of the opinions of
This 1.e.t im.
t tel
-mid lruvey.
merica is not to be
tonight for and “iii, - ,•
, nipare,1 tt ith , thee countries an d
i ii
result of the strenno.1-
1 , 111 , 1 not interfere tvith Jewish af-
war. and in this I.e,4 ,, , 1.
I hi. seems to be
, ,,1,- .1•1...••• inn Europe.
the United States I s !
, ,I.e prevailing idea in certain intlni-
the chain of the AIII , .
e•,1,11
circle..
are vacant.
\ nd this is the true explanation
1.I ■ ture of :,
And the stinholi ,
• 1 , II- .., •rl, of the Paris delega-
represented by the
l'ilited Jew I ,
r

,
• ,...,,,,.ied here, why there is no
Paris deleg.,•,. I.- i• marred. marred
,,,,,• p•itniii in them, and ts hy the
he the • 1 — , •• •• ••' ,, , ,crican few, who
1 •no•t ;is soon a- 1 , ,s1. 1•, idea of in \\ „ r id c ongress
left the I e,..• e
■ ,..-, 1,- , 1 61! , I
.\11,I yet. it tai.
the enthusiastic re-
then ram , ,,... -
..:, -,,se ,t1 , 1, I, , ,, 111,1 hat e been ex-
in America 1 1, .,• , I.r• idea of an all
wor ld J ew ito, i --, ... , , s , ante into be
:•, • 1 , , l 1,- , n1 the country wherein the
ing. and th e ji,,,.. - I .., Jul :dl-world 1 .,,,,,, ,.11,1 ,, riginatetl.
It is de-
levvish national 1 , ••• e k Illation It.,. .1 , , ! I., "di-interest" the American
it in the national politics Of Euro-
furthered.
.knd Paris is ilot the milt pt, c p an Jewry. I ■ ■ -,parate limn the rest
w h e . •,,•,, .,, 1, ,. : . 1, ,., .I.. IIII t•1 . 11'S\ II I . . III,' Ili escape the oldiga-
r , i i.,.,.., .,,,•
1,
1 . -
.•, C.• . :. ,, a Hon. intoltc,1 in being a part of a
i I :r 1 'r1 ,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, \\ •.., • . -,. ,
,,: \Vorld-teary.
n , '■ !
! , I . ,
II
most. however, he understood
right(, ,r ,, 1• ,.. '•I ,,
sem ,it , s ,.„ .., ,• .
'. ••• • , III ,
- •,''
',.•1 tt idiom a closely-knit alliance
-.:,.:
I
,
.
:.
-
,
,
I-,
Its
the Jew ish world-centers in Ett-
r
e.
,-",
Zionist al
in the con , ,,,.., ,,, ,, ,., ,.,I -,• -.. o • •
,,, pc. whether it be through delega-
1
1
.11111
III
.';
Ill
, ■ II , or through a world-congress,
tion dealing with l'iiII , I / I ,
matters. r i„,,,, whom. •e,ent 11 , -',- ,, :I , \ Int-Clean Jewish Congress must
,m,,,iiied as our I,,, i
. ,,, rs ai , -ti'
1 , 111 1111 a dead factor, and all efforts
I-. reorganize political representation
sent.
this
country
are
I fear that ,,t t 1 ,- 1,-st ish Relief • i the Jews in
Jewish
Conference to he ,,,: ..ent , 1 in llol - , I ,,,,-,! to' failure
land towar d, the em l
\lard , . P , ' 1.1 , lq America will shrink and wither
,
1,1 , t I . , 1 ■ ••• it partake of the c creative foun- "..\.`
c hairs of the Anted, a., ,I• I , ..! , 1 ,
be found empty. Net , . , ,Is'i ,.,, ,, -.! I ■ el impettn-islv carrying onward
is displayed tow c '. C ,- t ohleien , e I. tt ish life in 1..astern Europe.
whith has for ,,,. .,',• , • the rebuild-
I he .amt is true of the Zionist
, --,,,,nization width has failed to send
ing of the old II- . ,-
Part " 1 ,!, hest men 1,, London, in order to
all cen-
,, operate ss it li the administration
.kiiteil,.o , ,,,,,, • : :.,,..,, s at
/1 mists from Russia. Austria, 'sing-
"he": III"
_ ___.
ters • , 1• , s'tt• '," ' L II '
1, 1i 1 , , I• • !e- •: e "I . H.'' •'• "II ; 1 1 ' -I 'H 1.•11 , 1. the Ukraine and even from Ger-
(Continued rroin Page 2.I
lentil
,,,
,.1,
',L.'.
or
is
it
.$)
-,.•
iny
are
seated
its
London.
'lie
stair.
I • it a deliberate cam I 1 , -,terful
Zionist
organization
of 11.,t the lb-Iron show will embrace
teniatic'
towards .\ inerica alone could not find inilitid- soie.• 43 different makes—represent.
based o11 a c ernain attitude
Iran in world centers or is it , merely mils to represent her in I.ondon and ing a large majority of the standard
is thus unite anti co-ordinate Zionist tralosport '
, nits that the facories of
an expression of imlifference: Or
result of "AInFr - activity. On tine contrary, a certain I teroit and the rest of America pro.
it pert- 1 , 111 , e the III.. .t
. unt of "Americanization" is at Ares- doer.
Await- it
1011g
lie
.
.
,
1
and
:is
-
icanization.
a ...le
I
i., no t re p r e.ented at the League nut ent to Inc noticed in the policy of the
ex,i,.11
h a lation
, 11 (ni. alitoIllintiVe equip-
Nations. American Jews have moth- ktiterican Zionist organization,
Etirope,
and
are
not
to
n'ilal ii i, ui m r.i,ii' mk, mi .ueePr - •
"'„;:,,,
" . .,u,g,,ir
i
form
of
Americanization
which
ia
1
1
;1?:
1
4:„.
.
s
in
,,7,
r
nt
ing to do in
participate in leis ish D e legations, .111 doubly painful and dangerous, be cial car displays. This department , f
t h e A ct i on , co mmittee Of
cause
circumstances have placed a motor car show is alwass most in-
Organization or in the Relief \\ 'meld .\merican Zionists in the position of teresting .f or it is here that the many
Conference? being the "donors."
new things which make for motorinti
‘•hatever the explattatitin, we see
If it is now desired to raise a cam- com fort are first seen. V. lit
m
before us the splitting up of letvish paign for the Jewish Congress, let these features under one roof, the
unity into tid-bits. that Unity for this categorical demand be forma- et ent will unquestionably he the most
which we battled and created timing late& there must be an end to this comprehensive held this year.
the
central
the war. Each day sees us recede "disinterestedness" in
12ealizing that public interest in the
from our previously-held positions Jewish w'nrld institutions,
The de ' show may safely he calculated to be
and we are seeking fresh motives to main' must be made that a delega- on a oar with exhibitors' eagerness to
satisfy these steps, as if we in en e don of the American Jewish Congress show their wares. the I). A. D. A.
scared by our bold plans tor a Jewish be sent to Paris forthwith, there to management is making rtes' possible
participate in all matters pertaining preparatidn to handle rerunnil-break
world center.
. ng
life. Only in congress
this wise bind
can
Thi. seems particularly olnvions in to e Jewish
crowds. An efficient plan of handling
nil th American Jen, kit
the attitude of American Jew ry
traffic to the upper floors where pas•
hr more correct, iii the attitude of re-birth and attain its crowning point. senger cars will be shown has lice
,
,
L eas isolation and a m ore intimate ,
American Jewish leaders towards the
neviscor r.levators will carry show
delegations in Paris. In a moment of relationship with European Jewry,
goers to the fifth floor and ample
enthusiasm an American delegation with world-Jewry, with all those in-
was sent to Paris Where it did its stitutions speaking in the name of the ,ta,rw,• pro\ided so that they may
Nay'', dOWII to the lower
,
share of work very energetically, but whole Jewish people, irrespective of tittrk
their
stages.
This plan
how unpleasant it is for some to hear Iltin'rs by env
no so o ner was the spur of the mo-
went gone than the delegates went the repetition of "the Jewish people" works out well in Grand Central Pal-
ace in New York where the elevator
back without leaving a solitary rein- or "the Jewish nation," that is what
capacity is not nearly as great as it
resentative behind. It were almost is wanted. Many of those who per-

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19TH ANNUAL D. A. D. A.
SHOW BIG SOCIAL
EVENT OF WEEK.

like the proverbial rich uncle coming milted themselves to be swept along is in the Ford building.
. Ile,nvy
trucks
and
commercial
down to his poor relatives, spending by the popular stream have now
,
.
•quipitient will be exhibited on the
le time with them, 'eating be- taken fright at their own comage a n d '
i i . little a
floors,
while
the
accessor y
I
I
i
1
fOI
SI
IWO
er 0
old
'holograph and departing wish quietly "to retire to their
1 hey thus take „I van _ division will embrace a part of the
positions.'
never to return.
It is true the Peace Conference is tage of the shadows of "Americaniza. second. The other three floors will
at an end. but the work in Paris has tion" in order to poison the mind of hold the passenger and light commer-
means ended. Such rights as the Jewish mass with suspicion, and eial cars and special body and t on
by no
have been gained must be secured, to create a fear of a world-Jewry exhibits, of whic.li they will he a large
Jewry interests must be constant- which might undermine the J ewis h number.
and .
I II order to make the show as
-
ly guarded. Problems affecting fun- existence in America.
If all this has not been stated !•, s ni.t a,spectacle as possible, the
damentally all Jews, both those living
, - , •iitent has provided, aside from
in happiness and prosperity in Amer- plainly, it is obviously manifest in the • -
• ..,t• decorative scheme. the
ica, as well as those who have fallen deeds of those at the head and helm, h
• . it talent available and will
victims in the purgatory of Eastern for were it otherwise the scats of the 1 •
,. -nr orch estras, rine on each
Europe, have to he solved. and not American Jew kit delegates in Park • '
—or floors. Entrance to the
a week passes without bringing for would not have been vacant.
a I be by way of the Gran.i
.
consideration urgent questions vitally
Ample parking fa
' s •le
i
affecting Jewish life.
--,.•t hl•d For those who
Jews front every part of the world '
. and the police il . -
are still represented in dr! delegations
11, the trafiir s i
at Paris, Russia, Roumania. [kraine,
II i c re nored to the
Lithuania, Poland and Czecho-Slo-
et car service to this
1)r. Charles I'. Steinmetz for many ,.
vakia are represented st ithout a
", i t and in f let a Illo,
break, while Turkey. Bulgaria, Greece Years consulting engineer for the ,
, ■ 1 for a show my - m id
and Jugo-Slavia sent their represent. General Electric Co., announces the'. ,
perfection of an elec-1 1 ,
! as this building is lo
ines to Paris every little while. Eng- commercial
,
Ito• geographical center of
tot dcii ■ ery vehicle (rim w h ich he has
fish Jewry, which stood aside for
I
h
II,
•i
some time, has sent her representa. been at work for the past 15 years.
The new car is remarkable for it:
lives to join the delegations in a
common effort to protect Jewish ill- light weight and simplicity of design
Jewish Woman on Committee
requires 311 per cent less storag , •
It
terests. America alone is absent.
To Promote Study of Torah
Theoretically, the American Jewish battery than other.cars of the. same
Congress is certainly a part of the load tarrying capacity. Dr. Stein-
B ER LI N.—The Synagogal Council
delegaticms hating taken its full part metz has also developed a regenera-
in the earlier work. but fur the last live system under which his car gen- of the Jewish Community in Berlin.'
few months communication has al- Crates electric current on down has elected for the first time a woman
most ceased. Each day local interest grades and recharges the storage bat- as a member of a commission which
in the work of the delegations grows teries, thus materially adding to the has the task of promoting the study 1
less until a point has been reached mileage of the car. of the Torah in the community.

Dr. Ste:nmetz Perfects
Ncw Electric Vehicle .

c.)

CADILLAC

Nan or rat 4'°'"

I t is our sincere conviction that

the fullest capacities of the
Cadillac plant will continue to
be taxed all of this year and in-
definitely thereafter.

ill the light of these facts, those
Who wish to own this car—the
Cadillac—and no other, any
time this year, will almost surely
he courting disappointment if
they delay placing their orders.

1

Cadillac Motor Car Company, Detroit Retail Branch
1 403 Woodward Avenue—Joseph A. Schulte, Manage:.

New Series, Typ• 59
Cadillac on exhibition at
the Automobile Show

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