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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Eastern Jewish Workers in Germany
BY DR. ISRAEL TAUBES
THE ANTI-SEMITIC
MOVEMENT IN GERMANY
BERL1N--flow rapidly the anti-
Even during the war, when Ger- the Peace Treaty and haughty Ger- Semitic movement is making progress
many was still dreamng her sweet many bit the dust. "Who brought in Germany may be inferred from the
dreams of victory and of domination all these catastrophes upon us? Who following examples:
in eastern Europe and in her proc- is revolts ble for our abject hmil-
In a letter to the newspapers a
lamations promised the golden fleece iationf" the people ask, and the anti- Jewish young man of Breslau stated
itself to the freed Polish Jews," she Semites point to the Jew. He is that he saw many proclamations
brought thirty thousand eastern Jew- responsible for everything." Nisi even pasted on the walls of the city iiwit-
ish workers into the country to work the Socialists have escaped the gen- ing the people to pogroms. When he
bee war industries. The lot of the oral poisoning, for example: The . tore down a number of tiles posters
workers in the subjugated territories, Socialists newspaper, "Der Arbeiter' he was immediately arrested by a sol-
the brutality which greeted them at to show that the Jews are contusions- dier and taken to a military office.
every step, the enforced servitude tic, because they hope thru a period Here several soldiers beat him, threw
without sufficient food. water and of chaos to become the leader of hu- him to the ground and kicked him
clothing, and the terrible punishments inanity, and to establish their own with their feet. Thep he was bodily
meted out to those who dared coot- rule, i. e. the ride of international thrown out into the street.
plain, arc among the most revolting Judaism. So the Jews live today in
Other newspapers hear the infor-
of the Junker atrocities in the late blackest fear, because they are not mation that a Jewish merchant, of
World War. Of the labor companies certain of tomorrow.
' Berlin, while travelling home from
VI boundaries o f th ' " ester " e """ - ICologne, was arrested at a railroad
sent into Lithuania and the neighbor-
ing provinces ninny died from hun- tries arc zealously guarded. Alld oors station when a soldier pointed at him
ger, many froze to death and not a are looked. Yet instead ot staring at std cr i : ed ()Ili, "Here is a Jew" He
few were lost in the bewilderng for- death in the east, or of becoming Pol- was sent to Ntitnster, hut his family
ish soldiers and watch with bleed• discovered his whereabouts through
ests.
The introduction of eastern Jewish ing hearts the punctual and orderly fellow travellers and succeeded in
labor into Germany created a com- massacre of their brethern, the Jew- having ll'in relea,•d. The oflicer who
plex problem both for them and fur ish youths are striving with all their arrested him stated that he (lid so,
the German workers. Needless to might to reach Germany. And so bee allSe a woman who travelled in
say, the native workers hardly looked hundreds of young Jews, ragged and the same compartment is said to have
upon their immigrant competitors destitute. between the ages of 18 and heard the Jewish merchant boast of
25 may he found in the principal in. being a friend of Radek, the 1101-
with favor.
dustrial center, .erking work.
All inv estigation
shevist leader.
A new class of Jewish workers was
The situation may turn the most brought out the fact that there were
in the process of development, the
con
firmed
opt
mist
toward
pessins
no
women
in
the
compartment in
hard, muscular toiler in the funda-
mental industries. Heretofore, the ism. The German authorities place w hi c h th e J ew was t rave lling.
In Hamburg notice: posted on the
belief had been prevalent that the all sorts of dffilculties in the way. Nor
:a rm th a t , • e wo rk e r, have all
Jews only enter in the last stages of are the German Jew s any WO frietolly.
The wretched Jews have left one sold the Insets es to the Jews.
belief had been prevalent that the Jew
Anti-Se:11'G, of Dnishitris charged
economist, Margulin, in his "The hales to find themsches in another.
J ew , o f th a t city with ke e ping
Economic Status of the Working Clas- Germany drives them out to Poland
ses of Russia," pointed out that in and L'Israinia; these send them back , concealed weapons. A thorough in-
the preliminary stages of production, to Germany. But life stands above est igation sow , proved the accusa-
i. e. the raising or preparation of the all man-made laws. I he primeval tion to he absolutely false.
anti-Jewish agitator, Duringer,
raw material, no Jews, or very few of right to lice will not be denied by
them, at least, are employed. As the any theories or legal paragraphs. was the author of a report that the
\\*Idle
their
future
will
not
be
mother
of the short sighted Premier
productive series advances their pro-
there are at present a glat Kapp
portion increases and is greatest in
have
la ‘f
the handling of the completed article. number of eastern Jews' in Germany this 11‘:: a e'st.o.fritftlen's c'outli 'lld ifincoatu ste
The Jew was supposed to be too in- who will rentain in the country, lie been successful. This statement was
cause
they
have
no
other
place
to
the
worthy
madam
a
lie.
since
simply
dividualistic to wish to subject him-
self to mass discipline. to become a go. Lately, the German Jewish soci- was the daughter of a Prussian gen-
mere cog in the wheel of a ma cline. eties base become more sympathetic eral.
But during the war. howeser, the toward the refugees, fur they have
eastern Jew entered the incipient pro- come to the realtzaton that it is tun
cesses of industry. Ile became a politically wise to treat them apath-
builder of railroads, a honer jack, an etically. And the decree of the for-
mer Prussian Minister Heine states
agricultural worker etc.
if eastern Jewish
specifically
p
that
PARIS—Polish Jewry is again be-
But the Jew's individualism is bound s orkin of , conservative
ry
political
w'
ne
to come out even in the machine shop views do conic into the country they inis subiected to outrage, plunder and
murder,
according to telegraphic im
and factory. He is not contented with
reman and work.
formation lust received. The Jews of
being a mere blind mechanical in- may
During the last six months Jewish \Varsaw are again panic-stricken. At
strument, but seeks to stamp his per-
sonality upon his work. He turns to employment bureaus have been vitals- the Alexandrovo railroad depot Jews
his spiritual life, to his culture to fished in the larger centers in order were cruelly tortured. Alter Pianitza
compensate him for the grinding to provide these Jewish workers with and his two daughters were serenely
monotony of his toil. And so, as 4vork and systemat cally insert them wounded. Zvi Oherstein had an ear
soon as the eastern Jew reached Ger- in the German economic organization. cut off after his possessions, including
many,—a land so high in civilization, 'flue cities of Berlin. Stutgart, Co- two thousand marks, were taken from
and yet so low- in culture—he craved logne, Mon eh, Duisherg and Konigs- him. Numbers of others were at-
for the cultural institutions which he berg have aiten thousands of rein- tacked. and Me Jews are known to
left behind him and strove to satisfy gees employment. In Berlin and be seriously wounded or crippled.
Iris intellectual needs in the new home. Duisberg. where Central Committees Serious outrages are reported from
With Germany's downfall came the of the Jewish workers of \Vestphalia
All hope that it would are located, living quarters and k.teli- Lovitell.
In a telegram received by the Je•-
revolution.
What vain en: for the incotning workers are ish National Council of Krakow, it
also bring freedom.
dreams! Perhaps it was even better soon to be established. The skilled is stated that in Krakow-, Skarshika,
for all and particularly for the Jews workers are being brought into the Lemberg and Gradeck, the situation
when militarism ruled with an 'r rat small cities. and the unskilled receive is again serious. The Jewish popula-
fist and allowed no one to rase his agricultural work. It is encouraging tints are again subject to all the int-
head. But the present, the uncertain. to read of the praise which the land-
, possible forms of previous persecu-
ty of life itself. the constant dread holders bestow upon the Jewish worts- tions.
of what may come, the daily perse- men for their power of adaptation,
The Warsaw telephone company
diligence and intelligence. They are removed the telephone from the '
cutions—what could be worse?
,,, 0 .
The German people is now living constantly demanding more. The rr•00
t Zedergreen, one of its
1.1. i
It is workmen's colony i -n Je-scusee
thru the most decisive crisis.
is subscribers, because he was overheard
into
now struggling with death, because re'rittg Y" tm g
Eastern Jews
to have used Yiddish over the wire.
..it has been condemned to die. Ilas strong, vigorous laborers. So it is
the German people learned very much well with the F.astern Jew if he finds
\ drive was recently organized to
front the war and the revolution? employment and can support himself, raise the membership of the B'itai
It i s now but is he always successful .iti his Writ], Lodge at I.os Angeles. Cal., to
That is difficult to say.
t
„leading a very abnormal life, is dis- quest for work? At every lierman the I.000 mark, and it has been ac-
.
railroad station and in all smaller
,
•complished. At present the member-
and drowning its .spirit in hate and cheap hotels may . be found many ship numbers 1.002.
in dreams of revenge. Like a deadly Jewish workers without and visible
cancer this hate has gripped the G er . means of support. They travel on
man void, ingrowing deeper and from city to city hoping to find bet-
Day by Day
the
"Standard
Plan"
Increases
The
in
POLAND AGAIN CENTER
OF JEWISH ATROCITIES
Day by Day as
knowledge of the
STANDARD PLAN
spreads, the popular-
ity and usefulness of
this modern system
grows.
Favor
Already hundreds
of homes have been
furnished on this simple system. By means of it you can secure
the very finest furniture that is produced in America on the most
dignified basis.
When you buy on the STANDARD PLAN" you have 30 weeks
to pay—no interest charges—no investigation charges—no inves-
tigation fee—and the prices are just the same as if you paid cash.
Continuing Our Great
20% OFF
Sale of Fine Furniture
CLASSIFIED
deeper until it now dominates all feel- ter luck.
DO YOU ‘VISIf to start your
To aid these people to foul their child in music, but dread the long
ing and directs all thoughts. So it
is a relief to find a group of people, place in t he Gertnan economic Ife is period of - beginning to play'" My
driven and pursued everywhere, he- a most difficult task, the holy (hits new method delights both * the par.
YOnd the pale of all law and human of all Jews who are an xious to avoid ruts and the pupils with its results.
consideration, upon whom to pour an Eastern Jewish catastrophe in Ger- A child of ordinary ability can play
out its self consuming bitterness. A many. third-grade music correctly in a short
time.
See Miss Cecil Hodges, 79
scapegoat for the whole calamity of
East \Varren. Sorthway 1122.
Germany is sought, and who is it
The
Joint
Distribution
Committee
that is found „The Jew. The Jew
brought on the World War thru his announced appropr , ations last week
W E are offering—in line with the spirit of the day—a gen-
eral discount of 20 per cent on our entire stock, with the
exception of rugs and baby carriages. Included in the event
are the products of such famous makers as Karpen Brothers,
Berkey & Gay, Sligh, Luce, etc. Purchases made at sale
prices may be bought on the "STANDARD PLAN."
BUICK-1917—Light Six.
capitalism; he incited many countries totaling $1,622,500 for use in Poland,
against Germany; he agitated in the Siberia, Roumania, Palestine, Hun- i
trenches, on the battlefield, in the gary and Czecho-Slovakia and in
camps to revolutionize the soldier:. Paris for the aid of emigrants on t ii
1Villielm abdicated. Germany's midi- way to America who are stranded
ary might was broken. Finally came there.
LARGE. LIGHT ROOM to rant for re-
lined young man. Private family.
S's Erskine.
In fine shape, 6 good tires--
$1,000 cash. Earl L. Bezenah,
418 Sixth St. Glendale 5020.
FRANKLIN
CAR
SHOW-THE-CAR-CONTEST
Cash
Prizes
$100
$50 •
$25
Opens June 7th to 19th
First Prize $100 cash, second $50 cash,
third $25 cash is offered to the party who
drives one of cur Franklin cars the farthest
on a pint of gasoline.
Four delhonstrators with visible gas
tanks on the side of each Franklin car
are at your disposal.
This car is "free-
lance" car. Goes any-
where you wish to go
without charge during
contest.
Call any of these
men:
Thad Smith
Chas. Messmore
Jack Montgomery
C. R. Kirkpatrick
W. J. Doughty
649 Cass
Phones—Glendale 4669; Glendale 5585
-Cohen Co.
■ ROE, AIRY FRONT 110011 and al-
cove furnished for two. Private
family. Ail conveniencas. Centrally
located. Near three ear lines. Mel-
rose 5012-M or Edg•iwood
COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS
CORNER of HIGH and HASTINGS
FIVE BLOCKS EAST yl WOODWARD
111TH two weffibehased
little girls, 12 and 6 years respectisely,
both school children, desires room and
board with refined Jewish family in
school vicinity. Address 1.1i.x 124, De-
troit Jewish Chronicle.
EXCEPTIONALLY well furnished
room on Collingwood, a few doors
from Woodward, to refilled young
man. With couple. References. Ad-
dress Box 140. Detroit Jewish Chron-
icle.
NICE BEI)ROONI, cool and airy, clean
and tip-to-date; with young married
couple. ('au furnish supper in the
evening, if 'wanted. References ex-
changed with a gentleman of refine-
ment. Henry C. Morse. 86 Broad-
s% 2*.
NICELY FURNISHED room with ad-
joining private bath. Centrally lo-
cated. Near General Motors. For
single gentleman. References re-
quired. Call Northway 95 mornings,
or from 6-7:30 evenings.
NICELY furnished room to rent for
Jewish gentleman. New home near
Grand River car. Private Jewish
family. Garage. if desired. 117:1
Carter ace. Garfield 2915-R. Ref
erences exchanged.
FOR SALE—North Woodward brick
and stucco colonial. Price 518.500.
$4,000 down; sickness cause of sale.
10 rooms, tile bath, steam heat. hot
water heater, large lot. Call Mr.
Andrews. Hemlock 4827-J.
FIVE BLOCKS NORM 9 GRAM?
NORTH-BOUND FOURTEENTH CARS PASS THE DOOR.
ri
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Private parties may arrange
for exclusive service by mail
or phone.
FISH
FROG and
CHICKEN
DINNERS
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We maintain our own frog
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Free Phone for Table
Reservations-
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Dancing in Connection
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