44 ict4 PAGE FOUR ALB 3 awn Sunday Services. BWISI-1 fiRONIGLE READING ACCEPTS According to congregational bulletins received from every sec- POST OF VICEROY tion of the country, it stands out as an interesting and significant MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION (Continued from Page One) fact that on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, both of which Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. happened to fall on Saturday, the,, temples and synagogs were mind and his quickness of perception Joseph J. Cummins, President. crowded with worshippers far beyond their wont. Moreover, the brought hint almost at a stride in the front rank of great lawyers. As an number of men in the congregations was far out of the usual pro- advocate he was the very pink of Entered •s second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, portion. These facts are by no means surprising and are easily courtesy. He never stormed at a wit- Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. explainable. The observance of the seventh day Sabbath has been ness, never bullied in cross-examina- made practically impossible to the great majority of men because tion, and very rarely gave way to General Offices and Publication Building emotion. of the stress of economic conditions. It is not because Judaism is 206 High Street West He had not been ten years at the less virile than it was or because it makes less of an appeal than it bar when his name was a household Cable Address: Telephones: ever did to the men of our various communities, that the Sabbath word in England. Solicitors com- Chronicle Glendale 8326 services almost everywhere are conducted largely for the benefit of peted eagerly for his services. At the LONDON OFFICE height of his career at the bar he women and children. Just because Judaism is virile, because its scorned delights and lived laborious 14 STRATFORD PLACE LONDON, E. C. 2, ENGLAND message is one that appeals to the thinking men, it is a mistake to days. He was earning a large income hold that he does not come to religious services because his faith when he left the bar and entered $3.00 Per Year Subscription, in Advance has lost its grip upon his soul. The truth is that he comes when politics. While in this country Lord Reading To insure publication, all correspondence and nev;s matter must reach this lie can. received honorary degrees from To- office b Tuesday evening of each week. But in these days of busy competition, men must make a liveli- ronto University, Princeton Univer- Editorial Contributes hood for their families and, as life is ordered today, the seventh day sity, and Harvard University. RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN Vice-Regency Once Rejected. of the week, the traditional Sabbath of the Jews, demands the atten- It is characteristic of Lord Reading The Jewish Chronicle invite. correspondence on subjects of interest to tion of the worker to his work. If he be business man or clerk or that when the vice regency was first the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for on indorsement of the views bookkeeper or factory worker or stenographer or lawyer or physician, offered hint two weeks ago by Pre- expressed by the writer.. he is expected—and rightly so—to be ready to serve those from ntice Lloyd George be declined the honor. This gave rise to the re- whom he makes his livelihood on the last day of the working week great Shebat 19, 5681. port that he did so out of fear of January 28, 1921. as upon every other. anti-Semitic attacks. However, "10 It is for this reason, over and above all others, that the services )owning Street," as the Premier's offi- residence is known, permitted the in the synagog on the traditional Sabbath do not attract large num- cial Mr. Chesterton Arrives. news of the impending appointment bers of men. But that they do come on a day when the whirring to leak. NVith the exception of the That brilliant maker of phrases who for the sake of an epigram wheels of industry have been stopped, as on Christmas and New anti-Semitic London Morning Post has never yet hesitated to make a joke of a tragedy—Mr. G. K. Year, indicates that the appeal of religion is by no means lost upon British press was enthusiastic and with one accord expressed the hope Chesterton—has recently arrived in America and is about to lecture them. that Lord Reading would accept. Pub- in many of the larger cities of the country. Mr. Chesterton's corn- But, on the other hand, it will not do for the Jew in America to lic opinion, as expressed by "the man ing has been hailed with loud acclaim in many quarters. Known accept complacently a condition win& effectually deprives a major- on the street," was equally enthusi- for the brilliancy of his style, admired for his cleverness of thought ity of his men folk front attending religious services with some astic. Thereupon the Premier again and his keen satire, it is but natural that his welcome should be degree of regularity. Ile must offer a substitute for the services offered Lord Reading this august ap- pointment, and after being assured by very hearty at the hands of his hosts of readers. on the traditional Sabbath, or at least he most supplement them with his physician that the climate of In- But there will be one group in America, and d'groap of no services at such times as all the members of the Jewish household dia would not affect his health, he mean proportions either, who will not hail his coming as that of may, if they will, attend them, The Sunday services definitely and, accepted the honor and the heavy re- a friend. One who has missed no occasion to misrepresent the we may add, adequately till this need. That the Sunday services sponsibilities of ruling "vice ref' over empire of 70,000,000 human beings. Jew even though like most Anti-Setnites; he says that some J-ws where they have been introduced, do attract the men as worshippers, an An act which has endeared him to are among his best friends, Mr. Chesterton comes at a time when not only our own experience—which has been exceedingly happy in the Jews was the issuance of an offi- even cial statement endorsing the Balfour his Anti-Jewish prejudices can perhaps best be capitalized, this matter—but as well that of many of our colleagues amply testi- though any attempt, however subtle ,and however clever, to stir fies. It is only they who the not know the far-reaching influence of declaration in favor of Palestine as the Jewish homeland. Last summer up race hatreds will not succeed to any great extent in America. the Sunday service who set themselves up as its critics. But the he conferred in London with Justice It is, we believe, not merely a co-incidence that simultaneously success of the Sunday service is a sufficient answer to all carping Brandeis with regard to responsibility for the development of Jewish Pales- with the arrival of Mr. Chesterton upon these shores, has appeared criticism that may be directed against it. tine. It was believed, for a time, that his new book called "The New Jerusalem" in which with all his But we stand for the Sunday service not merely as a measure of he would become a member of the characteristic brilliancy,. with all his customary wit, and with his expediency. We believe that just because on that day, business World-Zionist Executive Committee. well established antipathy to the Jew, he again pours out the. vials affairs are generally suspended and our net 3, like ourselves, This project fell through, but it was of his wrath upon the Jew, repeating and accepting as truth every attend their various places of worship, we are uch more likely to at his earnest request that Sir Alfred Mond and James de Rothschild ac- vicious charge that has been made against hint, even though it may be in a worshipful mood on that day than at a when the cepted posts on the Zionist Economic have been a hundred times disproved. business affairs of the world are going on around full speed Council. Comments of the British Press. It is not at all unthinkable 'that Mr. Chesterton comes to this and when we ourselves, willingly or unwillingly, mi at least to Following are some of the opinions country at this time as only an other agent of those organized some extent participate in them. of leading London dailies on the ap- forces banded together for the unholy purpose of exterminating The argument that Sunday services are not in line with true pointment of Lord Reading as Vice- the Jew or at the very least, of isolating him from contact with Jewish tradition is also very weak and (dash. Since when has it roy of India: Daily Chreniclr—"The time has arrived his fellows. Mr: Chesterton speaks of the advantage of getting rid come to pass among the Jews that God may not be worshiped at all when the Government of India act will of the "Jewish problem" but what he actually has in mind as any tittles? For our part, we believe that the more general introduc- h e put to a practical test ands ew councils be set up which will seek to establish unprejudiced reader of his book may see, is to get rid of the Jews. tion of the Sunday service in the Jewish synagog as supplementing will their utility in the face of the nine pro. mising hostility of Mr. Candlq his We quote from his book: the service of the traditional Sabbath, is bound to 'come and that it fanatical followers. Much may te l one l "I would leave as few Jews as possible in other establish- will be a tremendous element of strength in our religious life. or left undone by a k l iceroy. By him the right ahnosphvre may be created or dis. ed nations and to these I would give a special position best pelled. "Lord Reading has shown not only described as privilege; some sort of self-governing enclave with qualities which as • lawyer have pro- "Facts." — special laws and exemption ; for instance, I would certainly moted hint to the office of Lord Chief Justice, but diplomatic qualities by which excuse them from conscription which I think a gross injustice There is appearing 'in the City of Philadelphia a publication he made a so greatsoccess of his miff. in their case. (Of course the privileged exile would also lose called "Facts." According to the pronouncement of its editors and sin to America. Il ia record, his experi. of politics, law and diplomacy will the rights of a native). A Jew might be treated as respectfully publishers, the paper has no fraternal, political or religious affilia- ence stand him in good stead and commend we believe, to the people of India." as a foreign ambassador, but a foreign ambassador is a foreigner. tions. Its first two issues, however, are devoted in their entirety him, The Times—"We the proposal Finally, I would give the same privileged position to all to an attack upon Henry Ford and to a defense of the Jews, against to send Lord Reading support to India, because hold that among the numerotia dis. Jews everywhere as an alternative policy to Zionism, if Zionism whom his paper has been directing for many months a campaign of we tinguished men whose name. have been mentionetI in connection with the Vice. failed by the test I have named; the only true and only honor- villification. royalty none is better qualified to control able test ; if the Jews had not so much failed as peasants as It should be stated, we believe, with as such definiteness as the India administration in a period of succeeded as capitalists." possible, that neither the Jewish community of Philadelphia nor great emergency than this latest selection." Post Meets Rebuke. All of which despite Mr. Chesterton's not unambiguous phrases any other Jewish community stands back of the publication, "Facts." The London Morning Post, the no- means nothing more nor less than this: that so far as possible, he Right-minded men and women among the Jews do not endorse the torious anti-Semitic daily, opposed the would have the Jews driven into some obscure corner of the world sort of campaign that is being waged by "Facts." Its methods are appointment of Lord Reading on the where their genius, their thrift, their sobriety, their loyalty, and the not their methods. We do not know whether the charges it makes ground that the appointment of a Jew Viceroy of India would be an insult character of their citizenship in general might not make them as against Mr. Ford are true or false, nor are we greatly interested in as to and resented by a hundred million they so often are, the successful competitors of their non-Jewish the matter. Mussulmen. This statement elicited a neighbors, or he would build around them ghetto walls or establish Moreover, we do not believe in meeting villification with villifica- prompt and trenchant rebuke from Khan, a member of the Council Pales of Settlement in America, in England, in France, such as lion, nor in calling our detractors bad names. The only adequate Aptah of India, who wrote to the Post that made Russia of the Czaristic regime, the hell that it was for its answer to charges made by our enemies is the disproving of the the Ilindoos are concerned only about millions of Jews. charges themselves. At any rate, it should be known that "Facts" the character and policies of their But Mr. Chesterton and his ilk must know that despite the has no authority to speak for anyone but itself. It is not a publica- rulers and not about his religion. This rebuke compelled the Post to state it pandcrings to the baser passions of the people, the organized forces tion which is sanctioned by any considerable number of Jews. was aware that the educated Ilindoos of Anti-Semitism will not succeed in bringing to these shores the would not oppose the appointment of Lord Reading because of his religion, spirit of the old Russia. but that the masses would he offended. Mr. Chesterton, despite his literary ability which none would The Post adds that India seems to question, is not above the plane of thinking of the meanest and the have fallen into Jewish hands, the most vicious of the Anti-Semites. Their arguments are his; their Secretary of State for that country be- ing another Jew, Sir Edward Mon- fabrications are his; their hopes are his; their desires are his. What tague. THE AMERICAN PROTEST sticks in his crop as in theirs, is the success of the Jew. Were the IS ACCLAIMED FOR Jew a miserable failure in the world's affairs, were he a beggar and AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM CHOSEN PEOPLE OFTEN HIS ETCHINGS a pariah, neither he nor they would lift hand or voice against the CHOSEN, SAYS BRISBANE. (Continued from Page One) NEW YORK—Writing in his daily Jew. It is the success of the Jew that stings the Anti-Semite. NEW YORK—In its issue of yes- editorial in the New York American, And so a little more baldly and a little more cruelly than some Through all the years, when he was terday, the New York "Evening Mail" Arthur Brisbane said: published the following editorial: have put it, Mr. Chesterton speaks out his mind as bearing upon rising to fame as an etcher, bleyero- "Lord Reading, a Jew, for some things are more repugnant to what he hopes for the Jew. More cruel words than these have per- witz was at work upon a color pro- the "Few American spirit than attempts to time Lord Chancellor of England, is cess which would enable him to give to be Viceroy of India. The place is haps never been written: added beauty to his work. This sum- stir tip racial or religious strife here. to him because there is discon- "A Jewish state will not be a success when the Jews in mer, in a wind and wave-swept, lan- Yet those attempts are constantly be- given tent and trouble in India and they it are Successful or even when the Jews in it are statesmen. tern-windowed cottage, on the Mas- ing made by mean-spirited persons in want someone that can manage. sachusetts coast. he completed the the hope that they will have an effect "In a corner of Asia, off to the west, will be a success when the Jews in it are scavengers, Irhen the group of color etchings. To effect on the unenlightened. Jews in it are sweeps, when they are docker's and ditchers porters and hodmen. and When the Zionist can point proudly to a Jewish navvy who has not risen in the world, an udergardener who is not now taking his ease as an upper gardener, a yokel who is still a yokel, ur even a village idiot at least sufficiently idiotic to remain in Jtis village, then indeed the world will come to blow the trumpets and lift up the heads of the everlasting gates; for God will have turned the captivity of Zion." AU of which goes to indicate that Mr. Chesterton, as we have known all along, is but onc of the band of Jew haters who will not learn the lessons of history. • He is smeared with the sante stick as those others who are vindictively maligning the Jew today. It is fair to ask whether he is not eating out of the same flesh pots. • vi 1; The Closed Shop. The Pastors' Union of, Detroit ii, we understand, definitely organ- ized upon an evangelical basis. its membership consisting of those who are preachers in the various evangelical Christian churches. Being avowedly what it is, no one can justly blame the organiza- tion, its officers or members, for closing the doors of the Society against those who do not share their theological views and dogmas. But the action reported to have been taken recently by the Pas- tors' Union is none the less a,bit surprising, seeing that we are living in America and in ttte,twentleth century. Report has it, that some time ago, the Ministers of local eniversaliSt and Unitarian churches, both gentlemen of ripe scholarship, of unimpeachable character and of exemplary citizenship, were. without solicitatiOn on their own part, inscribed among the list of members of the organ- ization, their names having been published in a printed list. But the scandal of including in n union of pastors these two men not so Orthodox as some others in their religious views, so shocked some of the good evangelicals that by a majorif ; vote of the mem- bers of the Pastors' Union, the names of these two men were sum- marily dropped !rota the roster of membership WI expunged from the records of the Society. Never having been a member of the Pastors' Union, and never having entertained the slightest desire to be one, we are in no wise affected by this action of our colleagues in the local ministry. But We cannot help remarking, under the circumstances, that there ought to be as much to be said in favor of the "open shop" in religion as there is to be said in its behalf in industry. these productions, Meyerowitz had to be at once a painter, an etcher, a draughtsman and printer in order to work and control the delicate and exclusive color schemes. A majority of the etchings find their locale in the neighborhood of Gloucester. Fishermen, with the sheen of - early dawn' on "slickered" figures, dragging nets, gray blue water, moving and scintillating, is one of the most beautiful of the marine group. There is an old, weather- beaten fisherman in his dory, at sun- rise, surrounded by a flock of white gulls—looking alt though he had been fishing there since time began--and the sails and masts of Gloucester Harbor at sunset are aglow with.gold of the evening sun. The color group _includes a few of the Jewish' types for which Mr. !ley- ernwitz is, famous—a portrait of his father, a strong scholarly head a group of immigrant-philosophers, deep in argument, a gathering of Tale:mists. Through all the etcher's qualitia of composition, line and character, *ere shines a steady flame of emotici—a dreamer quality, that is Meyerodritz's great heritage from the generation of his people who dreamed and •suf- fered in_Ressia and other lands of Israel's bondage. But can one' de- scribe a beautiful poem? Na sore can the printed word portray' the beauty of these new contributions of a Jewish artist to .American art. A representative group of black and white etchings are also included in the Meyerowitz exhibition. Tbese include many of the marine views that are found in the color group. 'The etchings have been on exhibition all lay month, and are leading features of the exhibition of American art at the Mitch Galleries. "The Jews in America have estab- lished for themselves a splendid rec- ord in industry, public life and the arts. Like other persecuted peoples. ...ley found a refuge here, a land of opportunity, and they availed them- selves of it with full credit to their great traditions. They have added to America's wealth both materially and spiritually in as distinguished a man- ner as any of the other races that have contributed to our civilization. "It is a monstrous iniquity that a defense for such a people should have been found desirable. It certainly was hardly necessary, and it probably would have been deemed indelicate if the Jews themselves had not taken notice of the malignant slanders that came from czaristic Russia by way of Dearborn. However, when they did so, it became imperative on the best elements in this land to show where their sympathies lay. "That has now formally been done in the protest against anti-Semitism signed by the President of the United States, by men distinguished in every profession and by leading ecclesiastics of the Christian churches. No more representative group could have signed it, representative of the very best this country has achieved and hopes to achieve. It should have at once the effect of sweeping away any' prejudices carried here from the worst factions in Europe, if indeed it is pos- sible that a campaign founded on forgery and malice can have created prejudices even among the most ig- norant of our people." By Solomon Halevi Alkabetz. Tr...Wed by Dr. Solomon Solis Cohen. Come, my beloved, with chorusing praise, Welcome the Sabbath Bride, Queen of the days. Sabbath, to welcome thee, joyous we haste; Fountain of blessing from ever thou wait, First in God's planning, though fashioned the last— Crown of His handiwork, chiefest of days. City of holiness, filled are the years; Up from thine overthrow! Fourth from they fears! Long hast thou dwelt in the valley of tears, Now shall God's tenderness shepherd thy ways. Wake and bestir thee, for come is thy light! Up! With thy shining the world shall be bright. Sing! For thy Lord is revealed in His might— Thine is the splendour His glory displays! —From Chief itobtd One prominent Jew has been offered an important post in the new govern- ment but has not accepted the offer "Look of .5.5 Intl Thought'," ,luxe bubush, ?. 1f9fiT GIAS. 11-5 c.1 sEPH-s - --- - ,copyright. 1921. by ('har!. II Joseph) John Spargo, the Socialist, has written a book to combat the present anti-Semitic propaganda in this country. It will be issued by Harper & Bros. Spargo is not a Jew. He is recognized as one of the ablest thinkers along economic lines in the country. The big men of the country must think a lot of Spargo, when 115 of them, headed by President Wilson, signed at his (Spargo's) request a statement deprecating the attempt to stir up hatred against the Jew in this country on the part of a group of irresponsible and uncrupulous men. A Baptist minister at Patchogue, N. Y., invited the Rabbi of the local congregation to take part in the ceremonies attendant upon the burning of the mortgage on the church. He also asked that the Rabbi bring with him two of his pupils of the Hebrew school to read a por- tion of the Bible in Hebrew, so as to stimulate a desire on the part of the Christian girls and boys to study the Hebrew. Strange that some advanced Jews feel "self-conscious" when they hear Hebrew read before a mixed audience of Jews and Christians. Did you ever stop to think that a great many of our troubles come from being sensitively self-conscious; that we Jews—not all, of course, but many—shrink at public manifestations of Jewish ceremo- nialism, that seem to emphasize their separatism and "peculiarities"? This feeling is probably due to the fact that for centuries the Jew has been forced, as a matter of policy, to escape the attention of his oppressors to make himself as inconspicuous as possible; and today many feel uncomfortable in participating in what tends to conspicu- ousness. C. I am glad to be set right on the subject of the "Jerusalem arti- choke," because it has long been a source of worry with me. Ac- cording to H. McDonald Spencer, the "Jerusalem artichoke" is neither Jerusalem nor artichoke. An artichoke, according to this authority, is "a thistle with a university education," while the Jeru- salem artichoke is a "tuber." Despite the fact that its habitat, Jerusalemly speaking, is mythical, yet certain religious Christians regard the eating of Jerusalem artichokes almost as a sacred func- tion because of its alleged Holy Land origin, On such do religious myths thrive. O "The Dictatorship of the Sabbatariat"—I like that phrase. It is so pat in its description of the forces underlying the revival of the Blue Sunday. I wonder if the Sabbitarian pooh-bahs recall the war literature dealing with the subjects of the "Failure of the Churches," the "Break-down of Christianity as Interpreted by the Churches," or such articles that appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly," "Peter Stands Warming Himself by the Fire"? Do they recall how stingingly censured they were by enlightened public opinion because they gave to empty hearts dogma instead of religion? Or have they forgotten those lessons? CI) The attempt to revive the Ku-Klux-Klan and to invade the North is one of the most sinister notes struck in the world of unrest. In the words of the "Imperial Wizard," Colonel Simmons, "only native-born Americans, who believe in the tenets of the Christian religion and owe no allegiance to any foreign country, political insti- tution, sect or persons," are eligible. The Ku-Klux, according to its own platform, is not merely anti-Negro but anti-Catholic and anti- Jew. This country has no place for such an organization and cer- tain Northern authorities have very firmly advised them of that fact. If I were in charge of the Hoover drive for the starving children of Europe I think I would appeal to the public along these lines (a suggestion I found in an article in the "Literary Digest"): "Nobody likes to eat near the windows of restaurants in any Polish cities this winter. The eyes of half-starved children, with their white, pinched faces against the window panes, destroy the appetites of even the most hardened globe-trotters." That should bring home the crying need. Was or was he not the grandson of a Jewish mother? That is the interesting question that has been raised since the death of Von Bethmann-Holweg, the War Chancellor of Germany. One anti- Semitic paper insists that such a claim has been proved false in Ger- many. Jewish writers and some Jewish newspapers insist that he was of Jewish ancestry; but everybody seems agreed that he never did very much for the Jews, and one Jewish writer attributes the present Jewish misery of Europe to Bethmann-Holweg's policy. So pots can decide for yourself. lie may have been one of those Jews who, in order to emphasize their separateness from all things and persons Jewish, are worse than the worst anti-Semite in making conditions uncomfortable and unsafe for their own people. on a trade route followed by the caravans, there was a little city called Jerusalem and a little nation called Judea. Both were considered so un- important that they are mentioned scarcely, if at all, on the monuments of great Egypt next door. "One man that little city of the caravan route, Disraeli, first made himself Prime Minister of England and then made an English woman, or rather a German-English woman Queen Victoria, Empress of India. "Now Reading, another tnan from the little city of caravans, will go to rule India. No wonder the Jewish people consider themselves quite sol- emnly 'the chosen people.' They are chosen quite often when anything im- portant is to he done." If what Kuno Francke, of Cambridge, Mass., says about the new liberal German monthly that is being issued in Leipzig is true, they every liberal ought to be glad to support it. Its title is "Vivos Voce" and its purpose is to work for international conciliation and domestic reconstruction "upon the basis of liberal thought." It will fight class hatred; it will fight for religious regeneration. Prof. Richard Woltereck, of Leipzig University, is the editor. If this paper means to help in eliminating class and race hatred as expressed against the Jews of Germany, it will be rendering a genuinely constructive service. Prof. Francke calls upon this country to support it. O I wonder why, in face of the present high cost of paper and printing, publishers lend themselves to every half-baked writer who thinks he has an idea. John Pollock has written book, published by E. R. Dutton & Co., entitled "The Bolshevik Adventure." Mr. Pollock believes that the Bolshevik revolution is a German con- spiracy, engineered by Jews, and that Kerensky and Lenine were in collusion to control the Russian situation, And such stuff is handed to a public which is an insult to their intelligence. a WARSAW—General Zeltootiski is- sued posters in Vilna and its vicinity calling upon Jews to join Isis army to protect "his country" against the "enemy," Lithuania. The posters are printed in viddish. In this connection it is interesting to note that Rabbi Joseph Silverman has been made Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El , New York, with a yearly pension for life of $12,000. We recall the time when the payment of such a sum to any clergyman of any de- nomination would have been sufficient for the press of the country to make of the fact a feature news item. Thus do we progress. 4"/, OW) FLIILIS t UPPLY A°! 1: BUILDING SUPPLIES & COAL LONDON.—A representative of the Ukrainian Ottoman Skoropodski ar- rived in this city, within the past few days. Since his arrival he has made an effort to interest some Ukrainian WARSAW—Thefts of American Jews in the formation of a new gov- money remittances to relatives in ernment which Skoropodski is at pres- Poland have been discovered in the ent trying to establish in Ukrainia. Warsaw postoffice. Their perpetra- tors were clerks of the Polish post- offices. The Sabbath Bride NOT FP TODAY OR TOMORROW -"" q-3---.-- 6UILD FOR THE WITHMir) SUPPLIES " LEADING ARCHITECTS SPECIFY THEM — BEST BUILDERS USE THEM -•-.^17;"• w--