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ZANGWILL ANALYZES I MALIK OUTLINES
J. D. C. WILL SPEND
YIDDISH HUMORISMS I JEWISH CONDITION
$1,000,000 IN POLAND
IN SOVIET RUSSIA
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limited proportions that they can
yi u are happy about it. Then the '(Continued from Page 1)
next phrase, 'delivered of.' Surely they are often power l ess aga i nst hardly render assistance at a time
when it is most needed. Neverthe-
your mother will understand that. them.
less their usefulness has been largely
She will not think the boy has fallen
Destroy Communal Lib.
"The 'Jeffiek' has succeeded in de- demonstrated and their identity is fa-
from heaven. And, finally, why put
boy?' The very fact that one 1 stroying every vestige of Jewish coin- miliur to all those who have benefited
'a
troubles to telegraph ahows that it isl mune! life in Soviet Russia and in by them.
'then there are at least three dil-
a boy. A daughter would have been closing almost every Jewish public
institution of importance with the ex- Rarest types of co-operative amsocia-
a , rejoicing."
In another too modern story celled , ception of 'llabimah,' u Ilebrew the- tions still in existence all over Po-
the Cleverest Man," it is perhaps , ater in Moscow, which enjoys the land with a membership of tens of
only the matter that is new, while the , fullest and most extraordinary sup- thousands; while they are poor in
form of the humor is old and cheese-I, port of prominent 'Russian artists of means, they hold in reserve a vast
Elsewhere in the treatmre of energy and potentialitiee
teristically Jewish. "Would you know , Christian faith.
a ho is the cleverest man alive? Well,' numerous towns and cities throughout which, it is hoped, will be released as
I will tell you. The celeverest people the great country, synagogues have soon as material help comes to them.
The most important of these is a
of all people are the Jews. That been confiscated at the advice of the
0 workmen
everybody knows. And the cleverest I Jewish communists and used as bar- grou p of some 20
rs
ns of consume,
ss
Jews certainly are the Zionists—there racks or meeting places. Zionist so- operative aociatio
p of close
there is no doubt of that And, fur-, cieties are positively prohibited and representing a membershi
i
to 75,000. Their object is to estab-
thermore, the cleverest Zionists are all Zionist publications impossible.
"All these cultural sufferings to fish all over the country stores where
the Russian Zionists—who else? And '
of the Russian Zionists, the cleverest which the Russian Jews are put, arise various articles of prime necessity
are surely those of the Central Com- out of the attitude of the 'Jefsek,' are to be, sold to members and also
non -members at p rices slightly
they had not been the
to whom these matters are referred to ove
mi nce ; for
ab
cost. The goods are purch ased
ld not have been
for information and advice and often
cl e verest, the y wou
wholesale
by the main office of the
taken OS the Central Committee.
decision.
Federation of the Co-operative Socie- ,
And, on the same ground, it is clear
No Pogroms in Russia.
1
ties
under
the most advantageous
that the cleverest man of the Central
" But by the large the position of conditions.
In the near future they
w
Committee is the president. And he,
the
Soviet
authorities
towards
the
will
obtain
the
privilege of procuring
mark you, is so stupid the world can;
Jews
has
been
a
very
correct
and
these
goods
directly from the goy
nut show his equal."
satisfactory one. I can say almost ernment at government fixed prices
The Shadchen Stories.
fp pogroms against in order to escape the greed of the
categorically
car tesge;traicr ie
a oviet Rus- . profiteers who operate in the open S
place in Soviet
ill tokenp
The hade:hen, or marriage.broker, jw
i c
s well s as market.
s tories, are particularly amusing, sia. The eivilauthorities
though I am not certain that at least the military commanders have zeal-
Other Co•Oper ■ tives.
one does not come by a round-about nasty guarded against such disturb-
Other co-operative associations of
way from a story of my own. It will ancea an d where any have taken
be a righteous revenge to annex some place the perpetrators received im- consumers, whose membership does
of the others in future stories. Close- mediate and serious punishment. The not belong to the working class and,
ly related to the Sandehan stories are J:av 1 of Russia most now go through who are known as General Co-opera- I
the stories about brielegrooms, of f a process of economic it •evlopm.nt live Associations of Consumers, have
which an example i is called "Phitos- which will make them tit to live in been organized for the same purpose.1
ophy." A shy young man who was Russia. Those who find it impossilbe , A distinct type of co-operative as-1
. t to make the acquaintance of a to to so cannot maintain themselves sociations has been organized by.
proposed bride was advised by his there for any lengthy period. With artisans with the sole object of sup-
father to speak to her first of love, private trade, in which so many Jews plying them, not with food products,
second of family affairs, and finally engaged, officially disapproved and clothing or house wares, but with
to throw a little philosophy. After none too remunerative, the means of tools, instruments and materials
the dinner, when the other guests had livelihood for Jews becomes extreme- which each of them needs in his par-
departed and left the couple alone, ly limited, especially since all manu- ticular trade. Tailors, shoemakers,,
the young man proceeded to follow factoring enterprises and such pro- cabinet makers, locksmiths, etc.,
his father's advice. First he said: jects are out of the question. Those share in the benefits of these co-oper-
"Do you love lokschen?" (macaroni). Jews who become proletarians and alive associations, whose purchasing
On her replying, he proceeded: Have the small minimum that find their power being so enlarged can furnish
you a brother?" And when she re- places in agricultural pursuits may them with tools and supplies at the
plied that she had not, he felt that ge t along well, but for the others— most reduced cost. These associa-
love and family matters being ex- the large mass of Russian Jewry— tions also extend credit to their mem-
haunted, the time had come for there in little hope under present bers against the finished articles,
philosophy. So he said: "Supposing conditions. which they undertake to dispose of
for their account. Answering thus
you had a brother, would he have
Zionism Outlawed.
"The 'Jefsek' see to it that there the double purpose of buying and
loved Lokschen?"
Exactly the same dialogue is, how- is no expression of Jewish national selling agency for their members,
ever, with the substitution of cheese feeling. A most thorough campaign ! these co-operative associations fulfill
for lokschen, put Into the mouth of is being waged against all Zionist ac- a highly useful mission for the other-
Lord Dundreary in the famous coo- tivity. The Chalutzim movement is wise helpless artisan.
edy of "Our American Cousin," first sternly suppressed. Yet, despite it 1 Jewish R
traction Company.
produced in 1858, and the question , all, the Chalutzim movement grows.(
i nstitutions form the foun-
arises whether it originally. came into The young prospective pioneers meet 1 i dation on which the central organiz-
the play out of the Galician Ghetto, by night in the fields and under the
or into the Galician Ghetto out of the cover of darkness make their plans ation for reconstruction work in Po-
land will be built. The Jewish Re-
play, to find its way back to London and set their programs. By dribs and
construction Company of Poland has
by way of Jerusalem, Basle and Cape drabs, by stealth, they move towards

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Town. In any case, one touch of the frontier towns and thence filter been conceived on the sound business
humor makes the whole world kin. tow lines of a purely commercial enter-
But if the philosophy of this lover
"Having concluded negotiations in '
close co-operation of American and
is as shallow as his idea of love, there Moscow I returned to Odessa, where
whom Polish Jews. The $1,000,000 net apart
nine comrades for
is quite profound philosophy in the I Moscow,
met
by the reconstruction committee of
Rabbi's reply to the complaint of a permission to leave Russia had like-
the Joint Distribution Committee is
permission obtained. Our baggage
kindly Christian that the Jews have wise
of a
a God of Vengeance while the Chris- contained few personal effects. It to be considered only in the light
loan to the ne
new organization, and
tians have a God of Love. It is per- Na, in the main composed of bun- while the practical execution of the
fectty true, admits the Rabbi. Jews, dies of vauable and eagerly treasured
having a God of Vengeance, leave the manuscripts gathered and guarded is entrusted to the combined of-
forts of American and Polish Jews,
Vengeance to Him, while they occupy during the distressing days of the war
themselves with Love; while Chris- and subsequent to it, and now being the Joint Distribution Committee
will only have I
tendon, having a God of Love, leaves carried to where they might see the a controlling power
all the work of Love to Him, and con- light of day. All official documents over the activities of the new organ-
tuition.
having been made, and all personal
centrates on Vengeance.
The Jews of Poland will partici-1
arrangements completed, we left pate in this loan. At the conference'
Other
Stories.
Q
After complainntg that some of the Russia in a small wooden boat and held in Warsaw in April, at which
Mr. Landesco's plan was formulated
stories are too up-to-date, it would be passed many
harrowing
days Sea
on the
waters
of the Black
till
leadin g re p resenta-
and adopted,
unfair to complain that others are too we reached
ached the coast of Bulgaria, and
Jewry pl edge d them-
t ives of Polishthe
well known to me. The wonder is
that so many should be unknown. thence proceeded to Constantinople. selves to contribute from 10 to 20
"I intend," said Bialik in conchs- per cent of the sum that will be ad-
But one called "A Lie," if familiar,
is also one of the subtlest of all Jew- sion, "to establish a great publishing vanced by the Joint Distribution
i to in
$200,000se
will be '
this ca
ish jokes. In this, a business man house in Jerusalem which will be Committee, whch
tells a rival that he is off to buy known as 'Dvir.' In a few (lays I from $100,000
goods in Warsaw, and the other re- shall proceed to Austria. I will have
Details of the Organization.
the pleasure of attending the Zionist
torts: "Why do you try to fool me? I
Poland will be divided into seven
You only say you are going to War. Congress in Carlsbad as a delegate
from the Russian Zionist Organize- districts: Lemberg, Cracow, Warsaw,
saw because you want to make me
C " Brest Litowsk, Bialystok, Vilna and
believe you are going to Lodz. But
Rovno; each district will have 10
I know you are going to Warsaw,
credit associations or loan and trust
"
of
lying
about
it?"
what is the use
companies, under the supervision of
I do not know if you have laughed
a district federation.
at this, but the book begins with a
The district federation will act as
piece of psychology which may be
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a reserve bank of the 10 local loan
worth repeating, smacking, as it does,
"When You ganized to assist in the work, the organizations; the federation will re-
of the soil of the Pale:
ney was raised and by January, lease the funds to each of them ac-
tell a story to a peasant, he laughs mo
first time he laughs , 1912, the mortgage was entirely paid cording to their current needs and
three times: the
when you tell him the story, the sec- up. The home was finally opened on will act as the necessary link between
and time when you explain it, and June 29, 1912, to 11 inmates." them and the main organization of
the Jewish Reconstruction Company
Buy New Homes.
,the third time when he understands .
of Poland.
it. A landed proprietor laughs only ' Mr. Buchhalter pointed out that
di-
Long term loans will be made by
twice. Once when you tell him the through the efforts
, the local branches to individuals at
story, and the second time when you', rectorate it was made possible to buy
explain it. As for understanding it, the present sites at 296 and 318 Ed- the rate of 12 per cent per annum,
that, in any case, he never does. An mund place, property that is worth I 5 per cent of which will go towards
officer laughs only once, when one $75,000. The mortgages on the new ' payment of the running expenses of
the local loan organizations; 2 per
tells him a story, because to have buildings are now all cleared.
tablets bearing the names, cent to the district federation; 3 per
Fourteen
anything explained to him he will
f donors and in memorials hang in cent to the main organization of the
o
not allow, and understand he never ,
does. A Jew, when you tell a story, the main hall of the home to testify Jewish Reconstruction Company of
,
says 'Pooh, old story!' and can tell ' to the generous support of the insti- Poland, and 2 per cent will go to-
it better." ! tution by the public. wards the formation of a reserve
Mr. Buchhalter and other active fund against possible losses.
To these 70 local branches the sum
The Yiddish Folk Songs.
workers for the Old Folks' Home
A simiar joyous note runs through lauded the work of Mr. Levin, to I of $700,000 will be allotted out of the
the folk Bono, despite one song la- whose credit a great part of the sue- $1,000,000, while the balance of
of the institution was ascribed. $300,000 will go towards subsidizing'
merit called "On the Green Field,"
the co-operative associations. This
Organize Ladies' Auxiliary.
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to be a Jew," runs the general re- A ladies' auxiliary of the Jewish allotment was decided on at the War-
train. Let us take as an example Old Folks' Home, organized several saw conference after a minute ecru-
assisted
greatly
"Schabess." A few verses
will
show
i in savor- tiny of the economic situation and
ago,
years
ing members for the institution and the local needs of the Jews in Poland.
the spirit.
also in canvassing for funds for the
"Trouble have I all the week,
up keep of the home. Mrs. M. Gros-
Hard it ismy bread t o seek. '
man, who recently resi g ned as presi-

EINSTEIN DENIES
SLUR ON AMERICA

But Schabess,
The
Sabbath day, the day of rest, dent of the auxiliary, and Mrs. I..
Elenstein are tireless workers for the
NEW YORK.—(J. C. B.) — The
But Schabess , . . .!
institution.
The board of directors of the home Zionist Organization of America is in
consists
of
Mr.
Levin,
president;
D.
receipt
of a cable from Professor Al-
"No roof the wind or snow forbids,
I Meister and N. Bielfield, first and sec. beet Einstein in which he emphatical-
My room is full of sickly kids,
and vice-presidents, respectively; S. ly disclaims the interview he is al-
But Schabess," etc.
ch ujno raarynoarl :
idn to haveghieve rn riatirDiruetd
Harris, treasurer; 11. Buchhalter, le fe
and on
the or
dish,
"T e eye
h
room sees
is dark,
The
neither
meat
fish. financial and
recording
secretary;
is
Levin, J. P. Rosenthal, I. ably some of the institutions he ob-
Rabbi J. I.. A. Akerman, H. Kaplan, served in this country. The text of
Rosenthal,
But Schabess," etc.
: A. Keidan, J. Steinberg, E. M. Love, Professor Einstein's cable, as given
out by the Zionist Organization, fol.
Dr. N. P. Levin, 1. Ra-
It is from the loss of this joy in A. Rogroy,
Judaism
under
modern
economic
con-
anions that the real danger of the binovich, Max Zatovsky, H. M. Koff- lows:
"I disclaim responsibility for un-
d faith lies. Perhaps, indeed, in man Abe Levin, I. Ogushevitz, II. B.
Kebian, I.. Doscutf, Max Rosinsky, A. authorized reports concerning myself
ol
and my view with regard to America.
these Western lands Judaism cannot I.ott, D. Robinson, B. Oppenheim, S.
rr
the ee-
me
rticuf lasrtulyte;risnht. todedeintyedthw
Goldstein, L. Dann, D. Oppenheim, A.
survive Yiddish.
'
Wetsman, N. Brenner, I.. Smith, Mrs. racily o
s w rhoicnli.
asurt,ci h onnewiispparpitear te
one of bl ehe bD
L. Elenstein, Mrs. J. II. Levitt and
m t f
se e °n
in
Mrs K. Roth.
versation, horribly distorted.
"I am not disappointed with Amer-
LABOR LEADER PROMISES ice nor with the results of the mis- '
INTERVENTION AGAINST sion of the Zionist delegation, of
WARSAW.—(J. T. A.)—At the 1
OUTRAGES IN PALESTINE which Dr. Chaim Weizmann was the
behest of the local Ukrainian com-
mittee, Noah Prilutzky left for Ber- — head. The tour of Dr. Weizmann in
PARIS.—(J. T. A.(—Beril Kat- America was a great spiritual and
lin, from which place he will proceed
to Paris and London, and finally to , senellenson, leader of the Achdut• financial success. In general, I may
(Labor Party in Pales- say that my entire impression of,
America. In America he will seek to I Ha-avodah
arrange for the entrance of a maxi- I tine), conferred with Jean Longuet, America was most favorable."
mum number of Jewish immigrants I the French Socialist, and requested
BEGIN CONSTRUCTIVE RELIEF
from Ukraine and P o la nd an d will him to use his good offices to stop the
—
take steps to raise the large sums of ' anti-Jewish intrigues of the French
C. B.)—A confer- .
money needed for the care of IA- in Palestine, which, according to Mr. WARSAW.—(J.
Katzenellenson, were in part respon- ence of Joint Distribution Committee
rainian refugees now living in Po- l
to
land. During his stay in London, I sible for the recent Arab disturb- workers is to convene here shortly
and to,
Prilutzky will urge the premiers of ances in Jaffa and its environs. Lon-I formulate a plan of activity
,
the British dominions to arrange for guet promised to bring the matter determine the budget for the new
relief work
immigrants, up in the French Chamber of Depu• system of constructive
the entrance
of Jewish
into
their
territories. I ties. which is soon to begin in Poland. ,

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