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"INSIDE STORY" OF
SIMON WOLF ARMS
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1921. By Chas. II. Joseph.)

A well-known Detroit physician writes to take exception to my
mparing Henry Ford with such men m Oliver Lodge, Conan Doyle
and Maeterlinck. I certainly had no intention of trying to elevate
national Jew-hater to any such tatted position; it would be an
th e
impossible task with such raw material. What I meant to convey,
though perhaps imperfectly, was that men may achieve distinction in
one field of endeavor, yet engage in something else foreign to their
peci•I talents, and come • "cropper"—and the value of their names
s
worlds outside of that particularly their own is negligible.

Straus Heads Arms Committee.

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The importance of Oscar Straus's
election to the chairmanship of the
General Committee on Limitation of
Armaments during the past week,
began to manifest itself when the
nature of the organization was more
fully outlined the same day. While

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the committee is not officially son-'

I don't mean to reflect in any way upon the standing or character
of a man like Sir Oliver Lodge; but just because he has accomplished
marvelous results in the field of science is absolutely no reason why
his views on the world here•f ter, or that his books of spirit messages
receive any more consideration than if they were uttered by •
should
noneoity. No one has yet pierced the veil of after life and in my
judgment it is God's wisdom that none shall; so whether it be
humble
or Doyle or Basil King, or Lyman Gage, or Ella Wheeler
Lodge
any of the other thousands of eminent men and women who
coo or
have believed or do believe in messages from the departed I can only
resider them as humans who are in error.
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It must be a source of pride to Jews not alone in Pittsburgh but
elsewhere that the reception tendered Marshal Foch by the Chamber
Commerce was under the direction of a high-minded Jew, Marcus
of
has been honored with the leadership of the Pittsburgh
Rauh, who
Chamber of Commerce, the largest body of its kind in the United
Men like Rauh average up the shortcomings of other co-re -

States.

ligioni•ts who keep as busy apologizing for them.

• lieutenant of the famous "Blue Devils" who is attached to
He is a young man of very engaging pres•

t met
the staff of Marshal Foch.

enc—and I was particularly interested in learning that he is a Jew.
t hid being a Jew does not in any way interfere with his life in army
Bu
nor stand in the way of • merited promotion. He has served his coon-
try well, having fought in every important engagement and having
distinguished himself for valor. It seems to me that France is trying
she appreciates the part that the
to show in every way how deeply
Jews of France played in the war. And much of the prejudice that
existed before the war has disappeared by reason of this.

Louis Marshall was right in his stand that no good could come
attempt to have representatives of Jewish interests appear
from an
t the Washington Conference to ask for • guarantee of the rights of
•
Jews in those countries in which they are, in practice, denied to them.
the wrong place and time to force such issues. Furthermore
This is
I think that these perfunctory acquiesences to such demands, which
are frequently tendered to Jewish committees by leaders of political
thought in Europe, mean little unless there can be tome means of
guaranteeing the enforcement of such polite promises. Until some
power is found to carry out the assurances found in the Treaty of
Paris (so far •s Jewish interests are concerned), it seems useless to

obtain more empty promises.

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It is interesting to note, in connection with the idea suggested by
Mr. Bernheim of Louisville, that we change from "Jews" to "Israel-
" tha t Rabbi Leon Harrison of St. Louis seems to think that "Jew"
is just the right name to use. "That name," he says, "refers both to
our race and to our religion; and I particularly like to use it just be•
cause it is used so often as • term of reproach. So the word radical
was once used, that is now proudly borne by one of the great political
parties of England! so the term Quaker was used. We are Jews; and
the name we bar should be our greatest pride and our highest honor,'

nected with the government, or in
any way a part of the stuff of the
American delegation to the Arms
ments Conference, being a voluntary
association, the fact that Samuel
Gompers, whom President Harding
appointed a member of the Advisory
Council of the American Delegation,
took the initiative in the formation of
the body, made it clear from the be-
ginning that the committee will have
a more or less close connection with
the government. I have now secured
authoritative information that Gump-
era consulted both the president and
Secretary Hughes before taking any
steps to effect an organi.eation, and
that his subsequent action was in
pursuance of their approval. Dar-
win Kingsley, president of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, is the
treasurer of the committee which
now seeks to raise $100,000 for its
work, the main objective of which
will be to support the Conference ac-
cording to the purposes outlined by
the present administration. At the
same time, by means of public meet.
ings, publicity in the press, distribu-
tion of pamphlets, etc., the commit-
tee will seek to arouse the country to
recognition of the necessity of lessen-
rig armaments. The League to En-
force Peace, if which Straus is a
prominent official, will co - operate
with the committee, and it is also
expected that similar bodies will lend
their support also. Mr. Straus has
stated that he intends to take up his
residence in Washington in connec-
lion with his chairmanship duties.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, besides Gomp-
ers (who is honorary chairman) and
Straus, is the other Jewish member
of the committee.

While I always recognized and appreciated the novelty of the
Louisville gentleman's suggestion that in order to escape s(lie didn't
say s oin so many words but that's what in effect was meant) the oppro•
bium that seemed to cling to the safe Jew, we ought to change it to
Israelite. That looked •s if we were trying to cure an internal malady
by beginning on the outside. If in past ages there was ever a reason
why anything that Jews had done should have prompted the dictionary
meaning "cheat" that reason
makers to have included it as a word
certainly does not exist today and the easiest way is to have it ex•
pugned from the pages of authoritative dictionaries.
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As for the popular attacks on the name Jew, they should be ig-
nored. It would be a cowardly performance and a recognition of the
validity of the charges made against the name Jew, if we ourselves
should seek to change it, and thus show the public that we feel it es
an undesirable name to bear. To tell the truth when I hear • non-
Jew use the word "Hebrew" or "Israelite" in order to be polite and
genuinely considerate (from his viewpoint) I feel uncomfortable. And
1 invariably tell every non-Jew who does it that we appreciate the
name Jew and that he cannot offend as by using it.
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Good an result even from low motives. To limit armament a
conference is now meeting in Washington at which are represented
this country, Great Britain, France, Italy, China, Holland, Japan and
been called as a result of the world's
Belgium. Has this conference
revulsion against warfare or because of deeply imbedded humani-
prepara•
tarian instincts? No. It has been called because too much
The cash drawer has been hit.
tins for war costs too much money.
When one seeks the basic cause of most wars it will be found in one
word—economics. If the price of war comes too high then we shall

have peace for some time to come.

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It may be that now the Great Powers have come together from
not spiritual motive that spiritual peoples—Jews, Catholics, Pro-
testants—may find their opportunity to make the Conference go even
farther than it intended. General Tacker H. Bliss is reported as say-
ing, according to the Literary Digest: "If the clergymen of the United
States want to secure a limitation or armament they can do it now
" " • "the responsibility is en-
f
witmu further
tirely on the professing Christians of the United States. If another
war like the last one should come, they will be responsible for every
drop of blood that is shed and for every dollar wasted." If the Chris-
ecognized as a Christian nation they surely
liana want this country r
involves.
should not object to the responsibility•such a recognition
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The Am can Israelite tells us that forty-seven millions of dollars
have already been sent to Europe to their suffering brethren by the
Jews of the United States and that we are now engaged on raising
more. The Israelite adds that these vast sums in
fourteen million
of established philan•
addition to those raised for the maintenance
sectarian and non-sectarian establishes
thropies in this country both
in the
• record that "we doubt has ever been duplicated in any country
rganization in proportion to numbers."
world by any other religious o
though we most not overlook
quite
correct,
We think the Israelite is
in their cam-
quite generously supported
the fact that the Jews were
neighbors.
paigns for relief abroad by their Christian
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According to an appeal just issued the Jewish Student societies

of all Polish universities have organized an executive committee
the relief of 10,000 Jewish
whose aim and duty are to provide for
clothing, money, etc. Their condition
stud e nts i n P o l a nd. They need
r eceived the repaired re-
is tragically pitiful. They say that having
certainly
lief to enable them to obtain professional education "they will
future work in the field
repay their benevolent brethren by intensive
hm already
of reg eneration of the Jewish national life." Much help
a pparently there
been g i ven to Jewish university students •broad, but
is much yet to be done to properly relieve the situ•tion.

This is interesting. Besides, it will give

our leaders something
Contribution to Civil.

more to include in their lectures on "The Jew's

more friendly
I do not believe that the non-Jew will feel any
nor will he exhibit any more gratitude
by re •son of the information
towards the Jew than he has since he has been told that the Jews gave
"The 1w-
world. Here is what the discoverer or
the Bible to the
with pride, and for the Christian
port•nt thing for the Jew to recall obligation is that our English race
to rem ember with a just sen.e of
which in their ultimate
communicates in writing by means of symbols
probably in-
are those the ancit
en Hebrews used." This will
origin
pularity of the study of Hebrew among the advanced
the p o
Jews and Jewesses of the country.
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don't know who the editor of the L
aundry Age is, but he has
permitted •
m •n exch•nge I learn that he
missed his vocation. Fro
con-
isle attack on the Jews to be printed, even though it was
Towel Service com•
of the Atlas Linen &

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trihuted by the president

such men and I am

I have taken special peens to "go after"
t that there has been mush less of this going on in trade
glad t o re p or
e his
Trumbull ought to
journals th an th er e us ed to be. This man
us One
ne
own towels oftener to clean his mind; his mental linen is dirty.
occasionallyy
ness men. One wonders
gets tired of such foolish busi
kind
ld
in the business wor.Some
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how they ever attain any position
mbull by the hand •nd g ently con .
Tr u
friend o ught to take this man
displays hit ignorance when he stoops to
.any to him shat hr only
What he
people.
ontaining insults to any clam of
write articles c
editor for permitting the
So should the
sho u ld do is to apologize.
pages of his journal to be defiled by such trash.

pany.

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I note this p SSSSS aph in the will of the late Nathaniel Myers who
large fortune, much of it to charity: "With
died recently leaving •
for I believe they
ephew. as I have not nro•:ded
respect
ee t o suc h of my n
and that may move to be to

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for themselves,

feel on the

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b e tter able to care
I
nd wholly on their own efforts."
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but I just wonder how the nephews
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but very signifirant Item that •ppeared in the
That small
between the Arabs and
meagre account of another riot
press
Je
ws giving
Jews in which four Jews were wounded, adds to the uneasiness of the
Try as one will, one rannot escape the feeling
P a l aa ti a i an situation.
the beginning of many more outbreaks that will gain in

that i n but

lira and seriousness.

WOOD WA RD AVE.

to broaden out beyond present ex-
Ile has yielded
pec t a tioos .
(t.,?tn cin-
washes from New York anJ Cin
nati, but he prefers to describe the
nati,
situation in these words: "By mu-
tual understanding, the matter is In
abeyance."

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Dr. Louis Cohen on Staff.

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Dr. Louis Cohen, a resident of
Washington, who has held the posi-
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tion of consulting engnieer of the
War Department on radio and cable
communication, and considered the
leading government wireless author-
ity, has been appointed by the War
Department as a member of the
American Technical Staff to the Con-
ference on Limitation of Armament,
and has just returned to the Capital
to assume his duties, from Paris,
where he represented the United
States at the International Confer-
ence on Electrical Communication.
Excepting Samuel Gompers, he is the
only Jew thus far announced as be-
ing a member of the American Staff
to the Arms Parley. It goes without
saying that Dr. Cohen is a man of
, high scientific attainments. Ile re-
ceived his training at three universe
I ities—Armour Institute, University
I of Chicago and Columbia. For a time
,he was on the Scientific Staff of the
, Bureau of Standards, has published
' a book and many scientific and tech-.
I nical papers in the American and
foreign scientific press, dealing with
problems pertaining to cable teleg-
raphy, telephoning, rani ocommuni-
cation and kindred subjects, besides
being the inventor of many improve-
ments relating to radio and cable
telegraphy. In addition to his duties
on behalf of the government, he holds'
at professorship at George Washing-
ton University in the Capital.
From the Jewish point of view, it
is of interest that Dr. Cohen is not of
the type of Jewish scientific men who
are estranged from their people. Ile
has announced himself a Zionist, and
shortly before departing for Paris, no
the occasion of Dr. Weizmann's visit
to Washington, contributed a substan-
fiat sum to the heren Ilayesod and
declared that upon his return to the
United States would actively interest
himself in Zionist work.

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Sokolow and the Mandate.

In view of the repeated statements
made on behalf of the United States
government, that the Palestine MAP-
date would not be taken up at the
Limitation of Arms Conference', the
only explanation which can be made,
as a result of further inquiries, re-
garding Nahum Sokolow's intimation
to the contrary on his arrival in New
York, is that he must have reference
tee a possible private discussion of the
Palestine mandate between Hughes,
Balfour and Briand. Within the past
few days this has appeared a not un-
likely development, as no reply has
yet been received by the limited
states to Secretary Hughes' not in
August on the A and 13 mandate. The
fact that a reply wan still being with-
held after such a long lapse of time, '
together with the arrival on these
shores of the very officials who would
have to pass on the issues involved
for their respective governments,
makes it possible that meeting with
regard to the question may be held
before Briand returns to France,
where the demand of the United
States to equality of privileges in the
mandated territories, as set forth in
the Hughes note, would be thrashed
out. Inquiries in official quarters
with reference to such a possibility
have met with no denial. But even
should this theor y be correct, it
would not mean that the Conference
would take the question up and ape
!dr. Sokolow does not go
py,
arentl
that far in his statement. Ile says
the Palestine mandate may COMP up
"directly or indirectly." If the Pal-
estine mandate were to be let into
the Conference, the doors would be
open to tat„vearintna nb ulenchno;t nenJ nf pqnuensflutnnes
outside
Conference, where agenda provides
now only for Class C or Pacific Island
mandates. .S qc h an eventuality in
just what Hughes is anxious to avoid.
by Sokolow is desirous of having
ede
he el,%
\ , ansn ndinBemn an nd iavte pqlunei•nstionfognetttl n
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Hughes note was responsible for the
delay which resulted in a failure of
the assembly of the League of N11 -
L ions to ratify the mandate at the
last session in Geneva. The delay
nisem
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e ns tofinZtnioncn
not only gives the en nennedi4
y c
tyanto
a ntoipmppoerdtuennim
bn
plans for the car-
rying out of the idea of the National
Jewish Home. On tne other hand, if
in now set-
q
the Ile hear notequestion
tied, nothing will stand in the way
of ratification by the next Assembly
uf the League. Sokolow's diplomacy
!seems aimed at this objective.

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