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mandatory of Palestine and the Jew- speech to the so-called question of
ish leaders.
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"diaspora nationalism.' This ques-
Now note what follows. Suddenly tion has hung like a thick fog over the
and without warning a complete minds of sonic few Jews who profess
"change ci mss mei: the vision of his to see in the realization of our plans a
dream." Mr. Zangwill raises &magic , danger lest they be regarded by their
wand, shakes it at himself, and the fello•-citizens in the countries in
next 'instant, from an intransigeant which they now live as citizens of the
nationalist, from an uncompromising I new Palestine. The fog which Mr.
Maximalist, he hecemes transformed Zangwill presumably came here to lift
into a white-twinged pacifist and de- has, characteristically: enough, become
featist. Ile who, only a moment be- denser after he has spoken. No re-
fore, has denounced with scathing : sponsible Jewish lea d er in America
satire the diminution or cancellation ever has advocated or suggested
of Jewish rig' to and guarantees in "diasprra nationalism," if it means
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Palestine, suddenly sees the danger the political identiti•ation of, say, the C
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of a nev world war and tells us that Jews of America with Palestine.
"not enly must all the forces of Is-
Ileeply as I ant concerned in the
rael be msbilized against the next war,
Palestinian cause, I would not remain C
but we must forego our hopes in
in it a day if that were tolerated as a
Palestine rather than kindle a confla- part of the policy or program of the
gration which may ravage the whole
movement, and I know this is equally
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world." Then proceeding in the some
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true of you. For we are first and
vein of angelic: self-abn•gati ca, he
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foremast and shove all else Ameri-
tells us that Zionism is dead and
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cans with no thought of encouraging
urges us to act as did King David or tolerating divided allegiance. The
after his (gild had died. The ordinary
Palestine Foundation Fund, of which
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human mind can only stand and gasp
I am the head and which includes
at these intellectual acrobatics and
among its supporters Jews of all
wonder if this clever pared , x-monger shades of
opinion, Zionists, non-Zion-
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ists and anti-Zionists, is concerned
But it seems that an explanation s^I rty with the constructive work in
The unprecedented success of these two artists in joie( (-oat
for this strange performance is not Palestine and has no political aim or
has
wanting. Mr. Zangwill himself significance, and never will have ss / been heralded throughout the world of music. A number s. iucts—
an unusual feature with stars of such high caliber—marks the event
deigned to furnish it on a subsequent tang as I am identified with it. This
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as extraordinary.
occasion. Assuring us that the speech "(besiege nationalism" is an absurd-
To avoid distippointment, we urge you
was the hardest piece of work he had ity on the fact of it, a ghost raised
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ever done, he tells us that in writing by a morbid anti-Zionist imagination,
tickets early, as this attraction will surely tax the cap.i....,
of the house.
it he kept in mind the effect that it and does not deserve the notice of
would hese on the Arabs. lie knows, serious men. Mr. Zangwill, with char-
obviously, that what he says has its acteristic irresponsibility, makes no
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sible by many competent observers for this phantom adversary and in the
a great deal of the unrest among the course of a breathless combat over the
Arabs.
space of several columns he succeeds
We are to infer, therefore, that in in giving the impression that he is
advising the Jews to surrender their (leafing with some real and deadly foe.
rights in Palestine he was producing
" Jewish Vote" Idea Condemned.
something for purely Arab consump- Again the effect fo what he says is
tion. The Arabs, he assures us, are to give ec•nfort to our enemies who
politically much more mature than tremble, or profess to tremble, at this
the Jews. Therefore they must be bogy. Again he emits clouds of dense
handled with finesse. They must be mist and the occasional fitful flashes
suiCeoted ti the "diplomatic" (God of paradox and epigram serve only to
save the mark!) methods of Mr. Zang- produce a greater bewilderment which
will and all their dissatisfactions will reaches a climax when the prince of
vsricty
disappear. lie therefore proceeds sol- intellectual jugglers, after denouncing
emnly to assure the Arabs that the "ditispore nationalism," a .creature of
Jews should surrender their hopes in his own imagination, presents the lu-
Palestine, at the same time winking dicrous and offensive suggestion that
ti the Jews that he really doesn't the Jews of the United Stales organ-
mean it. Presumably Mr. Zangwill ize themselves politically and create :I
intends tImt the Arabs will thus he led "Jewish vote' for the defense of their
to abandon their opposition.
interests! That suggestion has right-
ly created deeper indignation then
"Naive and Childish."
The entire performance is naive and any of his many other fantastic nos-
childish enough to meet even Mr. trums. Personally I deeply resent it.
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Zangwill's conception of diplomacy. The mere thought involves a baseless
it becomes doubly ridiculous when Mr. reflection upon our American patriot-
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Zangwill shows himself unable to keep ism and cannot be too earnestly de-
his "deep" motive a secret. He doesn't nounced, as it would be by.. his own
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them. I suggest that he try it on his
failure.
own fellow-citizens instead of crossing
It is the hope and expectation of all
the ocean to offer this gratuitous in-
behind him no organization and no
No characterizations are by him of us who are familiar with the facts sult to us Americans.
and
who know with what sincerity
followers. He is responsible to him- considered trio strong for the manner
It is a great pity that Mr. Zangwill
self alone. And I was glad to note in which, he ...assured us, the British and single-mindedness we are ap-
does not confine himself to his belle-
that his views have been repudiated, Government has trifled with the Jew- proaching that problem, that the op-
tristic
activities. Ile has written tol-
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not only by yourself, as president of ish people. Ile would have us believe position of the Arabs will disappear,
dealt with realities, and it is in that the American Jewish Congress, and
not as a result of such puerile pseudo- erably good plays and even better sto-
that the Balfour declaration, tenuous
ries. He has been of great value to
spirit only that I approach the prob. by the American Jewish Congress it-
and ambiguous to begin with, has artfulness, but as a result of the gen- the Jews of the world in that field and
lems that face us in Palestine. Epi- self, but also by the leading Jewish
uine benefits the Jews are conferring
been whittled down until nothing rec-
I hope will be of still greater service
grams and paradoxes may have fine newspapers of the country.
on
Palestine
through
such
agencies
as
ognizable is left. According to him,
in the future. Why should he bother
sound, but they will not help us to
The hollowness and meaninglessness Great Britain has not kept her sacred the Keren Ilayesod, which is develop- •
solve these problems. They are on of Mr. Zangwill's widely' heralded
ing the •ountry's resources and bring- with such really hard things as diplo-
pledges. The present High Commis-
macy
and national finance in which
the contrary, capable of doing us a "message" in which, as some of the
sioner of Palestine, who, as is agreed ing it to a high level of civilization he speaks in the language of a child?
great deal of harm.
announcements had it, he would by all competent observers, has han- and prosperity. Mr. Zangwill points
When
it comes to the latter field,
Moats Something Constructive.
vouchsafe a new dispensation to the dled a difficult administrative prob- accusingly ti the fact that "Jewish
you will excuse me if I decline of go
Paradox and epigram is not the Jewish people, is nowhere better illus-
lem in Palestine with consummate love, Jewish medical aid and Jewish into a criticism 14 Mr. Zangwill's
method of approach for a man who trated than in his major complaint
skill and no small measure of success, money have been poured in the direc- views on how to finance the rebuilding
claims to be a leader in dealing with and warning. I am referring, of
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is declared by this clever playwright tion of the Arabs with almost reckless of Palestine.
I have the honor at I
a serious problem. Nor is it the part course, to his diatribes against the
and would-be statesman to be an ut- generesity.' We are proud of the in- responsibility: of being president of
of one who claims to be a leader to be British Government and the leaders of
ter weakling and incompetent. The dictment, if indictment it he. We have the Palestine Foundation Fund,
which
purely negative and destructive as is the Palestinian movement, who are
answered the Arab agitators by ad-I
Mr. Zangwill in his address. I have carrying the heavy responsibility of Palestinian leaders, and in particular mitting the Arabs to our hospitals , has received the endorsement of such
Dr. Weizmann, than whom no people
eminent men of affairs as Sir Alfred
aerached in vain for anything con- furnishing the vast funds that are be-
provdiing
them
with
opportunities
for
has a greater leader, who has won not
Mond, Sir Herbert Samuel, the High
structive in the mass of incoherent ing required from (lay to day. Here
only the admiration, but the affection employment and raising their stand- Commissioner of Palestine, Oscar
and inconsistent utterances. What the Mr. Zangwill outdoes himself in satire
of all with whom he had come into ard of living. What in Mr. Zangwill's Wasserman, director of the Deutsche
Jewish people needs at this time is and invective against the men who are
contact, including the potentates of eyes scents to be reckless in us is in Bank, and financiers of ritual emi-
courageous and constructive states- carrying this burden, which hr is do-
the earth, is declared by our master full keeping with the lofty ideals
ship, not flippant witticisms and de- ing nothing to relieve, but is making
w hich our movement has set for itself nence. In the matter of finance the
epigrammatist to have bartered away
judgment of these men will have to
structive epigrams.
more difficult by his constant fire of Jewish rights and to have left the and which will in the long run ef- stand against that of the famous play-
The fact is, however, that Mr. Zang- destructive criticism and his grotesque
Jewish people "naked to its enemies.' fectively counteract the Turk of the wright.
will is not a Jewish leader. He has nostrums.
handful
of
professional
Arab
agita-
Such is the arraignment against the
It would be a source of great regret ,
tors.
if Mr. Zang'vills vagaries should I
Note, on the other hand, the irre-
have produced any effect on public
sponsible and provocative manner in
( pinion. It is only necessary to sub-1
which Mr. Zangwill approaches the
tact them to analysis to expose their
Arab nroblem in another part of his
unreality and absurdity. The task of
befuddled and befuddling lucubration .
rebuilding Palestine, to which you and I
It has remained for a playwright
others who are imbued with the high
parading as a statesman to make the
following amazing statement: "I shall
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always remain persuaded that a Jew-
ish State was possible at the moment
when the Arab was a defeated enemy,
liberated frcni the Turk and glad
enough to take on any political im-
press; that by a policy of racial re-
distribution such as is now in opera-
tion la•t•een the Greeks and the Turks
under the Treaty of Lausanne, com-
bined with full compensation for ex-
propriated land, the difficulty of mak-
ing a home out of a territory in which
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we are only one out of nine inhabi-
tants and in which our total holding
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of the soil is still below .1 per cent,
could have been largely removed."
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Such a lurid and brazen proposal
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the Arabs coo'd only have been born
in the mind ear me who is accustomed
to deal with the fancies and phan-
tasms of the vorld of fiction. It
would, I take t, be futile to inquire
how Mr. Zany ill, the pacifist, is able
to make peace with the savage idea
that the Jews should have taken ad-
vantage of the chaos and turmoil of
the war to evict the Arabs out of Pal-
estine. Such an idea is abhorrent to
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But not only is that notion ludi-
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,t. he futile and uncalled for rep-
etition of it, after Mr. Zangwill him-
self has abandoned it, is reckless,
harmful and i-resminsible in the high-
est degree. With retard to the Arab
nroblem, Mr. Zangwill fails utterly in
his attempt VI set as an emollient. Ile
succeeds splendidly as an irritant.
But presently with his usual knack
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Mr. Zangwill offers a plan for grant-
ing the Arabs a constitutional govern-
ment provided they are willing to sub-
mit to a veto on their immigration
nolicy so as n-t to restrict Jewish im-
migration. Here we have a brand of
statesmanship that is tree to all the
traditions of opera bouffe. Is he on
nai"e as to imagine thst anti-immi-
mratisn laws are the sde means by
which Jews could he kept out of Pal-
"=tine hy those in authority The
doors might remain wide open and ye
local laws like those relating to lass
tenure, to the franchise, the civil
e- oioe
what n-t might keep teas
away more effectively than l•rke 4
gates. Proposals like these make it
o.ly.
mss. sible to take Mr. angwill
His
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deserving of your support. Conservative,
yet progressive, always dependable.
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