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A LETTER FROM ABROAD

By WALTER E. ROTHMAN

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See the

In Berlin, in 1758, the actor Fleck tions that our truth-telling papers '
prologued "The Merchant of Venice" pictured. An English paper described
the Jewish quarter as an area laid
with a poem.
waste and completely devastated. We
tir s•
"Now intelligent Berlin begins to also read of Jews being thrown into if
appreciate the followers of the wise the Spree and numerous other fob-
Mendelsohn. We behold among this nested atrocities. The reporters, how-
people, whose prophets and just laws ever, must be complimented on their
ill e
we honor, men equally great in the ingenuity. No doubt littler
make use of their inventions for a
sciences and arts. Shall we, through
future pogrom in Bavaria.
ridicule, stir up trouble for this pea-
So far as I have been able to ascer-
• • ple7 We have no desire to do this. tain, not one Jew was killed. A
l :
We also portray knavish Christians. butcher was seriously injured and a
We censure the restraint and barbar- number of children were undressed I
ousness of the cloisters. In 'Nathan in the streets. A few stores were,
the Wise,' the Christians play the vil- plundered, but the police were in
lain; in 'The Merchant of Venice,' control before the area became de-,
the Jews.' "
vastated.
The seriousness of the matter,
The time was a golden period for however, lies in the fact that the
Berlin Jewry. The Jewish gold-aris- demonstration took place at all.
tocracy, born under Frederick the Every sensitive Jew in Germany feels ,
I Great, founded salons as well as uncomfortable. There is hostility in 1 ,
banks. Philosophy was snatched from the air. Faces are unfriendly. The
the market place and put into the llackenkreuz is seen everywhere. In
mouths of the pretty Jewesses. The the universities, where one expects to
I lure of gold and of philosophy so find tolerance, the desks are covered :
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daintily housed, melted the preju- with this anti-Semitic sign. In one
Y '
dices of the fashionable Gentile world of the elevated cars I saw, written in'.
and standing room was at a premium huge letters: "Nieder mit der Juden
in the luxurious salons. And only a pest." In Bavaria, where the reac-
few months ago, ten minutes walk tionary forces are stronger, anti-
from Mendelsohn's grave, the cry of Semitism looms more formidable.
Visit Our
"Kill the Jew" was heard. Evidently Last week I met an American Jew in i
afs
Sulesn ,,,,,, s
Judaism failed to lose itself com- Munich. He told me that for a
pletely in German culture and short period the Munich Jews were so I
thought. Anti-Semitism always dis- terrified that they went to bed corn- I
covers that Judaism is merely buried pletely dressed. They expected an
order any moment compelling them
The Jewish quarter in Berlin is an to leave. From him I learned that
alive
unpleasant district. The houses are some Hungarian and Russian Jews 0.
, gloomy and the windows stare sadly who had been living in Munich a
from cracked, mishapen walls. Flush number of years were deported. I had ;
ith the sidewalk, the dwellings peer, no way of verifying the report.
I?
,
, rid-weary, like their inhabitants,
All this is part of the general de- 001
HE SUITE pictured 111)0VH is a very fair
to each other's faces. The roofs cay of a great culture. One smiles
sample of our sh o wing of high grade
curve and bend like the backs of old sadly at the word. Wherever one
dining furniture—every period and finish
men. And one imagines that the turns, the moral and spiritual disin-I
houses have also become deformed tegration of an entire people can be I
is represented in a splendid variety of
from the recitation of innumerable seen. In the theaters is this especial- I
design and the prim; (20% to 25% lower
daily prayers. On the squalid steps ly noticeable. Vulgar slap-stick corn- I
during the clearance) are lower than at
that jut out like irregular teeth, the city alone arouses the enthusiasm of
any time during our career.
Russian and Polish children play the audiences. The cabarets are com-
toe. Their joy gives a fleeting pletely devoid of art. A poor imita-
care-fre
Dining Suites marked now,
the tired faces of the houses.
smile
of Russian dancing is all that one
About 5 o'clock in the afternoon, tion
sees. It is true that the few great
the corners are thronged with small artists can weather any time. But
merchants. On a certain corner of when art breaks its connections with
Grenedierstrasse, one may buy cigar- the people, its future is uncertain.
ets, soap, shoes, clothes, fruit and When the soul of a people is rotting
books. And before the stabilization sway, then art flies from the street
of the mark, one could also drive 4, into the studios and takes on an un-
ee
godo bargain in German money. But healthy pallor. Its breath is like the
ee
this later day Jewish gold-aristocracy breath of hot-house flowers and when
ee
did not stand in such high favor as the great mass of people fail to in-
DETROIT MICHIGAN
their forefathers. Perhaps it was due spire, there arises a fatal disparity
to the lack of the philosophy and the between art and life. This unneces-
salons. Or perhaps the Jewish dough- sary breach is always the sign of de- el
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, tern have lost the art of allurement. generation. The art of such a period j.
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At any rate, the mob that gathered in may be good but never great.
Alexander Matz, last November, was
In such surroundings, the foreign
callous to Jewish virtues. The voice student in Germany is bewildered. It e
the anti-Semitic orator who shout- is difficult to unearth the good tra-
e
ed that the ghetto was full of "divi- ditions. Superficial facts capture the j
by 32,000 children. ' In addition to AGRICULTURISTS WANT
SCHOOLS IN POLAND
94
LIBERAL
IMMIGRANT
LAW
these there are 137 evening schools,
sion , " was enough to start the crowd crowd. Criticism is pushed into the
on its way. The name pogrom is a background. It will be long before
IN NEED OF SUPPORT three teachers seminaries and 114 li-
01
bit
strong
for
the
demonstration.
The
A l
the scar of the last war heals. Per-
WASHINGTON. — (J. T. A.)
braries. Funds for the support of
bill for liberal provisions in the immi- I real atrocities took place in fthues
the tviimhoe
for- haps it will heal before our diplomats 0'
WARSAW—(J. T. A.)—A confer- these institutions have been exhaus-
shout for another war.
gration bill to enable the admission sign nrspapers. Be TIl ireat o
WALTER E. ROTHMAN.
ence of Hebrew School Organizations, ted and despite the great sacrifices of
persecu-
of large numbers of white immigrants , N i v ielUd ov
i fm,fo Tuol medieval
participated in by the most prominent Polish Jewry they are unable to main-
•
the
House
immigra-1
0
4 1
win p resented
communal workers was held here. The tain the schools themselves.
MASSMEETING IS PLANNED BY LOCAL
The conference appealed to Amer- Nan Committee by two southern agri-
conference discussed the desperate sit-
0
cultural representatives, W. R. Satter-I
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROTEST AGAINST
uation of the Hebrew Schools in Po- ican Jews, who are interested in na- field of the Southern Alluvial Lan d
I
LODGE-JOHNSON
IMMIGRANT
MEASURE
iation
of
Memphis,
'Tenn.,
and
land of which there are 246 attended tional education, for aid.
Assoc
::S4
H. M. Cooley of Jonesboro, Ark.
told
the
acteristic of their country."
The southern agriculturists
(Conclo:led from page 1.)
• . •
committee that an alarming scarcity
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of agricultural labor now faces the French, 21 per cent; English, 21 per HEBREW T TRADE S CALLS
south because of the great exodus of cent, and Scandinavian, 22 per cent. PROTEST CONFERENCE
negroes to the north. They stated that
In the 25 years from 1899 to 1923,
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—Jewish
a liberal immigration bill is needed to I according to the report, the number labor organizations to the number of e/
205-7-9 Broadway Market Bldg.
136
responded to the call of the ..e4
meet this condition.
of immigrants to the United Strites
b
was 16,929,187, of which nom er - United Hebrew Trades for a confer-
1,787,866, or 10.6 per cent, were Ile ence on the proposed Johnson immi-
brews. The largest racial group to gration bill, Sunday, at the Broadway
AlAW?-1...e.4•Zeg.4.?
come to the United States in this 25- Central Hotel. The gathering was I
"On Grand Circus Park" in the Stroh Bldg.
year period was the Italians with the largest ever had by represents- 1
THIRTY - SIX ADAMS WEST
3,761,777, or 22.2 per cent. The Get- fives of organized Jewish labor, lead-
mans are third highest on the list with ems assert. The principal accomplish- I
Three Doors East of Adams Theater
the
meeting
was
a
determine-
I
1,220,97, or 7.2 per cent.
Tenn
o ttof
t
campaign
The largest Hebrew immigrationn
graben
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th e n Johnson immigration
o ‘ a v tagte
during this period was in 1906, when to defe
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siNsAs•
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VWCY•Ser•YASA.V•
purpose the confer-
153,748 arrived in the United States, bill for which I
tfe aenio zi
o
n
m
tmoir
Illan ce
while the least number of immi- ence was made
aper
grants, 3,055, came in 1919. The ation ithm a e executive
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mbers who will carry out the
number of Hebrews debarred and de- 15 members,
ported has been comparatively small decision of the conference.
during the 25-year period, 1899 to
The meeting was opened by Max L.
1923. The total number debarred and Pine, secretary of the United Hebrew
27,124,
or
1.56
per
cent
Trades,
prime mover in the plan for
was
deported
of
number
admitted.
Of for
this physi-
num- a conference of all Jewish labor or-
ber the
21119
were
debarred
ganizations. Other important spec -
Second Semester Now Starting.
cal, mental and moral reasons and ers were B. C. Vladeck, manager of
Detroit College of Law offers both day and evening
2,555 were debarred for all other rea- the Jewish Daily Forward, and Con- I/
sons. The East Indians are highest gressman F. II. LaGuardia.
courses, leading to the degree of LL.B. F•culty com-
posed of thirty judges •nd practicing attorneys. College
on the list of debarred and deported
Speaking of the Jews and the
aliens with a percentage of 48.66 and Italians, as two peoples who would be
located within walking distance of 22 courts in daily
the Chinese are next with 22.41 per most affected by the Johnson immi-
session.
cent. Seven racial groups stand gration bill, Mr. Pine cited the fact
in all subjects now starting. New Freshman
CI
lower on the list than the Hebrews, that they have built up entire indus-
class meets from 5:15 to 7:15 p. m. Registration should
the Slovaks being lowest with .81 of tries in this country and that they
S. made this week.
1 per cent.
have enriched the country with their
material as well as wil cultural con-
This institution holds that a bank owes certain
BOSTON GLOBE CENSURES
tributions.
PROPOSED IMMIGRATION LAW
Congressman LaGuardia attended
obligations to its depositors beyond safe-guard-
BOSTON—IJ. T. A.)—The Massa the meeting to inform the conference
ing the funds with which it is entrusted. Its
chusetts Senate Thursday afternoon what is being done in Washington
John R. and Elizabeth Streets
adopted the resolution proposed by with regard to the immigration mtas-
duty, as we see it, is not even discharged in the
Collegiate Building.
Senate
Frank
G.
Al-
the
are.
The
Congressman
said
that
the
President of
mere making of loans and collections, handling
len, condemning the Johnson immi- Johnson bill, which is known in
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%%NMI
gration bill a. discriminatory and un- Washington as the official immigra- ilh
foreign exchange, acceptance of savings ac-
American. A resolution protesting tion program, might better be termed
counts or in providing adequate safety box fa-
against the reopened bill has also the "immigration pogrom." Mr. La-
been passed by the Massachusetts Guardia severely criticised the pro-
cilities.
House of Representatives. The reso- posed quotas on the basis of the cen-
lution, similar to the one passed by sus of 1890 and took the occasion to
Something more intimate and human must be
the Massachusetts Senate, was pro- warn his audience against the plan
posed by Representative Elijah Ad- to register all aliens, which he said
included. The development of that feeling, no
low at the behest of Abraham Albert, would be proposed after the immigra-
doubt, is largely responsible for the distinctive
well known Boston communal worker tion bill will have been disposed of.
and journalist. The resolutions of He predicted that the immigration
regard in which our customers are held in the
both the Senate and the House of bill would pass the House of Repre-
Representatives have been forwarded sentatives but would more than likely
business world.
to the Massachusetts Congressmen meet with stiffer opposition in the
N? 3 - Med.
and to President Coolidge.
Senate.
To further secure for our clients such a prestige,
Sharp censure of the proposed
Mr. Vladeck of the Jewish Daily
change in the immigration law is Forward delivered what was perhaps
we exercise particular care in the acceptance of
voiced in an editorial, "Let's Be the most stirring address of the day.
our clientele—an advantage thorough ly appre-
Fair," in the Boston Daily Globe, one "We are American citizens," he de-
of the most influential newspapers in clared. ''We have come to America
ciated by all our customers.
New England, on Monday. Excerpts and have become a part of the coun-
PENCIL COMINNY
from the editorial are as follows:
try. We have enriched and strength-
PIIILADELP111A
U.S A.
"This attempt to make a funda- ened the country; we have a right to
THE
mental change in the selection of im- make our voices heard, to voice our
migrants to the United States has al- opinions, to demand what we think is
ready caused considerable excite. right and urgent. Let as begin a
ment. . While the proposal does movement over the entire country
not violate the letter of our treaties, and when there will come demands
which guarantee to other nations from Los Angeles, from Chicago, ,
equal treatment of their nationals, from Cleveland and Pittsburgh, from 1
OF DETROIT
it violates the spirit of those agree- Philadelphia and New York; when
ments. . . . A tremendous strain there will be heard demands from
e System.
will be placed on our relations with every section of the country that the
Member of the Feder./
many foreign governments if the bill doors be not closed, that the quotas'
,
banks
at
both
an
signatures
d
lances
b
a
of
is brought near a vote while still con- be not reduced, the legislators in
FOOT OF ST. JEAN AVE., DETROIT
Compl ete record ch
is kept without delay.
e c ks can be cashed at either
taining the provision recently adopted Washington will have to hearken."
and c ustomers'
Largest Manufacturers of
Other speakers were Ossip Wolin-
by the committee. . • •
"When a large view is taken of the sky, M. Murphy and S. Goldstein. The
Safety Deposit Boxes - - 3% on Savings Accounts
SAND LIME BRICK
contributions to human progress committee of 15 which will carry out ,
he decisions of the conference is as
e vari
Uptown Omen
They are white brick. They are stronger than other brick. TI
made by representatives o
do not cost any m
Downtown Dent:
our European stocks, it is impossible follows: Max Pine, M. 'Murphy, I.
GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING
absorb less moisture than other brick. They
Fineberg, P. Monnat, B. C. Vladeck,'
FORT
STREET,
W.
to
avoid
very
general
distribution
of
than other brick.
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Wein-
Resources $45,000,000
Borenstein,
Max Zaritsky, M.
the honors. . .
Capital and Surplus $3,600,000
BUY DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER
Kramer, H.,
"Any change in the immigration berg, S. Goldstein, S. P.
Phone Hickory 7027-7028
Hamlin, Mrs. Kroll. J. Goldstein, Os- j
for
honest
due
regard
law must have
sip
Wolinsky
and
M.
Wolpert.
dealing. Americans, native and nat-
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