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The Elections In France

fairs as a necessary and concomitant evil of democracy
and derides any attempt to eliminate crass thievery
By ABRAHAM CAPLAN
SWISH fIRON1
among public officials?
TilE
Or
is
it
that
nebulous,
unformed
groping
which
ex-
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presses itself in our limping literature, our surer paint-
condone her evil stimulation of Po-
Joseph J. Cummins, President and Editor
The elections in France hlay 11 re-
land's anti-Jewish enterprises by
ing and sculpture, our pragmatic, satiric philosophy, tsta .
Jacob H. Schakne, Business Manager
suited in the defeat of Premier Poin-
pleading political expediency. Ills.
Stop, Cease, D esist.
and
our
poetry
of
social
protest?
the Postnince at Detroit,
f
care,
the
parties
o
the
Left
having
tory requires reparations just as
N
u sed March t, e is, t I8111.
towed es Second.class
Judaism may not be compatible with arrogance of 'TILE words constituting the cap- received a telling. majority in the sternly as nations require them of
∎
Mich., under tile Act of VInrch
I
lion
of
this
article
were
used
by
Chamber
of
Deputies.
While
it
is
op-
those who have aggrieved them.
material wealth, Puritanism and public dishonesty but David A. Brown when, with a twinkle
the question, o f
General Offices and Publication Building
r
that the result, decisive to a
This asp
it is surely most compatible with the finest, though in- in his eye, he asked an audience, parent
no immediate
and direct
degree, will not immediately alte r the
850 High Street West
course, has ect
of
n
the
Cable Addressi Chronicle
a
which had allowed its enthusiasm to
situation in Europe, the issues i
relevance
to
the
possible
effect
of
choate
expression
of
the
soul
of
America.
Telephone: Glendale 9300
progress of 0 meet-
election having been largely internal
le wi
re
moderate, rational foreign policy in
Lendon oth,
Is the Jew less an American because he finds cul- in ca lled
the p purpose of raising
fo r the
and having had but little definite ref-
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
ing ca
erence to the question of reparations France
now
Raymond
Poincare
-
tural
food
in
the
works
of
the
Hebrew
and
Yiddish
lit
funds
for
an
educational
institution,
Y
virtually
has that
been
repudiated.
But it
... ..$3.00 Per Year
get down to the serious business
and the occupation of the Ruhr, the
Subscription, in Advance... .
erateurs, dramatists, poets and philosophers? We to
is clea r enough that a swing to the
most reach this
of giving their money. We liked the
victory
of
the
moderate
Left
parties
side
of
moderation
in
France
will
re.
might just as reasonably charge the American who phrase and we put it down in our may prove the turning point in F,u-
To Insure publication. ell correepondesce •nd neves matter
wee k.
ante by need., •vsnins of tech
s suit in a demand for more decent rela-
reads the master works of European genius with a lack mental notebook.
repeal
affairs
anti
indirectly
a
source
lions
within
the
very
scheme
of
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on guided. of Interest
Will not Jews, aroused to indigna-
of comfort to the Jews of that strick-
French imperialism, if imperalistic
to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
of Americanism.
lion because a club of one kind or
view. 0:praised by the writers.
thought France its hold on the French
Is it not most unreasonable to ask the Jews who another decides to play the fool and en continent.
mind. France will revise its policy
The fate of the Jews of Europe is
lyar 19, 5684 possess a rich heritage of culture to disregard and for- refuse to admit Jewish applicants
reference to Poland, or at least
•
xtricably
bound
up
with
the
man-
May 23, 1924
fusing
conceals
its
par-
With
b
tan
.
.
.
,
"
mend a modification of in t
which
the
nations
return
toe
get it, and accept a culture which is s 1
anti,
poses in wordy subterfuge—will not nor in.
(cloenditions in Poland to accord with
The progress
By Way of Greeting.
tial, amorphous and indefinite as our American culture. these Jews "stop, cease and desist" condition of normality.
c tanadf
apiga
itiocaatl,vgaolnoarn
moral requirements and —here let us
complaining against the particu-
The coming to Detroit next Thursday of Chief Rab-
We may well attempt to legislate the hyphen out from
lar club's petty policy? Does any ofnaandajzsltn;enndt,opeolm
indicate what may seem a greet poll-
pol-
stment
necessarily
bi Abraham Isaac Hook of Palestine, Chief Rabbi Ab- of existence, we may place a taboo upon our native cul- self-respecting Jew want to belong h the e proass
adjustment
fir al secret—good, corn. nmn-sense,nter-
• - o of
I .
itical economy, the principle of i
to
a
club
that
looks
at
a
Jew
askance
is
political,
or
the
retardation
of
the
raham Ber Shapiro of Lithuania, and the dean of the
ture, but still nothing will be accomplished openly for
intboif
glee_
movement towardssliinsatilivatiitt
sal freedom and peace.
because he is a Jew?
great Slabodka Academy, Rabbi Mordecai M. Epstein, the need and the yearning will still be there.
have not some Americans the right
,
If Poland gets . the necessaryd hint
tragedy for the
ilien aign arfi alnl y ,
marks an event of great interest and importance to
Judaism and Americanism are not contradictory,
hues foolish,
peace
or
aowaaars iitna France wh o
p
of
men7se
nsil
an
the affairs
G
:
erman,
as
amp
s h
eo t
oats
the Jews of this city. The visit of scholars always is but rather supplementary. Judaism is one of the tl Austrian
reactionaries
who would go Jews of Poland, of Germany and Aus-
of Europe, it will at once look around
trio, even of Hungary and Soviet Rus-
an occasion of moment in Jewish life, regardless of the large ingredients in the mixture out of which shall come to the point of denying the father-
for a more sagacious and workable
culture which will have all the finest ele- hood of God because Jews were the sia. A change of policy in France will
ethos! of strengthening itself than
mission which inspires their coming. But, as in this
American
first to proclaim the principles of
`Jnew-huntinii and boycott Measures,
have
two
direct
results.
it
will,
for
case, when three of the profoundest rabbis and scholars
meaty of the oriental as well as the occidental.
monotheism? And if an organization
the
raping of Jewish ear-locks and
, mark a business-like ap-
determines to keep out Jews on
in Europe and Palestine come to us in behalf of what
banditry in Jewish quarters.
to the question of reparations
grounds that are discriminatory and one
thing
proach
It is of course regrettable that the
pur-
ever has been the chief concern among Jews—the pro-
and a modilcationt off thGe roriginal every
Ford and Muscle Shoal s.
t i lnyears000tfedtbign rbnit-.
n 71orallofrt
bei de,Itearamtii n n ed
yn' te rt yartebanto i t .s etsli:gen itn iaal
h o ntaVontbmauttng
motion of learning—the significance of the event stands
The Sage of Dearborn, the savior of the "Gentile
amount
shmeaillays
'
utate
of
There is such a thing as noticing c Po ''p s` Petro
laceS.
' But, fo;
t
her
p'
y
out even more tellingly.
t arte 'in' o
tcle am
Boob," the crusader in the battle for peace with the trhaant ewmhitch is beneath decent men's called upon to pay. The Dawes plan,
Varied are the points of view from which the pres-
-- which by no means transforms Ger-
bright shield and flaming sword of righteousness held
nd
a
change
for
the
lx•tter
in
many's obligations into a matter of
land—a '
t p
ence of these notable men in the American scene 'may
happy indifference, will have a chance all
that a can
change
the better
Poland
only for
coincide
witli in a Po-
re-
human aspect to in- aloft, finds himself in a rather embarrasing position clue
The
Crystal
Roma.
udiation of its present fallacious
be regarded. There is the strictly
of acceptance by the German govern-
bbis have figured to his political renunciations and greediness for the
O be married in the crystal room a slim
rzes that the purposes
Pfate of mind in regard to the Jews— -
'
•
trigue our imagination,
or the gold or blue room o
f
be welcome both from the stain
p
T
succulent
morsel—Muscle
Shoals.
ranee
are
(Jimmy(
in
a
s
Nett
o f
as sentient, vital men of affairs in turbulent, vehement
point of the Jewish people and from
y appointed hotel seem s to b e
It appears that this sanctimonious upholder of the richly
the hl ambition of the girl about to stern justice rather than in a spirit
times. Throughout the recent war they fought like
tie
return terrorism.
to hard work on the port the point of view of the European sit-
of A
vengeful
productive manufacturers as against the parasi
enter the bonds of matrimony. The
uation in general.
soldiers in behalf of a cause the like of which other
glitter of magnificent raiment and
What Europe needs above all is
banker is not reluctant to accept large tracts of the pub-
the of the German people with a view of
causes pale into annoying insignificance. As fosterers
public.
els
and
ornate
ceremony,
nn agareeta•itaatri on Tor
jewels
an
adequate
return
to
the
p
toward
pence sense
fulfilling its obligations
without
of beautiful music, the Y'cheer-
of the Jewish spirit and the scholarship which begets lic domain
m
France
no
doubt
will
have
the
result
Why did the Ford boom for president collapse with i r n ag a toad: of e n costly
pe s t - -
atVr
oitia
can help in eIli
cIsl wtr
'
If France
it i is not lice If
Jewish spirit, they suffered privation and exile and
u crvinttrg the woiri ldbthbat
the maid
ing the approach of intrinsic peace
rh suddenness and completeness when it seemed to
the
e
d
r
of
the
most
eventful
cae.
of
g
the
s i
t.
s hi r ki n
and sanity it will regain its position
asked no praise or emolument.
grathetrincg momenbtumlanddstrengthhevery day ? What threshold
pitiless
of Eu-
rfenerdofdaherbltife.afWhether
she wealth
be the five an pi
n of
ess meth od s
t
n et
Their coming to America in behalf of the Jewish
a•r4a . moulder of the des inies
be p ace upon the telegram pro-
war definitely imposes upon her. The
N
ion
can
s
schools and academies in Europe and Palestine is of . d c i t i rb e y a Senator Norris purporting to have been sent or a Cinderella at her kitchen tasks, disposition to pay and atone for the
M m i t aa nr it sit;
Jews no less than to the lads and i uce
the vision of a glamorous festal
ho r moor sag wuhpi chn thi re a n G reer
moment to American
marriage cuses
by Miller, the Ford representative in Washington? board marking
STORY OF LAG B'OMER
r
t
young men who look to our encouragement for their
ou
ofcharmed
an-
beginning of a mental attitude that
ma ny an
continued study of Torah. In their presence and efforts This telegram is meaningful and important and not
can only serve to mollify the feeling
ticipationny.
In the (lays of Rabbi Akiba the Jews
The crystal room—with only rela-
of the peoples who were wronged in
in this country we see reflected the tragedy and the ro- without serious imputations against the good faith of
tives and near friends partaking of
the war. There is reason to believe
su ffered cruel persecution from the
mance of the history of our people, a history of sorrow President Coolidge. Upon what authority did Miller
Roman procurator, Turnus Rufus,
ions
will
follow
a
straight-
the
richness
and
beatify
of
the
event
at
concess
tat
wire the Ford canaille to the effect that the President —not the magnificence of simplicity
and found themselves compelled
forward attempt on Germany's part to
and trial but, amid it all, of longing for mental and
and eager charity, stirs the imagine-
ng for the eager flame would deliver Muscle Shoals to Ford?
e ether to acquiesce in the Roman war-
set herself aright in the eyes of the
youth.
That
mar-
spiritual excellence and a strivi
Liebold now denies that Miller was ever in the ern- tion of American you
'world
in her
self-esteem.
The and
effect
of own
a normal
mental atti- ship, even offering sacrifice to the
riage means responsibility, a fuller
statues of the emperors, or to suffer
If
Liebold's
reputa-
which we know as Torah.
understanding of social duty, a mean-
Detroit Jewry will duly welcome Rabbis Kook, pl oy, of the propagandist gang.
o among the German people should
lion for veracity were more sound, some attention ingful approach to the deeper truths Led
to
free
it
from
the
fatal
anti-Jewish
t
be s
Shapiro and Epstein and in honoring them will honor
of human life is onl faintl ver
ish teachers, Rabbi Simeon ben Ne-
might be paid to the denial. When we call to mind the
thanel anti Rabbi Ishmael. As they
faintly, realize
ning their hopes of recovery and
themselves hardly the less.
°
n
ii•
y
decades
back
stories circulated about the patriotic Henry's return of
so
impeding the pjrat,at;scsanofpbtihgeinptabret
---_
s"thrrisattitnege
observed the marriage of their chit-

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7heerep:eo`ciant.1(>;'`:tic°rneef
bitterly, whereupon Rabbi
Simeon said to hint:
Thou noble anti great father anti
leader in Israel, thou art only two
y from Paradise and th e
company of the saints, and yet thou
lied: 'I
steps
away
wee pest?" Rabbi Ishmael rep
weep for the sins I have cloubtles ,
committed against the All-Just God
the Rock, the Sinless, by whose Ce
ao t la
.tif.sutai t a 1 t decree
I tha n t m f od ro s ( 7liebi attio de
it
' oration
or some similar offense I an
ty
It
is
for
this that I wee{ '
jaunddgen
o
"Rabbi, reprliefidteRaigiisi f n° n Y ,
I
knowest that God punishes II
righteous ones for the most trivii
:aa,
i
1
e
thou
w
ast
.
w
h
g
ep
nsg
h
ing ar paeare
y
' ' th
' those
driven away
who wished to it
i
the announcement
rope, became the imperialistic god- quire concerning religious truths;
The word of God, if truly spoken
passed, there still persisted a lack of balance, a distort-
thy disciples, weary of many sue
father of Poland. That directly and
d perspective in the matter of our cultural and nation- ple just as were his war profits. In our age such a mov-
and reverently listened to, is accept-
indirectly
France
has
been
responsi-
bons,
have
given
judgment
wet
ing picture of self-sacrifice and devotion to the people's able at all times. But we should indirectly
a
. condi- rigor, not with mercy. But by tl
-
the savage antiJewish
warn against Jewish patterning after
p a y, th y .1 i
need has not often been seen.
al allegiance.
death h atahs
lions that have obtained in Poland,
methods
m aytst everlasting pbl i ss
The Jew like everyone else is conditioned. lie has
Aside from these considerations of the moral ob- sentimental ways, the noisy
teia.
upurchase
ei
au ts jearns.
ntreole,(Irliisa(bun,ozeractu;ittticu,as
' evange
l ical
ar.
a
It
happened
that
at the ime
nation which to
a philosophy of life based upon individual and race liquify of 51r. Ford in the entire transaction, there are
crowded congregation in N the
ther
their execution, Rabbi Akiba w
1
fur, clothing anti cloak and suit man-
c . (•P u nc reiww ! -
.
,
experience
and
training,
colored
by
religion
and
but-
Ym
.
teaching in the open fi elds surrour
e principles
ot liberty, equality
tressed by history. He has a pride of opinion which very sound substantial reasons against granting these
' •
section nor a comfortable
' e 'd 0;
ip
concessions to him. Ford's bid is not the lowest bid. ufacturing
of worshipers in the financial and fraternity and which appealed to ed by thousands of his discl
group
they heard the evil tidings th
has lost none of its strength and dignity despite the Ordinarily this would prevent his acquiring the con- quarter will mean more than that ac- the American imagination in the early When
tore their garments anti began
days of the great war because she
have been made for
fact that he has been reviled, condemned, and looked cession. The only other reason offered for considering commodations
weepaloud; but the rabbi addressi
voiced the political impulses that sow
those who think that reciting pray ors
them reproved their tears, biddi
patron-
could
upon
as an
inferior
wherever
he to
has America
lived. with his cul- the bid is the fact that he will exploit and develop the
for the dead represents the full sub-
ern the American sp
This
man
or woman
comes
-
them not to weep for the righter
.a
s
s
,,
P
k
te
I
ii
government
ig
i
g
,aat
y
e
a
ta
r
stance of the Jewish religion.
i g z en (7 rweiatcbtaanin
dead bat for the calamitiest
e ore than
tura! baggage practically intact. Russia, Poland, Aus- Shoals
the benefit
of the
country.
a Ngeontherinaf would please us jm
Mr. for
Ford's
record up
to the
present is an assurance
fall
doing, is hardly conceivable. Poland
w een t death; v,
, Roumania failed for one reason or an-
were not so Yfit to m
could not visit upon the Jews in its
for 15 minutespdurin oggthe wdssi'y,evfeonr
tria-Hungary
bade
them
put
away
all sin and pri
other to assimilate or even togategrate this stiff-nked.
of intense exploitation for the profit and glory of Mr.
out-
ec
the purpose of hearing a vital spirit-
midst physical attacks, political
speedily
Ilis prophecy was very speedily
stimuli
tough-minded individual. Id he not been excluded Ford alone. No man has more brazenly and openly
hits oaf
d nobility.
But rages, moral violence anti economic
terribly
fulfilled.
A
pestilence
declared his disbelief in democracy in industry. lie
or
truth,
hon
or
before that is done, a more meaning. impoverishment without
sanction,
, cultural, political
i t w tnuev,inr:sin,. out and raged among his follies
irhitt i:. l :Insyuylafsero ex-
aanorieht
from
participation
in the
educational
flower of .
movements
of these
countries
he may have lost many the concept of a feudal baron in economic matters and f NI note would be struckivili
and ., dise. iples. The hed
, r to maintain the in .-
ip its pm
would
demonstrate
that
the
Sabbath,
in
Paris.
In
orde
a Jaaverrwariit, . 3„outh p e r is
Policy
by
whieh
of his peculiar, distinctive characteristics. We may say is the There
supreme
autocrat
in
all
his
undertakings.
its Polish
tegrity
of
nto y allrdll t I 'ef
oautt
rb
e
ia
went
re-
are other responsible bidders who come as the foundation stone of Jeish
r
l
a
,
g
o
i
e
n
r
,
f
r
e
c
e,
t
n
,
c
a
t
i
w
i
r
joy
will
et j u g e t ig: P irti l i n esg i
and ter voice
be numerically,
to of i r on,
still possess business men, make their offer, and if accepted,
silenced.
advisedly, for, although a people may may
utterly.
ing was
i '
aitlie fu , sahosualClei,e
t l ins f faithfully
ibtann eigqist s,,d ' ' I
carry out their obligations. They do not appear as so- I t reglaardilceesesp
scourge raged during the time of
politically and socially inferior they ma
otLthsviiaacts?easlyinavaoa:vaendr'.
Omer tben t
a cultural superiority which refuses to be eliminated cial benefactors or human saints. The taint of philan-
population.
would
b w coen n P t L s " auspiciouss e
t
on a high plane
The Jewish situation in Poland bad
or swamped
by the example
numerically
supericr. and swamp- thropy is absent, neither is there the noisome odors of self-respect
yield more valuable benefits than a
'
can
tdalaystoftotah 33rd of the 0
The classical
of assimilation
as it is for the Jews themselves'
swiftly
moving
15-minute
afternoon
God
hypocrisy and cant.
'. Poland. ' The con-
exert
good ft and
most part for
fusion, no rapacity
impoverishment miserable 'and del'encmteptreoon toe'
ing of alien cultures is found in China. Upon the au-
Enough dynamite is concealed in the Ford-Shoals service intended for the
eer
Kaddish reciters.
e ni ence
of
Poland
will
hardly culminate in put an end to the plague. p
conv
the
thorny of men of critical ability, unimpeachable verac-
affair to make the Teapot Dome look like a pink tea
eventual prosperity and peace merely the pestilence has been comm
its, and power of observation, China is the outstanding affair, The danger of this happening is remote for the
as a result of a change of front. Po- rated during the Omer, when
Including scriptures.
trothals do not take place and
convincing proof that a superior cuLr.. has the ca- Senate, as well as the people, are alert and watchful.
A l'ilOVEMENT, which has the
land, , nztva•edr, raoal,i,tritcadlytawniasealodr, Itahaircialr.
s are not celebrated ant
},, her the orig-
backing
of
distinguished
men
of
parity to assimilate any alien group l
It will be a much more difficult matter to parcel out
A
f easting and merriment are eschn
1
cr ■ „:,Iile. Many
letters, educators and figures promi-
fled
device when, with golden oppor-
Rut the 33rd day of the Omer
inal entry of the group was friendly
rich concessions today than it was before the viscid
tunity at hand, she began her oppres-
sent in political and international af_
18th day of Iyar) has since bee
u Tors invaded China only • , I- eventually
la
es tablish
' •
c nastiness.
prou d
sive treatment o
fairs. has been aunt
days of the Teapot ome.
That
served
as a sempfestival.
profound
as,e,
iii.,,mancoeutraf(alar(sihrrf
conquered and swallowed by the per.
To us the fact that Mr. Ford may not finally get
a0 7 nerican school for the training
iss
ipol,zn
This year Lag B'Omer ore
to Tavvint4.urtognpaeiraba lia.
}
philosophic race. The seemingly utet. —tittle were
, i lahiiirAd raeyar , .3algritiyal2,anart l i d was ohs
'lts. schT oo h i at Johns
cited doings does
people. Muscle Shoals is not nearly important and vital as the to op ip ethe
easily digested by these amazingly h..,!thy
fact that this whole transaction tears the veil of piety University in Baltimore. The s Pelec- responsibility. Anti France cannot
ny
e
sa.
uilim
with
appropriate
festiv
however clamorously she may insist,
And what is more, China is not a meltitg pot in which
on ,,,ofa this great institution of learn-
and altruism from him, and at last he stands exposed lion
iiny:hepafa:t that

orlea e r ,
ceremonies
ofinai a e s bognf gyp prayer,

amid
hoat,,thucAtint...
it was a pure fabrication, we find ourselves questioning
try, ill it luet rceehri Int: Iiityli t.,i‘i.i l a l
ren sgiving
Germany
Since the issuance of the Balfour Declaration the all the generous impulses of Mr. Ford. His concern thank
we celebrate the event with a wealth
nemrn
do
in
the
way
of
atonenient
to free
ree
that becomes more
question of Americanism and Judaism has been his-
t the soul of the government, his savior complex of
itself from the aspersions which its
ffi i-
id ding a' our economic
forb
anti-Jewish methods have cast upon
cussed
with less
increased
acrimony On
and the
passion
and con-
abou his patriotic ardor lost much of its glamour. It e nc y increases,
tng
sequently
understanding.
one hand
the and
----
her r since the conclusion of the war.
lf, after fair progress is made on the
nationalistic temper oriented by the war has made the seemed rather tainted with hatred for a people and an
Siesta..
Spiritual
road of sanity and effort, she insists
thorough-going assimilationist more important and enormously exaggerated desire to make money. Per-
services
for persons
who
is 4 IDDAY
d her black record of recent
attend the
synagogue
have,
ac- upon hiing
caustic, and on the other hand has made the Jewish haps Ford was the victim of a practical joke. If so, he
114
was not at all hesitant about giving up his political am- cording
to reports recently receives,bigotry in the excuse that she was
been opened in the heart of New mentally unbalanced, she will atmust
only ac-
ar-
nationalist
more
apologetic
and casuistic,
aeanntrt,e her vileness. She
With the
entry
of America
in the war the hyphen bitions in exchange for one of the richest prizes ever
district. ti. knowledge
her error, to her. •ff, if not
- snatched from the commonwealth. It does reveal in a 1:;),rele:f igramanent indus ntrdy a
k
sal
afternoon
'herg s.
was
expurgated
our the
language.
Single, and safe most unambiguous way the workings of the Ford mind. ute talk on religion ri and mark the to ot
An enlightened foreign policy in
tinned
allegiance from
became
only accepted
services. Those who mourn for the
anothe r impor-
France
may
position. In the fury, hate and tumult generated by Muscle Shoals delivered to him and all it cost is a ques-
an wi per
Y ht r it' :seuit ti"
than even
imagined propagandized fears all heretofore existing tionable chance to be President of the United States.
influ t! ' n ec. e fo'ra goo'd in 71, ,ourreopee
similar arrangements
values and measures were destroyed. Even after the And most assuredly he does not want to exploit Muscle (tioaudttevrillthtehutaldirseb
an adjustment of the German repara-
Plan succeeds,
work and
will be. made for those who
tions
problem.
France,
in
order
to at-
satreet district,
immediate cause which gave rise to the condition, had
Shoals All
for the
the profits
benefit
of be
Henry
the
bau nsianneasns al enrathe
tam an impregnable position in Eu-
thought.
will
turned Ford,
over perish
to the peo-

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the various races have been thrown in as ingredients
as one who does not hesitate to stoop to practices to
to make a cultural hash. No dout.t the stranger which a Doheny and a Sinclair have become anathema.
which
the
Chi-
-
v ale
brought with him ideas and invention:
The consideration offered by Ford w as not a
nese gladly accepted, without. however. il ,pairing their
one,
it
was
more
in
the
nature
of
a
threat
that
he
able
was ready to drive a hard
sound, indigenous culture.
would
be
a
candidate.
He
The case of our co-religionists is essentially different bargain, but for once it seems that the hard bargainer
front that of the newcomer in China. We came here is out in the cold without even the comfort of a clean
not to conquer America, but to become a part of it. reputation. The motives of the saviors of humanit
America hai a much simpler task in a ,ititilating the
to be rather sordid and soiled as a rule. This
scent
Jew than had China in assimilating th. , • stranger. But case is surely no exception.
on the other hand the task of Aineric., is much more
If Mr. Ford will stick to making motor cars and
difficult. America has been a melting pot, in which, leave social, moral and ethical questions alone, this
however, the elements had neither focused, coalesced
muddle will have been worth while. Alas, even Mr.
nor created a finished cultural product.
Ford will take something for nothing.
'What is Americanism? Is it that flamboyant. ar-
.----
rogant attitude of the successful enterprising business
When the Teapot Dome revelations were tomb-
executive to whom literature, art, drama and philoso-
ling and tripping each other in their mad haste to
phy are negligible and are for women and thin, pale-
shock us, we were not unhappy because the select cir-
blooded
Is it men?
grey sombre Puritanism that finds an outlet cle of Nordics excluded us from their oily company.
But now when the Burns. Daugherty, Coen, Slattery
for its cruelty in suppression and denial and erects a
defense mechanism against worldly joys and pleas- conspiracy in the Wheeler matter is exposed, we are
able to suppress even that slightest envious feeling ba-
urea by snooping prohibitions and censorships?
Is it the spirit that accepts dishonesty in public af- cause our betters did not welcome us

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one hair ' Va tPei!'•b

time ambassador at the Court of St.
,ai sha •
James, fwah or 0Vavgogc ant; (id thea meis, et a b 1
meet
a student at the university wll'en it
b
organized oirfl a ttlin7d6. . 11
Vi. 11;m0:
f embrace
a
i
in
tswo
the five bask su . bjecY
tional relations, history, interna-
tional law, diplomatic practice, inter-
national organizations. The physi-
cal, geographical, commercial. racial
diplomatic
aatnudthecaaonomic aspects ig of
h
a vii:w .o il i rgeacaeni vie4oannsa leartaat tnt awith

thought t
different types of nationalthou
di
and culture.
We should like to add, for the con-
sideration of those who will direct
the
college of diplomacy, just one
t
g i o n ,e . d ata i ayethrgat,mborenfoare th

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sections from Isaiah. Jeremiah, file
ic yte i;
and Amos which indicate how God
Id
have
men
and
nations
adjust
•
adel
their Yi relations been dresjud ataigned tu

placen international affairs and in
the art of diplomatic action. If not,
nd corrected and perhaps
shall,
withdraw our suggestion.

BAR KOCHBA

Weep. Israel! your tardy meed outpour
Of grateful homage on his fallen head,
That never coronal of triumph wore,
Untombed, dishonored, and unchapleted.
If Victory makes the hero, raw Success
The stamp of virtue. unremembered
Be then the desperate strife, the storm and stres
Of the last Warrior Jew. But if the man
Who dies for freedom, loving all things less,
Against world-legions. mustering his poor clan ;
The weak, the wronged, the miserable, to send
Their death-cry's protest through the ages' span-
If such a one be worthy, ye shall lend
Eternal thanks to hint, eternal praise,
Nobler the conquered than the conqueror's end!

EM MA LAZARL