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I, has forgotten the unwilling tribute
In the eighth century, B. C.,
which his personality extorted from
in the heart of a world of idola-
the great Bismarck at the Berlin con-
i
trous polytheists, the Hebrew
gress: ''The old Jew--that is the
prophets put forth a conception
man.
Portrait of Rufus Daniel Isaacs.
of religion which appears to me
Rufus Isaacs had to contend not
to be as wonderful an inspira-
---
only with his nationality but also
tion of genius as the art of
By THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD
with an unfortunate start in the city.
Phidias or the science of Aris-
) Through no fault of his own, he
totle. And what cloth the
(Copyright, 1921, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
failed, and was "hammered" upon
Lord require of thee but to do
race. The disadvantages are not so the Stock Exchange for a large
justly, and to love mercy, and
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, first Earl of
clearly appreciated except by those amount while still a very young man.
to walk humbly with thy God'?"
Reading, Viscount Erleigh, first Vis-
Inexperienced, penniless, almost
who are themselves Jews. Somebody
If any so-called religion takes
count Reading,. was born in London once said that every country has the friendless, it might have seemed that
away front this great saying of
on Oct. 10, 1800. Its is therefore in
his career was ended almost before it
Micah, I think it wantonly mu-
his sixty-fourth year His father, Jo-
was begun. But it was at this point
tilates, while if it adds thereto
that the resource and the resiliency of
seph M. Isaacs, was a merchant in the
I think it obscures the perfect
,the
young
man
first
made
themselves
city of London.
ideal of religion.—Thomas flux-
There have, in the history of Eng-
felt.
ley.
lish law, been greater lawyers and
With incredible difficulty he pro-
greater advocates, but it is, on the
, cured the means necessary to qualify
whole, doubtful whether any English
him for the bar. Ile read in the
judge has lived a life so varied, ad-
chambers of that great veteran, Sir
Barry Poland—destined, I hope, to He was always courteous, patient.
venturous and romantic.
Forty-seven years ago he sailed up
reach his century—and in those He was always assiduous and indus-
the Hugli river, voyaging to Calcutta,
learned chambers acquired a consid- trious. But he did not, perhaps, real-
a boy before the mast in a great sail-
, arable mastery of the principles of ize upon the bench the high expecta-
You are
ing vessel. If it had been predicted
tion of his judicial qualities which
, criminal law.
invited
his skill in arguing legal points had
of him then that his next visit to In-
Called to the Bar.
dia would be acclaimed by the artil-
scorned to justify. Indeed, to argue
In due course he was called to the
to see our
lery salute which is reserved for vice-
points of law with high distinction
bar by the benchers of the Middle
roys alone, he who predicted it might
Autumn
sloes not always make it certain that
, Temple, and thereafter commenced a
well have been assigned to Bedlam.
he who so argues will deliver judg-
career of brilliant forensic achieve.
displays
And yet this strange thing has ac-
ments with equal distinction. It may
!ment. In five years he had paid every
tually happened. Compared with its
be that if events had allowed him to
of
penny of his Stock Exchange indebt -
romance, the story of Richard Whit-
end his career in the placid atmos-
edness. It was an effort made in the
tineton holes into pale ineffective-
phere of the law courts, he would
true spirit of Sir Walter Scott.
have become a great Lord Chief Jus-
nes , . Ile was horn a Jew and has
Allowing for the difference be-
always had the manliness to accept
tice. But the constant interruptions
tween prewar and post-war remuner-
the disadvantages, without rejecting
and preoccupations of his judicial ca-
ation, I should, on the whole, imagine
the advantages, which membership in
reer, produced partly by the war, but
that Rufus Isaacs made more money
his ancient and tenacious branch of
partly, I think, by his own impatience
EARL OF READING
I than any common law practitioner at
the human fancily carries with it.
of a sedentary judicial career, denied
the bar has ever made. For it must
Everyone knows the advantages who Jews it deserves. Great Britain (I e
him the opportunity of creating a
! be remembered that in the case of
has studied the clannishness and serves good Jews, and on the who
the indispensable few at the head of lasting judicial reputation.
Lamps of Quality.
esprit de corps of this homogeneous gets them. I have often been struc
With the outbreak of war his finan-
, the bar, fees have increased by at
cial gifts found employment at the
by the strange contrast between th
Fireplace Requisites.
ti,' least 50 per cent, if they have not
social position of those who belong d' actually been doubled. It is extreme- treasury, where he co-operated close-
T1 u1-
Tiling, etc.
this fellowship in Great Britain an h,' ly difficult to analyze, or quite fully ly with Lloyd George in the masterly
in the United States of America. ng to explain, the causes of his extra- financial measures which first relieved
ALL
NEW
LINES
and
then
ended
the
formidable
crisis
the United States no Jew can bete
o d . ordinary success.
in the city. In 1915 he was made
to a decent club. He may be a go
Rufus Isaacs, though a very adroit,
e .
sportsman, a good fellow, a genii r.1 acceptable and persuasive counsel, president of the Anglo-French Loan
Mission to the United States. In
man, and a millionaire, but the po
ne was not a great advocate in the sense 1917 he was sent again to that coun-
tats of exclusive American clubs no
l that Erskine, Russell and Carson
the less frown irrevocably upon hi m were. But he never made a mistake. try as special envoy. And in 1918
This has always seemed to me a hat At Ile never bullied witnesses. lie was he became high commissioner and
special ambassador to that country.
decree, though in its own social la ws
I always incredibly tactful. He never
every country has the right of excl U. asked a question which, viewed from
Very Great Diplomat.
sive judgment.
Lord Reading may not have been
any conceivable angle, could produce
a
very
great
lawyer, but he was un-
Contribute to Prosperity-
der
!an answer injurious to the interest of
In this country—much less exposed I his client. And he always preserved doubtedly a very great diplomat, His
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charm,
his
tact,
his patience, his lucid
to a wholesale immigration of cosmo- relations of the utmost courtesy and
politan Ilebrews—it has been possible friendliness with those before whom intelligence and his incredible grasp
detail combined to give him an
ij with great advantage to ourselves, i f he practiced. Ile contrived, indeed, of
some slight compensating disad- I as much by reticence as by anything equipment which few diplomats, even
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among the greatest, have enjoyd. I
to .
said,
actua o l
vantage, to assimilate Jews in the so- th i rnp,.s
at e o actually
lie never have spoken of the prejudice which
d,
the ij jury.
cial and political life of the country. impression t
And many of the most meritorious rose to great heights of eloquence. Be existed in the United States against
citizens, highly contributory to the had, indeed, an agreeable natural Jews. He completely conquered it.
TI national wealth and prosperity of the fluency and a very attractive and self- I had occasion myself to visit the
empire, have belonged and belong tit possessedmanner ; but his vocabulary United States while he was there as
was poor and limited. Few men, in- ambassador, and having had some op-
the Chosen People.
Indeed, it would be strange if in deed, have risen so high whose spoken portunity of making comparisons, I
England, and particularly in the iwords possessed so little literary dis- doubt whether any representative of
this country at Washington has won
ranks of the Conservative party, a !tinction.
more affection or attained to a great-
different view prevailed. For that
Innately Charming Style.
er general popularity. And at a most
party, though not specially loyal to
Disraeli in his lifetime, has increas-; He owed much to a very distin- critical time in the relations between
ingly since his death tended to look ,guished appearance and to an unde- the two nations his practical mastery
to him for inspiration. And nobody finable charm of style. This charm of the questions, which from clay to
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, was innate, not acquired. lie was day required discussion and decision,
genuinely expressive of a delightful was of the utmost service to both
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'temper and disposition. No great countries in the most critical stages
leader at the bar has ever been more
of the war.
popular with his juniors. For he
There came a time when it seemed
'threw around their errors the protec- that his special usefulness in Amer-
tion of his own great reputation, and ica was exhausted and that his own
he was always the first to recognize judicial duties in this country re-
and dwell upon their merits in the quired his return. And so once again
presence of their common client.
we behold him in the Lord Chief Jus-
, lie acquired an immense practice, tice's court in the Strand. But I
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disputed only by Lord Carson—but doubt whether he was ever really
very effectively disputed—in "causes happy there, nor perhaps were all his
celebres." But on the whole it may "Puisnes" completely happy with him.
' be claimed that his success was even they thought—and in ordinary times
Just Phone
greater in the argument of elaborate there is everything to be said for
points of law. In such matters he their view—that the duties of the
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developed a subtlety, an ingenuity Lord Chief Justice of England are to
and a capacity for intellectual "leger- be discharged in the law courts, on
demain" which has not often been circuit and in the House of Lords. In
surpassed at the bar. He was, in- normal times there is, of course,
deed, infinitely dexterous in any mat- everything to be said for this view.
' ter which required the nice discussion Perhaps they made too little allow-
, of a point of construction, or the ance for the abnormality of the times
subtle discrimination between a long and he too little for the exigent ob-
catena of suthroities.
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But of any case which required the held. There were many, for instance,
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'senses
most to think in terms of double
entry. His extraordinary gifts in this States should have involved the resig-
nation of so high a judicial postiion.
were vividly illustrated
kind of
But these criticisms, often prompt-
, in the Whitaker-Wright prosecutions, ed by malice, became out of date
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though a hundred other instances when he was offered, and accepted,
w h o
, could be given by anyone
the high position of Viceroy of India. O
studied, however superficially, his
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In accepting this office he gave up
, forensic career.
one of the greatest judicial positions
Ile was at the head of the English in the world and also a pension which
bar—for Finlay and Carson were lay.• he had clone much to earn.
Corner Broadway and Gratiot
of
Commons. Ile entered the House
officers—whenhe
Assumed
Great Risks.
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sat for the Borough
lie undertook great risks at a ma-
!, of Reading from 1904 to 1913. It ment when he was no longer in his
was expected that he would repeat in most vigorous youth. The troubles
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of Erskine and of Charles Russell. tarty well known to those who have
The master of so many juries was held high office in successive govern-
denied the gift of acceptable speech
in the Mother of Parliaments. No
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one can confidently say of a great
lawyer before he enters parliament
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Isaacs, because too much was expect-
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