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crimination to tell just when the formula shall not be
The American Republic existed for nearly a can- applied. A rule of conduct sanctioned by the supreme
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tury and a half without any active participation in Eu- power in the state has the curious faculty of penetra-
ropean affairs. It steered clear of all entanglements ling everywhere and no compartment has yet been de-
and avoided becoming a participant in the numerous vised which shall enable the individual to separate the
wars which have made a graveyard of the continent. correct from the incorrect, the just from the unjust,
But at last in April, 1917, our strict neutrality came to the hostile from the friendly. And just so it happens
an end and we were precipitated into the debacle of that in the midst of treaty negotiations and loan con-
war, little realizing what far-reaching ef- versations with a nation and ministry so friendly that
the World
forts
that participation would have. they were ready to sacrifice place and power in behalf
It was our proud boast that we recognized no dis- of the Bolshevists, news was broadcast that the assassin
Ge
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unctions based upon race, creed or nationality. The was plotting behind your back while all the while
showing a most friendly face. The reputation for just
idea
national
was its
unthink-
able. of
The
jargon or
of linguistic
European minorities
politics with
prohi- this sort of thing has been acquired by the Bolshevists,
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S
AS WE GO
ALONG
Anatole France
By JOSEPH BRAININ
Forgetfulness.
D
URING the world war much ado
was made about old-time diplo-
macy, the artful scheming of the poli-
ticians who fashioned the bases for
bloody wars, while they uttered tooth-
some words of kindness and peace.
Every book of defense, the jackets of
which bore colors-that together would
constitute the•rainbow, issued by the
ike
nations to establish their lamb-like
innocence and to prove the villainy
and falsehood of their enemies amply
to a pretty general preva-
lance of what was anything but the
impeccable truth. Actual warfare on
upe having been
a large scale in Ero
held in check these six years, it is
only the brazen radical journals
which call attention to the question-
able platitudes and moralisms of the
spokesmen for the nations or for the
political parties bidding for power.
What is more, the public is generally
agreed that the protestations of vie-
toe thundered during political cam-
paigns are not what they purport to
lie and that selfishness and avarice,
like the wolf in the story of "Little Red
Riding Hood," will don grandmoth-
er's gown and bedroom cap, put on
her spectacles and smile their sweet-
est to the unsuspecting children of
the nations. When will the intrepid
uncle of Little Red Riding Flood,
by the everlasting chicanery
of the wolves of power, wield his ax
and break down the door of the house
in which Sir Wolf has made himself
master?
,.
.
(Editor's Note:—Anatole France was not a Jew, though molly
moy
people believe him to have been one. This article tells, among other
things, how he never hesitated to lend his moral support to any
movement that tended to decrease racial prejudice.)
hers of the party. During th,. to , ,-
fuss affair, however, he leek a e I
and couragieue stand. It w• •
•
him to thunder with a gigantic
'toe '' .'
like Zola; but many were the o
he wrote and the speeches ",
ho: I I '
ed in which he tried to • i • I
how stupid were theii, il, t;,g:ll
against Dreyfus
Dreyfu. Many
M W VI'l . thl .
rands he undertook, to set , official, :o: :
iiin(g
di
lia(ty,htetibual. o
ist:z(i r , 1_ ,Fttl(i t, ,s,,sa,unoi t , 1,1 , ,,trostihtconvince
There exists a-legend in literary cir-
cles that Anatole France was a Jew,
though nothing in his biography justi-
lies this assumption. The genealogy
of the Thibault family, (Thibault was
France's real name), shows no trace
of Semitic origin. It is France's fea-
tures and his entire physical person-
are the only
o
a lity. tha t undubtedly
•
sources of this legend.
This c a1m, wh i te-bea r el ed gentleman
with the strong nose, a benevolent, in-
dulgent smile and it skull cap adorn-
inc his white head,' had much of the
typical Jewish "chacham" in hint.
Sitting at his writing table with a
goose-quill pen in his hand, (he never
became converted to the t ypewriter),
surrounded by books and ebjects o f
art, he could easily have been mistak-
en for a Grand Rabbi or a Talmudic
scholar.
The father of Anatole France trans
a poor book-seller in Paris. Even in
s
his childhood Anatole found great en-
,
bring home
to the fanatic,
the ,h
tJew
of France that they were , selling le.
best of French traditions by per -, : :
ling. a defenseless minority. 1' oi I ,
it meant saving France from Ow -I
ub(uiet -tlusatuts•hiau
tosuhch
oufnfisitisititttaiftririii,s,(1,ntid
ti;iti,,til.:
Ii0t,s,,,ts(ii,ng
Gs
ry
of more than one state, show conclusively that minority not bring democracy and freedom but rather intensi-
New
, ‘ 1,' or ky.
When you
o" wax ardent over a new
groups have been recognized as such in the American fled and strengthened autocracy and tyranny. A peo-
cultural prospect, do not forget to
pie who exalt all the base and contemptible in man in
scene. It may not be long before these Klan and Nor-
bw(i ttru,tcimrceuumusuputicut,ly,nosfuiecsourute,liatiftitel
the name of the holy end are rewarded by just the
die groups will decide what representation minority
bitterness toward something which it
things which have come out of Bolshevism and the
groups shall have in governmental offices. what Ian-
is customary to rail against, whether
Klan. Despite the fact that these groups and organi-
gunge they may use in their schools, what number may
If o
u st i, tr not.
it iwuutneourta
is honorable
culture of Prescott is
nations view each other with contempt and revile each
attend the high schools and colleges and what propor-
be praised, the art 1tf David Belasco
tion may live in cities. Many will say this is a pessi- other as the most blasphemous and sinister groups, yet
and Mrifs Ges(td anth•ktfixsi Reinharit,let
mistic picture of the future but who can deny that what because the have both resorted to the same methods
frowned
inn'ket;rt,gtowith
sure, inliirr
en n y
has already taken place in the short space of seven they have marked similarities. Both are intolerant,
the tradition that a a little hate is
arrogant, cruel and deceptive, while all the while they
years is more amazing than even these direful predic-
,:i no t ish te s. best of men - T end
pose as the saviors of humanity or the white race, as nte
tions.
There has been such persistent and uninterrupted the case may be. They hold aloft the banner of right-
Campaign..
propaganda of Nordic supremacy that we have become eousness while practicing mendacity and chicane.
DRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S praise
It
is
our
earnest
hope
that
those
twin
monsters
will
I for • the efforts of the New York
accustomed to accepting a description of race, nation-
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
ality and creed as a necessary part of a man's qualifi- soon disappear and men will once more exalt honesty,
may have caused a glow of pride in
decency, social consciousness, tolerance and kindness.
cation for office. The latest instance of this was the
paid advertisement of Ilenry Ford furthering the can-
didacy of Calvin Coolidge for President. This tiresome
ignoramus, Mr. Ford, made much of the fact that Cal-
vin Coolidge is of Nordic. Protestant stock and, being
of the majority group, is consequently fitted to rule.
We do not question President Coolidge's qualifications
as a man, but the fact that he comes of Nordic, Protes-
tant stock does not at all commend him to us any more
than were he of Slavic, Catholic stock, or Judaic, Semi-
ti• stock. These facts are to us purely adventitious.
And yet the managers and advisers of President Cool-
idge (lid not object to the gratuitous insult offered by
this exceptionally benighted person, Mr. Ford.
4
4
However, all is not hopeless. Certain forces in Am-
erica are sufficiently aroused to realize that those vic-
tories of enlightenment, which recognize that no man
should be discriminated against on account of race, re-
ligion or creed, must be preserved and maintained. An
organization which would destroy this noxious weed
of minority groups, racial and religious intolerance is
the Ilamilton-Jefferson Association, started at Utica,
N. Y., and sponsored by Elihu Root. The organization
is composed of Protestants and ('atholics and its aim is
to spread tolerance among the Gentiles.
We have learned much that is unpalatable and evil
from our first contact with Europe. Often the first
words we learn of a new language are the obscene, pro-
fane and vulgar words; later comes knowledge of the
beautiful and charming words. We have learned the
obscene, ugly and profane aspects of Europe. We are
irrevocably bound up with Europe. We shall no doubt
learn from Europe many things which will enrich anti
'
I
/'
A
s'i'y
...
e
' ,,, ,,o
ir e)
. -
an d
' fender of justice and personal lil
Ills
' Iti,ua sstu5r. e" w1-151s1
g iet•fh(p
i o ndenItooti onksa. b 7lri ls'inch
to rummage in this ook-shop, to nose
about there and to read avidly.
bition upon language anti religion was wholly unintel- so that without the strictest documentary, impersonal
Later he wrote, for his own edifice-
lion.
ligible to us. If religious differences were recognized proof the world will not believe them innocent.
n.n
All of this is happening thousands of miles away
France the author was an
Digs.
or national superiorities stressed these things were done
among a people whose point of view is exotic and bi-
observer, oat a reformer; for that he
•
,
M RS. MARY AUSTIN, the novelist,
privately and never with the sanction of official Amer-
was too mild, too much the sage and
has visions of the rise of a new
In his long life he read
ica. But that day is past and it is well that we realize zarre to us, whose mental processes oft puzzle and be-
Wilder us, and yet the identical philosophy of mendac-
civilization in the great American ' the
sceptic
much
but lived little. His youth, his
that our splendid isolation is a pure fiction and although
southwest, anew race "made out of
ity, duplicity and chicane is adopted by a large section
(past, are the history... of the n.in.etee.nt h
'old races reacting to a new tonviren-
we stand aloof from the League of Nations or the World
•enturies. He e has lived and loved in
f our population and in the name of Nordic supremacy, . ment." She pictures d race which
thitshheisdt,oaryn.
Court, the animosities and petty jealousies of race, re- o
will incorporate in its culture the
of French literature was
ligion, creed and nationality have Penetrated American Protestant integrity and one hundred per cent Ameri-
smouldering remains of the eulture of
can purity. The Klan has exalttd all thiS pusillanimity.
an old sage who never was young.
.
.
th Indians a culture redolent of
life and have recently colored it to such an extent prom
'Sometimes
we
thought of hint as made
'.
e
,
n
'
Buffalo,
N
N.
Oklahoma
and
i
rom te is s timony
ti m ony taken in
eager earth, fiery sun, passionate
of paper, cut nut of one of his own
that one who knew the America of 25 years ago would
Y., it appears that, in any judiejal•proceeding, a mem , 'prostrations before the evocations of novels. His experience had no person-
absorption in the' impulse of
feel rather strange today.
her of the Klan may deny membership. The commis- .'nature,
gives. al limitations, his life having been the
Therefore he
history of mankind.
The immigration law has every earmark of Euro-lion of perjury or subornation of perjury is of no con-
understood and forgave all the follies
d t5sn7etetl ' thAe r tcaC
c:',rtal'in taynocuer; g InnwriPr
pean influence. It states, with an undue emphasis on
sequence when weighed in the balance of Klan sea-
and failings of our world. Never could
d ance
Moquis Ind ians,
of
Nordic supremacy, the fact that there are minor i typremacy. Concealment under masks, mendacity and
he target the, transiteriness of our be-
o y - p owet
r f o r
th , e crot riaitilo n i !of, t he , inky
Mg, nor how little remains of the la-
groups in America which are of inferior breeds and
earth.
The
anne
t
ot
-
be
icity
are
all
sedulously
urged
and
in
the
name
of
w
ale
duplicity
burs, the gesticlatione, and the noise
have carried Mrs. Austin
r
conseqently are not to be treated with very delicate this sacred, invisible empire these moral obliquities be -
of any era.
away, for in her exaltation, as she
consideration. The law was framed with the avowed
come resplendent virtues. And yet men are ready to
elpt otfhaart Aitiiiii ;
never „fin
t
e
u u d(rsnftseund no g Prescott
fr, rgseunce,,, r a tlon an
f (i
observed the young
y.
through
was
understanding
Pr
purpose of excluding all non-Nordic elements, and
tole u
insist that the end justifies, even sanctifies, the means,
u s i,((,, his s
thinking Was utrtioLclassic,
the involutions of the dance, she
vcaryspt(osflie
p
many of the official spokesmen for it stated without despite the fact that everything in human life contra-
otst
is
h
u
e
tfhatrig
eshseslioiyri.vi,u-7 soufdeozrafriusionku
e his criticism too int-
equivocation that such was its purpose.
style too plastic,
diets it, for it was demonstrated beyond cavil during
i a
passionate for our t me,
folk-jig
s f o n Ik k for imported at vast expense by
The activities of the Klan, approved by the officials the late war that undemocratic, tyrannical means did
n France, as seen through
ignly derived art patron of
Anatole
4
J
(Copyright, 1924, by Seven Arts Feature Syndicate.)
At the time of the Kishineti i••
grooms he wrote a proclamation car , e
all the intellectuals
t,
h(is r eiffs rloi•(
o 1.i , .
t"
test
nets
Russian people and g 11 Vet 111 l11111 t
I
have no copy of this proclamatioa, . e
hand, but I remember the beautiful,
heartfelt sentiments he ex pl'1, , ,ii
There entente(' Hem this !motet ii
sense of shame for his conmpiirare
te
-
Ile felt humiliated that Prior,. head
kept silent, that the financial lo ao,
made to Russia by the French g1A1111
ment had suppressed her sense 14 jar
lice . And Anatole France felt vein-
pelted to
it speak, unsolicited, knowing
full we that toflicial France would net
be pleased and that sew of his e el_
leagues of the French academy woodol
shrug their shoulders and point him
out as an anti-patriot.
Again, after the world-war, he ea
the first to sign an appeal of the loi ,-
prominent intellectuals of Franc, '
the League of Nations, protoete -
against anti-Jewish excesses, &ise, ,
ly in Roumania and Poland. thy
that time it was no wonder; fi e
war had given birth to a new Awe. •
France, who hail shaken ref his W.. ,
pil o t philosophic calm and had looe - •
the spiritual (cadet of the er• .
"Clarte." Ile erote then: "W. , •
cider it our duty to organize fait) , •
the future, to cultivate riqlSlon, h• I. •
et• i
public opinion in the directi n et
igre t truth, and thereby multiply II,
spirit of revolutio , so that one day a
new power will oppose the power thief
is established."
in
o•
V
the heroes of his novels and tales, nev-
er became agitated, never laughed
It was this world convulsion that
aloud, never cursed. Every character
made a fighter, an out and tout prop -
of his lawndit tahinnk nk,aharotte, n ad gc o n ■ :.:
ege „di e t , of Anatole France the
crone, an artist, a dog, or a minister,
los sincerel y
speaks
nestly, each front his own viewpoint;
During the win. he was appate i
but in the background one always
engulfed in the almighty thud , . t. 1 .
feels a kind, gentle, omniscient, ironic,
triedism. In spite, of his 7,1 v o :o i ,
sceptical smile, the smile of Anatole
want e d to put on khaki and ii ' , ie i i
Franhe.
volunteer
Ile ea -,
b
eueutraskeenr(5isscau,%dolaus
physical)}-
refined, delicate irony that
learn :'
Then he joined the men
inn
forms the essence , of cell the works of
Nor is it
put their names and talents at Or . •i
France is not exaggerated. N
France
forced upon the reader. It is only in-
pawl of the government. Thouci o •
dicated—half sketched—and we feel
w s not
a in the front line of the pi ti ■
in the outlines, each according to his
phrase-mongers who,
far lot all
-
, demolished
intellect. Jules Lemaitre, the, French hind the actual front, t sitting
critic, called him "the result of the in-
the enemy's art and science, yet 'le
tellectual achievements of the nine-
subscribed to all their protests, atett
teenth century." It might have been
nations and vindications.
more fitting to say "the result of the
The, Anatole France of war tin,•
the faces of Jews. Practically every
intellectual achievements of nineteen
Was a calumny, and anti-thesis of ti o•
paper served by the Associated Press
nturies.
great
humanitarian
who, before lard
ce
carried an item with the caption
after) the war, never thought and
More than 30 years ago, before An-
Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Bavaria beer gar-
"Coolidge Praises Jewish Charities"
judged in terms of geographic bogy.
atole France had won international
or a variation of the theme, since it is
daries. It is from this time that In-
den revolution, must surely approve the sentiment that
fame, he was the literary crate of the
good politics to be nice when votes
to" war books date, (the only boot-
French
daily
Ire
Temps.
democracies are always guilty of ingratitude. Think of
are to he corralled. But politics
of his that are already forgotten, "Sur
Ilis articles were delicious, subtly
aside, the drive of the New York
it, this savior of Germany now finds that he cannot en-
la vole ghorieuse" and "Cc clue &sett
irionical
fruilletens
about
his
general
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
nos marts," —two books character,
ter Austria because that republic claims he lost his cit-
oward literature, and often
seems to have been a model of its
attitude toward
tic of his war mood.)
or
descriptions
of
per-
izenship by an absence of 12 years. lie is to be intern-
kind, surely front the standpoint of
reminscenc
Anatole France in intellectual U111
annul experiences. There Was very
interest, enthusiasm, organization and
ed and deported if he should try to cross the frontier.
Anatole France spiritually
form!
or
their
au-
effectiveness. Because of
publicity effectiveness.
little concerning e
mobilized! It could not last. It het
The godS first make mad those they would destroy.
thors, for modern literature left him
the vastness and complexity of Jew-
to
burst.
When the Russian revolu-
cold—he read it reluctantly. "What
ish community life in Manhattan and
Hitler was made mad with vainglory and swollen
tion came about he fell out of step
the Bronx, which are the tel for
my contemporaries can tell me I know
pride. His was the exalted mission of saving Bavaria
with his reactionary colleagues. Ile
as well myself," he once remarked.
the federation's activities, the drive
stopped,. considered,— won himself
from Jews and democrats and now he finds himself in
necessarily had to be planned in a
Anatole France built his kind of
agTaihni.,
b
es I phvattyye, sfaninda, thice pwa-atsr i ro. t -
manner calling forth arvelous
criticism—which in reality is his per-
his present sorry predicament. Our tear ducts refuse
burn.
tery of detail by a verm itable army of
50051 esthetic reaction tee art—on a
bath
tot ork, however, because of his desperate situation.
workers. The Jews of New York
theory. He calls it subiective criti-
ism, this fusion with the mass-spina,
usually go about their business of
cism. France holds that the critic can
rejuvenated him. It seemed as if tie ,
philanthropy with approximately the
never give an olojective, impartial
".iouthful folly," (his only one), el,i-
:tame drivini., powerwhich th
raj
It must be delightful to live in the world of topsy -
criticism, that he gives his purely per-
fsrkseupstfiocri.smini_
s riorieeelwhriist all-embracing
I li -oesm
t bi r u a tc hi
m--
in
in the 'promotion w hi of their ireuli
i
on
"pin
turvydom, Where consistency and reasonableness are
writer
On e t ot the thoughts
atlhpeu
T l df . ne•Wh rero e l e s r 'it, s•aakr Of -
il i ' 'ir:n: e'
ih'ilny1
tion but the man won. From that
entirely absent. In the Ukraine they first make religious `th a t the comm is
unal
ss
alhach ievrittl ie ise is n maNiel,ewr
Shakespeare , I speak of myself in con-
timeon he was unable to continue he ,
York suggest's
worship a crimc‘. As a consequence many do not at -
with Shakespeare; and I hope
:tlrokn . iullseo inane :(1;i
Forn;10,Ufis n lditesaratirsyfav,
ittifes
rr throughe out the
Jewish comm uni
l
h
l
t
wh
at
h
tend the synagogue for fear of punishment. Now comes
—b. ri n g t
o e xuam
—
phr,
liliesturtoh Pie
c : u
in
him se lf ; ' ;ley s'el:otee‘..e r y
thinks
occupation
as
writing
novels. Ile ui e,
h
ducational
tl
esr
oin
a
l,
dom
which
e
ca
d
-
r
opic
n
(e
their
philanth
the order from the officials of up - side -
Anatole France the critic truly wrote
unable to stuff his earn and follow he
tness an
causes as much earnestness
4
of himself. His collection of critictsm,
threatens to confiscate the synagogues for failure to use
artistic
inspiration.
ity of will, comparatively speaking,
"I.a vie literature," is almost an auto.
He joined the group of Remain Rool
them. This would be the subject for an excellent farce
as do the Jews of New Yor
biography, intimate chats. It fines not
k.
land, Rabindranath Tagorte Maxim
'
or burlesque on the stupidity of Ukrainian officials
matter about whom or what he writes;
Gorki, Henry Barbusse—men who
Hoary.
for as long as hr, Anatole France,
which a Gogol could handle with his biting satire and
have thrown "art for art's sake"
e
black locks and curls of a gold n
t to
,
narrat es and chats it is pleasan
-:-- eete-
tio......oe for our hrothron it la rather
,,
. _ ,
,
n v o r Irso a 1,1
Thole rongrience killed
...
saturnine
J ' h ue are equally beautiful.
read, for he is never tedious. His an-
the artist in them, so that they repre-
so are the hoary hairs of old men and
ventures and conflicts are mostly
trying. if not tragic.
the conscience of humanity to-
sent
women. There is something divinely
spiritual excursions into past centur-
day.
kind and loving in the beards of aged
ies, or reminiscences of his previous
And so Anatole France, one of
Jews. Here are two venerable men
life in ancient Greece.
the 40 immortals of France, the domi-
pouring over the tomes of the Mish-
France was a Parisian, too gentle
nating figure of world literature after
nah; there a centenarian patriarch
to destroy and to skeptical to become
the death of Tolstoy, has left not only
gazing into the eyes of a great-great
enthusiastic. Ile was always court-
imperishable works for the literary
grandchild. The locks and the beard
pow
and
his
criticism,
when
he
con-
Root of our saviour,
connoisseurs. He has been a torch-
—the beard that was like the beard
descended to write it, was elegant, fit
bearer for the struggling multitudes
of Aaron—are the symbols of meek-
The scion of Jesse,
who grope in the dark, seeking the
for the drawing roam.
ness and generosity, but they are the
Till when wilt thou linger,
light of brotherly love and justice.
If you take an inventory of the gen-
beards and locks which some laugh at
To the Jews, who were among the
Invisible, buried?
eral impression he has left on you, you
and others cut down with shears and
first in Europe to recognize his genius,
that
Anatole
France
,
sometimes
with
swords,
when
old
men
will
conclude
Bring forth a flower,
(it
was the French Jew Calman Leroy
was the most intellectual, the most
amble along the streets of a Rou-
For winter is over!
who was his first and only publisher),
classically cultured causeur of France.
manian, Hungarian or German town,
his death is not only a literary loss.
I could never understand how any-
In the case of the Jew the symbol of
Anatole France understood us, knew
one knows his works could mistake
age and serenity, and in Walt Whit-
Why should a slave rule
our good qualities and defects. (An
him for a Jew. He was as much Lat-
man, Longfellow, Whittier and Ten-
interesting study could he made of the
The lineage of princes,
nyson discerned as a thing of kindly
in in his literary personality RS Max
Jewish characters in his novels, a
beauty, the beard rouses ribald laugh-
Nordau was Jewish. Even when
A hairy barbarian
study which would reveal Anatole
ter when it is not actually made the
France donned his fighter's mantle he
Replace our young sovran?
France as an impartial connoisseur of
occasion for brutal assault.
remained the skeptical, ironical man
Jewish
racial characteristics.) W^
of letters: he never became a revolu-
Joked on him as the real leader and
Flight.
tionary, for he could not destroy. As
The years are a thousand
he clung to literary traditions so he true guatdian of liberal France.
HE epoch-making flight of the
Whenever Leon Daudet, or Drumond,
Since, broken and scattered,
believed in the slow evolution of hu-
ZR-3 was notable both for the
or the Tharaud brothers raised their
manity, an evolution that would lead
fact that it marked another stride in
We wander in exile,
poisonous voice in narrow-minded lit-
hack
to
the
starting
point.
In
the
last
the advancement of aerial science
Like waterfowl lost in
anies against us, we only smiled. It
five years of his life, there were some
and for the fact that it stirred in the
was of no importance. They did not
indications
of
a
new
Anatole
France,
The depths of the desert.
hearts of Americans and Germans
represent the opinion of the French
stripped of his eternal smile, a grim
emotions of • fraternal nature. The
nation. Real France spoke through
old
man
who
raised
his
voice
when-
reports that not a few Germans shed
No man in white linen
Anatole France.
ever he felt liberty in danger.
tears of joy when they read the bul-
France and the world mourn the
Before the war Anatole France toy-
Reveals at our asking
letins announcing the successful pass-
greatest Frenchman of our time. We
ed with Socialism as with a hobby. It
age
of
the
airship
across
the
Atlantic
The end of our Exile.
weep
not only for Anatole France the
was his only apqrt—the "daily dozen"
need not be doubted. Thoughts of
God sealed up the matter.
litterateur, but for the man who never
of an academician. It seemed as if
reconciliation and understanding be-
hesitated to denounce racial preju-
he were ashamed to take in dead ear-
tween peoples are an inspiring state
And closed up the knowledge.
dice and who fought anti-Semitism
nest a movement aiming to reform hu-
of mind. Would that the German
not for our sake, but for the glory of
manity. In his novels he often smiled
people could approach all of its prob-
—SOLOMON IBS GABIROL.
the best traditions of mankind.
pityingly
at
the
more
fanatic
mem-
lems in like manner.
Translated by Israel Zangwill.
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INVOCATION
ennoble us.
The fight must be kept up on the internal as well as
external fronts. Just as a child forgets the profane and
obscene words it hears, so we hope that the jargon of
Nordic supremacy, minority groups and Klan will soon
disappear from our language.
Exalting Mendacity.
It is quite impossible to practice mendacity anti es-
cape its consequences. The most righteous ends are
defeated when ignoble means, sinister methods of du-
plicity and chicane are employed. During the recent
frightful struggle, when all men lost their reason in
the red debauch of slaughter mendacity, casuistry and
duplicity became an accredited as well as accepted
philosophy. To win a victory over the forces which
threatened to engulf the world in militarism, men were
urged to resort to any methods which were potent and
which could achieve results. A world gripped by fear
and demented by hatred can scarcely be blamed if it
forgets the toll it will eventually have to pay for its
lack of reason and understanding. The conflagration
is past. The material world is devastated, the scars
in the spiritual world are still open, inflamed and nois-
ome. In the most widely separated areas, with' cultures
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