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By DR. ANGEL PULIDO,
Ex•Vice-President of the Spanish Senate.
JOHNSON. PANKEN DEBATE
B. Albin in his weekly review of
Jewils affa:ts in the they of Feb. 28
discus es the debate on immigration
NOV York
held in the TOWII Hall of
on Thursday, Feb. 25, between ( 011-
gr•seman Albert Johnson, chairman
of the House committee on immigra-
lion, and the Socialist Municipal
Court Justice of New York, Jacob
Panken.
"Both of them did not say any-
thing new. There was nothing new
needed to end this last battle.
to be sa'd. The problem has been
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t.th
views eapreamed
is no doubt, however, that
Congressmen Johnson approached the
subject from an angle that was an-
The state department at Washington has done malty
favorable for him. People are always
prone to pride themselves on things
inexplicable things of late and more which have be-
that they do not possess. They feel
The Billet Foundation, conducted under the aus_ puzzled Americans who think in terms of open diplo-
their s'sortcomings and they want to
cover up the defect by shouting.
macy and sound tradition.
"The immigration policy of Amer-
The
picas of the Independent Order Wilai Brith at the Uni-
The most recent action of the department in con- ,
ice, the policy which Congressman
with Count Karoyli of Hungary is such a corn
versifies of Illinois and Wisconsin, has justified its ex-
Johnson helped to create, is not
late departure from all standards of free speech and
founded on fair play. All immigra-
p
istence and activity.
tion restrictions are not founded on
W as conceived
vet the B'nai asylum for the politically oppressed that we hate to
Although the foundationn C.
at Baldwin,
Illinois
justice but on lawlessness and hear
think what may happen if the policy is carried to its
lessness. Congressman Johnson feels
by a Christian, Professo A.
matter was
this instinctively and probably con-
logical conclusion.
B'rith responded with readiness whet
sciously as well, and just because of
w
realistic,
sane
statesmen
of
brought to its attention. A leader was placed in charge
Karoyli is one of the fe
fiat he tried to defend his position
influ-
opposed to both the Red and the White re- - as a matter of justice. Judge Panken,
effort has been made to extend them
and every
d
of course had an easy job to refute
ence of the organization to the entire Jewish student gloss which have controlled his country since the en
his arguments. lie ' had no difficulty
eorrespondenea
Tit Insure publication. all
••ening of each week.
office by Tuesday
March 20, 1925
Adar 24, 5685
Where Are We Drifting?
The Hillel Foundation.
body.
primarily relig-
The purpose of the foundation is p
or worn-
ions: the leaders believe that the young man
an of Jewish parentage should come under the influ-
of Israel if he or she is to be a
. r
ence o
more useful m ember of society. To this end religious
services are held. Although those who are in greatest
need of religious influences have so far neglected to
avail themselves of the religious influences, yet certain
changes have taken place which conclusively indicate
a t m( th e
that the foundation has penetrated and perme
of the war. He is best classified as a Wilsonian Demo
carat. Such liberalism is not tolerated in the country
dominated by Awakening Nlagyars. It is true that he
came to thbi country only after he promised not to
k • 11 . • wife was ill and the state department ad-
• I
him as a special dispensation. Now they Insist
met
that he be a good sport and live up to his agreement.
good sport and proposes to live up to his
Karoyli is a
the matter is more vital and concerns
agreement, but
us more deeply than the good sportnianship of the
t,;1,
feeling that there existed within the
",,
heart of the Sephardic world foe Ian-
(e
gage, customs, tradition and land of
my fathers, which they use and pray -
.e,
tire its their daily life.
This experience determined me to
get into communication with leading
persons in the various colonies if the
Sephardim in the obi and new worlds..( '‘.
,V•
The questionnaire I sent out to them
et,
brought Leek a flood of valued let-
',
tees, data and information that went
lards had completely forgotten that
:L
lk on
into the 'slaking of my first hu nk
element of our population which was
^" ,
the subject, whieh I called: "Span-
one of the most important collabor-
(
Without a Fatherland." 'Phis
lards
eters its the development of our civ-
phrase summarizes the grund total of
Even without a definite
ilization.
my impressions, collected Adirectly
knowledge of the facts of the ruse, it
from my many and continuous c o n-
should be impossible to believe that
s
Wets wit h the long lost brothers and
several cent tire's of such inti-
after
V3
also from the documentary eviden,,
mate co-operation inevery activity
..
part.
"
that was sent to me Dent :ill pa
of human life, of such close associa-
of the world. The sensatien created
,:,.
li o n in a common history, there should
by the publication of the book, di.
have remained in no Spanish heart a
i
entirely to the subject matter, was
friendly sentiment for the Jews and
:'-'4
such that two bodies as eenservativ,
that no Spanish mind should be able
''
as the Royal Academies of Letters
to rise above the passion of religious
and History of Madrid gave their
strife and racial prejudice to a high-
approval to the presentatitin of such
Cr and clearer view of the true issue.
an important national matter before
The very prominence which the
the public.
,Ies
,law', hied achieved in the life of my
Since m y first presentation of tle.
country in official capacity as builders
IF:
subject in a speech its the senate en
and guardians of the state and its
November 13, 1met, I have continued
political life bespeaks the great es-
u
laying the chief emphasis on the m.oe
teem in which they were held by all
'
al, political and historic. duty no.
classes of society. There are historic
country and government have to IL
records of the feet that even at such
Sephardim. It is not only recemp..
a time of intolerance and persecution
tuition for a great wrong of the pe
as during the.existence of the Inqui-
that I am urging my people to I..
sition and the expulsion of the .lews,
stow, I am rather inclined to view the
numy voices were raised in sincere
even greater impoit
nuttier as one of even
resentment against the injustice and
once and significance to the Spanish
cruel edict. However, it can easily
1,
nation. d Its moral rehabilitation
nation.
be realized how the great sea of hat-
its peac e with its 11,11
h
red and prejudice engu
conscience, its return to a place ot
a
i the Spanish conscience and ,
tiny
honer in the Enmity of the u:rti a
tv,zehltlitywttle•ri,Iliegoiuosusintie,triiistrietaititi,eit:tutf_
The lively interest displayed today
by the leading circles of my country
in the restoration of an amicable un-
dertaking between Spaniard and Jew
is not entirely without root in the
earlier periods of its history. In view
,I(thnt immortally glorious epte:h of
the history of the Jewish people which
had its setting during many centur-
yes in my country, it is not at all
reasonable to suppose that we Span.
in proving how little fairness there fs
nnathh,: American immigration laws
poliey Lnituovu•hwiefd
?he egotism For
is can he proven vas:
after all, and ti,
Xinerica did not lose anything
itnmigration. It became . r t
and powt•rful with their help. The
-
more labor:mt . hands, the more pos
. in , .;r ditt lt t uha t
0 f
amble iittsbgeTt.:antni,,r,faur
not as yet been touetel, and there is
no fear of over - crowding.
"Congressman Johnson's second
argument was also easy to attack.
The present immieration laws with
the
q u o t f a 1 8p 9r( rii:•i,!ac, hated on
the , us,:
aim nu( be achieved without
reclowiliatio n
nwasure
lion led to the greatest error ever cons-
Sephardic brothers, who a re a.. o
mitted by any , country.
a
part
of
the
great Spanish i m . .,
Since then veal changes have tak -
we who are today living eithie :.•
en place in the entire range of my
physical boundaries of the s i ,,,,,,,.
country's life. And I am happy to
it,.
) recttili vit vt troantguthhtei•onfir(s,t
eit s i l til(en to t,slate
stI TIU. continued value of the '-: 1
f
.,.1.;I:nlY':9-
its the. general review of dim he the progressive dity
y the
1
my lieliple
tee !..i,:,,t,
fut. i i, t1:::f
, , ..f it,urtn) S rti t iisti s )iy, srtth. f.t u il l ti l „ .s
,,tot t r h y e.
od , n uth in d
their i r d situ r ion a t ti t tl his otif i n sitt :;iu
count.
Why should the state department make his silence
'
Jewish youth of Illinois.
Three years ago hundreds of Jewish students fail-
a condition precedent to his admission? Have we lie
come the upholders of monarchism? Are we really be-
ed to acknowledge their religion when they registered.
and simple. The Congmsman
Thirty-seven
young women
registered
with is
the
knows
, % .;:ti r teni ' p lt oriv arrvg : e iiritiel
Women's Chirstian
Association.
Now this
all Young
chang- coming the last refuge of the emigre? When we think Imre
It is said that they number onlyabout
Itolows it anti everybody else
ze n
the entire issue of Spanish-Sephardic
two thousand. There is no census that
of the rece'ption to the Grand DuchesS Cyril and the
wttthi‘ Nws, Tlit, :trliestr, alit! Sal g
deal
relationships was reopened in a spirit
-
establishes
this or any tither figure
Grand Duke Boris, not to mention the lesser ex-nobility,
ed. Practically every Jewish student admits his re
of reconciliation and recification. I
John.
of anti - Semitism in this law. If openly,
definitely. However, HS their anees
our demo -
am happy that I can now speak for
would
have
admitted
it
ligious affiliations and not one young woman of the
uspicion
that
all
is
not
well
it
tors
of
old,
so
they are today, show-
son
we have a s
as an re-
my beloved fatherland, once so great
lace
inc the some high qualities in el,ery-
Jewish faith has registered to lead a Christian l
he
but his atti.
the . world's life, and say
,
a
factor
This may be an inconsequential matter to many, but erotic It protestations.
to our Sephardic brethren wherever thing they undertake In commie
is rather difficult for us to reconcile ourselves to
p
tude would have been understood
fate has carried them that the and industry and tii;nce, its the
-
a
heightening
of
sound
,
they'
rmy
they'
respect
the
notion
that
the
ilorthy
government
is
able
to
pre
their
fessions and even in the
if an increase of self -
par -
-
",1:ll c".
which I am privileged to tepee -
en, di f btutw TilrIll 2,,'Itut h,',I nve ba
are making notable . contributitins to
vent Count Karoyli from expressing his opinions in this ', o';,n
pride, the breaking of an inferiority attitude mean any
ticubir effort tt; provesthatmthei:e
s, ent is also the ardent desire of a
the country which is glad to hav e
In
thing then this is indeed an accomplishment which re-
country and yet the state department does not deny
great many of my countrymen.
no race discrimination anti of course
them and to receive them on ferins of
moments
of
doubt
and
depression,
to the credit of the 11'ntii Writh and the Hillel
the charge, but resorts to a piece of specious reasoning
he failed.
t kin- [•quality with the rest of the citizen-
"The truth about the American im-
t the contemplation of hource
which does not touch the crux of the matter. The
migration policy is this: The Amen-
Ameri- when in
Foundation.
sh tough as I look back now on the
e t vu ic rnim to s
In the present age of cynicism, disillusion and thrill-
method of confession and avoidance may be good
tot:tlistr%uPreaogPinegwtehou;hnt'st, t we
c e iltunthpdopufloation, organ ot izetel i labor in-
z nis„ ; our exiled sons for inspiration in the years of agitation of the Hispanic-
c
perot
e
t
.
r
an ytera y nyeg mo
that n ot
seeking all sorts of panaceas are offered, among them
technical legal reasoning but in a matter touching such
come into this country. The govern- work of carrying on the great tradi- Jewish rapprochement I feeIt ade o n
-
enough progress has heal
religious training. We are unable to accept any one
fundamentals as free speech and asylum we would pre
Lions of our land._ In them, .who
sue t into L
the road to the goal and though I re-
throughout the tar flung parts ofthe
,rent circles of America, influenced
cure for all the social evils current•today. lf, however,
far some substantial and valid argument.
war, is
imbued with
hatred
my government,
I
b orld
European
propaganda
during
the to- earth demonstrate the lasting vigor gret that
constantly
besieged, has which
not yet
a movement raises human dignity and gives one the
Upon several occasions in the recent past. especially
(o
h
thotettah for r our
ne h m ot
-
at.nluurently,tithglihssirhituuratl,,hve
- wY
which81,7,uthi l hed hei rs, tn t 1st; t nn it,tlet
our r
feeling of racial and religious equality it has our un
in the Chongrad outrage and the amnesty for Hungar
wards certain groups of people and
sr , we
..
own
be lost of the fart that large masses
qualified
approval.
Too many
truculent shouters would have us believe ians who had murdered Jews, we called attention to the - par chuelsa,ely ere the the
In my contemplation of Jewish his -
tie eti j neciPles • on
that the
naturally move .e l lowly, a ( t idd
fact that the state department should bring these in
which the whole immigration policy tv• tsh
g i t ter ii,t o .thli ,,,, ngo h t ryttit :r iette me t' ,
there
t
weight o f
the attention of the llorthy Govern-
that our Jewish youth have an ancestral pride and
is
founded.
They
are
very
question-
to
"in tilat thisti
with
n
beens
defensible acts
1 1::av ''teler' sfla en
ntithing
t
e:steem to the people of that history
are animated by a sense of racial superiority. This is
meat. Nothing has been done so far tel our knowledge. - awbhltette,perrinienipcl,ems,fliaonntiwihave
way of the patent desire of the State
y, ite
s hroism
than its enduring
enuring tragedy,
to show a warmer interest in the
especially untrue as regards those who have no knowl-
As we view it, the matter was of infinitely greater ser
under the constant pressure of suffer-
—
ing and the great moral fibre that has work. One of the most important
edge of the culture and traditions of Israel; and the
iousness than the Karoyli incident. There is apparently
JEWISH COLONIZATION
- things to notice in this connection is
resisted the pounding of mighty ens
number who are ignorant is nothing short of shocking.
a close connection betsveen the foreign otlices when
that the royal rulers of Spain are in
pires, the assaults of tyra nnical op-
l o the
full sem athy with the ideaf
This feeling of inferiority, this seeking to evade and
this un-American Karoyli incident can be done with no
Under the caption "The Swindle
pression to such an extent that how-
the Se h ' irdic P movement that the 'ow
of Ikon" Mordecai Danzis attacks in
deny, often does ineffacable injury. Many a young
war stepit.d for-
attempt to explain or even justify it.
'
the Jewish Daily News the organize- ever deep its misery
and
cruel
nt
during
the
late
to
exist
meP
,
WAS forced
man and woman is marred for life by this shame and
ward in a number of instances as the
The whole affair leaves a very bad taste, especially
life
Hon recently formed to support Jew. soil on which it
rout
Welcome
it nevertheless has taken
diplomatic protector of the Sephardi ,
whenever it set foot during the end-
ish colonization in Russia. Dr. Dan-
sense
of lead
unworthiness.
Jews who by the fortunes of war were
The
taken by Illinois and Wisconsin should be when considered with the manifestations of
zis claims that the new organization
less wanderings of the ages.
to the deposed royalty of Russia.
that
left practically without official pre-
dominated
by
Communists
who
It slit a casual occurrence
is
hA:t so the es.
followed by the students at all universities. The local
Where are we drifting? Racial discriminatioin, re-
t lior h i in alli[dthiatiels.i
to
ex
loit
Jewish
sentiments
to
Want
tr atr iu dsit t ht jtnz„,in,,,r7irint‘ecttrattylis tthieroSzh-
their communistic
at B'rith can hardly find a work which will reflect
,.
!igloos
conflicts
and
Nordic
superiority
have
become
a
Rf;r
hs
runtd
s
raise
e TiVve°rsitye oeVadri:LIP:ittritert'hifitt
gre
in th '
greater credit and give deeper satisfaction than the
e astern Europe. I am not a Jew, but
part of our national baggage of late. Are we now to
aotc ear f. Yehuda to the
would
tell
frankly
a
Christian
and
do
not
know
if
there
lkorja
P "If '3.11e
choir of Jewish history and Rae-
founding of a Billet Foundation at the University of
ophancy' and monarchial worship to the list
:h t it is and by whom it is being
as a lew arming my ancestors,
add s . yc
.
l
turn 'i D e o t n in nYet
the crime would not be so great.
though I should hesitate to make any
of our degradation of the democratic creed.
Michigan.
negate in the best manner a deeper
• h
wou ( ld k now wit
categorical statement in the negative,
I ws wou
la
is
not
only
ied,
'
to
,
A
matter
it
and more informed understanding in
If we feel strongly upon this
t dealing The leaders
I
i am one o , f those in my counter
whom t h'
my country to that gar at t
because it touches our Americanism, but for the a -
who believe that all ot us in Spain
°tit the lkor, however, are trying to
sake
the
Jews
believe
that
theirs
is
section.
Their
representatives
are
have
at
least
stone
Semitic
blood
in
man,
Dr. Max Nordau, whom I have
ditional reason that our co-religionists have been treat-
had
the
distinguished
privilege
..f
an impartial organization that is not
our veins. .This can be taken almost
Among the discordant noises; the contradicting.
ed most shamefully by Hungary and no protest has
knowing intimately, was Spain s ex
is
with the Jewish
for a certainty as my fatherland was
-
pression of admiration not only foe
affirmations and denials; the stupidly absurd demon
been sent condemning the government's indefensible connected
that privileged soil on whirh all the
at.
Mediterranean
peoples
at
one
time
or
tin.
genius of her guest, but also t
sealing all over the country and
strations of American Bolshevists in the United States
embrace of affection for the Sear
the n-
conduct.
n , d
lrstvtiti:::e
itrary
(rh
t
ehei
„th,
are appealing in the
o
zu
atth
another
h
there emerges the fact that the irresponsible, arb inde
e r
our
,
s, the very
We are not in favor of numarchy. The supercili
and
n n ricch h esdf
bt ra
fortunate Russian Jews, of
'n
ad it t civTlt i lzg a
more responsible judicial
culture
was
,tt lety l •tstthe er-
mass o f races and
Cheeks has given place to a
Ti this
prisons arbitrary Emperor of Germany represented all thatous,
e e
don
of
the
world
in
which
we
all lie.
con-
natiene also northern peoples
bj - .1 1 - •Xs AOIrtre et ,l,'grr,tn,.;!
body in Russia. Although trials are still secret,
and h overthrow was a n oec
of
o f
conf im
i t r :e
and partake.
pf form
- hate in to Aer ica
tt t sh a re
l eaders e f h th e lkor a d a p
t riebu tt;e:tihi their
Are
optimistic
about
the ti
art
.
important
-
ita
n
are in many case noisome and prison practices
to
beer-
e
l
v
a
e
clse
led
athulti n
aye d a is most
and the
c was suppo
ence whic
e num - tive ful whi hmwe p l
i asue.
tin cess of the rap
reel h
few
the Jews it is known that they first
tensible. there is a vast improvement. while th
we now to forget all this? Are we to view despots and
partial
Spaniard
an
h
seen
Sp
n7u7-
Inca)
Common
tIy
even be-
prochement bet
n
''g
r k. an
eme . lI
;..>; a them.
came o t the shores td Spai
bar of politicals has appreciably decreased. Yet more
inanct and prevent the enemies of royalty
Sephradic now in progress, I do ne
howeer, monopolized the con-
frngs as sacros
ki
eats,
sm
fore the fall of the Temple in Jeru- -
Mee
sight
of
the
opposition.
It
will
tut
than 1,000 are still held as enemies of the threvolution.
salem at the hands of the Roman le
aen d secured control of the
o m express g their opinins?
ere are no
that
flee t o mention the storm mime, by th
ere . he
then many waves of
to
be
gh
The younger Csist
ommunists in
Ikon
glens.
Since
ryli
is
good
ts,...
a
are
we
If Count Ka
publication of my first book to give a
ges -
gration have come and
" The J ews of A mer i c a
Jewish
in Russia. but thi hypocrit ical
h he will
e violates the l a w
Wes of what nesdern Spain has to eel
ric sone
Inc appealed to for financial assist-
pot itical prs
needed, hut adding each time some-
s hould not b e muzozle. Ifnti h
icontent s wh o
is
tend with in the form of the inherit.
he does, he should have
to
know
that
the
Ikor
ec
lure convinces
l
s n nobody. The older Ma
thing
p
ositive
to
our
national
make-
U
ought
punished.d
anceo
b e properly
-
ime know tha t
"
brilliant
prejudices
of the past. While all II
unist clique. It is the coll
a C mm
suffered the cruelties of the Czarist reg
the right and privilege of freedom of speech.
bay ' Raley
veal elements greetet w
tion box of the Jewish Communists.
who • ' 'n -
marks I in "
the professions, the arts and
men who differ only in point of t
•
the appearance of the book, the pre
Monies raised by the Nor will be at
sciences and the industrial and eco-
in general as well as most of my too
capable of an anti-social act are not criminals, but only
summit. phases of our life to the extent
the dis pmal of the treacherous Jewish
IIIIii
If some of the reports coming from Roumania were - Communists
trymen were quite indifferent,
that even today almost all of our out
political offenders.
Jewish Com-
veritable howl went up from the f
.
cities have preserved intact the guar-
not so tragic they would make delightful reading in
It is high time that partisan bitterness subsided.
who
missing
the
heart
of
t
of dog
in with
a
natics
tees haunted with the great memories
muni sts are caprsble
500 a pi
competition with the comic supplement of the news
we have already
entire mattt.r professed to
The day of proving the workability of Bolshevism is
of their Jewish tecupants.
A merican &Ma
e
of Jewish origin, even charged the a
wt h h ee h e r e y lei r
papers for first plate. The police prohibited meetings
On my travels, at first through the
t ,
see
h ,n ri ,i e a s t w the
long past and it is it work of supererogation to denum-
et e in m te thvIrhte.. n
thor with being a Jew and issued
Danubian area of Europe., in 1882,
of Nahum Sokolow, chairman of the World Zionist
's
strate the follicles and blunders of the Russian com-
warning against the threatening .
Jewish dollar that they usurped stn
and then through Hungary, Serbia,
Organization,
in
Clatisenberg,
Temesvar
and
Oradea.
.•
weap
vasion of Jewish phalanxes from I
munist experiment. Even those who took special pride
Roumania and Turkey, in 1903. I
uti ized by them for
l ne.tons
,
four corners of the earth. The fm.
on
account
of
the
ugly
attitude
of
the
anti-Semitic
made
my
first
acqaintance
with
the
in their predictions of failure from the very outset
quotes
ty of the old University of Salamare
Y..
existence, conditions and circum-
:ietrin'e .lt.i.lauiss'haf:tojrnIrg Journal Leaci-
forces
in
those
cities.
Yes,
it
was
much
easier
to
corn-
h n
which I represented in the senate, •
should cease to glow with pride of prophecy and use
stances of the Sephardic people, which
g th y articl e
acob of Kov n o,
a
mit this unlawful act than to prevent the lawlessness
irsed me and denounced the book W!
their good will and perspicacity in an attempt to bring
led me to extensive investigations that
sky in t he Jewish by W Jrld
as
s e . s e i s t, the
characterizes
t
wui
idea of their classes. Pamphlets
e
author
itoh
h
of
violent
Jew
halters.
But
this
irony
has
been
repeat-
later
enabled
me
to
deliver
my
ad-
in 1 which
about a condition in Russia to that the notion of politi-
against
me
and
I
soon
movement
published
dresses in parliament, publish the ar-
so often in Roumania since the end of the war that
gun to feel the effects of public
ell
an injurious fantasy. lie points out
cal prisoners may disappear from the stage.
ticks in the Spanish press and write
a i
cto hrn
is among the expected happenings of the day. If
sentment in my social relations a
At this distance it does seem that the political per-
,arta t h e,i Ru sts i t i t a in , izivrst :eer nin tish en t t at
it
the two books which I have devoted
professional practice. However, rs
Sokolov' needed any additional proof of anti-Semitic th
to this subject. I recall now the first
secutions diminish as friendly relations with the out-
had discounted this reaction and
Y pt to give: this land to the
any tal t r tem
conversation I had with four Jews,
bitterness
his journey through Europe has undoubtedly
side world increase. But more than political stability
Jews would give rise to a new ante-
coo
naticism as being clue to centuries
one from Roumania and the other
liTtltvt rt
'
utter ignorance abet the Jew, 1 it
itv,:tmoVieantoonreititnh;
convinced
him
of
the
obdurate
btterness
which
has
,
•,:niti,ettnats
,,
three
from
Serbia,
passengers
with
is needed in Russia. Economic rehabilitation is an ur-
no attention to it, and found my s
of those in-
me and my family in the same train
t
engulfed whole coun ries. This is another
gent need. Due to the unsatisfactory economic- con-
comment:
ishe
following
isfaction in the support that caner
il
l
atd
from
Vienna
to
Budapest,
who
were
tie
soi
l
er
which
have
made
the
Balkans
such
f
Every
plan
to
settle
Jews
on
land
me from quarters that semi in
ditions. a new crime has been discovered: they call it
attracted to us by the sound of the
is
a
fantasy,
more
or
less,
but
this
future meld the spirit and mind
Spanish
language.
They
greeted
us
for comic opera plots.
"unconscious economic espionage." Only in a coun-
Political Prisoners in Russia.
ft,
- -- -- -- —
try steeped in obscuritism and with such a keen appe-
•
tite for philosophic deformities could such a concept
•
r
take hold. But it indicates fairly the suspicious, nerv-
they could
ous state of mind of those in power. If
stop thinking that which they imagine is subversive Three things conspire in mine eyes,
and injurious they would do so. And must the people. To bring the remembrance of Thee ever before me,
the vast underlying population of Russia, who are in no And I possess them as faithful witnesses:
manner responsible for Bolshevism, continue to suffer Thy heavens, for w hose sake I recall Thy name,
the economic boycott imposed upon Russia by the The earth I live in, that rouseth my thought
With its expanse which recalleth the expander of my
United States?
pedestal.
We recall all too well the pleas made on behalf of
the German people when President Wilson was trying And the musings of my heart when I look within the
depths of myself.
to find a basis for peace negotiations. It was true then
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, forever and aye!
that the German masses were not responsible for the
war, they were not consulted by the war lords, the
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL
Kaiser or the industrialists. It is equally true that
Three Ihiv
n,,.0- (Anspire
a- ems.- csr>wessessee.
ii.r,g,j01'esZsirl.).1V.40W-4-)...e.4.0" <AY
project of the Soviet government is
not a mere theory. Negotiations were
on for some time. The government
declared its willingness to support the
project and to give certain aseurances
that the land given to the Jews will
remain in their possession. When the
time conies for the publication of the
agreement, it will be realized that the
dreamers are those who opposed the
project and do not know or per apt
do not want to know the facts. When
the government of Moscow states that
there is land for the Jewish colonists,
the authority of the economists who
claim the contrary is worthless. At
any rate this project is not injurious
and is not • fantasy. The only fear
that has any foundation is that the
Soviet government may not continue
long enough to carry out this plan.
and started the conversation, grace-
fully maintaining and entertaining
or
dispute as to whether it WAS t hey
we' that spoke the real Spanish , as
they assured us that they were talk-
ing the language of Cervantes.
Through them I obtained information
about the numerous settlements of ,
Sephardim throughout the oriental
art of Europe and learned also to my
great surprise of the spiritual loyal-
ty they were still keeping to their
former home. On a later trip through
the same country I had the pleasure
of meeting the scholar, Enrique Be-
iarano, director of • Spanish educe-
iional institution in Bucharest. It
wa• then I began to realize to a de-
gree appro ximeting the full measure
of the deep affection and tenderness of
Spain. These included members
liberal political groups, preen,.
scholars. modernized representat
ir
of the church, forward looking
lectuals, and statesmen of the cal
of Mara, Canalejae and Nloret. TI
are the people that count for the
off
lure. The otifers will pass
stage into the dead past where I
be t ting.
cm i¢rx
In view of the preee
problem facing the Jewish peepI
is pertinent to remark that them
have been associated in the mind
people with the a
■ great many immigration
into Si
racy of mass
the ephardic
movement
has n
S
envisaged an •influx on a large
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