FLE Ventorrlot ism (A KoN tc.4.
nificant this condition was accepted as an entirely sat-
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THE DIGEST
NORDIC OR NOT?
THE EPOCH OF JEWISH
CONTRIBUTIONS
A Keen Satire On a Trite Subject by a Brilliant Author.
By HILAIRE BELLOC,
expected in our limited Jew-
"The unexpected
In the New Statesman, London.
ish circles," says the Jewish Morning
great many sdbjections; but what I
Journal of April 21, "is becoming a
and Publication Building
I.
General Offices
have said will be sufficient to indicate
Again an Eastern
United States.
daily occurence.
Behold, my child, the Nordic man,
525 Woodward Avenue
•
places in which he is to be surprised
n Jew of the last peri od of
Europea
And be as like him as you can:
Cobb Address: Chroeicla
Many of the state courts in the United States have
and the kind of things which you will
Telephone: Cadillac 1040
i mmigrati on came forward with a do.
His legs are long, his mind is slow,
London ors.,
i
there
find
hi
.doing.
As
for
his
char-
enunciated the principle that this is a Christian coun-
tual
Jewish
object,
or
a
nation f
His hair is lank and made of tow.
14 Stratford Place, London, W. I Eastland
tl
acter, which lies at the rout of all this
hundreds of thousands
donation o f spiri
a d
try, but that does not mean even by the furthest stretch
II.
$3.00 Per Year
great
perforniance,
that
is
less
easily
Years
ago
such
things
of dollars.
And here we have the Alpine race:
--
of the imagination that the Christian religion must be
Subscription, in Advance
he
described, for one might as well at-
were unknown among our Russian
Oh! what a broad and brutal face!
tempt to describe a color or a smell;
taught Jewish, Mohammedan, Buddhist or any other
imer. publication. all correspondence and of matter toilet ~1 Ws
Jewish brothers and now, within t e
Ibis skin is of a dirty yellow,
Ts raven
by Toemlay evening of each week.
but I can give some indications of it.
months, we nave had the
la
He is a most unpleasant fellow.
than Christian children.
, of intermt
The Nordic Man dislikes all cruelty
st few of recording the donations of
Chronicle Invitee correspondenr• on subject meat of the
pleasure
III.
The
etroit Jewish
D
to
disalaim. respon.ibility for an Ina
to animals, and is himself kind to
We
have
a
feeling
that
sound
Anglo-Saxon
fair
d
thousand
dollars
each
by
iod
OO.
a
hundred
The most degraded of them all
the Jewish W
Mwe
expressed
by
the
writers.
them
in the following scale: first the ,.
he
•
Messrs. Lamport and F ish
play and love of freedom of worship will settle this
Mediterranean we call.
dog, then the horse, then the cat, then
the
Yeshibah, the h undred thousand dol-
His hair is crisp and even curls,
troublesome problem in a manner agreeable to all.
birds,
and so on till you get insects,
tar Israel Matz Foundation for He-
And he is saucy with the girls.
after which he stops caring. Microbes,
brew authors and now the donation of
oddly e nough, he detests. He will treat
Israel Unterberg of $200,000 for the
This translation is my own. I offer
them in the most callous manner.
Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theo-
it with diffidence, for I recognize that
In the matter of wine the Nordic
symbol
of
a
people
in
a
logical
Seminary
of
New
York.
it
does
not
reproduce
the
deep
organ-
The Wandering Jew is the
Man is divided; you cannot predicate
"Such donats are epoch-making.
tones of the original. But it gives
hostile world. All take the peregrinations of Israel for
of him that he will drink, or that if
•
represent
the
beginning
of
a
They
the
substance
of
that
fine
poem,
and
Since the end of the war we have been regaled
he drinks it he knows what it is. But
periodin Jewish contributions for
granted. Over there it is an accepted fact in Jewish
new pe
it is only with the substance—I mean
in the matter of whiskey you may
nil arenas in Europe. ad nauseam with the madcap jazzy antics of youth
Jew ish educational purposes and in
that description of the race which it
safely say that it is his stand-by, save
life, for who has not parents or Kra P
I have here to deal.
The floods of Jewish immigrants have crossed and re- which had entered upon an orgy of defiance and mono- fee t loutions of Jews for general edu-
for a certain subsection of him who
pposes.
In
speaking
of
these
I heard so much about the Nordic
cationalur
the clanism. The spiritual renascence so devoutly wished
islt and apart
eople, we
daan rde anrue t stao,uae .h, itt . t
of
otetifts
y thgaftealt
tm.rneonnttl hsa
new generouss
g
crossed the world since the Diaspora. Sometimes
w : sn novt,h, ste.
oun-
000.
f
000
p
,
,
the
$3our
pressure was immediate and acute, at others it was a for by those who grow materially and spiritually fat did
lcaosItlecf
should f o ex
d
u - tle en nsa to(ifr rtleusgogir e s ntnrihaunt dg ra
to:i con
not materialize, and in their rage because they must
-
mass of information u
speech-
matter of choosing a new home where economic, cul
ntrib
. Upon thee
He hates to betray an emotion, but
abundant.
hate something these non - combatants selected the
and
Wattenburg to the Hebrew Uni -
t
he
and the Medito rranean Man I am not
tural and political opportunities were more
he
hates
still
more
the
complete am-
news
e is it indeed to any
versify in Jerusalem. All this is
But our peripatetic urge has not been allowed to dull youth of the land for their special poisonous debauches.
so erudite; nr
cealment of it. Ile has therefore es-
for
No Ameri can Jeww up ti ll now gave .
id 1
differs
great purpose text I
One
would
imagine
that
our
modern
youth
diff
tablished
a
number
of
conventions
And
in
the
whole
ropulsion.
3 000 000 for a purpose of this sort
they are not clearly inferior. But the
, . .
throug a
n
Nordic Man is worth anybody's whereby it may be know when
he is
and no Russian or Galician Jew con-
itinerant history of Israel there was never a time when essentially from the youth of every other period in the
not; but he
angry,
pleased,
or
what
tributed $100,000 and more in lump
trouble; and here is what I have found
history of civilization. Ile is ictured as mischievous,
has no convention for fear, for he is
calamity and shuttling was so much a part of his life
sums for spiritual purposes.
out about him.
every
outraging
s u a
never afraid. This reminds me that
"Such acts are praiseworthy and
sensuous, drunken vagrant b pent upon o
He is the conqueror and the adven-
as it has been in the last decade. The Wandering Jew
the Nordic Man despises conflict with
'
ef a waken great hopes. The first
turer. He is the lawgiver and the es-
convention
and smashing every accepted standard
they
has given place to a more abject, misery laden individ-
lethal weapons unless it be against the
benefactors will surely not he the last
sentially moral man. He arranges
ual now called the Refugee Jew. That refugee who is which has proved itself against every subversive at-
enemies of his country, but he delights
ones. Our great spiritual hunger will
the world as it should be arranged.
in watching, and will sometimes him-
be
stilled
more
often
in
the
future.
He
does
everything
for
his
own
good
now marooned in the ports of Europe and in Cuba. We tack.
self practice, conflict conducted with
and for the good of others. He is a
stuffed gloves. As for fighting with
strengthened and new ones will be
natural leader. Even those who hate
his feet, he would not dream of it;
erected. It may be foolish to pride
him fear him; all respect him. The
nor does he ever bite.
J
great
number
of
well-
n
Alpine Man sits sullenly at his feet
moulds which dessicated age has made a new phenome-
we learned that our imagination was too tepid and
The Nordic Man is generous, and
.e
.
h ,er es . i sh.sto.m
otnt J
awaiting his orders; the Mediterran-
" tot' ;el vesd o thhe
non in the history of the race? Has not the youth of
treats all men as his equals, especially
shadowy. Reports coming from Europe and Cuba are
forepwride
u
can Man flies in terror trim his face.
-stifiacnatiorn
those
whom he feels to be somewhat
the past sowed its wild oats, reveled, besotted itself lu
cast contributions to educational insti-
But it is not enough to learn these
harrowing. It is almost unbelievable that men, women
inferior in rank and wealth. This is
wits, ,foirritthaenddetzlopment of the general characters in the Nordic Man,
and children can be treated with such shocking inhu- with drink, worn coats of many colors and cravats
a very beautiful trait in the Nordic
i . encouragement ,
pleasing though they are. No sound
Man, and causes him to believe that
which put the spectrum to shame? Has not the youth, tJuettii
Details could not arouse greater indignation
biologist could be content until he
of Jewi.st learning
manity.
he is everywhere beloved. On the other
astles •, lo ok
whole world is beginning to
.,,
e
knew
something
intimate
of
his
origin
with
warm
blooded
enthusiasm,
stormed
all
the
castles
up
th
i
i
ch
nor make us more determined to wipe out these plague
hand, the Nordic Man prefers to live
and habits—where he might be found,
of reaction and falsehood? Has not idealistic youth
with those richer than himself. The
what he does, and how to tell him at
-
areas,
Nordic Man detests all ostentation in
The lives of 15,000 human beings are at stake. rebuilt the world on a glorified pattern time without
THE TIMID JEWISH STUDENT
sight.
dress, and detests even more the wear-
This, then, is what I have found
Despite the fact that a calloused Congress did not pass number? Has not vigorous youth always done most
ing of cheap clothes. Ile loves it to
about the Nordic Man. I have space
he known that his clothes were cost.
. Katz takes some American Jew-
the emergency legislation which would have admittetl heroic deeds both in fact and fancy to prove his man-
only for the most salient points, but
timidity
ir,
th
eR
for
f
te
t
r
ato
gke.
ly. Ni Nordic Man wears a made-up
ttn.
I hope to complete the picture in de-
these unfortunates who held American visas, yet some hood to admiring friends? Is the drinking bout a new
7
l
'
,:l
tie.
a
'
h
a
lliu
these
tail when I shall have leisure to write
- shocked old ladies of both l
contra
s
If
the
horror
eric
an
AmIn
The Nordic Man boasts that he i ,
"Thedean of
way call be found to cut the red tape of departmental. invention?
my hock on the species. It will be
to the students i to select a
not addicted to the Arts, and here he
routine in this most urgent situation. When a great sexes will but read the literature and history of the
fully illustrated, and will have a very
delegation to participate in a celebra-
is quite right; but he is an excellent
complete index.
f
calamity befalls it is the common practice of humanity good old days they may be amazed to learn that their
•
collector of work done by the inferno
thi
t .
The Nordic Max is born either in
l'elln ( a) -
rs of
lt . t he hePecetr
Mediterranean race, and is justly
na isi•Loin
w
tehrel
grandfathers and grandmothers in their ribald youth
hen loln"L'
the meticulous distinctions which normal
F
d
of
London
or
in
a
pleas-
,
to disregard
will scarcely counte -
proud of the rare successes of his own
.
WAS arranged by Ynational Jewish
life imposes. During the world catastrophe of the war did many things which old age
ant country - house, standing in its own
organizations of the city. The 0n -
people in this field. In . the • same i '
parklike grounds. That is the general
-
i
nance.
the
students
declared
that
the
affair
the Nordic Mien will tell you with li way
many peace time practices were ignored for the corn
rule. Ile is, however, sometimes born
out
purely Jewish and that they had
phasic that he cannot write. Thereit
teas
-
rathermcLefre
a
The
escapade
of
the
.
parsonage,
a
in
,adit‘
in
e
ed
.
ip
trnamzi
sl
T
s
h
1,
1y
h
enough
tt
h.itt,:iit
h
w
is
en
t
,00,i,
mon g ood. This refugee situation is an abnormal one
o
„
d
,(:sh
.
half
tim nothing
itt t je
i, e.t.hvei ntertu,(1ht.
ei tells
there has
been may
hardly
in bolder relief because youth
of today
which has lived on abnormalties. It
clools'es. t L
even for a people
-
g.
palace .,, or a canon'slou'r se in a'h
'..didinc. ever
when there was a more pestilential deluge ofy prohibie
a
gation of their own to take part in the
calls for action which may contravene established
Then the Jewish students Some of this type have been born in been able to write except !
lf faith he applie
.
celebration
and this articleo
that I c
tory legislation than today. When our elders were
tlebut m me e., itacti
ment of Labor. In all fairness we
t
hyyrOx.ord
,iosero
l'
rsnitteyriic.a3estuasnad.
t
,wvizeA
ey
forms in the Depar
(p,a r i ,lieci uvellis rl ,ya ttiotnrr hpela:t ry,. whic. h, hh.
nmoanneuefaa st-
turbulent youths it was only bad form at most to drink,
inspired in hi
may ask: Is it not better that these people who, on the
at the tHetbre
°e ma inly
towns, and Pr certainly
t'
toeing
that
is is concern of theirs.
now it is criminal. When our elders held the stage as
own ton.g:ue. only
l e
assurance and belief that they were entitled to come
of Charing Cross or south of the river.
. The Jewish students will not he
-
The
Nordic
Man
does
everythini
The Nordic Man has a nurse to look
here, made all preparations should be allowed to enter the iconoclasts of the status quo America had not ban
looked upon more favorably
favorably by their
better than anybody else does it, an
after him while he is a baby, and she
ned free speech and press. It was a place of asylum
unceiti
G
entile
colleagues
for
their
statements
e
this
truth
Department of Labor adhere scrupu -
roclaim
er
s
e
t Ge n til
and had has another domestic at her service. himself hput
'
rather than the
• •
-0 the politi
he particularl
.1:al they were Americans ,
politically
oppressed; no immigration restric-
wh
ingly;
for
lously to the letter of the law, thereby killing the spirit
Ie
is
h
as ii. il il ig.h it and a da ,,y nursery, and
he
h
nes
is
in
the.
administration
of jai
-
is i l teie
pairtte lnets tarsictse
lions wore on the statute books. Bootlegging was con
For he will condemn a man I
Jerusalem.
n ' t(' d " I f s" t he bGeenitTitle " e arts' td.venitns
'
which kills innocent human beings?
a m tu oshlis l.
which endear him
patriot.-
are
Jew-haters,
this
sn-called'u
risonment
or
death
with
great,
Secretary of Labor Davis is human and despite his fined to but a few areas. But today we live in a boot-
imp.
e,
grows through babyhood to childhood.
ism on the part of the Jewish students
of an
leg age anti consequently robust, whimsical, idealisti
His
an age of ten or eleven the rapidity than will the membir
Tow
hard boiled exterior is surely amenable to reason.
ill not win t eir favor. Nord ic stu-
other race in giving iudgm'ent he i
oran
goes
to
a
preparatory
youth
will
have
its
fling
and
much
that
is
dic
M
N
uxers hate Jews wheth-
hotblooded
l
rest
of
the
bunion
specie
scr
or
Ku
Kh
wents
d
.
o
f
which
is
unlike
the
discretion, of necessity, is wide. This discretion can be
school, the headmaster ,
er they are nationalists or not nation-
unmoved b y any bias of class or lib.,
sanctified is broken.
' K r tr.ae tl? trusted ably the Nordic Man's
used for humanitarian ends. This refugee matter must
iiet,nttlieorstlierint,i s ,
I 1 tthne g•C
f p ersimal interest. O.,, , th
-
l' t
hoi,,
e . tNo'oprldaiyc
let al
r.
The
youth
of
today
does
not
imprels
us
as
den
s m , ot %sepre:ci il l, y alsboy leath
-
with the secretary at once. President Cool
i i d
merely and
be taken up
pManlis.
a
p sicoannodain;
the honor of participating
a
will
ill
gerously
close
to
annihilation
because
of
it
a f' X.% gthr,r
tar
,e and wide
hiements
in this celebration because they are the game, and is also grounded in the are sought .
da
idge and the
1 1,. ,,,t, of
0 go od form, . poss ibly th ee the wor ld , f and hi s life is never
ism. We find the youth of today rather to id and cl
a special
c hdenatn,
sutu
in
rs
suito
surely support the secretary elhould
should he of make
alec(t1 (4fo t rele.tber.s. 1,,ph
inted
o
disapp
ger s av e ront
onally som
en, exce
d e vpti
illusioned, cynical and calculating, thinking in terms
ethei
mornet,
Ct
those who have some imaginary goo
eve
dispensation in this case and permit these unspeakably
tongue. 1
He plays football and
rmodse'ren 'an
ospects to a degree.
will certainly make a had 'impression.
always, he is an ce against h im
unfortunate ones to enter the country. The Jewish or- of sensual pleasure anti material prospects
A Jew that has nothing to do with the cricket; usually,
-
5
Th
which the youth of the less pragmatic are of a guar
give the secretary any guarantees he
the Nordic Man proceeds to
ga nizations will
nf one of the gr ea te st
. heat and an;
indifference
tropical
what
at is called a public school, where
m
sniritual institug.tions of his peopl e in
cold. Ile is a very One fellow.
He then
socialdisturb-
The quickening impulse to recreate a world
he stays till he is almut
his historic land is certainly a worth-
must
conclude
by
telling you
I
goes to either r 0 xford or Camb idge,
r.oble pattern seemsto be conspicuously absent from
less person in the eyes of honest tiler-
ance.
car into the army. Ile does not stay that I am not obtaining these darn
p
itual
noun.
hment
itual
ir
al
Americans.
s
p
The
s
from
any
personal
observations.
a
h omeric
f A
long in the army; while from the uni -
Great misfortunes require heroic measures; this •
the out
Y
"It is high time that American rev-
the part of the country in which I
ceived from
irsit • he prcceeds either to a pro-
tune is so great that no measure can be too heroic
Which the youth of the last generation re •
ish students should understan d that
fession—such as the bar, or writing has very few Nordic Men, and mss
m f
• •
the scientific, philosophic and religious glans o
they tore ridiculous with their 200 per
to save these people. We urge this action upon the
advertisements—or to residence upon them are away during the grin
cent Americanism,
nart of the year staying either in
last century has not been served the youth of today •
his estate. This last he can do only
secretary. Ile will win the approval of all decent, en-
-
houses of other Nordic Men or in
if his father dies early.
Unfortunately
the
youth
of
today
has
been
fed
on
the
lightened men and women in this country.
INSTITUTE OF GOOD WILL
resorts of pleasure upon the routine
The Nordic Man lives in comfort
bloody debacle of the war with its intrigue. cruelty and
But I have had the whole thin' ,
and even luxury through manhood; he
rt
s'riled to me m-st carefully liv
corrosion of the finest human values, and for dessert,
shoots, he hunts, he visits the South
Under this caption the Day of April
friend of mine who was for a 1.
of France, he plays bridge. He hates
24 comments editorially on the address
youth has been served with the cynical, sinister sweets
time himself a Nordic Man until
the use of scent; he changes into a
of Reverend .1ohn herring at the con-
Brii
had the misfortune to invest in
of an unconscionable peace.
The answer to this perplexing question can be found
special kind of clothes every day for
!ginrition Of Independent Order of B'nai
Dyes, and he guarantees me the
rdec
.
.eisci
g
h
e
,o
dinner.
lie
is
extremely
particular
e.n
,f
t
ty
te
c(di.
The alarming thing about the youth of today is the
sity thofin. Ant, Irtiii
in the muddled state of affairs in the city of Montreal,
curacy
of
his
description.--The
I
about shaving, and he wears his hair
fact that he will probably leave no monument to that
province of Quebec, Canada. The Jewish school chil-
ing Age.
cut short and even bald. The Nordic
conduc ted under the auspices of Prot.
Man does not bother much about re-
accumulation called pgress.
Youth will pass out of
ro
ic and Jews.
dren of the city are classed as Protestants and now since
f elartrliinolii
est43tr s,
that
ligion, so when he approaches death
forgot
rr,t tysonaentli
the period of jazz and drunkenness because age does
they number 12,000 the leaders of Montreal Jewry are
he has to distract himself with some
if it
not permit of the worship of Bacchus even though the
anxious to change a condition which came about when
are
t
hobby, often that of his health. Ile
s
stou
finance and politic
meet is
in trot
dies of all sorts of things, but more
:
not
our
ii
,
i
g
t
not
socially,
mind
is
willing.
But
what
is
the
spiritual
prospect?
the total Jewish population was less than 600.
The some of the United Jel
They
and more of the cancer. After his
a ea
To understand the anomoious condition it must be
To us it is not at all heartening. Youthful America is sa [Ion tn ei (
Charities was omitted last war}
segregatee
death, his sons, nenhews, or cousins
the
editorial on "Clean Up."
remembered that the schools of the province of Quebec
take up the role of the Nordic Man
us, avoid the streets , where we settle,
and perpetuate the long and happy Jewish Welfare Center at579 I
exclude Jews from clubs, deny admis-
out of barred prohibition whiskey instead of stimulat -
are denominational. The Catholics pay taxes to sup-
Philadelphia
avenue, which is
chain.
ons to Jewis h student in their or-
ideas which may be forbidden by those who pre -
charge of the clean-up campaigt
port their schools while the Protestants pay taxes to
Such is the life-story of the Nordic
ing
si
g aniz ati ons a nd atta cksthe Jews so-
a
part
of
the
United
Jewish Char
r.
I have given it only in its
se cret etr.nnree-
Man.
provide for their special educational needs. The neg-
openly,
fer comfort to experimenting.
system.
broadest lines, and have left out a
ar o er in a p( 8,
ntt1,14,
ligible number of Jews decided to send their children
Yes, the parents have a serious obligation to dis-
r hassadors or
not am
cent yea rs to become
to Protestant schools and pay taxes to maintain and
charge, but it is rather to bring home to youth a reali-
f ra j lges, no w slew there is a silent
support them. But with the rapid and steady influx
zation that cultural and spiritual values are of a sus- co mpac t tha t
r n ye aT it t -
haled
te f 0 rt se nat or :r. s hoovui ilfri n ( b ie
of Jews into Montreal the problem became vexing and
taining permanent worth while these other are ephe -
good will an institute of good do, and
-
acute. The 65,000 Jews, the present number in Mon-
why appeal to the Jews for it? No,
moral and evanescent. Surely the elders are respon
By STEPHEN MAGYAR
we need not lie called. We will come
treal. insist upon representation on the school board
Bible for they have left the world to the younger raver-
when the time will he ripe for it. Dr.
(Copyright by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1925.1
and feel that they should have something to say about
anon much poorer than they found it themselves.
Herring should address himself rath-
seised
as
191i, at the Postale* at Detrolt.
liesond-cia.. matter March Il i
Mich.. under the Act of March I. 1179.
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May 15, 1925
Refugee Jews.
The Revolt of Youth.
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When Is a Jew Not a Jew?
ADDITION
How Hungary Treats Her Greatest Act
the curriculum despite the fact that the trend of ju-
dicial opinion in Canada is to the effect that Canada is
a Christian country. True. there is a conscience clause
in the agreement between the Protestants and the Jews,
yet it is rather humilitating to 65,000 Jews to be sub-
ject to the generous whim of any group, no matter how
• 1
magnanimous.
hardly understand such
In the United States we can
situation, inasmuch as we have accepted the non-de-
nominational public school as an institution that has ex-
W'e do know of the
from time immemorial.
fisted
er to the Christians and particularly
to the Protestants. If he were as suc-
c c essful among the Protestants as he
have
would
i
Just about the time the world settles down to the
: w
America
i r . hou (I he, the
prospect of peace the Balkans flame forth in revolt. 1,' among II 7;1% that e it
This cauldron of animosities has not ceased boiling
since that memorable day at Sarajevo in 1911. Wars
and revolutions are part of the daily regimen but the
the whole affair is the fact
depressing feature about
that it has the pernicious habit of breaking over the
frontiers and spilling all over the world.
learned that we are not immune and consequently we
land of good will."
A DRAMATIC CRITIC
In eulogizing the Yiddish dramatic
critic and historian of the theater, B.
ci:)..ri lti, \.:o died April 14, the 'Jewish
i
of April
Dail y New s, in its editorial
17. Zi
Thys late Yiddish literateur, B.
"e
parochial school and believe that it has a right to exist
s q
p eucite:d and k ailn l dlF%m, a3 :
alongside the public school if the special religious group Sofia.
cannot
view this
in the
Kral Cathedral
in
Bulgaria,
with explosion
aloofness. We
certainly
hope that ico,..t,,i,til,
and respected
le
was
a spiritual aristo
leagues.
wishes to maintain such schools. For a proper under-
cot,if.rees lie all intellectual price.
standing of the problem of Quebec one must study the this is not the forerunner of another debacle. At this
distance
c it looks like another of those court revolutions
rY otnhee.
f‘ir ;rroem
people were
Gorian 'Ilteypt illima„sl f i n taloo
French
Catholi and backgrounds. The
have furnished the writers of comic opera with
local
conditions
mob, but he well knew the psychology
cs, but the government was Protestant which
English. Tholics,
mercer saehrisaruedviiews of h the
ofthe
he government would not disturb the peace themes. The Balkans are noted for these sudden every
-
t h eater
s e theater
ups, but the propagandis t who sees Bolshevismy
ssraey's, 's ho'Ar.t
He has written numerous een
of the vast majority and consequently the French Cath -
something more disastrous. If
stories, dramas and critical articles.
where may precipitateof Europe
of
will not take sides in
olic influence had to be recognized. while the English
k tp 7.
Buttsmiii,f)
"Y .
Theater " NtVhi eth hti nte
Protestant group could not be compelled to conform to the important nations
the
inc
of
B.
Gorin,
Jewish
writers
bane
religious teachings distasteful to them. The same con- the present imbroglio it may pass away without serious
dear friend and Yiddis h litera-
dition was recognized in the provincial legislature damage, but diplomats like to fish in troubled waters
ture and the theater, an excellent
where both French and English are used as official Ian- especially when their own domestic affairs are not too it.a
• historian and pioneer."
writer,
y.
guages. As long as the Jewish population was insig- health
- enr-
Jmasetwen.
Beregi went to Vienna whet
Oscar Beregi is Hungary's greatest
seas received with open arms.
actor. He is also a Jew.
Played the lead at the famous
Naturally then, when the anti-Sem-
Theater and later at the Rend
ites came into power in Hungary there
Theater in Vienna. Hungary do
could be no room for a Jew in the
want him because he Was a Jew.
country, certainly not for a Jew whose
then, Ilungary should not have
role it is to be always in the limelight
He would not force himself up ii
and to win the enthusiastic applause
Jew-baiting mobs.
of the people. When the pogroms
Now, four years after, Bereir
broke out in Budapest in 1921, Awak-
invited hack to Hungary. The
ening Magyars invaded the National
garian actors' Association called
Theater and prevented hint from
the doyen of their profession, to
playing. The man who for 21 years
at a charity performance in out
hod been the idol of the Hungarian
poverty-stricken actors of the
stage was refused a hearing. lie was
try, unemployed because of the
insulted and mobbed by the hooligans
mimic crisis under which many
of the Christian regime.
theaters have been campelled to
Beregi is not the sort of a man to
Beregi came. Immediately the
stand such treatment. For 21 years
he stood at the head of his professior., • Semitic organizations heard
coming
they organized demonstr
he had given himself to the dramatic
and declared that they would r
art of Hungary without stint or re-
loss- him to appear. The Actor
serve. He was Ilungarian through
sociation, in terror, abandone
and through. But when he saw that
performance.
Hungary under the new rulers no
Oscar Beregi was furious
longer wished to have his gifts, that
cowardice. He had been invite,
she spurned him and his offerings, he
to
Hungary, he said, to play in
drew himself up with dignity and
his unemployed fellow artists
shook off the dust of Hungary from
would
not be intimidated by th'
his feet and went out to exile from
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his native land.