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tizens, professing any religion or none,
that they see fit.
This is progress, of course, and we
welcome it heartily. But it is wo bad
indeed that an ancient and honorable)
institution like the Chaehamate Bashi
should disappear from the face of the ,
earth; that a great and illustrious '
tradition should thus go from us for-
A
BERMAN
ever.
By HAROLD
?
At a meeting recently called by the
B'nai B'rith in Constantinople the
(Copyright, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1926.)
,
chief rabbis of both the Sephardic and
Of all the countries of the world , liberalism unparallelled in any Chris- the Ashkenazic communities declared
0 wherein the scattered children of Is.! lien land wherein the contrary spirit themselves in favor of the separation
—a spirit of intolerance and the big- o f church and state, and spoke of the
;
0 rael have found shelter, Turkey was f
, perhaps the only one wherein they en-irted hatred of all non-believers in the necessity of reorganizing the Jewish
communal life in Constantinople. Sic
0 joyed a perfect and complete religious I Only True Faith (there was only one
j
true faith, and that was Christian- transit'
_
A and social independence.
ity, of course!) prevailed, bringing
To most people, accustomed as they persecution, torture and banishment
Use Packards.
Presidents
4 are to the constant and oft-repeated in its wake. And what is the history
--
y beast of Christian civilization, Chris- of the Jew in the Christian countries,
American motor cars have crowd-
tian charity, and so forth, this may be down to the very recent days, but a
out the romantic old coach of stale
itiful and heart-wringing record of ed
somewhat of a surprise. What! Will
' many countries and their'. luxuri-
/ one exclaim, the barbarous, unbeliev- malevolence, degradation, torture, ous,deep cushioned interiors have
e ing Turk, the cruel, Christian-slaying rape and violence?
usurped the place of the salon of fact
(so he has been told on and off, day
The Turks, while granting spiritual and fiction for the discussion of
y after day), polygamous Turk has be- autonomy to all non-Moslem faiths
weighty affairs of nations in nearly
y hayed more humanely toward the un- and recognizing their elected repre-
fortunate, hard driven Jews than did sentatives as their official spokesmen, every part of the world.
A review being made by the Pack-
his betters, the civilized Christian na. were yet more or less suspicious of
ard Motor Car Company has disclosed
thins? Impossible! And there and the Christian prelates, even as they that hundreds of diplomats, rulers
then, dismisses the matter from his were of their flocks. They were aware
men in whose hands rest
an d other
plc were (tea
mind. Yet, a more or less attentive all the time that these
4.
reading of history would establish this their enemies at heart. They the welfare of millions of people are
fact beyond any dispute or cavil. The that they were unfaithful to them po- the owners of Packards. Numbered
lineally and despised them religiously in the list are six presidents of re-
•4
..4 Jews of Turkey enjoyed a degree of
freedom, peace and honor for the en. ns heathens. They knew that behind publics. There are also the govern-
them stood the serried ranks of thelors of 10 provinces or countries over
tire
seven
hundred
years
or
so
of
the
0
a pi ed
existence of the Turkish Empire un- Christian nations seeking their down- which other nations maintain Uni
Trying day by day to bring it I tectorate, governors of the t
0 known to their brethren, for any con- fall. Trying
; siderable and uninterrupted period of about by all the means in their power. ' States' island possessions, the niili-
to be tary dictator of a great country. a
7i time, in any other country of the The Jew, however, they knew
rajah, many members of cab-
Main Salesroom
world. And the great majority of their friend; their sincere - and de- famed
were that
Christian
nations,
professing
a faith
preached
ha- voted friend, faithful unto death. They inets of this country and other na-
ese nations
th
',4, mility and kindness, love for one's( knew that theChristianhated the tions, a vice-president of the League
Four Yards-
enemies, and tolerance and forgive-lboth of them, and but sought for the of Nations and scores of ambassadors,
a , ministers and other diplomats, besides
Branch Salesroom
opportunity to do them evil. The
o
a larg eother
number of oer plitical
0 ness even for the sinner taken in his Moslem felt himself, in a sense,
W. GRAND
1000
digni-
, ar .
I. ders and even more military
the
sin!
brother in misery
BOULEVARD
taries of many nations.
fm
realization
of
the
kinship
in
their
The
first
recorded
contact
of
the
ro
0
It was found that 12 of the lead-
d Turks with the Jews took place in the respective `.a , ths and the heritage of ing American diplomats are the own-
East Side:
when these h i th- a Semitic culture Was theirs in com- ers of Packards and that of this num-
Ve""*".43""V"V"W"."*""""'"*""'"%""*"".V‘ thirteenth century,
mon. They both had the ravening
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ber nine purchased their cars as a
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0 home on the steppes ofr Central Asi a pack constantly howling at their heels, part of their necessary equipment
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and, under the leadership of Othman, ready to devour them at tbe very first
i t
when they were appointe
moment of weakness or faltering.
descended
on
Asia
Minor
and
hewed
ding diplo.
511 BREWSTER
s. Twelve l
DETROIT'S ONLY
Bayaret II of Turkey, that great foreign post
out an empire for themselves by their
use
thei.
iea
s
ts from other countre
North ard:
re,tith4ecaypetruyrefiro,ft Bzsmautnhictly and enlightened =notch opine
seNi,vcoorudn.t,A
ackards when they make rounds o
doors to the thousands of the Jews
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official
calls in Washington.
d of Jews who, at first, had left' the expelled from Spain by that most
Four members of the cabinet of
y town together with the Greeks—the Christian king, Ferdinand. Ile wel-
the United States and five of the 10
0 former masters of the town but were comed them with open arms, com-
members of the United States Su-
induced to return by the Turks who menting on "the foolishness of those
preme Court own Pac'tards. In one
promised them protection for their wise Christian kings" who "drive out
South American country, San Salva-
lives and property. The Greeks, how- from their lands their most valuable
dor, the government has standard-
not
WaS
citizens," and remarking slyly that ized on Packard cars for all branches
•
y ever, did not return. There h t
0 any too much love between te wo "the loss of Ferdinand is the gain of
of its public service and for its pub-
races and faiths, even in those re- my empire." His successors not only
j mote days. The same thing happened left the Jews unmolested, hut accorded lic officers, including the president.
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0 a little later at the capture of An- them all possible privileges, every pos-
of sible opportunity to grow and develop EXPERT ARRIVES IN PALESTINE
This is the original and only Land Contract broker's office in
1 gore, and still later at the capture
tnre o f
We
spiritually and economically. They
Andrianople and the final cap
Detroit doing business on a one per cent brokerage basis.
JERUSALEM.—(J. T. A.)—Three
Constantinople itself, which marked
mutually extended the privileges of
cater to the conservative investor who buys land contracts the
problems, the solution of which wi
the
final
downfall
of
the
Greek
Em-
the
Jewish
communities,
sO
t
a
0 pire, with all its bigotry, degeneracy
and determine the successful upbuilding
same as he buys other investments, on the basis of security
influence grew from day to day,
an of of Palestine as the Jewish National
with them the influence and power
and earnings. Collections made if desired and no charge for
This is to certify that the processes of cleaning
4i and intolerance.
I
Home,
are
outstanding,
in
the
opinion
The Jews of the once-great Brzan- their leaders as well, as represented
used by the Pioneer Laundry are examined by us
the service.
of
Professor
Franz
Oppenheimer,
ag-1
by
the
Chacham
Bashi
and
his
sub-
d tine Empire, oppressed and humiliated
at regular intervals, and after each analysis we find
Y beyond measure by the fanatical ordinates in the spiritual hegemony I ricultural expert from Berlin, who ar..
We Want Good Contracts at All Times.
an absence of elements which are injurious to the
Greek mobs and their debauched, of the Jews of Turkey. rived here. Professor Oppenheimer
lasting quality of the most delicate fabrics.
power that at- came to Palestine at the invitation of
priest-ridden rulers, welcomed with
The plan is found al .111 tones to be in a clean
The dignity and
open arms the Moslem conquerors, tubed to the office—and person—of the Zionist Executive to study the
and sanitary condition.
Y.
whom
they
looked
upon
as
their
de-
the
Chacham
Bashi
in Turkey was present colonization methods. Ile
DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY
liverers from the hands of the op- something unequalled in the history will stay here a month. The three I
pressors, the Greeks. The Turks, on of the Jewish people since the Dis- problems are: the profitibiiity of ag-
Ask for Mr. Scoville.
their side, displayed their proper ap- persion or, at least, since the rise to riculture, the labor question and the
preciation of the Jewish attitude, and power of the modern Christian na- Arab question, Professor Oppenheim-
of
J
honors er stated in an interview with the
no sooner did they become
e-
of the vast territories of the Greeks , tions of Europe.. Only . I
ago. 1 representative of the Jewish Tel
and the Slays (the latter of whom! and pan
could and
point
ar o
1
owers,
that to in simi
the long
graphic Agency.
WET WASH
ROUGH DRY
than
illiterate,
There,
for
a
few
centuries
after
the
were nothing more
FINISHED WORK
D•mp
than they destruction of the Temple (for the
ds)
Flat Work Ironed
brawling
swineherds)
iiiiivunuunlllllll
e
All Irond
showed
their
proper
appreciation
of second time) did the Jew enjoy a spir-
the Jewish
attitude
byawarding
them
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rights (with a the exceptionitual and civil autonomy under the
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Reish
Goluse
who
was
the
practical
' ..1 r i
0 f serving in their armies, a privilege monarch of the Jews of Babylon. But
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to all non-Moslems) as well as that happened many centuries ago,
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and has
and cultural
long
autonomy.
since become one of the
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The system inaugurated by the many departed glories. The Jews of
211
conquered em- Turkey, in the person of the Chacham
irks
in
their
newly
INCORPORATED 1923.
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- pi re as
F.
ESTABLISHED 1883.
w unique, the only one perhaps Bashi did, however, possess • replica
TOP SINCE 1887 history. The
-=- i all ON
modern
Turkish of the glories and powers enjoyed by
in
being a theocracy, they were their Babylonian brothers centuries)
St
S
events to recog-
- driven y e logic of
g.
red centuries ago. The Chacham
E
r
b
th
y as a unit: a a Bashi usually enjoyed the rank of Ben-
f4 nine each re l igloos bo d
ff_
body
distinct
in
itself.
To-
ator
(vizier), lived in a palace, had a
ff.- CI 11 tine
ufti and the body-guard of soldiers, and many of-
Grand
...=
i: he with the who reM
presented the finials, traveled in state and received
-. -
--2
7
ISheik-ul-Islam,
thority of Islam - the military salute due to an officer
L'- - ' hi g hest sp iritual
t-L--
-
there were also the of high rank, while the gates of the
=7= ism
gm in the empire, au
Ts
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th Armenian Pat- Yildiz Kiosk would always open to
(reek
Greek Patria
-=-
::.
-
the Chac e han Bashi, each
.=
riarch
=
'.----- one
of and
them representing before the receive
him. He enjoyed
powers
and emoluments
of a high the
state
offi-
=
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and his viziers his community, cial, to the great glory and gratifies-
si,
wish subjects of the
d being their spokesman in all mat- lio n
=
l .
we
inter-ITurkish
Empire. And the advantages
g tees n , spiritual as well as tempora
The government itself did not these of this great office were indeed many,
not only for the Chacham Bashi but
' fare in the internal affairs of t
-. t-
war-
....-. respective communitieir
khip, their schools, their customs, and for the entire Jewry of Turkey.
g
With the passing of the old Turkish
i
so on. The religious authorities of
these respective communities had the Empire and the reconstruction of its
Es right to impose taxation upon the remnants into a republic this glory
ro
d fm
members of their faith
d even has dearte
Jewr.
Church
an
yably
sepa-
in and state hav e be en irrevoc
akin n further no-
joyed autonomous courts of justice en-
no
I tic
rate ed,
of the state tcommgunoties
"WHERE ONLY THE BEST HAS BEEN CONSIDERED YOU
ses
where
di-
all civil and religious cafaith
religious
g member of the Moslem
was
or
their
leaders. There
are i no
longer
any
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rectly concerned. This, and similar
zed lgious commun.
ll
enactments, surely was the manifes- officiay
recogni
Turkey,
but re
only Ottoman ci-
tenon of a spirit of fair-play and a ities in
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Fireproof Doors, Windows and Skylights.
basis of which will give the maximum
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Exit tne Chief Rabbinate of Turkey
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