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ernment has its prosecuting machinery to handle such
cases. The money is no doubt wanted for propaganda
against Schwartzbard and the Jews and for the pur-
■■
pose of showing that Petlura was the very incarnation
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc___
President ref goodness and light. Then, too, the attempt to prove
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
Editor that ,Schwartzbard was a Bolshevik agent will be sedu-
JACOB MARGOLIS
Genefal Manager lously spread, and many a gullible French peasant who
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
sees red specters will no doubt believe the fanciful tale.
at Detroit,
h 3, 1916, at the Postale*
Metered as Sewed-class wetter Mrc
It will be much more difficult to create any anti-Semitic
ct of March 3, 1879.
Mid, . order the A
feeling in France because that country has been practi-
General Offices and Publication Building'
cally freed from the taint of anti-Semitism for such a
525 Woodward Avenue
long time that it would require more than a Petlura
Coble Address: Chronicle
Tolophoom Cadillac 1040
London Office:
assassination to revive it. Then, too, the French tradi-
England.
1,
14 Stretford Place, London, W.
tion of political offenses together with the fact that
$3.00 Per Year
Petlura is not a Frenchman will make the recrudes-
Subscription, In Advance
cence almost impossible. It is reported that a witness of
:Vi ler mull reach this
To 'more publicati:Lcorr.r=de=ina.ndf n .ez:
Schwartzbard's, Peretz Stein, was shbt by Cwo Ukrain-
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on 'subject. of Interest
ians in Paris. This, however, is not a French act or ap-
responsdality for an indorsement of the
to :h. Jewish people, hut disclaim.
views expressed by the writers.
- proved by them.
Ab 26, 5686
it 1 over the suggested boycott
W e cannot get excited
August 6, 1926
advocated by the Ukrainians in Poland. That is an an-
dent and approved practice there. It has been em-
Israel Zangwill Dies.
After a protracted nervous breakdown_ due to the ;toyed and abandoned time and again, without ever
ti
red obj ecv
of the desole
attaining
many bitter controversies precipitated during his last
minimized
minim i
lura is not a ir

THE L'I•OIT EISISII II-RONI

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By RABBI HERBERT S. GOLDSTEIN,

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o ngregations of America
President of the Union of Orthodox Jewish C
and Rabbi of the Institutional Synagogue.

Delivered over Station WHN.

We have been watching for signs from Russia. The
ist, Hebraist and sociologist, died on Aug. 1.
Zangwill was but 62 years old, the son of a Suwal}c Jews who have settled in the Ukraine have not been
Si,
evolutionaire, Moses Zangwill, who had to flee from molested to a greater extent since the assassination

than before. There has been no pogrom or riot report-
Russia to escape a death sentence.
d w
. Some may point as proof that Schwartzbaras
;,,,,.,
If any man has proved that an interest in the affairs ell-
thi s so, how
ets. Even ro
of the world does not lessen ones artistic and creative in the employ of the Sovi
weresho wing th e
asa
powers, Zangwill most assuredly did. He not only would that prevent
the pents
fm
ir
t that
wn fac
wrote drama, poetry, fiction and translated the He- hostility and displeasure? It is a well kno
r
y
brew poetry of Ibn Gabirol into singing verse with all the Soviets have been compelled to modif thei cm-
,. the nuances and virility of the original, but was a lac- monist program because of the refusal of the peasants
turer on controversial sociological questions and was to accept it.
i
eanti-Semite
Y'
The Schwartzbard case proves conclusively that Nemesis
(ttes y o ung suu„ritrsit'
head of the Zionist Territorial movement.
prefers prison to an undertaking to
The Jewish reading public knows him best as a reactionary rulers are responsible for pogroms and dis- be of good behavior. To go about
a whale , earrtnhiiiieutwloeytt itif too
literary genius through his intimate studies of London crimination. The Soviets are immovably opposed to
f
i'
excesses from
Jewish life as revealed in "The Children of the Ghetto," anti-Semitism and consequently there are no
Much
for him, La id sometimes he man-
ages to be brought up before 0 mag-
"Th Grandchildren of the .Ghetto," "King of the even though many may feel aggrieved anti provoked.
with a sartIona sen.
doors, went up to the speaker s ts
Although we did not need such a barometer, yet istrute
en, loaf. So, to, do we pity those who
Schnorrers" an d later his drama "The Melting Pot.
mar who orders him to be of good be.
demanded that the five m
cannot, or do not want to have the
inasmuch as it happened we may read the conditions havior for five whole years. It is and
His last play, "We Moderns," was attacked by the
{se.
whom he mentioned by name, be al..
whole bread of faith. We do object,
blood can bear.
rested. Again the speaker put the re-
New York critics with a vehemence and malignity that registered. Anti Semitism in Russia is surely on the !mire • than •h flesh • and
however, to having the half-loaf la-
• the poor student

i
a
wane.
„ gave the appearance of personal spite,
,
P high place in the regard of the Jewish masses for his
I
t
nt i.
1 our 11 ales y,
('''
literary
excellence,he
was
still
more
provocative
as
a
iu'dophile.
Fancy
compelling
a
noble
see these men, nor tongue to proclaim blessed government of the

Poland States Her Attitude.
States, we as citizens could not he
minded Hackenkreuzler patriot to be
e
as
this
house
directio"
and
that
` Zionist and Jew.
the order, aav'
e ttrtaL ,on frn a,:itn ionally,. lot al,
for five years, not to
:'
e sointop Ice•xt;
So, toto, ladies ond gentlenten, once we neu
Since the Pilsudski revolution in Poland, we have have himself
He was interested in Jewish affairs for so many
our s• ,iyate,1 „and! od al ly I Lyedw a
isohe
eJ
oe,wn
to
r
assaultoanybody during that time, not
oy
f
esou
e
it
Toye
id
ee
o
e
c
•n
o,
nctelitt, wteh;;
a
definite pronouncement of e
i nl
t tei
years that "the memory of man runneth not to the waited patiently for'
to t him
remark up
jveewn
innocently
"Dirty and
. Jew!"
And if he doesn't tongue to speak save as the God-given loyalty, just so, and perhaps more so,
contrary." He had a prescriptive right to discuss Ju
the new government a its attitude toward the Jews.
faith of the House of Israel directs. is there need today not merely to
stress loyalty to earthly government,
deism, Zionism and kindred questions and problems.
such e almost su
eep himself
We find this thought beautifully
para• the government of man, but rather to
At last Prime Minister Bartel made a definite state
stirring promise
ult
is
that
h
He had been the leader of the territorialist movement
phrased in that soul
which
he
sets
forth
unambiguously
k
.tlreessa,teehigttr loyalty, inclusive of
he has to serve his term of imprison
ment to the Sejm in
itt;sehtehto•mo bgra.ec ,etd
from its very inception. With fiery zeal and undimin
and onontospn o f itoofneMithl y i t isf a h itithut,h,,nit
4,..
meat, pay the
]shed courage and with genuine warmth, he advanced the position of the government. He stated that the pot
government, the gc ierrenntintii,:iffaitthhye,
I.Will
times as
I will go and where thou lodges(,
icy of economic anti Semitism was harmful to the Po
as
get hardest
would have
his views on Jewish questions. His interest was a pro
The
part mduoneporiginmally.
is to have to pay -lodge; thy people shall be my people, Holy
One,
Blessed
to
His
people
Israel.
t , c$
fish state and that the question of credits and taxation
for such a person would and thy God shall he my God."
's'as
Men and women, let me say to you
found, genuine pervasive one, not born out of the post
This is iron-clad loyalty. Our nib-
•:•;.'
had to be decided on their merits and not along nation
the cost,,
his tell us in the Talmud that "Each of loyalty what that great French
war nationalism, but in the days of calm and quiet, un
rather do a month in gaol than pay
Charles Wagner said in his book trt-i• ,,
al or religious lines.
a cent in costs for where is he to man is a microcosm, a little world in man
hurried and considered, born out of a spirit of deep
"The Simple Life;' in the chapter on
the cent from?
himself " Our lives our desires, our
,,,
'A•
"The Simple Duty." "When you speak
Ile commented upon the Polish Jewish argeement get There
rooted conviction, after deliberate and painstaking con-
tr, i
are some magistrates who
problenis, our every 'act represent the
circumference of our circle, our on to children on a subject which set•ms
e
t
o
n
3
itl
eo
n
sideration. Ilis feelings about the need for a Jewish made with the Grabski government and stated that the u,ointdil;rostnanotn1
ef,
in
do
il
ju
e
allo
mvit
. Man stands in 'the importunate to them, they will show
anti-Semitic
little universe.
pigeon
feed-
homeland had sprung from the deepest recesses of his
roof
a.
you above on the
soul. They were the emotions which come to few rare present
government
did
intend
to enter into
therefore order hint to pay a pretty y
maidst of this circle of life. He plays
. down i n the street,
secret agreement
with
the not
Jewish
population,
but any
pre
its young, or
stiff fine if he does not behave him-
t . into the circumference, Into his ing
some driver who is abusing his horse.
ferredto
carry
out
the
constitutional
provisions.
He
desires,
his
acts,
and
in
turn,
the
cir-
individuals after a complete survey of the whole his
self—anti they give him a big mum-
ie e,
o po n t ihenis problems,
a
'Y
stressed the fact that Czaristic disabilities have been ber of years within which to behave ti;tii,m foeertesncer,enhei desires,
ass°17;tilium 7inti
sit tfo'throhserygrTaitsrhqiuetv .s"t7ints
tory of the Jewish people.
react upon
himself if he is not to pay the for-
the minds oe
f th pa ren
where loyalty or Orthodox Judaism which
p
neitnhgis tit,oe
Israel Zangwill was definitely realistic. He had a annulled and would not be applied in the future.
nw
eo
eo
s
,
,
fsh
da
i
ct

e
n
oh
e
1,
Eix
opsotrim
t
.
ne
to
torture
and
all
that
is
to
draw
the
1 •,teit
steps in, and acts as the centrifugal
and centripetal force in the life of the attention away from the painful sub-
The Jewish deputies greeted this explicit and forth
tough minded quality. He possessed the rare faculty
jest I fear we are but big children
• d behavior of these hooligans
' it
of facing facts without fear of the consequences. Ile right statement with enthusiastic cheers.
in the face of loyalty, and when that
refused to smooth out the difficulties with enthusiasms
is in question we too, seek subterfuges
Fsa
From the tenor of the remarks one, is justified in
to distract our minds.
and illusions. On his last visit to America, while speak-
The number of our pretexts to lead
believing that the Polish government has at last
ing on Zionism, he told his audienc2s "they must forego
us from loyalty is as gnat as the
their political hopes regarding Palestine" and in sin" reached a realistic position with regard to its minorities.
sands of the sea."
W..
••
Ladies and gentlemen, I summon
ambiguous language attacked the British administra- If the constitutional provisions are honestly and sin-
`,•a•
you to your ethical and moral duty of
cerely
applied,
the
Jews
will
have
no
complaints
to
of-
'', lion of Palestine under the mandate. He said "instead
loyalty. Let the still small voice of
Jewish conscience speak; do not dead-
of making Palestine a home for the Jews it was de- fer, for under it the rights of all groups are safeguard-
God
en it by excuse after encase.
veloping Palestine for the Arabs." Israel Zangwill ed. The cultural, linguistic, economic and religious
knows how real these excuses are. I
spoke with intense conviction and when men are rights of all minorities are adequately cared for.
urge you in conclusion to heed the
admonition of the wisdom ,preacher,
moved by strong emotion they may not be too meticu-
At the time the rabski
Ggreement
was announced
a
King Solomon, who at the end of his
lous and are not too much concerned whether they
opposed to it because it placed
days, after having passed the gamut
destroy
the
illusions
of
we
were
unqualifiedl
y
o
f
of the varied experiences of life, called
offend
the pet He
prejudices
their
hearers.
never told his hearers what they the Jews of Poland on the horns of a dilemma,
and
the
for loyalty in these words: "The end
tooint
out
the
p
f Poland were not slow
of the matter is all things having been
anti-Semites
o
ar.
. He told them what he thought and untenableness of the Jewish position. They had been
heard: fear God and keep His com-
wanted to heou.
mandments; for this is the complete
ar.
should
sh has he lost
what thew orld
a dynamic, courageous indi- instrumental in destroying the whole fabric of Polish
loyalty of man."
hen
the
Jews
tried
to
sal-
w
e
and
econornic
lif
The w
Jewis h
agreement,
they'
gibed
and
)41 vidual. Jewry has lost one of its finest creati ve, sensi-
an
in
by
conscious vage part of the ru
five artists, profound scholars and socially
taunted them by telling them that they had no constitu-
tional rights because they had bartered them away for
thinkers.
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Contribution of National Fund
to the United Palestine Appeal

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If any group other than their tormentors had ridi-
Schwartzbard Repercussion.
The assassination of Semion Petlura by Sholom , cull them for making a special secret agreement
and also insisting upon their constitutional rights, it
American
consi stent, b ut
4 . Schwartzbard evoked many reactions among
have been sadis
Jews. The opinions ran from unconcealed jubilation would malevolent
caused more i
ts
it must also be remembered that the price of this
Those who hated Petlura most were strongest in
their approval of the act, while those who know about • agreement was abandonment of opposition. This was a
pogroms academically were able to take the very su- selling of ones birthright for a mess of pottage which
perior position of deploring the whole episode. We had become rancid and filthy.
We are not so naive as to belie'! that the problem
certainly did not approve and do not today approve of
murder. We cannot soften the act by calling it polite of Polish Jewry is near solution or liquidation, but it
names, but yet we can
understand
how fancied
one living
des- does appear that the hard bitten, crude economic anti-
D perately—brooding
over
the real and
wrongs
iscard.
l is in
Semitism o
. AI
n; rite hoestelf from French
It may be
a murder. We think just this happened to Sc
chauvinist influence which was a determining factor in
bard and we do not excuse or condone, but we do want
her internal as well as foreign policy. Then, too, the
to understand and sympathize.
hysterical fear of Russia may have abated somewhat.
The fate of Schwartzbard is of great concern to him At all events, Poland can learn much from the Soviet
and to his immediate family. lie should receive the in the matter of treatment of minority groups. We say
best possible legal aid so that his defense may be prop-
with a full knowledge of the persecutions of all
erly presented. Assuming that the Petlura atrocities this
groups from the extreme right to the extreme left, from
are proven, it will he very' difficult to get a conviction. Zionists to extreme revolutionists. Only where these
Human behavior is not ased upon cold logic and meti- individuals challenged the supremacy of the Soviet
culous reasoning. The b emotional outburst aroused by state and its economic policies were they persecuted
valid provocation is recognized as justification for many and never as racial, religious or national minorities.
an act which would be otherwise condemaed.
The worst enemies of Soviet Russia cannot make a
All this touches on the personal aspects of the case
as it affects Schwartzbard, but there are other aspects case against her on the ground that she persecuted
of universal import. We were elated at the time of the Jews as such. Polish Jewry asks for no more. It does
unfortunate affair that there was no longer a reaction- not want any special privilege nor does it want to be
ary, czarist regime in Russia. We know that bloody underprivileged or discriminated against because of its
reprisals and pogroms would have followed. It was Jewishness.
fatuous to expect that it would have no repercussions.
We believe that the present rulers have enough
Now we are beginning to feel them.
understanding of the economic and industrial laws
The Paris emigres from the Ukraine have asked the which operate in Poland as elsewhere, to know that
Ukrainians in America to help in the fight against the mere persecution of Jews or any other minority
Schwartzbard. The reactionary Ukrainians in Poland groups will not help soh:. her very difficult problems.
are advocating a boycott against Jewish merchants.
If the day of good will and mutual confidence has
We could hardly have expected less than this.
arrived in Poland, it is a long awaited one. Let us hope
The Paris emigres can hardly want money to assist it has really arrived.
persecution inasmuch as the French gov-
in the Letual

By JUDGE BERNARD A. ROSENBLATT,
President, Board of Director., Jewish National Fund of America.

CO

kreuzler leaders. These r a .
deprived them of the co-operation of
dnee - devil of
their followers and new rowdies are
difficult to get, for the young men
are afraid of ending up in the same
way as their colleagues. So there is
a general feelingt of dejection and
ill-humor among the Ilackenkreuzler.
Surely the whole of Austria, they
feel, is in the hands of the Jews!
How can decent Nordic patriots stop
in a country where Jews are allowed
to go about unmolested and even
Zionists find support in the courts
and from the magistrates! The
longer the trials continue the worse
and sadder the feeling among the
liackenkreuzler and, what is worse,
the emptier their pockets.

VALUABLE

Every aid to greater familiarity
with the Bible, both the Old and the
New Testaments is to be welcomed
heartily. Such an aid is "The Soul
of the Bible," by Ulysses G. B. Pierce
from the Beacon Presa, Boston. It
furnishes excellent &elections from
the entire Biblical collection so pre-
sented as to enable one to realize
quickly and easily the best in that
great literature. I commend the lit-
tle volume for private possession. It
will be specially valuable for use in
Bible-study classes.—A le xande I
Lyons.

United Palestine Appeal stress th e
ous organizations engaged in the up-
development of the land, whereas the
re d
building of the homeland was. There
is no doubt that a great many Jews
National Fund is concerned with an
in the United States felt that the
original purchase on behalf of the
repetition of campaigns for Pales-
people as a whole. It is obvious that,
tinian work was a duplication.
unless the Jewish people own in per-
The United Palestine Appeal crys-
petuity the land on which they ex-
tallized in the minds of American
pect to settle, the prospect of a real
Jews the purpose of the various af-
Jewish homeland is but a chimera.
filiated organizations. The National
It was thus the essential quality of
Fund was one of the first institutions
the Notional Fund which had a great
to be affected by this general enlight-
deal to do with the stimulation of
enment.
interest in the United I'alestine Ap-
Because of the character of its
peal.
work. the Jewish National Fund has
Because the Keren Kayemeth is
enrolled a large body of volunteer
concerned with the redemption of the
workers. in addition to the permanent
land,
its affiliation with the United
staff of trained workers in the field
Palestine Appeal helped to bring to
and at headquarters. During the
American
Jews more forcibly the im-
period of the United Palestine Ap-
mediacy of Palestine's needs. Most
peal. the National Fund transferred
Jews have always been
American
a great part of its staff temporarily,
willing to give to the cause of Pales-
and quite a few of the personnel com-
tine, but never until this past year,
pletely to the work of the appeal.
and due largely to the emphasis of
The appeal than had the co-operation
the Jewish National Fund, have they
of men and women familiar with the
realized that unless they give now
needy of Palestine who had been en-
and liberally the very basis of the
gaged for some time in canvassing
homeland, the soil—may pass beyond
for coda effectively.
the power of reasonable purchase.
During its period of affiliation with
The affiliation of the Jewish Na-
the United Palestine Appeal, the Jew.
tional Fund with the United Pales-
ish National Fund co-operated to the
tine Appeal has thus brought incom-
fullest extent by co-ordinating its Re.
parable benefit to the fund, as it has
tivities with the general schedule
enhanced the general appreciation of
drawn up by the officials of the larger
what is involved in the problem of
campaign. it avoided all duplication
rebuilding Palestine.
of efforts and conflict of dates.

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