Tiinpqt9Turylir_ffirmq!._ 2 P LOY ALTY • 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 0106 MAW.. PILMIL — e,.1.• IV, Te A . ... . P By RABBI HERBERT S. GOLDSTEIN, 14.011.4111 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. 2 77 the questionable gains offered by the agreement. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — - - - - Contribution of National Fund to the United Palestine Appeal 1.4 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. s.Wfaf;t4zVtSfar;Vnq,';V4,44t--W;VfAtWLTLVTjfqgTz,TTXVfea' f "( 7 3