PAGE FOUR litEM,TRorkl pion LIIROMICLE ' ■■■■.W■1 ■■■ ■ A Dreamer Collects His Bill ■'\7 .I .7 Z111011111,1111111111,1,101.1111!rilki.'ILW1.11 ,,i111', ,,, ,11 ,11,11, , ' Ihilly1111111 111d116:,11,,,,011.1tAP111,11110,,I ,111,1,11, , h1 ..1:, ■ 11111111111 1111111111 1111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111 11111111111 111111111111 111111111111 1111111111111111 By ANNE HARD. .%%7 5utit i Felicitations 1't! 0t Back in the crowded ghetto of United States by a joint resolution I 0;.: Pinsk, in Russia, a boy sat and lis- of congress, amounting to a rr,0- tened while his elders talked of Intim' of sympathy to the to Jerusalem. Once he looked up when The dreaming boy of Pinsk. the a letter came from England and, obscure chemist of Manchester had II. as his elders read it, he said: mode new "Our help will come from Eng- But, dreamer though he was, his 'OT life lil'ON111• full of amusing Mei- land." dents. flr was then 10 years old. Al- After he had become a hero ready he proudly called himself a l!A t'Zionist," as his father did. At the Bating his people, he was one day • same time he began to determine in Rome. There he came by acci- In dent upon a Jewish .hell..whi th th t snort day he would live had tad changed since the middle 10i England. But there seemed to be no road ages. It lies near the vatictin and 'OE the inhabitants speak a mixture of thither. Ile went as a student to the 1711i- Arabic, Hebrew and Italianate versity of Darmstadt 81111 then to Latin. Ol O. OX on the NEW YEAR WE EXTEND TO OUR JEWISH CLIENTS AND FRIENDS OUR GREETINGS. MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING TO YOU THE FULLEST SHARE OF' HAPPINESS ANI) PROS- PERITY. Berlin, where he took his doctor's degree in chemistry. Ile still, he sacs, "longed for England.," and now suddenly his chance came. He at to the University of Munches- professor of biological them- ti a JOHN W. SMITH = :7 1. = MAYOR OF DETROIT , AY the New Year be one of high achievements--of peace, prosperity and amiable relation- ship among all mankind, and may it bring to the Jewish citizens of our beloved city increased strength and happiness. fC p eon 1 I P 'Editor's Note:- -In this intimate study of Chaim Weiz- mann, which was published in the New York Herald Tribune, Anne Hard, noted journalist, draws a portrait of one of the most remarkable personalities of our time, whose eminence as a Jewish leader has been enhanced by his power as a scien- tist and inventor. Mrs. Ilartl derites the title of her story from Lloyd George's reputed offer to Weizmann of anything he wished as a reward fur an invention which helped Britain in winning the war.1 ■•■ It was sunk time before he could Ot! A make himself understood in the 1 1•0. midst of a that surged up, it • seemed, from everywhere and suf. rounded him, shouting applause.11/ They wanted to carry him in tri- umph on their shoulders to the 10 "And I was haul' , t here," he Arch 14 Titus. To the Arch of Titus! To that add monument Be was happy because he had a which still stands to commemorate • large laboratory where be could the burning by the Romans of the ! experiment in the composition of Jewish temple at Jerusalem! various starchy materials, and he- "It still stands," he thought, stu- while the Jews venial') in exile. lAt. he could lecture to Titus is living still." Ile slipped dents. "And I felt isolated front Zion- away from them. But if that arch still stood, no ism. The 'test of the Jewish had Weizmann also al01.0 than one Oils German, Russian, Polish." Ile used to say that if England opportunity to observe the persist- would annihilate Turkey she would ency Of his race. Ile had lived and mingled with what are called "as- win ,rh, the turd-scar d ays were similated Jews," those who have I split into two parties, those who given up the forms of their teach- believ01 that any homeland would li011 and have inter-married with do ( so be it they might recreate a other mires. He had also seen that I tountry1 and were therefore will- this "assimilation" is often very j 011(151 t who held out superficial. i 'Xxi! th :st ! the at question of the neon-, m litzgata, tend h trtti to date for Palestine was still under far D a i return this reached discussion and unanimous consent at brad, with Weizniann leading the was required fur its adoption, Weitz- opposition to the Uganda 'deo. A mann learned indirectly that the friend of his who inclit,ed toward vativan Was MAORIS to prevent it,' the Uganda plan, after exhausting if possible, and that it would work I . arguments with him, dett entitled to through Spain. For Spain is the I introduce him to Balfour, who, he , country that has few or no "Of ■ 0 -0 0 -0 fl 0 7 0 J. D. CURRIE & CO. !tn.:MISERS OF DETROIT STOCK EXCH INGE S pe cializ ing, in Bonds & Investment Securities 1- 0 0 0 0 0 ! 0 I 0 ts# ,11, 11(t.,:til:cilacTit::,luihi,"igncItc•Xth, 0110, h! n af lump perao a s t,. bath:: ustr ns otmh,e, e seemed first chat :1 sunk in British indifference to tent'matter. Suddenly he remembered but the idea then occupying his own that some years before, during the' mind, until NIVIZ111111111, in an at- war, he had received a telegram of /°. .1011N D ( URRIE !?'?? JOHN L. BROWN = • tempt to make him understand, congratulations from some Idle at the Un versity i said: 314-18 DIME BANK BUILDING "What would you think if we up the letter and asked this man At. p were. to otTer you Paris instead of for help. Randolph 9180 The reply was an invitation to London?" "All, but we have London," said corm, to Madrid. M .t.izmann went' /2 at once. In a short tune there was Balfour. "Yes;' s aid Weizmann, "and we a Spanish movement in favor of the „.„„„,,,,„„1„ ,ffiIi ,, ,„„ifl. ,„„,,,„,,,„,,,,,,,„ ,„„ii..„ ,,,„„,:„„ ,,„„„.,„ k ic , i„,„„,„„„,„„„„„,„„,„,,,„,,,211,4,,„,„„a„,,i,,,,„,„„,„„„ haul .,,,,u salein when your London \\\\\\\ ∎ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \ \'I n"T '„hdta. t v.,. el.at n? The university 5 \\\\\\\ Willi a bog." The two men did not meet agafii friend of Weizniann furnished it: the were expelled -- fur 10 Weizmant" went back to his front Spain," said the Spanish CONTROVERSIES „., ......,.e , . I . e .,,,, e .e .,..,..I.,..i.„.,.„.,.,,,e.„.,.„.,,,,,, „ e .„...,., ,,,...,... I.h4ea11 iste7 Einally the war bratke ca th i di e , "cursor centuries back, N " out and the government issued a , si business nien, pro_ ,,,,., leave, cniindi _ ■ At first there was not much con- circulate letter asking any one who essoi., , even a few noblemen, ' troversy in Israel. The high tri- had ant' inventions or schemes that r 7, w to communi- noised Jews at heart." the war ur bunal (Sanhedrin) of 71 sat in the might further It is his deep understanding of chaiuber of hewn stones in the tem- cate with the war office.Weizmann nle, and a tribunal of 23 at the door had a little thing that he thought this essential race quality of his t , might be useful, out of those ex- people which in part gives Weiz- of the temple, and one of the 23 at the entrance of the temple mount. p eriments of his, but he received mann his belief not only in the ne- A court of 23 members also existed front the war office only a Yours cessity of Palestine to the Jewish in each city. When a question could of th e I3th received" acknowledge- nice but in the sureness of their ultimately possessing it. not he decided by the local tribunal, ment. Ile went on, nevertheless, with It is a quotatiaan from WelZ/11H1111 the nearest was appealed to if it those experiments. They had to do which must infuriates the Arabs ,iZ . could not decide it, it was appealed to the court at the entrance to the with a thing called "acetone," here in Palestine. Whether car- redly or not, he was said at I inc temple mount; thence to the. court whose importance is as follows: The British navy, like other time to have remarked: of the temple door; then to the San- navies, used cordite as an explosive. "Palestine must be as Jewish as ...tit .; hedrin. The Sanhedrin decided in accord with precedent, if any ex- NOW cordite, especially when England is English." slightly impure, is extremely sensi- These Arabs, it may be sug- isted, and if none existed, accord- ing to a majority. But when the tive to changes in temperature and gt'steal, need not be too alarmed by • itx"..• members of disciples of the schools is likely to explode spontaneously, those words. Every one knows how 2220 WEBB AVENUE of Shammai and Ilillel increased. HA witness several gruesome acci- English England is; and the elfac- who were not sufficiently prepared, dents at that time in the navy of ing and mingling hand of Time, if ' t"Et controversies increased in Israel France. The (oily way to prevent left to operate freely (with no coin. '4:: LONGFELLOW 9522 until it seemed as though there such explosions was to wash the pulsions of racial or religious pre-, t.- , were two different laws. (Sanh. cordite with acetone. And Eng• iudieesi may work in Palestine as I ,tit - land was dependent for acetone his hand always works. Sfib.) . Specializing in residence work. My work is exemplified in some of the Indeed, to the impartial outsider I ,t 1360 PENOBSCOT BUILDING The controversy o f th e se hoo l s of u111,0"tialGet ro'n"sa 7t.f. it, cahs aial g7i lnYstsotnhice wh o looks at Palestine, it would 1 '7: finest single homes in Detroit. seem that if the Arabs would with- I .4... Shammai and Hind lasted for three 10 ,01111 tons she• needed. CHERRY 5278 time ecu-i years, each claiming that their in- It was whispered that the navy hold judgment, after terpretation of the law was the OHS using unsafe e"edite and Weiz• manic forces will adjust the popu- `4 . final and prevailing one, until a mann got into communication with lation to the possibilities of the sYJ heavenly voice proclaimed: the authorities about his expert- country. "Though the words of either side molts through an official who hap- But will the Arabs do so? An are of the living God. the final in- petted to visit his university at the Arabic problem says: "Every Aral' is an onion—all terpretation is that of the school of time. Hiller (which was the more hu- Wriztnann was exiled t.• London. head and no tail." REALIZATION In other words, with little tape, mane and mild). ('Er 13h.) The story in Palestine is that - when the government asked him , it' fur co-operation or fur uniting compre- properly Civilization Even during the controversy of what he would take for his lb:coy- ahout a leader, every Arab is a hended is realization of the noblest ' po ssible politician. As individuals the schools of Shammai and err he answered: possibility of all men. It is a pro- each recognized the decisions of the "Twenty minutes with the cab- they are, very many of them, de- cess by which the lower are stead- lightful. As a whole, they are dif- other as binding, and the scholars inet." ily lifted to the level of the highest. of the differing schools respected Taking onlv the salary he had ferent. And they seldom can be It is a general condition and not a and loved each other. (Yet, 1.1b.) been receiving as a professor, he called "a whole, and then only for specific attainment of a privileged at a time. started transforming old distiller- a few moments • and the few. The highest • best of • urn ices into factories for his product.' On the other hand, the Jews in Since arrogance. increased us may not be considered civilized scholars, controversy increased. He began making it in Terre their mere possession of a meas. until we have at least seriously and (Soda 176.) Haute, Ind., for it required 13 tons liftable. part of this land of their, persistently attempted to share ------ - of corn to make one ton of his fathers, will, the opinion of with others lower down and then Rabbi Camliel arose and Said: product. creating many of their leaders lift them to our level.—The Sup- "Lord of the Universe! It is known day Lloyd Georgte net merely a new spirit for those Thethi plement. to Thee that not for my glory, nor called him in. ,eho are able to live here relative- the glory' of the house of my father, "What to you want?" he said. It' a small portion of the entire I did that (ousted Rabbi Eliezerl, "Nothing," \Yeizmatto replied. ' Jeteish race) but a very different Season's Greetings. but in order thatcontroversy And in answer to Lloyd George's !spirit for those who do not am eat, should not increase in Israel. (B. bewilderment he went on: "Only not eon ,. M. 591,1 of many Jewish when this is over 1 shall ask for a It is the _ leaders that the mere consciousness hearing." At the Synagogue of Tiberias poly a short time after Meiz- I that he has a country which he may OFFICE, 3740 WEST HANCOCK there was once a controversybe- with Lloyd ' call "home." will raise the morale e. interview , I ma nn ;s tween Rabbis Eliezer and Jose, anal G eorge , Balfour sent for him and 1 of th e Jew in ether lands and will YARD, COR. HANCOCK AND SCOTTEN in the heat of the argument a Scrool j, d id, t hhee en tinihgarse:, ,fl 11850 EAST JEFFERSON AVENUE " W hen the guns are silent you of doitnhenr'arkai:t'lgts,hianIll like of the law was torn. Rabbi Jose Walnut 0638 Cleaning, Pressing and hen K isma, w ho chanced to be , hall have your Palestine." Lenox 4540 there, said: "1 wonder if this sync- Dyeing Ile then, after their manner, flay ar , 51eanwhile, all the impe tant IrogVe will some day become a play,. 1.1eNs Oho were close to I% oodrnw "homelands." on Palestine as his mother look up of heathen worship?" And in fact Wilson were Zionists. Jewish opin- cou ntry and upon the one of hi. We Call and Deliver to Any it did SO become at a later time. ion The in the United States entwined famous "Balfour declara• adoption as his "wife country." Part of City. Yt.b. 90b.) r 4t h hink, w ith Jewish opinion in England. m., 11nintgu — - -- Two scholars of the law. dwelling Don." publicly securing the estab- ward non-Jews, smooth 29-53 HORTON AVENUE th out ita- in the same city, who differ on mut- lishntent of a "national home" for titans, and in the Gentile world ters of law and refuse to even hear the Jewish people, followed in 1917, make for possibility of Netter un- Empire 9065 the reasons one of the other. of and the idea was recognized in the derstanding. them it is said (Era. SS, 251: Wherefore 1 gate them also stat- utes that were no wax]. and judg- ment., whereby they should not ;reefing:4 of the Season. live." (Meg. 1281 -0:4 or Madrid. lie du g ' op O. 0; finuntl i ni u mm u iu m mummumilmi u mninim m umni m minid u iluilinionmonliimuniiiiimm os moia Jews The Season's Greetings. GREETINGS OF THE SEASON To My Many Jewish Friends I Extend Sincerest Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Samuel Feldman R. E. KIRBY. 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