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VOL. XXVIII. NO. 14
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUBUST 30, 1929
JEWS HERE TO PROTEST PALESTINE OUTRAGES AT MASS
MEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY EVENING AT DANCELAND;
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND STARTED TO AID SUFFERERS
Representatives of 60 Organizations, Meeting Under Auspices of Zionist District of De-
troit, Decide to Voice City-Wide Protest at Meeting in Dance-
land Auditorium on Woodward and Forest Avenues.
EVERY JEW IN DETROIT ASKED TO GIVE DAY'S EARNINGS FOR PALESTINE
SUFFERERS; $1,200 RAISED AT MEETING IN SMALL SUMS OF $1 TO $25
Isaac Shetzer is Treasurer of Relief Committee and Milford Stern Chairman; Represen-
tative Clancy, Who Addresses Meeting, Contributes $50; Fast Day
Declared by Orthodox Rabbis for Wednesday, September 4.
Per
Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cent
PALESTINE JEWISH DEAD EXCEED 100; HEBRON MASSACRE
MOST SAVAGE EVENT IN HISTORY, WITH 59 JEWS KILLED;
JEWISH SELF-DEFENSE CORPS DISPLAY GREAT HEROISM
CLANCY ASKS U. S.
AID FOR SUFFERERS
Congressman Robert IL Clancy, urged by The Detroit Jew-
ish Chronicle and by a number of Detroit Jewish leaders to
intervene in behalf of the sufferers in the Arab attacks in
Palestine, on Tuesday wired the following to Secretary of State
Henry Stimson:
"Thousands of Detroiters are deeply concerned over the
murder of American citizens in Palestine and anxious to have
United States prevent further outrages, succor the wounded
and extend relief to threatened citizens. I respectfully request
you to take steps to send navy vessels and relief ships with
enough fighting men to rid British government to maintain
order."
Arrival of British Troops Helps to Restore Peace, But Situation Remains Gravely Dan-
gerous; Fear Massing of Druse Tribesmen and Bedouins on Jewish Col-
onies Which Thu. Far Bra vely Defended Themselves.
ZIONISTS DEMAND COMPENSATION FOR JEWISH PROPERTY DESTROYED;
ASK FULL LIBERTY FOR JEWS TO ARM THEMSELVES IN SELF-DEFENSE
IIIALADAIINISTRATION OF
PALESTINE'S OFFICIALS
BLAMED FOR OUTRAGES
Except For Slaughter of Defenseless Old Jews and Jewesses in Jerusalem and Theologi-
cal Students in Hebron, Jewish Self-Defense Corps Stood Their Ground;
41 Arabs Killed at Chuldah, With Only One Jew Dead.
The sorrow which has struck the hearts of Jews throughout the world found
(Resume of Events in Palestine and Special Cables from Special Detroit Jewish Chronicle Correspondents
expression among Detroit Jews when a gathering of close to 1.000 people packed the
in Jerusalem.)
auditorium of the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on Twelfth and Atkinson, on Wednesday. Present Disaster in Jerusalem Linked With Arab Massa-
Tragedy stalks like a huge ghost over the land of Israel, and the number of Jew-
cre in 1920; Administration Retains Anti-Jewish
evening, to plan for a mass protest demonstration by this community against the trag-
ish dead in Jerusalem and in Palestine colonies, believed to exceed 100, speak for sav-
Officials Who Encourage Arabs to Attack Jews.
ic events in the ancient homelandof the Jews.
age attacks by Arabs unheard of in all history for their cruelty.
Originally called as a meeting of the Zionist District of Detroit, the grief and
The arrival of 18 warships, thousands of infantry and military, ninny tanks and
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
indignation which enveloped local Jewry called for enlarging the scope of the gathering, and almost with-
many planes has helped to quiet the situation considerably, although grave anxiety
out notice, except for a few lines in the daily press, representatives of mote than PO organizations turned .
Blended with world Jewry's deepest sorrow over the continue over the reported massing of Druse tribesmen and savage Bedouins on all
out to express their feelings aroused by the tragedy in Jerusalem and its environs.
American students at
Tuesday evening was derided upon as the day On which the mass protest gathering is to be held. tragedies attending the outrages in Jerusalem, and in some fronts. The most tragic of the events in Palestine w is the massacre of defenseless
of
the
Jewish colonies in Palestine, is the indignation and the Slobotika Yeshivah at Hebron which was moved there several years ago from Kovno in I,ithuania.
Resolutions urging the United States government to intervnt in preventing the recurrence of the slaugh-
th• students in Hebron were attacked suddenly, and so
ter in Jerusalem and Hebron, and requesting that the State lb partment of the United States use its best resentment which is felt by Jews everywhere at the failure' Uninformed of what was happening in Jerusalem,
savage and brutal was the massacre and SO sudden the assault, that the slaughter is unequalled by the
endeavors to have the Balfour Dec-Si-
on the part of Great Britain to take a firm stand to guaran- most tragic events in all Jewish history. The students were resting on the Sabbath, when the massacre
}filiation carried out will be drawn ,
occurred,
and were therefore wholly unprepared for any defense. When Jerusalem learned of the trag-
tee
a
state
of
peace
in
the
Holy
Land
and
to
protect
the
at that time. At the same time,
edy at Ilebron, the entire Jewish
lives of the Jewish citizens of Palestine.
it is expected that a strong protest
Marshall Operated
will be voiced against the British
government for its failure ade-
quately to protect the Jewish set-
tlement in Palestine, to whom it
obligated to facilitate the creation
of a Jewish National Home.
Meeting in Dance:and.
The meeting on Tuesday eve-
ning, Sept. 3, will be held at the
Danceland, 'Woodward and Forest,
and the entire Jewish community
is urged to turn out en masse to
pay respect to those who gave up
their lives during the atrocities,
and to protest against the happen-
ings. Admission will be free.
In the event of an overflow aud-
ience, meetings will be arranged in
nearby halls and synagogues.
Detroit. Jews are urged to close
their places of busineso on the af-
ternoon of Tuesday, in order to
strengthen the effect of the pro-
test.
Proclaim Fast Day.
Following the example of the
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the
United States and Canada, the Dc
troit Orthodox rabbis declared a
fast day for Wednesday, Rosh
Chodesh Mini, the day following
the mass protest meeting here, to
mourn the sad happenings.
At the same time practical steps
are being taken to alleviate the
sufferings of the victims in the
Arab outrages. The meeting on
Wednesday evening took steps to
erganize a Palestine emergency
fund committee to create a large
fund to supply medical aid and
food to the victims.
Ask Day's Earnings.
Upon motion of Samuel Noah
Ileyman, prominent Detroit engi-
neer, who was born in Palestine,
the conference unanimously voted
to call upon every Jew in Detroit
to give at least one day's earnings
to this fund.
Isaac Shetzer was appointed
treasurer of the emergency con- 1
mince, and a spontaneous response
by the audience brought $1,200 in
cash contributions ranging in sums
from 81 to $25, except for Mr.
Shetzeir's gift of $100 and two
550 contributions, one from a
group of young people who made
the donation anonymously. Con-
gressman Robert H. Clancy, who
+was a speaker at the meeting, gave
$50 towards the fund and accepted
honorary membership on the com-
mittee.
Stern Muds Committee.
As we go to press, Milford
Stern informs The Chronicle that
he is accepting the chairmanship
of the committee.
Detroit Jews are urged to remit
On In Switzerland
PARTIAL LIST OF
JEWISH MARTYRS
Blessed Be the Memory of
These V.ctims of Arab
Butcheries.
•
.5 ERUSA LEM. --- (J. T. AA --
The following is the list of
the first 80 Jews slain by the
Sio lent Aral, in their savage at•
tack tin Helicon:
RAIIIII ORLANSKY and WIFE.
RABBI HASSIIM.
RABBI KASTEL.
MR. REIZMAN.
sehoehet.
ELIEZEFI NIL/SIM, reprraen•
tative of the Anglo-Palatine
Ilank.
MISS. ELIEZER SI.ONIM.
ZALMAN VILENSKY, secre-
tary 811 , hoilka Yeshiva.
The following students at the
lo
Sloodka
Yahlva:
ALIER SHIM.
SIMCIIA RIPEN
ISRAEL KAPLINSKY.
ISRAEL KAPLAN.
SOLOMON YUNGEL.
ISRAEL I.EizEitovrcn.
SAMUEL. POZENHOLTZ.
ISAAC BERSN'rEIN.
HOY LUPIN.
•
BOV HAIKEL.
'f he above are all from Litho-
&Ilia.
LOUIS
MARSHALL
Louis
Marshall of New York,
president of the American Jewish ,
Committ co and chairman of the re-
cently formed Jewish Agency
Council, underwent an operation
for an abscess in Zurich, Switzer-
land, on Tuesday. Ili+ physicians
report that he is making progress.
Mr. Marshall came to Zurich three
weeks ago to attend the Jewish
Agency constitutional meeting,
Mr. 'Jacob Billikopf, executive
director of the Philadelphia Fed-
e ration of Jewish Charities, son-in-
lose and Dr. Judah I.. Magnes,
brother-in-law of Marshall, were
at his bedside.
National Appeals
Service Rejected
Jewish Consumptives' Relief
Society Hits Social
Service Plan,
The following from Jerusalem:
ABRAHAM SHAPIRO.
MOSES REIZMAN.
ISACHAR SENHEROV, from
Poach Tikvah.
killed at Haifa:
MOSES ROTMAN.
JACOB PAT.
One Chri-tian and three Jews,.
04 vet uni'lentilied.
Killed in Jerusalem: Engineer
SHALOM BEN SHELEK.
The
of American Jews
killed and injured in Palatine an
received by the State Repart•
ni t from Consul General Paul
Koshon-hue follows. The tele•
1,11n1 drapatched from Jerusalem
as In P. M. M,111111, night gives
ski, list of eight deaths which
have been verified by the Consul:
WOLF' ZEV BERMAN. Phila.
DAVID SHUNIthRG, Memphis.
Ith:NNIE HURWITZ. Chicago.
HARRY FROMAN. New York
City.
WOLF GREENBERG. Brook-
lyn.
HYMAN KRASSNER. Chicago.
JACK WEXLER, Chicago.
AARON HAVIO EPS•ININ, Chi.
In addition to the eight veri-
fied dead, Con'ml Knalten.hoe
listed the following seriously
N. O . Indrd American,
SAMUEL SENHEILS, Chicano..
MILS. BERNSTEIN SOKOLOV-
ER. no address.
DAVID WINCHESTER, Eliza•
bath, New Jersey. Winchester
wa." wounded in Hebron and other
two In JeriLmlem. Ten slightly
wounded Americans and five Am-
ericans &I Hebron who were un-
injured are.
Mordecai Barg. New York City;
Schachne Koloditsky, Brooklyn:
Emanuel and Solomon Goodman.
brothers. Cleveland, Israel Snow,
Brooklyn; Baruch Kaplan, New
York City; Nathan Cooilman, Phil-
adelphia; Rennie Cohen. Seattle;
Moses Cold, Brooklyn: Solomon
Kushner. New York (li(Y•
In addition to these. two Amer-
' an brothers. Lester and Max
Ilarbalsr were listed wounded in
DENVER, Colo.—Over '200 dole-
gates gathered from all parts of
the country to the twenty-fifth an-
nual convention of the Jewish Con-
sumptives' Relief Society of Den-
ver, Colorado, featured the con-
cluding session of the convention,
(Turn to Page Opposite Editorial.) held Aug. 19 at the Brown Melee
Hotel and at Spivak, Colorado, the
home of the institution, by passing
iert1,14T11.
unanimously. after a spirted dis-
The unhurt Americans a* He-
cussion by many of the delegates,
bron are: Aaron Bernyweig and
the following resolution:
wife. Breit,. Jersey City: Citiel
Bare.
New York COY: Morris
"When no a body of social work-
Berman. Philadelphia: Ralph Ilek-
ers orgaidzed under the auspices
oven. Chle.r..
of the National Conference of Jew-
Syria.-1.1. T. A.)—
ish Social Service as the National
An incomplete 11 , 1 of the naes
m
of Jews who recei ved merino. in-
Littman's People's Theater Appeals Information Service is at-
tempting not only to pass on the
juries in Jerusalem during the at•
tack,. on Friday ad Saturday.
To He-open Friday,
worthiness of all national philan-
brought here contains the follow.
Sept. 6.
thropic agencies but to determine
their policies, budgets and expan-
Mr. Wiegner, an aged num who
rarently •rrive.d from the Llnited
Littman's Yiddish People's The- sion program, and,
States; Abraham Erhiel. Imar
ater will reopen for the new sea-
"Whereas the plans of the Na-
Greenberg. Samuel Ganani, Is”c
Shiriy11, Nachman Segal. Behar
son on Friday evening, Sept. 0, tionol Appeals Information Sere-
Slihili. Zvi Ahir. Einehas W•I.
with a new cast of Yiddish play- ice have been drafted without con-
nmn. Eliahtt Reiter. lie. Wolfgang
ers. Announcement of the re-open- saltation with representatives of
vonWeisl. David Bet/man. Ben
ing of the theater and of the for- the National agencies and. in fact,
Y•kov. Joseph Rosenberg. Mona.
hem Sabloni. Eliahou Saraoon,
motion of the new company was by their exclusion from the dent,
merchant: Jakny Fi.herman Se-
made by Abraham Littman, owner erotica's;
'en student at the llebrew Uni•
of the theater, upon his return to
— Brandeis.
"Loss of Autonomy."
Detroit after a two month's ab-
"Whereas the proposed plans
I sense.
constitute a loss of autonomy of
constitute
Mr. Littman also announces two the various national organizations
changes in policy. One is the re- and would place them in control of
duction of prices of theater tick- ner i' I IR no t possessing
,
p osses
''. — g the
m.'
""," •
eta,
highest
be $1.50.
' uisite
The the
other
calls prices
for the to staging
of req
training
and e p x erniente
,
Id, anti d .
specializing
fields,
d of in theses
each play for two weeks instea
"Whereas
the national budgeting
M
one as heretofore, thus making scheme proposed by the National
MOSCOW.—(J. T. A.)—Rumors
easier the lot of the players, and Appeals Information S Service
wehrit. c . would circulating in the Ukraine that an-
Ourrhy enabling them better to h ard ous experiment
h
ti-Jewish disturbances occurred in
prepare
prepare for presentation plays of cause irreparable
rreparable i n i ury to the na-
a higher calibre.
ional organizations, therefore, be Bira-Bidjan, the region where
Under the leadership of Samuel t
Jewish settlement is sponsored by
Solomon, pianist and music teach- „"
eed that the members of the Ozet and the Comzet, depart-
Cr. the orchestra will be enlarger! the "R J " erl
sh Consumptives' Relief
wi
'
.
and the east will be composed of society
assemutea ment for Jewish land settlement,
in of
the following
seven
men and
eight , disapprove of the proposed plans were denied in despatches from
women:
Morris
Kroner,
leading
of the National Ap eels Informs- Chabarovsk, principal city in the
man; Janet Pasketvitch, leading o lion Service to control the policies region.
lady;
Mischa Kaltinof, singer; or budget of nor organization:
The rumors originated in the
Moses Silberstein, comedian; cei.
Defend Traditional Policy.
t C
aho h at i In - ta R tma u ci s nk s ge i adn tncrtcnyn t : op
i n zr i e( l t:pi hacv.retn i, s d jh a eeln n ssst d ? a related
is Bodkin, Menasseh Bodkin, Mor-
"Resolved that the board of taus- ,
ris Zeidman,
Miss Winters,
Kaltinof, and
Gus-
!is
Karp,
Arthur
tees
of
the
Jewish
Consumptives'
•
sae
at,tl ,e7,,,,
Relief Society are hereby empow-
., 1 . i
'mac Arco, stage manager.
A opastatement
ered to use their best endeavors to ages
The theater is now being re-
t ract any lens to curtail or
threie
,declared that
modeled for the new season, and .
e the traditiP onal • policies, tune-
no incidents in Bira-Bidjan, be-
be-
P,:eparations, according to Mr., c?tuenr
tines or methods of fund raising
raising tore i, o i tr after
, tf
,
tphee.
a e e li x e c l e s i:
Littman, include plans to introduce I f the Jewish Consumptives'
with
peasants
improvements far to exceed the ' o l•ef Society which in their opinion t i
'
lent and the field work is going on
4 'knots of the theater during the lief
Past year.
. normally, the statement declares.
(Turn to Last Page.)
NEW COMPANY FOR
YIDDISH THEATER
DENY ANTI•JEWISH
BIRABIDJAN UNREST
The failure of the British Administration in Palestine to guarantee
the safety of the Jewish population once again reveals the true color
of British officialdom there, whose unfriendliness to Jewish effort and
aspiration, and whose refusal to carry into effect the provisions of the
Mandate for Palestine which call for the establishment of a Jewish
National Home in Palestine, are proof not only of the anti-Zionist
attitude of men pledged to Zionist policy, but of their anti-Jewishness
as well.
DETROITERS STIRRED
BY PALESTINE RIOTS
Relatives of Palestinians Frantic• Chronicle Office
Besieged for Information About Conditions;
Congressman Clancy Asks U. S. Protection.
Statement Based on Facts.
This is not a statement made in a moment of resentment at what
has happened to our people, and at the manner in which our rights
have been trampled under foot by English colonial officers. It k a
statement based on facts. While it is painful to uncover ancient :
tragedies and old wounds inflicted upon us by unfriendly Britishers,
the present situation calls for the unveiling of verything which will
show up the truly guilty, and which may once and for all put all
end to the shameful acts of British officers who encourage an Arab
anti-Jewish policy. Because under Ottoman rule Jews lived in safety,.
but under the great British empire WC suffer pogroms!
The Wailing Wall question has been used as an excuse on the
part of certain Arab ringleaders to incite mobs against the Jews
whom they falsely charge with plans to capture that part of the
wall on which is erected the Mosque of Omar. Of course thew
charges are untrue. But the important point is that Arab bandits
were encouraged in organizing their massacres by unofficial winking
on the part of British officials. The latter on every occasion gave
the Arabs evidence that they neither cared nor would defend the
Jews against them. Whatever the occurrence, blame for disturb-
ances was always placed on the Jews, with the Arabs always being
painted as martyrs in British reports to the London Colonial Office.,
Jews who were compelled to resort to self-defense in Bedouin attacks
hove been called "aggressive." And the cause has, in almost every
instance, been attributable to the unfriendliness of the British,
officials,
From the moment the editorial office of The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle opened on Monday morning, continuing throughout
the week hundreds of anxious Jews continued to inquire re-
garding the situation in Palestine. Many urged the convening
of is mass demonstration of Detroit Jews to protest against
inadequate usotection of Jewish rights by the British adminis•
trader.
Among those who anxiously called for information were
relatives and friends of Jewish settlers in Palestine. Mrs. Isi•
done Cohen of 425 Kirby avenue, a former Palestinian, was
frantic all week for lack of information about a brother and
three cousins, all students in the Hebron Yeshivah, whose slot-
dents were brutally butchered in moat unheard-of atrocities,
among the dead being at least 12 American students for the
rabbinate.
Mrs. Morris Subar of 5050 Hastings, whose brother is also
a student at Hebron, and whose family resides in Jerusalem,
was equally as frantic, her cables to Palestine in quest for
information as to the well-being of her relatives remaining
unanswered due to the strict censorship of news ■ ncl other
wires.
Mechoel Margolis, who recently returned to Detroit from ■
year's stay in Palestine, wired Secretary of State Henry L.
Stimson expressing anxiety over the fate of his wife, Mr.. Rose
Margolis, and three daughters, Sarona, 14; Arias, 10, and
Bath Ami, 6. The Margolis family is prominently known in
Detroit Jewish circles.
d by George Zernitsky of 1574 Monte-
Anxiety is cap
rey, an engineering student at University of Detroit, over the
fate of his brother, Max, ■ civil engineer employed by the
Hecker & Yellen Co., of Jerusalem, and his sister, Mrs. Anna
Schohor of Tel Aviv.
Other Detroiter. now in Tel Aviv are Mrs. Bessie Lipshit ■
and son, Aaron, 15, and Mr. and Mr.. Shapiro.
Many of the readers of The Chronicle who called our office
during the week were indignant over the biased and unfriendly
cable under the sgnature of Vincent Sheean of the North
American Newspaper Alliance, published in the Detroit News
of Monday, in which Mr. Sheean dared call the Jewish self-
defense corps "a ggressive Zionists," the entire tone of his
article placing blame on the Jews who were so brutally attacked
by Arab bandits and whose only guilt was that they were com•
pelted to defend themselves. At the same time the Associated
Press was lauded for its fair reports of the happenings in the
Holy Land.
Patterson'. Indictment.
The present outrages are directly traceable to the Jerusalem
pogrom of April 1920. In order that his charges should not be
accepted as biased, the writer will let a responsible British officer'
speak the indictment against his own government. Lieutenant-Col-
onel J. II. l'atterson, D. S. C., one of the commanders of the Jewish
Legion which fought with British forces for the liberation of Pales- .
tine from Turkish rule, published a record of his experiences in a
volume which he called "With the Judeans in the Palestine Cf1111-
paign." In this volume he records acts on the part of the Military'
Administration in Palestine, prior to the appointment of Sir Herbert
Samuel as Iligh Commissioner at the head of a civil administration,
which brand English rule as nothing short of being murderous.
In the chapter before the concluding one in this volume, Patter-
son describes "The Jerusalem Pogrom." Ile places all the blame
on anti-Semitic Englishmen, and the facts he relates reveal the con-
necting link between the outrages of nine years ago with those of
today. Colonel Patterson's indictment of his fellow-countrymen who
disgraced their country with their anti-Jewish actions in Palestine
ought at this time to be broadcast far and wide, in the hope that it
may awaken the British government to its responsibility to the Jewish
people.
The greater part of the chapter "The Jerusalem Pogrom," in
Colonel Patterson's "With the Judeans in the l'alestine Campaign'
follows:
"Shortly after my return to England events occurred in Palestine
which proved up to the hilt all that I have written with regard to the
anti-Jewish attitude of certain members of the E. E. F. (Egyptian I
Expeditionary Force) Staff. A veritable "pogrom," such as we have
hitherto only associated with Tzarist Russia, took place in the Holy
City of Jerusalem in April, 1920, and as this was the climax to the
maladministration of the military authorities, I consider that the facts
in the case should be made public.
"To the observant onlooker it wao quite evident that he hostile
policy pursued by the administration must inevitably lead to out-
breaks against the Jews. An intelligent people, such •. the Arabs,
could not be blind to the anti-Jewish course being steered. The
Balfour Declaration, that divinely inspired bessage to the people of
Israel, was never allowed to be officially published within the borders
of Palestine; the Hebrew language was proscribed; there was open
discrimination against the Jews; the Jewish regiment was at all times
kept in the background and treated as • pariah. This official attitude
was interpreted by the hooligan element and interested schemers in
the only possible way; namely, that the military authorities in Pales-
tine were against the Jew. and Zionism, and the conviction began
to grow, in some native minds ■
at least, that ■
any act calculated to
deal • death blow to Zionist aspirations would not be unwelcome to
those in authority in the Holy Land.
"Moreover, this malign influence was sometimes strengthened
by very plain speaking. The military governor of en important town
was actually heard to declare in a Y. M. C. A. hut, in the presence
of British and French officers and of Arab waiters, that in case of
anti-Jewish riots in his city, he would remove the garrison, and take
up his position at • window, where he could watch, and laugh at,
what went on. This •m•sing declaration was reported to the acting
chief administrator and the acting chief political officer, but no
action was taken against the governor. Only one interpretation can
be placed on such leniency.
"In March, 1920, the following extraordinary order was iosued
to the troops in Palestine: 'As the government has to pursue in
(Turn to Last Page.)
THE WALL OF TEARS
By DR. NOAH E. ARONSTAM
(Written as • reaction to the Arab outrages against the Jews in
Palestine.)
For these th'ngs I weep,
Mine eye, mine eye runneth with water. —Lem. 1, 16
Unleashed the hordes descended on Talpioth,
Unbridled in its fury the slaughter raged,
And with Allah on their lips and frothing breath,
They added slain unto slain,
Until the dead decked the streets of Hebron.
For these things I weep, 0 Lord
I weep for baffled hopes and shattered dreams,
For vain promises by the Mighty,
That sit in the Council of Nations;
Who with merciless disdain
Shut their eyes to the cruel fate
That befell my people.
Thou Wall of Tears, Wailing Wall!
If Nair. were stones
Then thou wouldst rise again as of yore,
Reared out of the agonies, hewn from the corpses
Of thy sons who gave their lives
To consecrate once, more
In death their fealty unto thee, 0 Zion.
For these things I weep.
Mama,- lien - A vi
Is Among Injured
.0 1 community was transformed into a
vale of tears. Chief Rabbi Kook
burst into tears at hearing the
news, and in a trembling voice de-
clared:
"It is the worst slaughter the
Jews have experienced sine. the
destruction of Jerusalem, because
it was perpetrated in the town of
King David."
The eight Arabs who were
killed at Ilebron owe their deaths
to the bravery and courage of the
24 American students who de-
fended themselves with pieces of
furniture against the well armed
Arabs. Of the 50 Jews killed in
Hebron at least 12 are American
Jewish young men.
In one other spot the attack was
as savage, and that is in that part
of Jerusalem which is inhabited by
old Jews, who were unable to de-
fend themselves. Had it not been
for the quick action on the part of
Jewish young men who organized
a self•defense corps, the entire
Jewish population might have been
slaughtered.
Zionist Demands.
But while in Hebron and Jeru-
salem the occurrences might be
referred to by the terms "massa-
cres" and "pogroms," in Tel Aril
and the Jewish colonies the situ.
I tion assumed the character of
war, and wherever Jews were able
to defend themselves they dis-
played heroism comparable to the
spirit of the Maccabees.
In the meantime, at London, a
memorandum was submitted per-
sonally by Lord Melchett to Lord
Penfield, Secretary of State for
the Colonial Office, containing the
following four requests:
1. Adequate compensation for
the victims of the riots and for
Jewish property destroyed.
2. Full liberty for Jews in Pal-
' estine to arm themselves in self-
defense.
3,
of those guilty
and dismissal of administrative of-
ficers who proved themselves in-
competent in handling the situa-
tion.
4. A clear statement is asked
lot British policy in Palestine with
regard to the Jewish National
• • •
Emergency Fund Is Home.
RABBI
Asked by Hadassah JERUSALEM. — APPEAL
(J. T. A.) —e
PALESTINE CHIEF
SENDS URGENT
--
Rabbi A. J. Kook, Ashkenazle
Hospitals handicapped in Chief Rabbi of Palestine, request-
ed the office of the Jewish Tele.
Ministering Relief to
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Wounded.
CHICAGO CUBS SIGN
JEWISH BOY OF IS
The situation in Palestine has
taxed the Hadassah hospitals I
that an emergency situation was
created for lack of funds and ma-
serials, and the Detroit chapter of
Hadassah has issued an appeal con-
tained in the following statement
made to The Detroit Jewish "Red" Solomon of Bronx is
Chronicle:
the Future Baseball
"The terrible results of the
Star.
Arab-Jewish clash in Palestine are
manifested in the Ilailassah hos-
By GEORGE JOEL
pitals, which are overflowing with
"Red" Sammy Solomon, a IS-
IS-
wounded victims of the fighting.
H
The Hadassah
medical organiza- ear-old freckle faced red headed
tion, wholly unprepared for this from
kid f the Bronx in New York
the will some day be a member of
shocking event, is desperately in City
Chicago National Baseball
need of fund to take care of this ;-
emergency situation, and appeals flub. Manager Joe McCarthy of
to all Hadassah chapters in Amer- the Cubs signed him to a contract
ica to respond immediately. The the other day. It is stipulated in
ITTAMAR BEN-AVI
following telegram from Hadassah this unusual document that be-
cause of Red's tender age he will
Nemo. Ben-Avi, noted Hebrew
national headquarters in New not immediately become a member
editor and publisher, son of the York was received by Mrs. Jos. II.
When Chicago
late Eliezer Ben Yehudah, father Ehrlich, former president of the of the team but
Detroit chapter, in the temporary
temporary plays in New York City Red will
of the movement for the revival of absence from the city of Mrs. act as mascot. Unfortunately Chi-
cogs will not play in New York
the Hebrew language, is reported Ralph Davidson, president:
among the injured in the riots in
"'Received desperate cables until T k next year.
he arrangement with the Cubs
from Hadassah medical organize- nut es
Palestine.
"Red" the youngest person
in Palestine
begging
Benjamin Goldberg of Tel Aviv, lion
medical
funds. All
possible
for im- ever to be signed by a big - league
Ha- baseball team. Waite Iloyt
Wan
son
of
the
well-known
Russian
dassah
hospital
facilities
available
Zionist and philanthropist, J. L. being used. Send immediately s i gn ed by the k
was Is which gives our young hero
Goldberg,
is
reported
among
the
what
funds
you
have
and
appeal
a
three
year
lead
over
the
Yankee
killed. Wolfgang von Weisel, cor-
respondent of the Vossische Zei- for more.
hurler.
" 'ZIP SZOLD,
tune, is among the seriously in-
There is no question that the
jured.
"'President National Hadassah.'
signing of "Red" is in the nature
"Detroit chapter of Iladassah of a publicity stunt but neverthe-
! ass t he
t
remarkable
m,
an ge
a ba
i ll
REVISIONISTS FORM hereby appeals earnestly to all its p layer.
iayea ar he
and their families, as boys' team called the Majesties,
BRANCH IN DETROIT members
well as to all other Detroit Jewish composed of older boys. The team
men and women, to contribute all was so good that the Ki•anis Club
they can
for the relief
of the
the this year donated uniforms and the
In order radically to alter the wounded
in Palestine
and for
situation in Zionism and in Pales-
boys with natural gratitude called
' tine, a World Zionist Revisionist aid of the widows and orphans of themselves the "Kiwanis Juniors."
Organization in being formed with those who were killed. All amounts
One of "Red's" best games was
branches wherever there are Jews. will be welcome, the main consid• played just ■ few days ago when
extreme to promptness, h is team played the Carleton Ath -
■ A Detroit branch was organized eration
as it is being
necessary
here this week, following • series
cable the !sic Club. "Red" was catching and
of conferences held since the funds to Palestine immediately. with the score 4-1 in the fifth in.
World Zionist Congress under the Contributions should be sent either , ning he stepped into the pitcher's
chairmanship of A. Altman. Fur- to Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, 5553 box and won the game. He himself
, ther details about the Detroit I Second avenue, or to Mrs. Albert knocked out a home run, a triple
I chapter will be announced in tom- I Feldstein, treasurer, 3330 West and a single.
ing issues of The Chronicle.
I Grand avenue."
(Casoyrhat 5555, J, T, A.)
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