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Sabbath Readings of the Torah.
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 12:1.17:27.
Prophetical portion—Is. 40:27-4 1 :16.

November 15, 1929

Cheshven 12, 5690

New Light on Dreyfus Affair.

While Captain Alfred Dreyfus, hero of

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the famous affair in France towards the end
of the last century, is celebrating his seven-
tieth birthday in Paris, where he still resides
in seclusion, new light is thrown on that
famous case in a brochure published in
Vienna by Max J. Kohler, former Assistant
United States District Attorney at New
York. "Some New Light on the Dreyfus
Case" is the title of Mr. Kohler's work
which is to form part of a Freidus Memor-
ial Volume, in honor of the late distin-
guished librarian and bibliophile, I)r. Abra-
ham Solomon Freidus. It reveals, by quot-
ing secret documents in the German linper-
ial archives, that the former Kaiser knew
Dreyfus was innocent but would not him-
self, nor did the German Embassy at Paris,
do anything which would have established
the justice which they admitted was lack-
ing in the Dreyfus Affair.

Captain Dreyfus was sentenced to life se-

clusion on Devil's Island by a secret court-

martial on Dec. 22, 1894. Following a cam-

paign which aroused public opinion

throughout the world, the Court of Casea-

tion on June 3, 1899, gave its opinion that

the famous "bordereau," which was later

rat

proven forged, hail been written by Major

Walsin Esterhazy and that Dreyfus was

the victim of an illegal conviction. But a

second court-martial on Sept. 9, 1899 again

reconvicted him with "extenuating circum-

stances." Ten days later he was pardoned

by the President of France, and it was not

until July 12, 1906. that Dreyfus and all

who suffered for him were finally exculpa-

ted and rehabilitated by the Court of Cassa-

tion.

Mr. Kohler's brochure reveals that Del-
casse and Marquis de Galliffet, then for-
eign Minister and Minister of War respec-
tively, and Maitre Ferdinand Labori, coun-
sel for Dreyfus, sought the co-operation of
the German Kaiser in clearing up the mess,
but the latter refused, secretly entertaining
the hope that a reconviction of Dreyfus will
demoralize the French army, bring about
a French revolution and thus weaken an
enemy of Germany.

A number of French names will for all
time be remembered in connection with the
famous Dreyfus Affair. A real hero in de-
fense of justice and in the battle for an in-
nocently convicted Jew was Emile 'Lola.
His sacrifices in behalf of Dreyfus, his gen-
uine heroism in behalf of a victim of an
army clique, make his name synonymous
with justice. Colonel Georges Picquart,
Maitre Labori, Georges Clemenceau are
other names which are nobly associated
with this historic case.

"Zola and his Time" by Matthew Jos-

ephson is a remarkable record of the activ-

Procrastination, superstitious fear and

uncertainty are the three reasons abided to

by Mr..Ilernuin August in a recent state-

ment on the question. We took occasion

several months ago to point out that the

second is by far the outstanding reason for

failure on the part of Jews to

and

write W ills,

it is most regrettable because it is so

un-Jewish, tradition among people always

having called for the preparation of tza-

voahs, or wills, by our people, assuring the

disposition of their possessions according

to their own and not the state's desires.

It is emphasized in all statements anis

far published that public charities suffer

most from such deviation by Jews from

Jewish tradition. It is important that our

well-to-do remember also that as a result

of failure to write a testament before death,

directing how their property be divided

after death, they subject themselves to dan-

gers of possible. ridicule as a result of con-

tests among survivors for their possessions

and for numerous other reasons. The fact

however, that division of such estates is

then directed by the state's public admin-

istrators, and that the ideals and causes to

which the deceased adhered to in his life-

time are forgotten in death, stamp shame

on the negligent who fail to write wills.

When wills are written, Jewish charities
and national causes as a rule benefit by
them. Local charities have benefited from
wills. National institutions have received
large gifts in bequests, an outstanding ex-
ample being the Jewish National Fund,
which has for many years been the recipi-
ent of large sums, and which many Zionists
make it a practice to name the beneficiary
in writing imurance. From personal con-
siderations as well for the pithilc good, the
writing of wills should be encouraged, and
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle is happy to
champion the movement to encourage the
return by Jews to the tradition of preparing
tzavoahs.

Bait for the Jew.

Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, advocate of a
Hunt:mist religion, in a sermon before Dr.
Charles Francis Potter's Humanist Congre-
gation. made a special plea to the Jews of
America to join "in a new, vital, living
twentieth century religion that will be all-
embracing and that will. beginning as an
American faith, eventually become a world
religion." Dr. Barnes, who created a sen-
sation last year by urging the adoption of
a new conception of deity in the light of
modern science, went quite a bit further
than the average missionary when he threw
to the Jews, in his New York address, the
following uncomplimentary bait :

To nty Jewish friends, whom I like and re-
spect sn much, I say: Let the dead past bury

its dead. Collie out of the darkness of the
synagogue. Forget the superstitions and

ancient rites of the past. They are an evil
dream—a compound of fable and forgery.

Come out into the open--into the bright, clear
light of twentieth century America.

Dreyfus, and as a biography of Zola is one

In Humanism, under Jewish auspices if they

Rev. Holmes' Attack on Balfour.

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loss to the community and to charitable in-

stitutions from the failure on the part of
well-to-do JON'S to write wills disposing of
their possessions after death. It has been
found that in instances of such failure the
community's charities fail to receive be-
quests which would have been made had
the deceased not procrastinated in his life-
time, and had he prepared a last testament.

ities of most of the champions of justice for

of the best books of the past year.

It is difficult to believe with the Rev. Dr.
John Haynes Holmes of the Community
Church of New York that Balfour was in-
sincere when he wrote his famous Declara-
tion to the Jews on behalf of the British
government. Nevertheless his volume,
"Palestine Today and Tomorrow," publish-
ed last week by the Macmillan Company.
is a valuable commentary on present events
in Palestine.

I)r. Holmes is a friend of the Jewish
cause and his reflections on the Palestine
situation are of great value at this time.
His advice that "the Jews must trust not
to the English but to themselves—to their
prophetic ideals of peace and brotherhood.
their spirit of justice. and that innate ca-
pacity for strength through suffering which
has enabled them to survive the hatred of
the centuries ;" and his conclusion that Ara-
bic-Jewish peace must be made without
British bayonets, echoes the efforts of the
Frith Sholom Palesine, which is seeking
such peace.

Nevertheless. we must remember that
England is in Palestine to stay. and that
the policy of British officials in Palestine to
v ide and rule" will continue to destroy
Mitever is accomplished by Jews and
k in the cause of peace unless British
' of adminstration is changed and
ling practices of the past decade

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DEFENSE

ceding issues of The Chronicle point to the

prefer, liberal Jews will find a religious posi-
tion which will allow them at over to give ade-
quate expression to their religious earnest-

ness and to their passion for social progress.
They can be both good Jews and up-to-date
citizens of a contemporary intellectual world.

Let them hold up the hands of the few rabbis
who have dared to square their preaching with

present-day life and knowledge. Free from
the handicap of the Jesus stereotype which
hamstrings Christian modernism, liberal Juda-

ism is singularly well equipped to espouse a
man-centered religion and swell the ranks of

Humanism.

We have no fear that this bait will catch
many Jewish fish in Dr. Barnes' net, but we
marvel at the audacity of a man speaking
supposedly in the name of religion who
will attempt to bribe converts by pronoun-
cing words of friendship in one breath and
in the next launching an attack on the
synagogue. To speak of "bright, clear
light of twentieth century America" in the
same sentence in which he assails the moth-
er of religions in a most savage manner is
something new in red-igious prejudice. It
is all the more amazing when such savagery
is covered with it cloak of liberalism and
h u man ism.

We excuse Dr. Barnes on the ground that

he has vet much to learn about humanism

and

liberalism from the very religion of the

synagogue he attacks. That which he calls

new in his religion is old in Judaism. His

references to the synagogues certainly are

not novel and original, and speak little

good for this preacher.

Charles If. Joseph

By JULIAN L. AVI.SIGI.A.

WASHINGTON JEWISH
MIRROR

THANKS to Mr. Louis Berlin of the Chicago

One of the wagen mules brought
up short in its traces, and slowly
toppled over sideways. The echo
of that shot front the distance was
flung staccato into the still air.
The carter, who had liven sprawl-
ing back on his elbows reading a
Hebrew newspaper the while his
mules were trudging homeward up
the hill, sprang into immediate
activity. Unlimbering the sesend
mule, he jumped on its back, and
commenced galloping back to the
homestead of the kvutzah, near the
tibial', of woods.
The attack had started. It was
the first erupt ion of the simmering
volcano.
ominously
pinged
Rifle-shots
around him as the mule raced madly
up the incline. They were wrizzing
past his ears, testifying to the
keen eyesight and excellent marks-
manship of the assailants, as he
breasted the slope and headed for
the main gate. Most of the men
were inside the farmyard, it was
almost sunset, and they tan became
inordinately active as they sighted
the man on the animal.
"They're coming!" "To arms!"
he panted, as he swung saf his
mount, which seemed hardly to
ceased its stride.
The wt., den gate was swung to,
and the men disposed themselves
about the grounds. They opened
the 111512 of arms, scaled with the
Government seal, which contained
25 rifles, en, or two revolvers and
ammunition. Luckily, at the first
signs of danger earlier that week,
the women and children had been
sent to a largo Jewish colony across
the plain, tvtticlt was considered
safer than this lonely kvutzah,
which tended a 11(071 wood,
Inside the building, the rifles,
well-oiled and deadly, were being
given final ex:intim/thin. The
handful of men had distributed
themselves advantageously over the
grounds, Their faces, bronzed by
the suns of many ardent Pales-
tinian summers and weal:herby/den
by the rains and winds 01 the harsh
ssini.rs, were set and stern. Their
I elm' was issuing the final in-
structions.
"There are probably hundreds of
them," he said, "But—we shall not
flee. We shall die rather than de-
sert. tom rads s."
They %yew, simple words, simply
spoken. But in the determination
and resole which showed on these
sturdy men's countenance, they
were significant and potent. If
Ephraim had said remain, then
remain they would—though it
meat death. Not willingly would
these men, these new pioneers of
an old-new land, give up their hard-
wen inherit/thee, which future
generatiems of their pioneer stock
were to enjoy. Ephraim had lost
his sister, Sara, during the heroic
defence of Tel Ilai, in 1920, when
she fell with Trumpeldor and flat
gallant band. He would n o t leave,
In the meantime, the volleys of
shuts from the either side were
thickening, and the skirmishers
had dosed in. They had become
emboldened by the continued sil-
ence of the besieged Jews. To them,
it seemed as though they would
have an easy victory; they would
kill the chalutzim, loot the place
and burn it, and be hack at home
with the spoils of tvar that evening.
Chiser and closer they CIIMP.
Then befell the great tragedy.
Ephraim began marshalling his
men, ordering them to retreat into
the large homestead, the two-
storeyed building in which all had
their abode. On their stomachs
they crawled, slowly not to draw
tire, and climbed warily up the
steps which led into the house..
Ephraim was last, seeing his men
in safe, when—
Ephraim was shot. Ephraim
was dead.
Dead! The boys could not be-
lieve it. They laid him upon the
ground, and gathered around. Some
kissed him. They shuck and cried
to him. Ephraim was dead! Eph-
raim who had led and hived them,
their friend and counsellor, nay,
their brother—F:phraim who had
gathered that devoted hand while
yet in Disspora, years ago, the
gallant exponent of their social.
democratic creed -- Ephraim had
joined Sara his sister-heroine!
They rose front beside the quiet
body and took their posts at the
windows.

The countryside,
quiet except for the infrequent
shots, re-echoed with the eutomary
.multitudinous a n d ; harmonious
sounds of Nature and insect-life,
unaware of the tragedy which was
being enacted aniline. nom close by.
Only the birds sensed hostility, and
they twittered and rustled in the
tall pines and the ahundant casua-
rina of the Herz! Wood. What a
fitting tribute it was, to these
guardians of the national forest,
that the birds were agitated en
their behalf! For these were the
men who had seen a small forest
grow from saplings. who had lov-
ingly nurtured the plants, and who
now were determined to protect
leant it and their holdings from the
magus of destructive feenten.
This indeed was a sage of the
sell. The land on whit ii they stood
was the and of their tweak, under
the old Nfosaie principle which
held in unto their nation forever.
Death was prefer/0.1' t , the dis-
lamer Of allowing it to Ie spolia-
teal l'y sat ages.
Als:ut midnight, the attack re-
cammeiwed. The besiegers, tired
of marking time untill daylight
and hoping to frighten the Jews
out into the anvil, like frightened
I aid/its from their burrows, had
set tire to the hayrick. That
proved their undoing. The besieg-
ed men fired at the silhouettes
against the be
Dawn breke after this. agonis-
ing night. From the front a sud-
den volley heralded the rising sun.
The .lutes peeped through the shut-
ters and saw the place strewn with
bodies. The wounded apparently
had been removed, but some two

It was flight.

(Turn to Next Pagel

Sentinel the criticism I offered against the hos-

pital administration of the Osawatontie Hospital of
Kansas because of its expressed attitude that the

stoat was Gentile and therefore. Gentiles are pre-

f erred, was brought directly to the attention of the

governor of Kansas. And I am glad to say that

Governor C. M. Reed immediately realized the

illogical Position of a state institution adopting such
a discriminatory and intolerant attitude. The let-
ter of the governor follows and is self-explanatory:

This is in further relation to your letter of

Sept. 9, which was acknowledged by my secre-

tary, under date of Sept. 12, and concerns let-
ler written lip F..1. Carmichael, superintendent

of the Osawatomie State Hospital, to Dr. Ed-
ward It Morgenstern, in which he used this

phrase: "This is a Gentile staff and Gentiles

are preferred." I beg to advise that I have

handled this vigorously with the board of ad-

ministration, and Dr. Carmichael has been rep-
rimanded for the statement he made. I wish

to disclaim any such sentiment on the part of

this administration. In the handling of state
institutions no distinction as to creed, religion

or race will be tolerated and Dr. Carmichael
has been so advised."

I

HAD OCUISi011 to indulge in a mild criticism of
the attitude of Rabbi Henry Berkowitz of Port-
land, Ore, toward the ,lowish situation in Palestine,
but after reading this paragraph from a letter he
has just sent to me I am in/dined to think that he
has good grounds for his opinion:

If our aims and ambitions as a nation are
fthing to necessitate the constant exercise of
military force by Great Britain We are cer-

tainly nut contributing to the world's peace.
Personally I see something humiliating in stand-
ing by the picking of crumbs that drop from

the international diplomatic banquet table. It

is all very well to say that we are making de-

mands for our rights, but what we are really
doing is begging for favors. Is not the spec-

tacle of a humble, patient and suffering servant
of the Lord nobler than an ambitious, schem-
ing, and self-seeking national entity'. I have

been an ardent cultural Zionist, and while the
world waits, my pacifist convictions force me
to see the dangers in our present political

situation,

Of course we mustn't forget that the Jews occupy

such an unenviable position in this world HMI that

they have been so completely at the mercy of un-
scrupulous majorities in European countries that

as a matter of self-protection they have to do things
that other and more strongly entrenched people it

not have to do.

IT IS ONLY when we have concrete examples of

the misery that has followed in the wake of the
tragedy of Palestine that we are brought to It full

realization of just what happened in that country.

The ether day I received a letter which gave me an
illuminating insight on the situation. An engineer
working on a locomotive in Poland (a Jew, of

coursed was informed by an officer of the company
that he would either have to change his religion or

quit his job. In 1924 he quit his job and went to
Palestine, where he was able to secure a similar
position in Hebron. Ile was married and during

the Arab attack, he and his wife were killed, leav-
ing one child three years out and another three
months old. These orphans cannot be brought to

this country because of the quota law, and there
you are. When you hear of incidents like this

one it brings home with crushing force the reality
of the situation. But to me the attitude of the

Polish officials towards this Jew in denying him the
opportunity of working unless he became con-

By !Idle!, The Observer

THE most exciting condition in
a generation exists in the Sen-
ate today. It is the result of a
bitter squabble on account of the
tariff, which always causes squab-
bles aplenty.
We have no Jews sitting in the'
Senate chamber but Jews are
deeply involved in the tariff ques-
tion and not on one side, either.
During the days of the hearings
before the House ways and means
committee, and in the scorching
summer session of the Senate
finance committee, we told you of
the great number of Jewish faces
that could be seen in the corridors
and in the committee rooms.
Now they can iigain till Seen,
worried and distressed Icst all of
their efforts and ennrwaus expen-
r•h
ditures l'0111• to 111l1101t.
manufacturers are beggini for
higher tariff; Jewish importer, are
begging for lower tariff. If a
senator turas down an appeal for
a change in rate, he is an "anti•
Semite" As a matter of fact he
nnUst hurt one group of Jews or
the other. Frank and outspoken
senators express the opinion that
nothing will happen this session.
SO there you ars'. But push and
pull has been made use of to a
with no results, it
great extent -with
seems.
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THE Ku Klux Klan is deader than
dead, if that be possible.. Of
routs., you may not have known
that it WilS still alive, but some
tow politicians did. Washington
had its eye fixed on as few elections
throughout the states, on Nov. 5.
Jimmy Walker's home town
created some interest in the capi-
tol—the Virginia battle was con-
sidered significant ; but the ballot-
ing in Indiana was more significant
from a progressive and advanced
politician's point of view. Indiana
was on e of the strongholds of the
Klan. A few years ago it was con-
sidered impossible to move with-
out the support of the hooded
knights. On election day the Klan
/received a vicious blow at the
hands of the voters. Particularly
in Indianapolis, where they sys-
tematically kept out of power
those bosses and candidates who
"adopted" the Klan when it en-
tyre.] Hoosier politics,

W 0 Washington Jew's were shiv-
ering on the day that Senator
Brookhart read of his list of at-
tendants at the rather moist din-
ner of financiers et al. What if he
should mention their morels, ton?
Of course they really were there
and they admit that the y did not
abstain from what maketh the
heart glad, but they would rather
not have it mentioned in the news-
papers. Conscience is a terrible
master. Particularly when you
are afraid that you may really be
found out before your conscience
lets you confess.

Jews had better not be mixed
un in these exposures, say these
Washingtonians. Bad enough
when the senate actually gets to
investigating Wall street and re-
discovers how many Jews are tied
up with the "international banking
bunch."
Maybe Will Rogers is right in
more than one sense when he said
that the British ought to send
troops to Manhattan Island be-
cause the "Wailing Wall" is there.
Matter of fact, more Jews worship
at this wailing wall than at the re-

mains of Solomon's Temple in Je-
rusalem.

• 'llE Bible tells us ab. ut Italaain
but it does not say that 11..S1,
had a jackass.
In the senate it
scents Senator Sloses has decided
that tr‘inilepunitent western Re-
publican conic under the. siweies of
wild jackass's. Said a wag in ill'
senate chamber: "Moses ratty be
right but remember that the jack-
ass of the Bible spoke. wor Is of
wisdom; maybe these
westcril
bronchus speak no foolishness,
either.

IF' I'llE

Republican , and Demo.
crags do not cause enough
trouble to let us have a new part;
to add to the rumpus. This
has beam suggested 111011y times ill
our history, and valiant attenolt ,
to found a successful new party
have been made.
Now comes Rabbi Stephen Wise,
and lends his powerful voice and
eloquent gestures to make another
attempt at founding a liberal
(forty. In the meantime, lie says.
such a perty would be useful mil:,
in local elections ill New •orl,
t'ilt', but slinilar efforts thrnuelh
out the country scout.' probably rc .
suit in a national aspe.ct twine as•
sullied by the iinweint:nt.
Of coarse %vr d.r not forget that
only 12 months ago Stephen used
the same tow, and gestures to fur-
ther the cause of a certain Al
Smith; nor do we disregard the
fact that the same Stephen was a
bosom friend and staunch sup-
porter of a certain 11 . 0,1(11.0w Wil-
son. All of %%Mich makes said St.-
plum look liks. a Democrat tried
and true Washington is wutch-
ing :11, the administration
is not excited ahem it ye:, but
they are very 11 os di:. I, '1 , 1 in
the Jewish prie I.. :.

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den hate not yetne.:.
nor will they be sos s n.
"When the word Nk I
forth that
a home for the .1. tt i.h IICOpIt' W11 ,
to be established in Palestine. it
WIlS a matter of profound interest
not only to the Jewish fwoid• but

to people throughout the world. It
seemed in accord wit a beautiful

ard sacred tradition. The story
of a marvelous race surged ae o n
our mind, and enriched our
thought. It seemed in accord with
the highest dictates of humanity
and the highest and loftiest prin-
ciples of justice that this should
be 50,
"Even those who doubted its
success were thrilled by the sira-
math. movement. To see a scat-
tered people. taking possession of
the land of their forefathers was
a m o ving thing. But tonight, in
the face of this tragedy, let us
have an understanding. Is this
to he a national home or an inter-
national shambles?
"A home is not a place where
one is tortured with fear. A home
is not a place where helpless men
and women and children are sub-
jected to the barbarisms of the
barbaric. This meeting, this move-
ment since the tragedy, should be
firmly resolved to see to it that in
the future such obligations are not
as will make it a home."

verted, is an interesting sidelight on Polish methods.

JEWISII student at the Hebrew Union College
was in the Argonne Forest engagement in 1918.
He received a wound which resulted in the loss of
his eyesight. But with rare courage he continued
his work at the Hebrew Union College and the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati and was graduated in 192:5. Ile
was appointed chaplain of the Disabled American
Veterans of the World War. After holding that
position for six years he was asked to serve for life.
For the past six years this blind rabbi has been the
national field representative of the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations and he has traveled
almost a hundred thousand miles to carry his mes-
sage of faith to his people. I don't know, but it
seems to me that this man in peace is a greater
hero than he could ever have been in war, even
though he had conic home decorated with every
insignia that could have been pinned on him. Rabbi
Michael Aaronsohn is his name. The United States
is his pulpit. And people of every religious denomi-
nation are his congregation. He has organized Jew-
visited hospitals, asylums and prisons and he has
brought his message to civic bodies. What message
does he bring? To inspire people with a high con-
cept Of faith and courage (and surety he is a liv•
ing example); to enlighten the public regarding the
history and religion of the Jew and to strengthen
the i•leal , of the Jew. A noble mission, Rabbi
Aaronsohn!

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E Rev. Dr. Stidger of Boston is a courageous
I l1 clergyman.
Ile calls the D. .1. R. the "Sacred

Caw of America." I made a mistake in typing
and wrote the "Scared Cow of A meric ' and I am
inclined to think that's what the organization really
is. They remind me of the nervous spinste-s who
are constantly looking under their beds in search of
burglars. To my way of thinking the foolish antics
e.f the D. A. R. with its blacklist of the most en-
lightened and patriotic men and women of the
nation is in itself more of a menace to the welfare
of the nation than the person it attacks. Un-
fortunately this organization comprise. a 111 ■ •111-
1 ,er,hip that is living on the laurels of its ance ,thrs
and which has dime nothing of its own that can
com mend it to the plaudits of the country. I have
no doubt but that these ill-advised women would
hate been for King George and would have looked
upon the farmers whoa' descendants they are as
"reels" and probably urged a blacklist. The D. A.
R. for a time was funny but unless it changes its
tactics it will soon write itself down as a nuisance.

DR. .1 01IN ROACH STRATON, whose death was
recently chronicled in the press, represented the
fundamental church spirit in this country carried to
a fanatical degree. I have had occasion through
the years to disagree with the policies of the late
Dr. Stratton. I believed, and still believe, that he
was opposed to independent thinking in matters of
religion. If he had the power I firmly believe that
he would force every person to believe as he did.
with the orthodox burning hell and all the rest of
those obsolete theories and dogmas that are a relic
of the dark ages. He was sincere, of course. but
so is the man who burns another at the stake be-
cause he believes the victim is a witch.

Failure to Write Wills Results
In Hardships to Survivors

Herman A. August, Public Administrator, Points to
Delays in Distribution of Funds and to Difficulty
in Establishing Identities Without Written Wills.

The
exceedingly
interesting
statement made. in The Detroit
Jewish Chronicle of Nov. 1 by
Herman A. August, public admin-
istrator, on the loses suffered by
charities and public institutions as
a result of failure on the part of
Jews to write %OILS, has aroused
much comment in many quarters.
As a result of the publication of
this statement, requests have collie
in to the office of The Chronicle
for an explanation of the difficul-
ties involved in the disposition of
Instates for which no wills were
prepaRA

Mr. August, at the request of
The Chronicle, this week pointed
to particular difficulties involved
in disposing of properties when
it is difficult to establish the iden-
tify of survivors, and in instances
when it is impassible to locate any

survivors at all. In the

totter

CASs,

the property reverts to the stat

through the board of escheats. In
the former many difficulties ar
encountered, and Mr.
August
pointed to two such cases for
which he is serving as public ad-
ministrator.

A Typical Case.
The case of Morris Berg. wha
died in Detroit on April 22, 1925,
is pointed to by Mr. August as a
typically Jewish ease in which
difficulties are involved in estab-
lishing the identity 14 survivor , .
Among the effects of this Mr.
Berg were found papers showinn
his father's name to be "S. Berg."
Through friends here relative ,
were located in Chicago, and
through them it was established

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We Observe That-4

The Carnegie Foundation has at last discovered that
college athletics was tainted with commercialism. That's

like telling us of a new discovery' that the sun rises in the
east.

A Japanese scientist claims that by glandular operation he can
champ a Negro or Japanese to a Caucasian. Now the Department of
Immigration will have something to worry about.

Intelligence of the human race is getting better every
day. One thousand Britishers spent a whole night at Kings-
down. England, in search of a ghost with glowing eyes.

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem offered a journalist women as
bribe to favor only his side of the store. After looking liver some of
these Arabian beauties we don't wonder the newspaperman told the
truth.

Fascism, says the iron-jawed Duce, is in a position to
face any situation, "even unforseen." Modesty is not his
only virtue.

An initiate to a secret society in Harvard started an anti-Semitic
demonstration on the campus. nu doubt at the order of the society.
How quickly our college students take up European customs.

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