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Friday, April 23, 1943

THE J E W I S H NEWS

Brig. Kisch, Palestinian
Leader, Killed in Africa

In Lighter Vein

Noted Jewish Diplomat-Soldier Served as Chief Engineer
for Gen. Montgomery's 8th Army; Dies
During Advance in Tunisia

Says an Independent State of the Jewish People Must
Emerge From Peace Treaty in Article in New
Palestine, Official Zionist Organ
A new M. P. once came to

The Week's Best Stories

Disraeli's Reasoning

Prime Minister Benjamin Dis-

JERUSALEM — (Palcor) — The entire Yishuv was raeli for advice.
plunged into mourning when news was received here of the
"Do you think, as a new mem-
death of Brigadier Frederick H. Kisch, Chief Engineer of ber, I should take part in de-
the British Eighth Army, who, for many years has been one bate?" he asked.
of the most popular figures in the Palestine Jewish com-
"Certainly not," replied Dis-
munity.

Brig. Kisch, distinguished sol-
dier of two wars, was killed in
action in Tunisia, it was an-
nounced in London on April 14.
HiS car was blown up when it
passed over a land mine outside
of Sousse.
One of world Jewry's foremost
diplomats and soldiers, Brig.
Kisch had played an important
role in the North African cam-
paign, having been responsible
for the fortifications at El Ala-
mein and had administered the
engineering program which en-
abled Gen. Bernard Montgomery
to . make his swift advance to
Tripoli.
,
Resident of Haifa
A resident of Haifa, Palestine,
to which he had come in 1923 as
a member of the Zionist Execu-
tive, Brig. Kisch contributed
greatly to the upbuilding of the
Jewish National Home because of
his knowledge of international
law and his capacity as an ad-
ministrator.
Frederick Hermann Kisch was
barn in Darjiling, East India, in
1888. Educated in England, he
entered the Royal Engineer
Corps,in 1909. He fought through
the first World War in France
and Mesopotamia and w a s
wounded three times. At the end
of the war, he held the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel and had been
awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Order and the Croix de
Guerre. He had also been made
an officer in the Legion D'Hon-
neur.
Peace De e
- _ He was r3 ointed British dele-

Walter Duranty Supports
Pleas for Jewish State

WASHINGTON—The establishment of Palestine as "a
free, independent Jewish state," that shall be "independent
of any foreign control or mandate" is urged by Walter
Duranty, for years foreign correspondent of the New York
Times and noted author, in an article in the current issue of
New Palestine, official organ of the Zionist Organization of

raeli. "It is far better that the America.
House should wonder why you
gate to the Versailles Peace Con- do not speak, than why you do."
Declaring that an independent were swindled. Nothing could be
* .* *
ference in 1919. From 1923 to
state of the Jewish people, "must more absurd."
1931, he was a member of the
Recalls Opposition
Polite Passenger
emerge from the Peace Treaty"
Zionist Executive in Jerusalem,
Alluding to objections raised
An
Arab
was
being
taken
in
Mr.
Duranty
suggests
that
in
a
and chairman and director of the
by some individual Jews to the
political department. From 1929 a car across a very bumpy treaty of alliance between the Zionist program, Mr. Duranty re-
to 1931, he combined these posi- section of desert. So bad was British and the Jewish State calls a conversation he had on
tions with that of chairman of the going that • at last the car "provision would be made for the the subject of Zionism with the
the Palestine Executive of the overturned • and the Arab was fair treatment of the Arab mi- late Adolph Ochs, publisher of
Jewish Agency. He recorded his thrown out. Instead • of turning nority."
the New York Times, who ex-
experiences in "Palestine Diary," in wrath on his cliiver, he
pressed opposition to "Zionism
picked
himself
up
and
apologized
`Land
of
Milk
and
Honey'
which was published in 1938.
and to the Palestine experiment
profusely:
"Zionism in 25 years," Mr. Du- because he considered that it con-
Kisch Honored in New York
"I've not learned to ride one ranty continues, "has done more tributed to the maintenance of
Memorial Service
of these things - yet."
to restore the appellation of a the idea of the Jews as a race
NEW YORK—(JPS)—Referred
`land of milk and honey' than apart."
to as the Jew with the highest
all the centuries of Arab occupa-
rank in the British Army, Brig.
Mr. Duranty writes:
tion.
Kisch was mourned at memorial
"I am not a Jew, I am not a
"If the truth be known, no Zionist; but I am not afraid to
services at which Dr. •Chaim
small
part
of
the
Arab
agitation
Weizmann, president of the Jew-
repeat the words of President
in Palestine today is due to the Wilson about the rights of small
ish Agency, who brought the late
fact that Arab land owners, after nations to self-determination. I
soldier into the Zionist move-
Max Chomsky has been elected selling land to Jewish immigrants think that not only every Jew
ment, spoke the principal trib-
executive secretary and educa- for five or six times its then but every fair-thinking man and
ute.
tional director of Congregation value, let's say $5 an acre when woman should support the de-
Single Intent
"Brig. Kisch," Dr. Weizman Bnai David, Elmhurst and 14th, it was really worth $1, now find mand for a free, independent
said, "was the perfect symbol of it was announced this week by that irrigation, hard work, and Jewish state in Palestine."
the compatibility of true loyalty Joseph Block, president of Bnai the cultivation of citrus fruits—
all done by Jewish immigrants
Pvt. Hyman Dolinka, son of
to one's country and to the inter- David.
with
Jewish money has raised the Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dolinka of
ests of the Jewish people."
Mr. Chomsky leaves the De-
troit Jewish Community Center, value of said land to $50 an acre." 3324 Webb Ave., is stationed at
"Whereupon the Arabs say they Fort Francis, East Warren, Wy.
where he served as director of
Intermediate group activity, for
the new position. He is a grad-
uate of Wayne University, its
Law School and Graduate de-
partment.
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Chomsky Given
Executive Post
At Bnai David

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