THE JEWISH NEWS-5

Russia's Coyness over U.S. Envoys
Recalls Earlier Diplomatic Tussle

CINCINNATI—When the gov- committee, which, on Jan. 12,
ernment of the United States re- 1871, stated that "the Catholic
fused td-, send an ambassador to clergy and laity of Richmond ...
Russia following the request protest against the invasion and
from the Soviet Union that spoilation of the states of the
George F. Kennan be recalled, church by King Victor Emanuel
another incident, which occur- (of Italy) as a crime against
red in 1885 when Grover Cleve- solemn treaties and against the
land was President, is brought independence of the church on
to mind by Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, earth, which must always be im-
director of the American Jewish periled while he is the subject
of any temporal prince or gov-
Archives here.
The controversy to which Dr. ernment.
Marcus refers concerns Anthony
Keiley was then appointed
M.. Keiley, a
minister plenipotentiary to Aus-
Virginia
tria-Hungary. Here, too, he was
Catholic who
rejected, this time because his-
wife was a Jewess. T. F. Bayard,
m arried a
who was Secretary of State,
Jewess.
wrote a scathing note to the
Our State
Austria - Hungary Government
D e p artment
stating that under our Consti-
in refusing to
tution we do not accept, nor do
send another
the people of the United States
envoy to Rus-
tolerate, any act "so destructive
sia, backed up
of religious liberty."
Kerman, who
Diplomatic relations were se-
was consider-
vered until 1887 when the two
ed by the
governments resumed normal
Russians a s
diplomatic relations. Keiley later
I■
u n a ccept-
was appointed a judge of the
Kelley
able" after
International Court at Cairo,
he stated in September that the Egypt, serving until 1905 when
Russian attitude toward Ameri- he was killed by an auto in
sans was comparable to that
while on a visit.
which he found among the Naz- Paris
Keiley's wife—the cause of the
is while he was interned in Ger- political storm—was the former
Many during World War
Rebecca Davis, a daughter of
Keiley was appointed minister George
Davis, of Richmond, and
to Italy following President a sister of Mrs. E. J. Levy, Mrs.
Cleveland's election in 1885. He
Moses and Mark and
was rejected there because he Alfred
Goodman Davis, all of whom are
had served as chairman of a
now dead.

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judaica, Saved from
Nazis, Brought to U. S.

Valuable volumes of Judaica,
collected by the Jews of Mann-
heim, Germany, over the cen
turies and pre-
served from
Nazi looting,
have been pre-
sented to the li-
brary of the
Hebrew Union
College - Jewish
Institute of Re-
ligion at C i n-
cinnati through
Col. Tavel Co l. Tavel,
Jewish army chaplain, who . has
just returned from a three-year
tour of duty in Germany.
The collection includes some
rare items dating back as early
as 1500. The volumes had been
seized by Nazis from Jewish in-
stitutions and families and as
sembled at a central depot.
Gestapo officials instructed the
custodian of the municipal li-
brary at Mannheim to select
items of general interest for the
city book shelves. The remainder
were to be shipped to Nazi in-.
stitutions for racist study.
The custodian stamped all the
books and told the Gestapo he
was incorporating the entire
collection in the public library.
Actually, he preserved the lot
intact. As a result, during the
very period when the owners of
tie books were being dispersed
---,in death and in concentration
camps—their volumes of Jewish
learning were preserved togeth-
er.
After liberation, the books
were restored to the small com-
munity of , Jewish survivors, 90
QM people, all that remain of
a once thriving Jewish popula-
tion. of 10,000.

Deaths in Israel Traffic
Accidents Are Abating

The proportion of deaths to
Injured in Israel traffic acci-
dents has always been lower
than in most countries, but as
Compared to its population it is
still exceeded only by the U.S.,
where vehicle density is several
times higher. The steep rise in
vecent years, attributed mainly
is the arrival of masses of peo-
ple unaccustomed to • motorized
traffic, shows signs of abating.

Zim Lines Show Profit ,
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Zim, Israel
merchant marine enterprise, an-
nounced a net profit of 181,000
pounds for 1951. Its report noted
that Israel's merchant fleet had
benefited from the general up-
swing of the maritime trade,
despite the loss • of • immigrant
traffic.

Friday, November 21, 1952

Talking Turkey

Historiette: Suicide Is Na!'
A Jewish Characteristic

Asokeriesit Jewish Press iresimee

Because of the Thanks-
giving holiday, which occurs
on Thursday, Nov. 27, dead-
line dates for The Jewish
News edition of Friday, Nov.
28, have been advanced as
follows:
Photographs — Friday, Nov.
21, 11 a.m.
Editorial Copy — Monday,
Nov. 24, 9 a.m.
Display Advertising—Tues-
day, Nov. 25, 9 a.m.
Clas s i f i e d Advertising—
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 12 noon.

Suicide is spurned in Jewish law. In 1881, Nietsche pointed
out that just as suicide is far from being a national Jewish ten- .
dency, it also is not an individual Jewish characteristic. In "Dawn
of Day" Nietsche wrote:
"Among all the inhabitants of Europe, it is the Jews least at
all who try to escape from any deep distress by resort to drink or
suicide, other less gifted people are so prone to do. Every Jew can
find in the history of his own family and of his ancestors a long
record of instances of the greatest coolness and perseverance amid
difficulties and dreadful situations, an artful cunning in fighting
misfortune and hatred. And above all it is their bravery under
the cloak of wretched submission, their heroic sperners se sperni
that surpasses the virtues of all the saints."

Honor Jewish Boy Scout
For Saving Drowning Man

SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA)—An
11-year-old Jewish Boy Scout
was cited by the San Francisco
Area Council of the Boy Scouts
of America for saving the life
of a man of 25 in a Lake County
swimming pool.
Arthur Black, a member of
Troop 59, sponsored by Bnai
Brith, was invited to attend the
meeting of the _council's execu-
tive board at which a letter was
read from the man Arthur saved,
describing his heroism.

Russian Envoy Back in Israel

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TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Pavel Yer-

shov, Soviet Minister to Israel,
returned here folio n g a
lengthy visit to the Soviet
Union.

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