6—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 26, 1952

Soviets to Try 6 More Jews for 'Pilfering' of Property

LONDON, (JTA) — Six Soviet
Jewish offiCials will- go on trial
in Odessa on charges of "violat-
ing Soviet laws and pilfering
state property." The first news
of the trial was given in Pravda,
official organ of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union, in
which the names of all the six
Jews were given.
Commenting on this article,
the Manchester Guardian said
that it can be taken for granted
that "something of importance
is afoot" in the Soviet Union.
The forthcoming trial of the six
Jewish officials in Odessa is con-
sidered here a part of the gen-
eral Soviet trend to discredit
Jews as an "untrustworthy ele-
ment" in Communist-dominated
countries.
The London Times, in an edi-
torial, charged that Communist
satellite -countries have - em-
barked on a new campaign
against the Jews "in obedience
to directions from Moscow" and
that recent developments in
those countries must be inter-
preted as part of Moscow's gen-
eral campaign against "cosmo-
politanism." The Times asserted
that "three events in recent
weeks have given evidence of
Soviet hostility • toward the
Jews." These developments, it
said, are:
"An unusual proportion of vic-
tims of the Communist purge in
the East German village of Klein
Machnow' were Jews; Russian
diplomatic representativeS were
conspicuously absent from the
ceremonial inauguration of Isaac
Ben Zvi, the. new President of
Israel; and finally, and most
dramaticallY, 11 of the 14 Czech-
oslovak Communists condemned
at the Prague treason trial were
also Jewish."
* * •
Jews in Britain Resign
From Communist Groups
LONDON, (JTA) — Numerous
Jewish members of the British-
Czech Friendship Society, as
well as of the Communist Party
of Britain, have resigned their

membership in protest against
the anti-Jewish tone of the
Prague trial. The annual meet-
ing of the British-Czech group
was postponed indefinitely in
view of the mass resignation of
active members.
Among the prominent persons
who left the British Communist
Party is Benjamin Frankel. well-
known composer and . conductor.
In a statement published in the
press he emphasized that his
resignation was a reaction to
the Prague trial, and indicated
that other party members
amOng.,British musicians were
considering resigning. He has
been a party member for 12
years.
* * *
Stalin Charged by Yugoslav
Communist with Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The New
York Times reports from Bel-
grade that Borba, organ of the
Yugoslav Communist Party, car-
ried a front-page article analyz-
ing anti-Semitic currents in the
Soviet Union and attributing an
anti-Semitic attitude directly to
Premier Stalin.
The article, written by Milo-
van Djilas, one of the four prin-
cipal leaders of the Communist
Party in Yugoslavia and a mem-
ber of its Politburo, predicts a
Soviet-directed purge of Hun-
garian Premier Matyas Rakosi
and his Vice Premier Erno Ge-
roe, both Jews, as well as the
prominent Soviet propagandist
Ilya Ehrenburg. Of Ehrenburg,
also _ a Jew, Djilas said he was
singing his "swan song" at the
Soviet-inspired peace confer-
ences.

Israel Rejects Recall
Of Dr. Arieh Kubovi
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israel
government has formally reject-
ed a demand by the Czechoslo-
vak government for the recall
of Dr. Arieh Kubovi, Israel Min-
ister to Prague, and in a scorch-
ing demarche, denounced the
Communist regime in Prague as
adding a new section to the in-

An Historic Gladstone Letter

I, His Views on Jewish Disabilities

An American Jewish Press Feature

usually interesting brief article by J. A. Waley Cohen who made
public an old Gladstone letter revealing the statesman's views
on the battle that was carried on a century ago to remove. Jew-
ish disabilities. The article states:
Among some ' of the family')
papers of my maternal grand- dispel the erroneous impression
father, Arthur Cohen, Q.C. (1829- that had arisen in the minds of
1914), I have recently found a many of her coreligionists.
letter to him from W. E. Glad-
Mr. Gladstone replied froM
stone, written from Edinburgh on Edinburgh, the next day, as fol-
March 24, 1880.'When I approch- lows. -
ed the keepers of the Gladstone
Edinburgh, March 24, 1880
papers in the British Museum .1 My dear Sir,- - -
found that they had no knowl-
I had thought that m/ senti-
edge of this letter, and that they
on the subject of your
have now arranged for a copy ments
of it to- be added to their collec- letter were sufficiently declared
my letter of November 28 to
tion. I am obliged to Mr. Charles in
Mr.
Hirsch, published in the
Andrew Gladstone, of Hawarden JEWISH
WORLD of December
Castle, the holder of the copy- 26. I there-
declared in what
right, for permission to print sense my own
efforts had been,
this letter in THE JEWISH and would be, made,
and in what
CHRONICLE:
manner others might assist
From the correspondence be- towards rendering them effec-
tween Mr. Gladstone and Mr. tual. Nevertheless, attaching a
Hirsch, published in the JEWISH great value to your success, both
WORLD of December 26, 1879, it as a Liberal and personally, I
is evident that misunderstand- have sincere pleasure in accord-
ing had arisen in the minds of ing
ing to your wish that I should
a large section of the Jewish again state my desire to see the
community, both in London and Jewish race relieved in every
the provinces, especially Man- country of the earth froin every
chester, as to the Liberal leader's penalty and every disability at-
views.
taching to them on account of
In the Gladstone papers in the their religion.
British Museum there are a let-
I have for (I think) about
ter and a telegram dated March forty years uniformly spoken
23, 1880, from Arthur Cohen, who and voted on this principle alike
was at the time standing as one for Jew and Gentile. Indeed,
of the Liberal candidates for the with respect to the Jews in par-
Borough of Southwark (for ticular, I may mention that in
which constituency he was elect- 1847 after being elected as mem-
ed), asking his leader that he ber for the University of Oxford
should categorically restate his I gave marked support to the
views on this matter.
removal of the Jewish disabili-
In the same collection is a ties and that this support was
letter from Lady Rosebery, nee the main reason why I had to
Hannah de Rothschild, written encounter the -opposition of the
the same day from Edinburgh. Tory party in a contest at the
She reinforces my grandfather's next following General Election.
request, making the plea that
I remain, dear Mr. Cohen,
Mr. Gladstone should write to with warm good wishes,
Faithfully yours,
my grandfather, restating his
W. E. GLADSTONE
views on this subject, so as to

famous "Protocols of the Elders
of Zion" by its handling of the
recent treason trial of 14 men,
11 of whom were Jews.
The Israel reply was in the

DR. ARIEB KUBOVI

form of a note handed to the
Czechoslovak charge d'affairs
here. The note rejected "unre-
servedly" and "vigorously" the
Czech charges against Dr. Kubovi
as "without foundation" and
based on "allegations contrary
to the truth." The Israel govern-
ment considers Dr. Kubovi's be-
havior "scrupulously correct,"
the note - added, praising the
"good sense and devotion" 'With
Which he has discharged his
duties.
`Amazement and Indignation'
The Israel people are "deeply"
shocked by this brutal affront
to its national self-respect and
by the violent hostility with
which its feelings of friendship
to the Czech people has been
reciprocated," the note contin-
ued. It rejected completely the
charges that Dr. Kubovi had
maintained unauthorized rela-
tionS with persons engaged in
espionage against the Czech
state, asserting: "Slansky's trial
demonstrated how freely the
Czechoslvak government is pre-
pared to attribute espionage ac-
tivities to diplomats accredited
to it."
Pointing out that the Czech-
oslovak note on Dr. Kubovi was
largely based on the evidence
introduced at Rudolf Slansky's
trial, the Israel demarche said
that Israel must express "amaze-

ment and indignation" about
some of the salient features of
the trial—"the charges hurled
against Israel, its government
and its diplomatic representa-
tives; the slander against Zion-
ism and the patently anti-
Semitic character of the pro-
ceedings .
A special passage of the Is-
raeli reply to the note was de-
voted to a meeting between Dr.
Kubovi and Ladislav Simov, di-
rector of the Asian department
of the Czechoslovak Foreign
Ministry. It expressed astonish-
merit that the Czechoslovak
government waited 13 months
after the meeting---which took
place Oct. 19, 1951—to comment
on it. -
Charges Rejected
The meeting, which both par-
ties had agreed to regard as un-
official, concerned an inquiry by
Dr. Kubovi into the fate of two

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Czech Jews, Joseph Buehler,
president of the Zionist Organ-
ization of Czechoslovakia, and
Adolph Reich, director of the
PaleStine Office in Prague. Both
of these organizations acted in
behalf of the Jewish Agency be-
fore the State of Israel was es-
tablished.
The activity of these two men
was publicly known and even
recognized and approved by the
Czech authorities, the Israeli
note stressed. It was not until
the Czech note of Dec. 6, de-
manding Dr. Kubovi's recall,
that Israel was informed that
the two were charged with acts
of sabotage and espionage
against the state. In view of this
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