4.
Significant Warburg Work on Far East. Shows How Israel Saved United States

James P Warburg, one-time ad- as if the Cold War might have belatedly moved then, no one can

The importance of Warburg's
- NV e stern Intruders: America's

to President Franklin D. ended, as if tensions might con- say what might, have been the re-
vise,
"Fortunately for the United Role in the Far East" is empha-
Roosevelt. noted author and corn- time to relax, and as if Washing- suit.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
22—Friday, September 22, 1967

Bronx Hebrew Home for Aged
Dedicates 14th Building

NEW YORK (JTA) — The 14th
building for residents of the Heb-
mentator, has produced 'another ton and Moscow might, in spite
rew
Home for the Aged at River-
work that will serve as an en- of their differences, pursue some- States and for the world, Israel, sized in
an introduction centuries
by
Edwin
of
eusr:ies
,,rDetospJifaepansomweho
lightenment on world affairs, in- what parallel courses in endeavor- outnumbered and surrounded by 0. Reischaur, former U.S. ambas- dale in the Bronx was dedicated
last
week, adding a 140-bed infirm-
cidentally again revealing many ing to establish more stable world its enemies, achieved an almost , sado
d omina-
ary to facilities for the 500 elderly
miraculous victory — a victory ! trade, war and colonial
family backgrounds that indicate I conditions.
residents of the Home.
shattered which saved its existence as a 1 lion . . . Western knowledge of
"The prospect was
the manifold interests of the War-
when President Johnson extended state, saved the United States from Asia has remained very thin
burgs and the Schiffs.
In "Western Intruders: Amer- the war into a major American a fearful dilemma and, very likely,1 The real discovery of Asia is
IF TOD TURN THE
pub- involvement in South Vietnam and saved the world for the time be- I only beginning. It is coming dan-
ica's Role in the Far Fast, -
lished by Atheneum (162 E. 38th, then into an attack upon the ing from the outbreak of major ! gerously late, f because
the
rapid
ma
it
the
VPSIDI DOWN YOU WON'T
Warburg discusses our North: and this at the very moment war. But the problems of o
'estab- ; shrinking
and W
world and
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imprta nt othat East
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
country's relations with the Orient. when the Soviet Premier was in lishing an enduring peace of jus-
know much more about each
our foreign policies, his own and Hanoi presumably seeking to end tice in the Near East remain to be
other
than
they
have
in
the
solved and can be solved only by
his father's experiences. , the conflict.
a cooperative efforl of all the, past .. .
-The deeper the United States great powers. including especially
Ile recalls the trip his father.
"James Warburg has brought
Paul Warburg, , made around the ' became committed in war on the the United States and the Soviet
his keen talents and broad back-
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich.
world and to the Far East in Asian mainland, the greater be-
ground
in business, writing and
Union.
1892-3 and tells about an occasion came the temptation for Moscow to
government service to this task
"Can
such
cooperation
be
achiev-
•
on which his father produced a set embarrass the United States in
of discovery. In this charming
OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS
of samurai swords, took one from ether parts of the world. An ob- ed, not only in the Near East but
book, in fact, he represents the
a beautifully lacquered scabbard vious way to do this was to upset in other likely trouble spots, while
The CARIBE MOTEL
voyages of discovery of Asia of
the
United
States
relentlessly
pur-
to explain to a guest "how, in cer- the precarious balance of power
three generations of Warburgs.
PROVIDES YOUR
sues
its
war
in
Vietnam?"
in
the
Near
East.
It
seems
prob-
tain circumstances, a noble samurai
WITH . . .
(The text of the above quota- 1 Interspersed with a sweeping
would feel compelled to use this able. as this is written, that Mos-
view
of
world
history,
the
rela-
CONVENIENT LOCATION
tions were incorporated into a let-
instrument to commit the unlovely cow did not wish to incite an ac-
Woodward near 7 Mae Rd.
tions between East and West,
ter by Warburg to the NYTimes.)
Minutes away from everything
act of hara-kiri." Later his father tual armed conflict by rearming
and America's role in Asia, are
(Warburg's
strong
dissent
on
the
LUXURIOUS ROOMS
instructed him in "the course of the Arabs, since such a war might
presented extracts from his father
• Phones • Air Conditioning
the Russo-Japanese War" and lead to another dangerous great- Vietnam policies were incorporat-
• Complete Kitchens
Paul's diary of a trip in 1893
• Wall-to-Wall Carpeting
about other events relating to power confrontation. It seems prob- ed in an earlier book, "The United
along the coast of Asia to Japan,
and
the
Postwar
World•"
l
COMPLETE
Japanese events. He quotes also able that Nasser broke out of States
his own account of a family trip
ACCOMMODATIONS
his 12-year-old son's impressions Moscow's control when he demand- also published by Atheneum.)
to Japan and nearby areas in
--
ed the withdrawal of United Na-
AT NO' EXTRA COST
of their trip to Japan.
the summer of 1966, and his 12-
• Tv and Radio • Parking
Of interest is this comment: lions peace-keeping forces, closed Los Angeles Federation
year-old son Philip's essay on
• Continental Breakfast
"My father Was anything but a the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli ship-
of
Our
Trip.'
'What I Got Out
ets Larg est Bequest
PHONE
ping,
and.
massed
his
forces
in
the
G
This melange of history, foreign
militarist, as I was to learn later.
Sinai peninsula. Whatever Mos- LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The
TO 8-2662
policy and personal observation
At this time, however, he seem-
cow's intentions, this was the time Jewish Federation-Council of Los
makes lively reading and offers
ed to me as fascinated as I was •
Angeles has announced that the
-
for
the
United
States
to
act,
to
re
a helpful diversity of viewpoints
with bringing about the annitii-
Rates
assert the guarantees it had given United Jewish Welfare Fund Me- ,
in looking at this terra incognia.
lation of the Czar's forces. I did
of Israel's existence and territorial morial Fund of its Jewish Corn—
Moderate
. . . Some who have already dis-
not know then that the M.
integrity, and to demand strong' munity. Foundation has received a
Start
at
covered Asia will profit from
Warburg & Co. in Hamburg and
United Nations action to prevent bequest for 590,000. the largest
$8.00
James Warburg's special per-
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. in New York
armed conflict. But the United ever made to the imemorial fund.
—in both of which my father was
ceptivity."
The bequest came from the es-
States was paralyzed by its deep
This is a summary that justly Near 7 Mile Real
a partner—had floated Japanese
tate of William L. Klein, a woolen
involvement in Vietnam.
war loans, partly out of sym-
glorifies a good book. Warburg's 19630
"And so war came—a war in manufacturer. The earnings from
pathy for Japan but perhaps
newest work is instructive as well
which Israel might well have been the bequest will be distributed to
even more because of antipathy
as delightful—and it serves as a Woodward
defeated, and, unless American each annual UJWF campaign in
for Czarist Russia and its anti-
promises were fulfilled, exter- perpetuity, according to Lawrence warning against blunders in our
Jewish pogroms."
foreign policies.
minated. Had the United States E. lrell, Foundation president.
There is. in relation to that per-
iod. also this interesting recollec-
tive note:
"To celebrate Japanese victory
and' the conclusion of the Peace
of Portsmouth, largely engineered
• by President Theodore Roosevelt.
my parents gave one of their rare
parties. All the guests wore Japan-
e , e costumes: the entire house was
decorated with cherry blossoms:
and refreshments were served in a
replica of a Japanese teahouse
erected in the hall.
"Shortly thereafter Jacob Schiff.
my father's senior partner, in New
York. in whose honor the party
had been given, went to Japan,
where he was royally received and
given a decoration by the emperor.
As a token of friendship and res-
P ect. the Schiffs brought home with
them Wakiko Takahashi. the teen-
age daughter of the Japanese
Minister of Finance. The girl was
accompanied by a Japanese train-
ed nurse, Suo San, and remained
with the Schiff family for several
years . .
Warburg reviews in his im-
pressive and scholarly work not"
only the foreign affairs revolv-
ing around policies in the Orient
but traces historical develop-
ments, including the history of
1,500 years of the pre-Christian
era, crediting in texts and chron-
ologies the role of the Jews, the
teachings of the Prophets, the
history of the Middle, Near and
• Far East as it relates to the rise
of the Oriental powers. A series
of
of maps illustrates these develop-
ments. Commenting on eminent
personalities and the cultural
aspects of the history under re- .
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view, Warburg mentions: "Moses
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philosopher, combined Jewish
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philosophy with an Aristotelian
defense of scientific investiga-
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Warburg leads up to the present
time, comments on the Vietnamese
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situation, refers to his criticism of
the Johnson policy, writes about
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"Until President Johnson repu-
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end, in 1965, sent American troops
into combat in Vietnam, it seemed

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