Smyrna times., 1884-10-29

The great Jewish financier of Lon
don, Sir Moses MOntefore, Baronet of
Victoria's creation, who was 100 wears
old on Friday, stands in the front
rank among the lovers of mankind.
Of long line of bankers of Italian ex-
traction, he added largely to a magnif-
cient inheritance by judicious specula-
tion and investments, a wealth he used
in princely hospitality and in alleviat.
ing distress among the wretched and
oppressed of every country and relig-
ion.
Nor was Sir Moses satisfied with
giving out of his surplus funds to the
destitute, but took great personal
trouble and risk in bringing assistance
to his prosecuted countrymen in less
fortunate countries than England. In
1929 he visited Palestine for this pur-
pose. He was accompanied by his wife,
a charming and accomplished woman,
a sister-in-law of the great Jewish
banker, Nathan Meyer Rothschild.
He visited the East again in 1910 with
the great French-Jewish liberal states
man, CremieuX, as a travelling compan-
ion; again on an errand of mercy in
1854, and for the last time in 1866. On
each occasion he left traces of his
progress in almshOuses, schools and
hospitals, and in greater freedom for
those of his race prosecuted by intoler-
ant Mussulman rulers.
Such a man Christians admire and
respect, while those of his own faith
owe him an everlasting debt of graft
tude. There was some gossip q few
years ago of establishing an independ-
ent Jewish State in Palestine, with Sir
Moses as its temporal head. Nothing
came of it, for his aims were charitable,
not ambitious. Besides, he is not only
a sincere and earnest Jew, but a de-
voted and patriotic Englishman.
This aged gentleman's personal
charm and grace of manner are so
great as to overcome all prejudices,
whether of faith, caste or nationality,
among those with whom he comes in
contact. Isabella the Catholic, the
Mahometan Sultan and the Greek
Catholic Car alike did homage to his
persuasive powers and united with
him in endeavors to ameliorate the
condition of their Jewish subjects.
Sir Moses is indeed "full of years
and hOnors." He was knighted by
the Queen before she made him barO-
net, and in addition to being selected
for the Office of Sheriff of London its
citizens have, as a testimonial of their
regard, bestowed upon him the free
dom of their city.
Sir Moses has deserved we'll of his
countrymen, his co-religionists and the
poor. OF him it cannot be said
Those whom the gods love well die
young"
A Missouri paper says that twenty
one couples from the northern Coun-
ties of the State have agreed to get
married ut the same time and place.
And after the ceremony a big banquet
will be spread on the village green.
Then several hundred pieces of bag
! gage will be checked, and there will
be a combination honeymoon.
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