Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-22
A DEFENSE OF THE JEWS.
Facts Which Seem + Show That
They Need Nj Defense.

They Need M Defense
Rev Madison Z. PEERS of New York
has been champi0ntng The lew at the
expense of Shakespeare and the anti
| Semites In combating the senselesS
race prejudice against the Jews now
OF special exhibition il France, Mr..
Peters marshals a host Of interesting
| facts. some of which are not generally
known He estimates The total num-
Der of Jews in the world al II ,000,000
There are nearly 100000 in the Unit
ed States, where they have the same
rights as Christians. Russia and Rou-
mania contain nearly One-half the
present Jewish race. and N these cou1-
tries the descendants OF Abraham are
! subject 10 invidious laws and are de-
MED the rights of citizenship
Mr.. Peters shows that the Jews
have been among the most patriotic of
Americans In the revolutionary
times they gave more than their snare
of lives and OF money for the cause OF
! freedom IN the civil war hey took
4 conspicuous part. New York alone
furnished more than 1900 Jewish SOL
diers. During the Spanish-Ame~ica
war more than 1900 furlOughS were
granted 10 Jews who wished to cele-
brate the Jewish holidays at home.
In the arts and professions the Jew
ish nation has more or less familiar
roll Of honor Heinz. Auerb2ch, Dis
raeIi. HaIevy and ZangwiIl are well
known examples of Jewish talent.
Rachel. the actress. was the daughter
Of a Jewish peddler. Sarah Bernhard
and Sonne1thal are OF the desplsed
race Mr.. Peters also says that Junlus
Brutus Booth was Jew. In music
= 5-T.- IL I,
Johann Strauss. Sir Arthur Sullivan,
Damrcsch, Rubenstetn, Rosen5hal,
Holman. and Joachim attest the su-
premacy OF the Jew in this field. A
glance at the faculties of the leading
American colleges shows a fair repre-
sersation of Jewish professors Mr.
Peters cites Senator Judah P. Benja-
min and a score OF Jewish congress-
men to show that Jews have figured
IN higher American politics.
According 10 the New York preach
er the invention and perfection of the
present financial system OF the world
must be credited TO the R05hschilds.
He points out the fallacy Of the prov
erb. "Rich as d Jew" The Jewish
poor have never been public burden,
but have been supported by the Jews
themselves, and this has given the i'm
! v
in better circumstances than other
people. Nj Peters calls them the
poorest Of all civilized nations, and
SAYS if their wealth were equally dis
tributed among them they would rival
ireland and Russia for the lowest
place in the scale of wealth. Among
the 1900 millionaiTes in New York
CITY there can not be found more than
a dozen Jewish names. and not over
twenty-five among the 4,G00 million
aires in the country at large ara Jews.
In charity the names of Sir Moses
Montefiore. Baron and Baroness de
Hirsch. and others shine conspicuous
". In New York city alone the Jews
contribute annually about 100000 for
their twelve leading institutions.
Mr.. Peters says Shylock Is a myth
and a 'f0ul and enduring SANDER,
the product of the anti-Semitic preju-
dice that had driven all Jews out OF
England in Shakespeare's time. He
remarks that the Jew is almost >
stranger to the prisons, and states
that the average length OF Jewish life
is thirty-seven years, as against
twenty-six for Gentiles. With these
and similar statistics she Christian
preacher makes a good exhibit for the
Jew. The only thing he fails to state
is his reason for this elaborate cham
p.onship. If his figures show anything
they show that the Jew is perfectly
able to make his way in the world
without any defense-Chicag Trib-
une.