Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-02
LOOKING TO AMERICA
This Country the Hope Of the
Foreign Jews.
DR.. DANZIGER'S VIEWS
RESULT OF HIS OBSERVATIONS
IN COUNTRIES OF EUROPE.
Much Interested in the Personality OF
Roosevelt and Hay-Would Add
Valuable Labor to the South.
DIR. DANZIGER'S VIEWS

DR.. Adolphe Danziger. formerly consul
at Madrid. and an author of considerable
fame, was In the city today In order to
lay before the Department OF Commerce
and Labor his memoranda concerning tho
conditions of the Jews abroad DIR. Dam
ziger went abroad last spring In order to
visit his relatives, and requested by
the Department of Commerce and Labor
to submit to the department any observa-
tions in relation to the condition of the
Jews that might be of interest to The bu-
reau of immigration In dealing with that
class OF immigrants. DIR. DanZiger is thor
oughly familiar with this subject. having
written extensively on the Jewish people.
His book entitled sJewish Forerunners of
Christianity is a careful study uf that
race. and his forthcoming work, The Right
Temptation" promises to be n valulole
contribution to the literature of his Ieo-
pie.
America Their Hope.
I'm England. Germany and Russia" said
DR.. DanZiger today, what struck me most
notably was the hopeful view the Jews
take of America They all seemed TIC think
that America is the place where they can
not only have liberty. but where they can
also make a living The two magic names
that mean so much to them are those or
Theodore Roosevelt and John Hay. Dur
ing the time l was abroad Mr.. Hay 7'as
still living, and l had thousands of inqui-
ries to his personality. The people want.
ed to know what kind of a man Hay was.
and they listened eagerly to hear anything
l would tell them of him. told them how
anxious President Roosevelt and Mr. Hay
We're for their welfare-fndeed. how ready
they were to do all in their power 10 give
every nationality fair chance In the race
of life.
President would take the opportunity that
presented itself to induce the Russian gov
eminent to grant them freedom, or at least
to give them equal rights in Russia. Many
of the Russian Jews do not want to leave
that country. They love Russia. They
are farmers and are a hardy and brave
people. They love their country in sriie
OF the terrible oppression that has been
brought upon them by the Russian gov
eminent
Terrible Conditions in Russia.
Il found a terrible condition among the
Russian Jews who have gone to England,
with the purpose of coming to this coun-
try. The steamship companies are afraid
to bring them here, for fear they will be
declared paupers, with the result that the
steamship companies would have to take
them back to England. In order to refuse
them passage when they have the money
to pay their way the doctors OF the COM
panies invent excuses They declare that
they are suffering from some kind of eve
disease or some other imaginary H. The
fact is, the Jews there are powerful fellows.
who have had their muscles trained on
farms in Russia. They are not only farm
ers, but mechanics of all kinds. They are
weavers. workers in metal and skilled ihen
of various kinds
IF the south is in earnest In lis at
tempt to get trained white labor fer her
farms she could get all of the Jewish labor
she wants. These men would gladly go to
the south TO work for $1.50 a day. They
would take up the land there and gladly
work 1t to make living. few acres
would give them living. The Jews are
sober and Industrious. They are not given
to brawls and drinking. They can be de-
pended upon TO do their work conscientious
ly. They would gladly welcome chance TO
go to the south to make their living in
ways that would rebound to the prosperity
of that section of the country"