Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-16

Los ANGELES, Nov. 15.-TBditor
Beraldl: There is no people on the
lace Of the earth to whom the senti-
ment of universal peace appeals with
such cogent force as the Jew.
In almost 5000 years of his history he
mas known no peace The annals Of
human progress are largely written In
Jewish blood. His initial efforts in the
organization Of civil government we're
characterized by struggles embalmed in
the records of holy writ. From his
sacred affairs famed the light which
was the veritable beacon that has IL
Eliminated the way of progressive civil
ization; yet his shrines have ever been
the envy Of the vandal, and his temples
the tempting prey of the miscreant and
the thief.
The bloody Intel post, the grinding
tolls of Egypt and Babylon and his
"wailing place" at Jerusalem are
memories which would have made
demons of a less kindly nation and
destroyed their friendship for their fell
lowmen.
For Egypt he made bricks without
straw" for Babylon he was a toiling
serf; for Rome he was a galley slave;
In Spain he was the drudging COM
panion of the Moor; from England he
was excluded as a pest; in Russia he is
classed with the beast. In America
Zion claims again the proud prestige of
her ancient days, and the candles on it's
affairs burn once more.
Through all the long march from
Mesopotamia to Columbia's soil proud
Jewry has trudged with heavy heart
and empty hand. But her tears have
been her telescopes through which
were read the prophetic oracles of the
only living God; and not a blood
stained footprint in all this weary way
that does not give utterance to divine
promises and not sorrow shrieked out
from the Nile to the Neva but pro-
claims them the "chosen of the Lord"
Is there no peace for Isreal? Must
all its .unleavened bread be eaten in
sorrow and soaked in tears Shall the
ethics of diplomacy throttle the protest
of their Christian brothers against the
slaughters of a Kishineff or the bloody
horrors of Balyastock? No, not if the
spirit of the man of Galilee remains to
give dignity and force to the name of
Christianity and civilization ceases to
countenance civic conditions that revel
in human blood. Our Savior, himself
Jew, never posed in an attitude of
force except in the defense Of the
sacredness of Hebrew shrines when
driving from the synagogue the money
changers who desecrated it's portals.
But when will this peace come to the
Jew? Will there always have to be
DEVILS islands for Dreyfuses and Zolas
for theirs defense? Must there always
be Russian espionage and Siberian
dens? Must bloody wars and human
sacrifice purchase for him the craven
right Of freeman? Thank God MOI
The spirit of universal peace is
abroad. The hour of it's consummation
is at hand. America cries it to the lis
tening world; and glorious England,
proud France, imperial Germany, strug-
Cling Russia, chivalric Spain, yea, all
nations of the world-Teuton and Celt,
Latin and Mongol-hark back our ma
tion's refrain of peace on earth and
good will toward men,"
Twenty centuries ago the angels sang
It over the hills of Palestine when
Bethlehem's star was seen; and here in
the City of Angels the same glad song
is heard again, calling all nations to
drop their swords and build shrine
where Jew and Gentle, Greek and
Scythian bond and free" can seal an
eternal covenant of peace.
1t means no more Waterloos, no more
Balaklavas, no more Alamos or Port
Arthurs; no more tournaments at arms
for nations to applaud the slaughters
sea to the Baltic the Jew will meet no
foe, and in the realms of Mahomet the
Christian and the Mussulman will en-
joy the blessings of lasting truce.
What the consummation of this end
can mean none but the Jew can know.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness to the Hebrews of every land;
the privileges of citizenship and the
protection Of property wherever he may
go; the veritable answer to the prayers
of the patriarchs of old.
Let Zion rise and seize the oppor-
tunity of the hour in claiming a place
in the council of nations on Americas
soil where they can speak and be
heard, and in the coming determination
looking forward to the international
treaty of peace and commerce" let
Israel claim and prove its just right to
the recognition and protection of all
nations and secure the re-estab-
lishment of their ancestral heri-
tage. Hebraism never had and per-