Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY JULY 81 1908

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over there-the living and the dead.
Come before it is too ,late,"
Gregov---Will you come?
At this Juncture, pitiful Jewish
pedler Is being dragged to Jail by two
wardcns. Hartwell protests. Wolf
stainm, German land owner. who
has caused the arrest appears
Wolfstamm-4I would | might gc.
rid Of tile whole tribe the same way
tho Jew dogs. But Why this
sudden interest, Mr.. Hartwell?
ell-Bccause am tired of the.
injustice YOU and your kind perpetrate
upon a defenseless people. because
they are my people. Pause.) 1, too,
am a Jew.
Gregov comes to center Of stage.
Hartwel quitting his hand in Gre
gov's:) i will come.
(CurtHin.)
The second act finds Hartwell In
stalled as president of the Jewish Ma
tionalists. We learn that he is en-
deavoring to raise money to pny Paes-5
time from the sultan. from whom he
has negotiated an option. Also, he Is
making arrangements with the secre-
tary for the British colonies to get
possession of Ganuda in case Of a
failure to purchase Palestine. Dis
satisfaction is expressed at the latter
project. and spirit of rebellion
against Hartwell arises. 10 add to the
complications. Hartwell has declared
his love for Frederike, and when he
tells Of it to his confreres he is re-.
buked by the others, Frederick being
a Christian.
Then comes a scene between Hart
well and Frcderike. which, in psyche
logy and pathos. is the finest in the
play:
Hartwell--I eXacted from you more
sacrifices than any man has a right
to ask woman, because I dreaded
to lose you, Today must go through
life alone tsinks helpless into a chair
at the table,
FrederikeRa GHe attempts
K to rse) Don't try to get up, dear. You
are ILL., And that's way You said you
must go through life alone. But YOU
are 50 big and strong. you will soon
recover. I will watch over you az.
carefully, as tenderly. till all youa
strength comes back.
Observation-Disclosures You dear child,
Frederike--And then we shall be so
happy.
Hartwell--tr ises.) No. it isn't that
You did not understand My people,
stand between lis.
lrederike-'Rut they shall be my peo-
pie. too.
HartwelI-They will not follow me il
] marry you.
Frcder;ke-Raym cnd-.is it.? It's not
my faith, is it2 Gle nods.) Because I
am n Christian? Pause) But /
thought that made no difference to you.
artwell---Whatever your faith or
birth, I could not love you more on
less, It's you / love, you, you. the
woman Rieckchen. / love you till / die.
You believe me, don't your
Fredcrike--Yes. dear "a pause0 I
have no right to bring division into
your life, and ruin your career. 1t is
your life work; you have been called,
from among millions to- lead i must
not stand III your way. Raymond, last
night said. THY people shall be my
people today l add, thy God shall be
my God.
Hartwell--I was never worthy of a
love like this
Frederike--Yet, dear; YOU must be
happy now. Every barrier is removed,
and the world is open before us.
Hartwell--No, darling. the arms Of
the dead centuries are drawing us
apart
Frederike-Dont let's think of them.
any more. Raymond, They cannot come
out oftthe grave.
Hartwell--No, they're alive-pllan-
toms. specters not men--and they are
4crushing me slowly to death. Last night
u thought that through my love for
you, / could bring our two races to
understand each other. They--they
came to me. man after man: Elchanan,
the great rabbi, whose word they ven
crate as law, and the Others and they
said this one, Christians murdered
my brother at Kishen'eff:" another.
s"They burned my house and outraged
my sister Mt Elizabc thsgrad------
Frederike-Oh, God!
Hartwel-A third. before my eyes
they Killed my mother at Binlstock;"s
a fourth. they stabbed my babies and
shot my wife at Ekaterinoslav.
Frederkc-Oh. God! Oh. God!
Hartwell--And then they pointed to
me and they said: You, who would
lead us, you to marry into that race.
that has led your people to saugh-
teri" told them that you We're COM.
ing to us; l pleaded: / begged: I i'm
plored They had but one answer:
Either her on. your people"
Fredcricke-No no. no, 1t was all a
mistake. They didn't know that ] was
to be one Of them, to work with them,
f to give up my life with theirs for the
them over. I will think of nothing but
their welfare. Oh, / will do everything
that ever woman did before. and ! will
work, and work. and work.
Tho Jewish bankers refuse to loan tho
money for the purchase OF Palestine.
and the conference scene is the climax
of the third act.
Hartwel, exhausted and sick from
5overwork. is defeated In HIS plan to buy
Ganuda, and when he receives word of
the act of the Jewish congress. he rises
from his chair with u last sudden nc
cession of strength.
Hartwel-The congress still lives: oh,
you fools. you fools! 1t was TO have
been the hope and glory Of Israel, and
what is ii now? A shred, a latter
shell. nothing. Palestine gone. Ganu-
da gone, nothing left, and YOU tell mo
the congress still lives. Will those
words strike the appraised arm of the
prosecutor? Will they batter down the
Ghetto walls? Will they bring clear
skies and fresh fields to our nation?
Will those empty words set UP the BAN
1ner of David over a new Jerusalem"
The congress still lives! No, no, the
congress is dead, tFalls into tho arms
of Non SchIegsl and Gregov. He loses
consciousness for moment; then looks
up and speaks laboriouslv TO Gregov):
Must llave--new plan begin small
colonies in-Palestine. Don't give-up.
alt-see--Promised Iand-b but
not enter 1t Tie points with his left
1,nnI tnua ri the Mountains his ewes