New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-01
Turkey GOOD TO
jew, SAYS WISE
Has Treated Israel Better
than Many Christian
Lands, He Declares.
pABBI DISCUSSES
ZION MOVEMENT
Orthodox Leaders Denounced for
Irving to Discredit Ideals
of Liberals.

pobbi stephen S. Wise gave high praise
..s,srday in his sermon at the Free Syna-
,oue In Carnegie Hall TO the Turkish
government for its treatment Of the Jews
Itch for centuries, he declared, had been
o,a Cbristianlike than that of many
c.r,e,ian governments. DIR. Wise de
.,,,ced the orthodox Zionist leaders in
.u,s,4ca as casting discredit on the higher
,s,.ls Of the liberal minds in the Zionist
movement
orf American Zionism be Zionism, l
have no part or lot therein said the
srsaker. "Zionism in America has been
realty unfortunate, having fallen in mar
row. little proscriptive hands. Zionism in
America would deny that l am Jew;
would seek to Danish you or locate you
outside of Israers household
Dr, wise's subject was "Zionism and
liberal Judaism: Are They Compatible
He intmated that to brins about recon
ouiation orthodox Jews would have TO
Give way rather than that believers in
g,cnism recede from their hard earned
smancipation from the old superstitions
His sermon was a plea for Zionism In its
rational idealistc and religious aspects
AGAINST the liberalism Of the orthodox in
terpreters of the movement.
The speaker made IT clear that Zion
ism" was to be understood in a SYMBOL
cal sense. and not as a belief in an actual
return of Jews to Palestine, as the ortho-
dox taught. Such an idea, he said. was as
unavoidable as il was improbable, The
idea of some ZiOnists of establishing a
Jewish nation, he said. was just as alb
surd. As an instance Of one of the obJec-
tons to such a project he cited the obli-
cations Of the Jew TO the Turk.
What will our 'nationalists' do TO bring
this about?" he asked. will we make
war on Turkey, who has been the friend
Of the Jew for centuries; who has been
noted among us for her justice 10 the
Children Of Israel? Will this be the way
in which the Jew, who abhors war, shows
his gratitude to the non-Christisn nation
that has been more Christianlike than
the Christian? No We have neither the
will TO wage war nor the power to wage
war
when the practical men in the Zionist
movement establish a colony in Palestine
II will doubtless be under Turkish rule.
Except for comparatively few said
Dr. Wise, the Jew is TO remain where he
is. and maintain his place and citizenship
throughout the world So the idea OF
the American Jew. or the English Jew.
or the Jew in Germany or France, giving
up his citizenship to be a Zionist becomes
. groundleSs in this rational view Of the
movement.
The dreams Of the fathers Of Israel s
return to her ancient home will be re
allied in two ways. First. by the estab-
lishment i'm Palestine of a colony for
homeless Jews. and, second. by the estab-
lishment in the hearts Of Jews through
out the wJid Of he spirit Of Judaism.
"Zionism means the end Of the disper-
sion. and the prophecies on which the
Zionist builds his hope will have been full
filed in every respect when homeless Jews
can look to Palestine as a haven and
Jews the world over end the moral and
spiritual dispersion that rends Israel in
twain to-day"
Dr. Wise INDUCED in some humorous re-
marks over the fears of rich Jews in
cities like London. Paris and New York,
who, he said. scorned the ideas under
lying the Zionist movement not because
Of any religious convictions. but because
they thought 10 follow Zionism meant 70
give up the luxurie5 Of the complex mod
ern life for 4 humble life in the Orient
To such as these, as much TO be pitied
as the zealOts in the movement" said DR..
Wise, "Zionism comes as a terrible
horght-to the loss Of motor cars, moving
pictures. tango, slit skirts, or what not.
Their scorn of Jerusalem is amusing.
when We think Of some Of the ladies who
once lived in that splendid city who.
though they did not send TO Paris for their
gowns, caused Isaiah to refer to their fol-
lies"
The conflict between the Zonists and
the leaders Of liberal Judaism, ne added,
was vain, futile and needless" and that
II was the duty OF the liberal Jew 10 get
INTO the Zionist movement