Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-10
BpumwwCRs xsopsfsTs AT CONVENTION AT HARTFORD
K&Suw 0eAaGa4cs and Ten Members AHmpdea EfHth Annual sf the Sons @M Finn.

Tn ths -snnaa hou<s of Sunday morn ing Rn RE&onph61e pax&y of the three Geleg&AeMs A. Cramer. Charles M. Cor don. 4. Bo&w4Clk and ten members in cludinS Rev. M. Stanm, all of this city, left for Haxfford to attend the fifth anxrual convenf1on Of the Order
 Sons Of ZSon. 1aayhd Horov1tch of
 Hartford opened f7ae convention at 10 8. m. With an Impressive prayer in
 Febrew. Then the mayor of Hart
 'e delegates to the city Master A. ,'ilver, chairman of the Hartford Ju- vt nile Zionist society, youth of IA,
 Trelcomed the delegates in Hebrew and was warmly applauded.
 The NaSSi, Leon Zo1otklGv, one of the foremost Jewish editors of the day,
 delivered his message. From his lengthy report the following is well worth noting:
 The soundness of our insurance sys- tenn is past the experimental stage. It is a proven success. It has elicited the praise of the New York state in surance department and the admira ton of khe actuaTy who has examined into cur affairs. The order has es- ta,blisaaed beyond a doubt the practi- cz4of1fty of utilizing the fraternal form of organization for Zionist purposes. It has also proved that the Zionist idea which is at the foundation of our or der iS bound to serve as an attraction to SfS more thoughtful and fntelli gent of OUT people who are likely to apply for membership in Jewish fraterna1 organization.
 Our order is in the happy position of exhibiting the working of it's en- dowment system, thoroughly tested and approved as an example which the others will follow when reorgan- izing their systems. In proportion to our membership the condition of our insurance fund is more ffourisfing than that of any insurance company and it is this splendid condition which caused our actuary to state as follows:
 "1 congratulate you upon the re- suit of the valuation, showing as it does full reserve by the standard named and an excellent margin of surplus over. There are comparatively few fraternals in the country that can make this showing and the sufficiency of your rates is a guarantee of your ability to maintain this condition as anatural result of your method of operation"
 His closing remarks were very i'm pressiVe: You have made the foun- dalton of the order everlastingly strong, by using the ada1nantine ideal of our race for your mortar. The ideal Of restoration of our race as a free nation on it's historical soil is slowly but surely coming to it's realization before our very eyes.
 One glance at the changed condi- tions in Palestine will convince us that 3, good beginning has been made Re mobilization is progressing, brighter hopes are waking in more Jewish hearts. Jewish sentiment is growing everywhere and also on the increase in American Jewry. Such tendencies cannot fail to reflect fayorably on our order and the affairs of our order in turn cannot fail to promote the cause of our people,
 A very impressive scene followed. About 75 delegates and members marched in and around the hall with American and Zionist flags and ban ners and all in the hall arose and sang the National Zion song, Haticlvoh, meaning Hope.
 The first session was adjourned and later in the day at the second session the several committees were appoint 1 ed. The grand event of the day was ] the mass meeting at D. m. at one of the Parsons theatres. The house was packed to the roof
 Nahum Sokolow, of international fame, Journalist and master of seven languages. who has had audiences with an the crowned heads of the old world, addressed the multitude His tour of the United States and Canada i, was crowned by the winning of thou- ] sands of Zionist converts. His aud 1 fence understood him. bec9vse his ! statements were all of acrorl 1lished : ldCLS IT .FdleSllne. Ills l'EjPNerS were 1 so thrilled that they f-7t themselves 1 being taken all over t'-~ historical soil i of the prophets. Ho 1ei the audience from one colony cr Jews to another. i from one school tc another from one to 2~0tber and finally l wound uD by 9a ing, no Jew can be an Americ~-' true American unless he is "'-atat and Jew. If 8 son is "o.. r''N to his mother, if he is "7H@'r of her and unkind, he never ' - -a"ucct his wife So with an in
 al and so with a nation If we
 1shamed of our nationality, if we
 ise our mother, if we forsaIze her. 'f he gets no financial aid moral sup nort. the .neighbors will not respect nr honor us. How can such a son he true to his wife? Can he be loyal to his wife and a traitor to his mother who nursed him?
 The Hon. J. Barondess of the board of education in New York city was also one of the prominent speakers. DT. Blustone of New York and Joshua Sprayregen, a brilliant attorney of New York, also addressed the aud- fence
 The meeting closed at 11.45 D. m.. when the Norwich delegation depart ed, feeling that new life and zeal had been given them for the cause