The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
MANY jews IN WAR
Half a Million Fighting in Ranks
Of Various Nations.
Most OF Them Are Under czar. but
Others Prove Loyalty to Respee-
tive Lands-Win High Rank
and Decorations.

London.-More than half a million
soldiers Of the Jewish faith are now
fighting In the ranks of the various
belligerent nations. The majority Of
these are of course serving in the ar
mics Of the car, in which they have
earned recognition for exceptional
bravery and good service.
Many have been decorated with mill
tary orders; some have even gained
the much coveted Cross of St. George
Of the First Class. the equivalent OF
the Victoria Cross. From the other
~belligerent countries come similar
records. Judging from the awards for
gallantry which Jewish soldiers are
receiving from the rulers of all lands.
Jews are doing their duty to the
states of which they are citizens.
One Of the most recent acts of brav-
cry performed by Jewish soldiers that
has come under notice is that OF NJ.
Georges Dreyfus of the French army,
who, having peer educated in England.
may be considered partly English In
acknowledgment of his exceptional
intrepidity and courage he was pro-
NOTED o. the battlefield to commits
stoned rank. He was also awarded
the much coveted Croix &c Guerre,
and has been recommended to he
British government for the award of
the d. S. o.
Another French-Jewish soldier to
gain distinction on the battlefield was
Capt. Henri Franck. He was killed
in action. In the army order he was
referred to as IAN officer of the great
est bravery, who set an example of
GOODNESS and tenacity. He was NOR
tally wounded while organizing
with an absolute contempt of danger
the defense of a mill" One of the
FrancoJewish generals. General Bern
helm, who was attached to the Belgian
army, has been wounded.
1t is rumored that the British army
authorities are now declining to enlist
men of English birth whose fathers
were not British subjects. natural-born
or naturalized. 1t is very improbable
that this rumor has any foundation.
for a considerable number of men OF
all ranks in the British army are Of
foreign parentage, and n regiment,
the Zion Mule corps is composed en-
tirely of foreign subjects. AS a paral-
lei there is the Foreign Legion in the
French army.
Such a decision would have a very
unfortunate effect on recruiting among
Jews in England, four-tifths of whom
are either of foreign birth or parent
- NIL -,AL .A-Y,lagnD hon
been in force in the past is evidenced
by the number of Jews of foreign par
entage, German as well as other ma
tionalities. who are in the British
army.
So far as the Jewish middle class is
concerned 1t is very exceptional for
the SON OF grandsons of Germans who
are of military age not to be in the
British army. where several have al
ready gained distinction. These FAM
lilies are able to compare in their own
experience the lot of the Jew in Ger,
many with that of his coreligionisl
in this country. His loyalty to Eng
land is beyond doubt.
Nj. Louis Lucien Klotz, the minister
VI COLlilcIC CO III ~ new FICIGn eau
net, has held ministerial office on sew
eral previous occasions. Two years
ago he was minister of the interior
in the Barthou ministry. and in the
three ministries which preceded that
he held the portfolio of finance. Dur
e ing the past half century and more
Jews have frequently held Office in
s French cabinets. The names of Gre
t mieux, Fould, Goudchaux and Raynal
n will Immediately spring to the mem
DRY of the student of modern French
history.
l. The Italian cabinet also contains
n Jewish member, Signor Barzilai, and
y in the foreign minister, Baron Sonni
no, the son of a Jewish father and 9
o Scottish mother. In the past Italy has
a had a Jewish premier, a Jewish min
lister of war and two Jewish ministers
& of finance. England has had in recent
y years three Jewish cabinet ministers
d none of whom Is in the present cabi
10 net, but all of them are among b ad
u visers of the government.