The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27

should receive the serious considera-
alton Of the Retailers League before
it is adopted.
"THIRD EXILE" OF THE JEWS.
Rev. s. B. Rohold, pastor OF the
Christian synagogue of Toronto, con-
tributed an article in the Literary Di-
gest which he called 1.-THE Third Exila
of the jews" in which he deals with
the conditions of the Jews IN the war
stricken countries and in general. The
article is very interesting as 1t shows
the activities Of the Jews in the pres
ent war and the plight of the race
which IS taking much more important
position than is generally supposed.
He sums up his article, giving the
present plight Of the race as follows:
THE world-struggle is search
ing the very vitals of the race,
stirred its energies. revolutioniz-
ing its life, and transforming its
outlook. Five hundred and fifty
thousand gallant Hebrew soldiers
are at war, Jew engaged in mortal
combat with Jew. Four millions of
them. men, women and children
of all ages-strong, weak. healthy
and sick-have been driven into
full flight, haunted by the thun-
dering cannons, along the wasted
roads, marshy fields, hogs and
wild forests; disorganizea. terror
lied, abandoning land, stock. treas
ures, and all the attachments OF
home, in order to save their bare
lives. Hunger and starvation
meet them everywhere, and as
they pass through the Valley OF
Shadows new horrors oyertake
them every hour. The very life
is lost in the attempt to save 1t.
No Promised Land in sight. All
hope abandoned'there!' Our hearts
break as We gaze at this horror
full, grim and continuously NOV
ing panorama OF Israeps bitter
and tragic flight"
The Jew. he declares. is paying
very high price to the bes. traditions
of the race He is ''strenuously lead
ing in all the episodes of the war; in
its politics. in it's economy, In Its n
nances, in its organizations, in its sup
plies, in its armies, and in it's hor-
rors" He estimates that 46 per cent
of the worlds population, or 100000
coo. are affected by the war. The to-
tai number of Jews in the world is not
over 14.500,000. Of whom some 10000
600, or 6S per cent, are affected by
this war" We read:
There are now twelve nations
fighting, with armies totaling at
least 20,0O000O, or &c per cent OF
the population Of the nations en-
gagged The Jews engaged In the
war comprise the biggest army
they have ever put forth. A con-
servative estimate given In The
Jewish Chronicle, puts the num-
Der at over $4,000, or 5.5 per
cent OF all the Jews in the world
double the proportion of Gem
tiles engaged. And when we
look into the machinery OF this
war and the role the Jew Is play
ing. and the results OF that great
machinery. we wonder that the
nations Of the earth should be
trusting to such leadership"
The Jewish population OF the Rrit-
ish Isles is about 245,0Q0, and over
10000 are in the ranks.
Hundreds have secu. ed med
ais, and three have secured the
most coveted order, the Victoria
Cross. Five Hebrews are hold
ing positions in the British cabl-
net; one, Lord Reading, has be-
come lord chief justice; five are
in the house Of lords, six are
privy councillors, sixteen are bar
onets, fourteen are knights, and
eighteen are members Of parlia-
ment
THE total Jewish population
of France Is little over 100, 00O.
Before the war, in the regular
army there were eight Hebrew
generals. fourteen colonies. TWEEN
ty-one lieutenants, sfxty-eight ma
Jors and 107 captains; but now
over 10000 Jews are in the ranks
and are doing gallant work on
land, sea and in the air. General
Heymans is in charge Of one army
corps. Five Jews are holding i'm
portant positions in the cabinet
The Rothschilds. feeling that their
country has been outraged, have
returned to the Austrian emperor
the title of nobility which his an
cestor, a century ago, had be-
slowed upon them"
Belgium shelters $1,000 Jews. The
first man taken as a hostage when
the Germans entered Antwerp was a
Rothschild. In italy, where the Jews
were not emancipated until 1870.
THE total Jewish population is
$4,000, and they have provided
Italy lately with prime minis
ter, Signor Luigi LuzZatti (1910),
who previously served as minis
ter of finance on six occasions.
Sixteen members OF parliament
and fourteen senators are Jews.
The president Of the council OF
state, Signor Malvano, is the best
hated man in Germany, because
he could see through the tactics
of its special ambassador, Prince
Won Bulow, and checkmated all
his political maneuvers, so that
he had to return, complete fail
ure, to Germany with his Italian
wife.
"The most conspicuous man In
Italy al present is NJ. Salvatore
Barzilaf whom King Victor En-
manuel appointed as a cabinet
minister. General Otholenghi. late
minister of war, and newly made
senator, another Jew, is the idol
of the army"
Germany has not yet fully re-