The sun., 1916-12-01
10000 JEWS STORM
MEMORIAL MEETING
Police Overwhelmed at Service
to Honor Emperor Francis
Joseph.
MANY TRIBUTES PAID
Galician and BukOwinian Fed
Grafton Joined by Corclig-
ionists Of Hungary.

'onIer n'on wes stormcu last night
BY 10000 Jews. and fifteen policemen
guarding barred doors struggled with
them In II vain attempt to separate the
sheep from the soats-those who had
tickets from those who had not. The
officers clothing was torn, ono police
man lost his club and recovered IL with
difficulty. and windows were smashed in
both the front and rear doors as the
crowd fought and pushed its way on
ward.
II was a memorial meeting to honor
tie memory OF Emperor Francis
Joseph of AUSTRIA Hungary, arranged by
the Federation Of Galic!an and Bukowin-
Ian Jews Of America. Even one familiar
with strange scenes in New York hardly
could have imagined gathering SO
vast and still so foreign. They came,
whole families together. not only from
the East Side but from Brooklyn and
The Bronx. excltedly packing themselves
into the stuny hall until II was full. And
still outside a crowd twice as large
surged back and forth against the
doors until>the meeting was nearly over.
Cant for Dead Il Chanted.
Inside, it was a serious crowd and
plainly orthodox. II had gathered to
honor a dead emperor whose portrait,
shrouded in mourning. looked down from
IN front OF the speakers table. And not
q few of them shed tears unashamed as
they stood with covered heads while the
Jewish cant for the dead was rendered
by Joseph Rosenblatt. cantor OF the
congregation Of Ohab Zedek, and a
kAr,,g ~ a. 80 ,,,a1A .,tAA -.-.st.
email boys. drilled to sing 1t r%everently
and well, They were dressed in the
black garb of the altar.
Mr.. Rosenblatt has a a closer con-
nect!on with the dead Emperor than
many. He stood proudly last night
while there was read a letter to him
from Francis Joseph complimenting him
On a song he had written in euloRy Of
the Emperor on his s0th birthday. Then
Mr.. Rosenblatt m his chorus sang the
song. and II took n great deal OF exhor-
tation from the chairman and the ushers
IN suppress the neutrality-suspicious. this
va a memorial meeting.
Was Beloved BY Jews.
" one had never known II before, one
very forcibly learned last night tina
Francis Joseph was a friend OF the Jews.
The Jews loved him for his liberal and
democratic views n for III privileges
he had granted them. such PRIVILEGES as
the race a never enjoyed before In his
empire. This was What brought the ten
thousand nj Of their homes to Cooper
Union last night. and this was what DR..
Solomon Neumann. the principal speaker.
dwelt upon In his address.
All the speeches were In German or
fiddish. and they were better UNDER
stood than X they had been in English.
Or Neumann told them that 1t was Mt
ting that they. though they honored the
Stars and stripes OF their adopted coun-
try. though they were most OF them
American citizens by naturalization or
by birth. though they owed allegiance
10 no other country than the United
States. that they should meet to honor
the dead Emperor OF their mother coune
try whose audience room was open to all.
who had let them live unmolested and
who had provided for their education
and advancement.
Resolutions of Sympathy.
And that was how the other speakers
seemed to feel about II. Arthur d.
Hatcher. president Of the federation. who
opened the meeting. said that the Jews.
no, only those of Hungarian extraction
hut the Jews OF the entire world. felt a
personal bereavement in the loss OF
Francis Joseph. I'VE believe that We
can he true Americans and honor the red.
vAi,e and blue and still honor the mem-
orv Of our dead Emperor" he said.
IN line with this feeling they adopted
. rcsolution OF sympathy and sorrow.
vhich follows:
We. the members OF the Federation
81 GalicIan and Bukowinian Jews OF
.Nrsrica. acting In conjunction with me
Federation Of Hungarian Jews OF Amer
ia. assembled in Cooper Union on
Thursday, November 80. 1916. for the
purpose Of doing reverence TO the men,
ory ~ tho late lamented Emperor Fran
cs Joseph l.. and bound together by the
common desire TO mourn his demise,
which We share with the masses OF
american Jewry. wish TO record this ex-
preston OF our profound regret and sor-
low at the death OF him who was a wise
ruler. n Just man and a friend OF hui
mainly.
we cannot fail at this occasion tc
remember his uncounted acts OF devo'
ton to his peoples. which characterized
his long reign, nor the constructive ano
humane service he rendered not only &c
the Jews but to all the peoples In his
domains. And we likewise remember
that generosity of heart and nobility OF
Character which underlay his ofiicla
and private acts throughout his memo
rahle reign.
And we American citizens In unison
with all hlghminded men OF all ma
'ionalities send to his glorious sue
oessor, Carl, and TO all those who mourn
hin In AUSTRIA Hungary. this express
sion Of our deepest sympathy and sin
cerest SORROW"
Some Of the other speakers were Her
Won Hedry. Secretary of the Austro
Hungarian Embassy in Washington
Alexander Won Neuberg. Austrian Con
sul-oeneral in New York Judge Gus
tave Hartman. the Rev. DR.. Philil
Klein and Charles APPEL. secretary OF tn
federation.
The German S~anEerbund was Their
end sang two selections. and also tn
Austrian Singing Society. The meeting
closed with every n Joining In tn
Austrian national anthem.