New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
THE REAL ARMAGEDD0N
Is the Jew Destined to Emerge Tiuu,I,,
Over All the Worldl
To the Editor Of The Tribun.

Sir: In one Of the Manhattan n.,,
fessor Gottheil had something ~ :"
Professor Mdnsterberg's intims,,o,, -. -.
ing Teutonic alliances OF the fu,y,.
then many others have entered .b,, e..
speculation. While the alliances .sv....
Professor Minsterberg Germany -,
and the United states-msy, at s,, -
appear to be un,hinkable, ye. &, nus,
membered that there is not one a, -.
tions now. fighting shoulder 70 shosl,..
its ally who az one time or ano,hs,
been at deadly grips with this very az
In the present war Russia, ahov,
there have been, from time to tim.
suspicious and humors. and Jana,
whom there have been still more. A..
ing along the lines OF least re.i,,.,,. =. :"
their immediate aspirations ar. a.,
by their present alliances with n. ".
powers. After the peace the unls, 49,,
STA and Japan may be expected 70 h -
closely cemented In order to work Al, ~, -
own world problems. They are bdls, a.
time. In the meantime Russia 1, -
wonderfully helped in her projects. ,,S
may be assured that Japan is not lO,ln.
time.
In solving any problem Of N. fu,v,.
must be remembered that Rus,l, Z,
than semi-orientsL The pithy epivr,n
tributed to Napoleon is too true IN r,v,,,.
her Tartar afinities. Her rapproel.-
with japan is most natural. Henestar.
may expect 70 see them working .v....
in harmony. It is the logical intsr.n,. !,
we'll as the most natural thing IN n, v.,.
that the two combined will doniua,. e.,
and control her inexhsustible wealth a,
and material, and who can say them ,,,,
One does not have % be A prophs. IA -.
that In the coming truce, the Pope will ,.t..
greatly enhanced influence on aeeop,, !,
the great services which he will nav. ..
dered 10 humanity in bringing abov, 4.
cessation Of hostlities. lie ard Pruis,..
Wilson are the only two who can ia, /.
this role, and the Pope has the start y,
possibility Of the latter cooperating viii -,
former in this important work Ia, r,.
than once been limited az. His grea, ~,
ence and perhaps increased temporal ss.,.
will play no unimportant part in ds.tr-l,.
ing the cleavage OF the nations. The surr.-,
Pontif Of the West, with his consl.,orv !,
cardinals, and the Eastern Patriarch. sis
his holy synods, by the very mandate 4,
their respective Offices, cannot eomprcuis
on the rulership Of the world. The mae,
OF Latin saints can never consort with 4,
ikons OF Russia. The claims Of the two 4,
mutually exclusive and destructive, On. y
the other. The power and the inAuenc, 4
the Pope will, therefore. be thrown on b
side Of the Western powers, while the Pss
arch, OF course, will side with the Russis,,
But what Of Germany and the Ush
States? The policy which the United sn.u
will most likely follow can be foretolg ,
its present sympathies and unconcealed n
elections and its almost as uneoneesg
antipathies.
Germany, beaten and Inundated, will "a
urally throw herself where her wonder.
proficiency in science and war end orvtru
ton will be the most needed and the rr
appreciated-w Japan and Russia L d
well known that Japan holds in the higr
esteem German thoroughness and Gtnr
organization and superb generalship. q.
many, therefore, will be Of incalculabsg v.
vice to Russia and Japan in their prrsn
tions for the coming war, and az the az,
time she will have an opportunity 70 vna
vengeance on England. her irreconelabk y
Here, then, will most probably be Ii. co.
binaton; Russia, Japan and GeriT
against Western and Southern Europe .
league with the United States and the otiT
peoples OF America. Then We shall han
the Eastern question with vengeance. n
United States, in spite OF Washingtoni A.
dress and her traditions, will find i hard
keep out Of "entangling alliances" with y
Western European powers. The irrepresrls
conflict with Japan will almost certainly TO-
pei il.
This leaves but one people unseeOgr..
for, a people who though from the East ~
not Oriental, neither are they Westsr. :
cosmopolitan nation whose people have y
country OF their own, except In revsrS.
but a people who are at home in every pa
Of the world. and of whom Disraeli said 3
nation in Europe could 20 TO war whites
their financial support. They are part, a.
a most important part, Of the great Sw'
problem, which cannot be solved whites
them. Any forecast which ignores them v
be failure. The Jewish problem, in ~
form or another, has vexed from time v
memorial and will continue 10 yex, all y
nations Of the earth. From the days ni
their miraculous multiplication awakened ~
fears Of the King Of Egypt, and the tine,
the days OF Xerxes, when Hanan, -
Amslekite, their secular enemy, plotted ~
wholesale destruction OF the people, TO ~
present time, with its ghettos ard psle' a.
pogroms, political disabilities and ost7ciS''
the Jew presents himself 10 the wsra |"
one for whom the world has an s"f'Hi'
but whom it cannot Danish or dsstr'i q
otherwise get rid Of. We, for instance. ''''
in the United States have politically =
Jewish problem, bat socially, hnsnellg
commercially and industrislly we have I'1
world problem calls for solution, ana =
cording to all the signs OF the times -
solution seems near at hand The Ll0h'
movement, the Jewish congresses, the avs
ening interest OF the nations in Their w.
derful suiferings, all point 70 hsf "
patriation TO Palestine. -.
From of old it has been said OF her: y
the people shall dwell alone and shsa ;.
be reckoned among the nations - y
Israel and the other nations, but lsrss,
the nations. They are Israel, and al y
world besides are Gentle or heather ~
as all the outside world was baroahAl
the Greek. II matters little whether w 49, y.