Evening journal., 1917-04-19
"Tbe Would.Be Klng.s

A King OF Finance and Mighty Power
TO him all should bend the knee
Jewish King on Jewish throne
An we're to worship him one by one
And cringe his glory to see
But something happened to spoil his
This israelite Jay with greed
For some of his neighbors up and said
In an awful voice OF terrible dread
1--WE know all about your Creed
.'You are out for yourself and for
Our Goc stocks you have tried to steal
You have opened your big uns'rupu-
And blown out the wattles beneath
with JOY our finish to see"
This is your game and we know full
The end that you have in sight,
For we're to be ruined and you're 70
g You to ride smoothly and we in the
q Poor objects Of your spite"
So they gave a mighty unanimous
To this would-be 1sraelue King;
They knocked him down and they
punched his nose,
That wonderfully graceful Hebrew
And an end Of him then was seen.
THE BALLAD SINGER
Knowing full we'll that those lines would arouse
widespread indignation among the Jews in our COM
muny and also among that large section OF Gentiles
which recognizes what a potent development force
those Jews have been still and will continue to be,
we refrained from commenting upon them feeling sure
that in fairness TO Wilmington Jews, in Difference TO
communal sentiment and in to protests, the
Morning News would lose no time in repudiating the
lines, their author and their nspirer and in Offering
ample apology to those who were deeply offended
Thus far the News has failed TO pursue that decent
course We deem It public duty, therefore to speak
and say in behalf Of the Jews in Wilmington the
things that the Morning News should have experienced
pleasure saying by way OF partial reparaton for the
outrageous insult inflicted upon them without rhyme or
reason.
Those verses did not get into the columns OF the
Morning News by chance. They represent policy OF
personal hatred which has reached its climax when in
an effort to individual who is not Jew. the
blade OF contumely and derson is driven through the
tenderest sensibtes Of all the jewish men, women
and children in community. It.was an outrageous
thing to do and one that deserves the everlasting
sentiment OF its hundreds OF innocent victims, all Of
whom still are wondering what they have done that
they should be subjected such vicious assault by
newspaper that has prohted largely in the past
through the progressive commercial and industrial
achievements OF the Jews and their appreciation OF
the value of printers ink.
! We challenge the Morning News to assert that the
snellenburgs. the Miers the Topkises the Ginnses
the Robins the Ephrams, the Fingers the Rosenbatts
the Jacobys, the Fenbergs the Rosens, the Braun
STEMS the Tucks, the Greenbaums, sthe Leyys, the
Gordons the Laubs, the Schagrins the Harrises the
Walters the Slessngers the Cohens the Leshems the
Wells the Gluckmans the Liebermans, The Roth
schilds the Bachrachs, the Rachlins, the Grants the
es the Schlangers the Sayers, the Ffnkestens, the
Breuers. the Chaikns, the wetselns, the Balrs the
schwartzes the Goldbergs the Saltzmanns the Kauf
mans, the Kongods. and many other representative
Jews in community have done anything deserve
such outrageous treatment at the hands OF that news
paper.
IL Is admitted on all sides that the Jews in Whining
ton are good law abiding, industrious and progressive
people. They are to be found behind all civic ant
other movements, with voice. influence and money
Their public spirit is especially marked Their char
ity is proverbal. It extends far beyond their owl
people. Wilmington would suffer a severe blow in
deed, its Jewish residents to pack up and NOV
away.
1t is especially outrageous that at this time 1vhe
men, women and children OF all races nationalitie,
extractons and creeds mobizing themselves /
our community to assist Federal Government i
the national defense, the Morning News in further
ance OF its warfare against one Of most distir
euished and useful citizens. should drive the bat
of personal racial and religious hatred through Il
Jewish men, women and children who constitute sue
useful part of our social civic, commercial, and il
dustrial fabric.
It sayors in boodless way, Of the diabolical VOL
Of tho Black Hundred Kishinef in the palmiest da
Russian autocracy and orthodoxy. and has no prop
place in Wilmington journalism in Wilmington III