The sun., 1917-09-22
WAR AS A JEW SEES 1T FROM THE
RACIAL VIEWPOINT.
Reply Coresionit Who Did Not Protest When America Wa,
Ready Fight for the Jew

have a republican Russia. Germ,,~
As victor. and peace now is German
victory. will reestablish autocracy IN
Russia, and. a. in olden times sh.
will send there one OF her own kin
and blood to govern unhappy Russia
and then--then the Russian sotl will
be drenched with the blood of our IA,
theirs. brothers and sisters as IL yea,
never before.
Have you realized all this?
You maintain that ''the succesxui
military conduct Of the war does not
require that the American people hs
shut of from a discussion Of political
economic. spiritual aspects Of the war
and the peace to come.' Whom do
you call the american people? m
you refer to those few iugrates and
misled individuals who constitute the
mean those who are under suspicion
that they never ceased to serve in tina
interests Of the enemy?
II you don't know yet who tina
American people are, I shall point
them out to you.
Your memory viii 80 back 10 thu
time when this country demanded Of
the then autocratic Russian Govern-
ment the full recognition Of the Amer
ican passport In the hands Of Ameri
can Jews. Russia refused our ius.
demands. This Government thu. re.
pudiated the commercial treaty that
we had with Russia more than a cen.
tury.
You surely recollect tho memorable
gathering Of the representatives Of the
American people we had at Carnegie
Hall in New York. Those represen-
tatives of the American people feared
that such action on the part Of the
American Government might arouse
the ire Of Russia and plunge us into
war. But II was their unanimous
opinion that II war ensued in conse-
quence of our act It would be Jus.
war and the whole American people
would be proud to fight q war for lib
erty Of her citizens. Our Congress
and our President at that critical mo-
ment agreed to this and acted accord
ingly.
If war had come, what would have
been the reason?
Simply because few hundred
American Jews who wished to visit
Russia could not do It on account Of
Russian injustice.
Where were you and the so-called
Peoples Council" at that time? Why
did not you appear to warn the Amer
lean Government to ward off such pos
sible danger? Why did not you point
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vital that a hundred million Amer.
cans should have to go to war for a
trifle? You and the others kept sien,
for the fight was for the Jews
Do you realize the true cause OF the
present war? Germany has filled our
land with her spies. dynamiters, fac
tory wreckers: II was Germany thai
hired a prostitute press and dema-
gogues In the American Latin repnh-
lies with intentions of plunging us in
war; it was Germany that drowned
our citizens. women and children;
sank our ships. destroyed our com.
merce and threatened our very exts'-
ence as a free people.
At the time when our Governneu.
repudiated the commercial treaty witt
Russia you relied on her wisdom. But
now you appear to know better and
you try to instruct Congress and the
Administration what they ought 10 DO
The harm that such as you might
do would be irreparable were II not
that the American people consist "
worldly and sober men and women
who judge matters in their true light
Let me hope that this will serve
you as a reminder ~ desist from such
silly propaganda. which. at its hes
will not do any good for our people,
who have suffered so much Of msuE-
derstandings and misre presentation.
d, NJ. HERMALIN,
Yiddish Editor, American Allan
for Labor and Democracy.
New YORK. September q.