New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
Germany and the Jews
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bv Negotiation

Do you know what it would mean to us
lows II Germany should have peace now on
her own terms?
II would mean that for German monarch
ical interests it does not pay to have re-
publican Russia. Germany as victor cana
peace now is German victory will re-
establish autocracy in Russia, and, as IN
olden times, she will send there one of her
own kin and blood to govern unhappy Rus
STA, and then-then the Russian soil will be
drenched with the blood Of our fathers,
brothers and sisters as it was never before.
Have you realized all this?
Misled Ingrates
You maintain that the successful mill
tary conduct Of the war does not re-
auire that the American people be smut OF
from discussion Of political, economic,
spiritual aspects of the war and the peace
TO come Whom do you call the American
people? Do you refer to those few ngrates
and misled individuals who constitute the
so-called Peoples Council"? Do you mean
those who are under suspicion that they
never ceased to serve the interests Of the
enemy?
II YOU don't know yet who the American
people are, shall point them out 70 you.
Your memory will go back TO the time
when this country demanded Of the then
autocratic Russian government the full rec
IGNITION of the American passport IN the
hands Of American Jews. Russia refused our
just demands This government repudiated
the commercial treaty that we had with
Russia over a century.
You surely recollect the memorable
gathering of the representatives OF the
American people we had at Carnegie Hall,
in New York. Those representatives 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 it was their unanimous opinion
that if war ensued in consequence OF our
act it would be just war, and the whole
American people would be proud to fight
war for the liberty of her citizens. Our
Congress and our President at that critical
moment agreed to this, and acted accord
ingly
If war had come, what would have been
the reason?
Simply that a 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 Peo-
pies Council at that time? Why did not you
appear to warn the American government to
ward off such possible danger? Why did
not you point out that the matter at hand is
not so vital that hundred million Ameri
cans should have to go to war for a trife?
You and the others kept silent, for the fight
was for the Jews.
The True Cause of the War
Do you realize the true cause of the
present war? Germany has filled our land
with her spies, dynsmiters, factory wreck
ers it was Germany that hired prostitute
press and demagogues in the American
Latin republics with intention of plunging
US into war; it was Germany that drowned
our citizens, women and children, sank our
ships, destroyed our commerce and threat
ened our very existence as a free people.
At the time when our government repud-
ated the commercial treaty with Russia you
relied on her wisdom. But now you appear
to know better and you try to instruct Con-
gress and the Administration what they
ought to DO.
The harm that such as you might do
would be rreparable were it not that the
American people consist Of worldly and sober
men and women who judge matters in their
true light
Let me hope that this will serve you as
reminder to desist from such silly propa-
ganda, which, at its best, will not do any
good for our people, who have suffered so
much of misunderstanding and msrepre-
sensations D. ". HERMALIN,
Yiddish Editor, American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy.
New York, Sept. 10, 1917.