Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

ish people to that Of bride and
bridegroom. Pointing to the three
f-age, he said:
Here are untu-d the standards of
three nations, the Oldest (po. ing to
the JEWISH. the freest (pointing to
I the American) and the greatest Ito
the British"
Mr. EIkin was followed by th9 prin-
clpal speaker of the evening, Mrs Car
oline Greenfield OF New York, who
/ was introduced by the chairman as
one Of the noblest women of the Jew
/ ish race, who Las given up ker time
and energy tc the Zionist
Cause In the course Of her ad-
dress Mrs. Greenfield was int -rrupted
| by loud app-auses. She said in part;
Our country has gone to war not
because Of any selfish aims, lot be-
cause 1t seeks ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
either land or money, but as o.. great
president said: That all peoples may
( be able TO live freely and unhampered
and 'e given the opportunity for ma
tlonal self assertion.
/ VIVA ever the original cause of this
/ war might have been, she continued,
TWO things must be clear > every
/ political thinker of weight; that this
/ is not so much a war between the
/ Central Powers and the Enterte a it
I is conflict between two oppo ed and
I irreconcilable theories Of life. On the
one hand we have the Allied powers
animated by the idea of democracy
and the freedom and determine
/ ton Of the nations as against the Ger
/ manic theory Of autocracy and, the
subsection of the smaller nations
The desire for national self-asser-
/ ton is deepl. imbedded in every peo-
pie, no matter under what adverse
/ circumstances it may live.
/ Democracy ana nationality" she
4 proceeded, being as they are. the
i fundamental aims of the Allier an at
tempt on my part 30 acquaint the
great mass of soldiery-tne most po-
4 tent factor in The ultimate triuph OF
this ideal-with the aspirations Of one
/ Of the smaller nauonalities which have
I already rece we'd the unqualified APP
! prevail of the Allied governments needs
/ no apology
1t would be tnconceivable in the
/ face Of a growing nationalism hat the
Jews. should be left untouched by the
same stirring for national self asseF-
/ ton which infused all the peoples of
I the world. Moreover, in almost every
/ land the Jews have peen in the fore
! front { the national battles whether
waged against foreign tyranny do
nestle despotism, or in the interest of
national unificauon What is Of great
er moment, Jewish natonalism has
/ really never died In the long drawn
tragedy Of Jewish dispersion Jewish
nationalism expressed itself in the
passionate outpourings Of the soul by
/ the liuurgical poets. The yearninC for
the return TO the ancentral homa never
suffered eclipse But it remained no
r IRE than a pious dream, vague
longing based upon the Messianic pro-
( phesies.
{ 1T was not until 1897 that this yearn-
ming found practical expression IN the
founding Of the worldwide Zionist
movement by the immortal DR.. Theo-
dor HerzL Based upon currer poliu-
cal phylsophy. and governed by con-
temporary politics, the process ahead
was not obscure The fundamental
I doctrine Of zionism as set forth in the
/ program OF tho Basic congress. the
/ first international Jewish assembly in
two thousand years, was TO establish a
national horne in Palestine for the
Jewish people under international law
Mrs. Greenfield then in glowing
words recountad the wonderful story
OF the growth Of The Zionist organiza-
ton, telling also OF the marvellous
work done BY early settlers o. Pales-
tine. 10 whom she referred as, etc.
Jewish Pilgrim Fathers"
The speaker next told OF the Pales-
80. a. E.-,~- Gs.
Palestine under British authority.
The Conclusion of Mrs. Greenfields
address was greeted by loud a ID long
applause,
The following telegram was re-
ceived rom Judgc Julian W Mack,
of the United States Federal Court,
president Of the ioatst Organization
Of America. dated New York. August
SIst:
'rro Meyer ". weisgal. sc rotary.
Camp Hancock ionist Committee
THE Zionist cause stands squarelv
in line with the cause Of th l-lied
democratic nations and with the & use
for which our own believe I country
is now engaged in Thanks to the
r7aenanimous British Declaration, the
flag Of the Jewish people is now an
furled among the Ha1s Of the nations
Every Jewish soldier fighting Under
the American flag is serving his own
land and the cause Of his own people
consciousness Of that fact should
make every Jewish soldier depend
able disciplined and self sacrificing
American soldier As the Jewish sol
diars act on the field az battle and
in the period of training sc the Jewish
ueoale VIII be judged in the eyes Of
Laeir fellow Americans.
'tSlgned1 JULIAN w. MACK,
tT8r1a{farf frnteH OreTg n & szg FYaFl az
America"
After the meeting the British Of
ficers and Mrs Greenfield were en-
tertsined az the Hotel Lenwood by Mr.
Morris Margulies Mr. Meyer W
Weisgal Mr. Nathan EllSin and Mr..
Gilbert Harris