The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28

Of concealing thoughts of vengeance.
Naturally. humanitarian cOnsiicra
tiOns never entered these deliberations
and the righting of Jewish wrongs
hardly ever had place on the agendn
| of any of these councils. The one not.
| able exception is tho Berlin Congress
of 1878 when provision was made foi
equal treatment of Roumanian Jews.
| but that like all other decisions of that
conference. was made in slipshOd
| way and instead of bringing relief, II
| brought disaster to the Jews of Rou.
mania by intensifying hatred against
them. because the I,snmanians regard
ed ii as foreign Intervention in their
internal affairs. The whole thing was
done in pcrfunctory spirit merely to
England. Israeli. with never any intcn.
tion to enforce the observance of this
clause. 1t may be added that the 9th.
er decisions of that Gin) famous Con.
gress eliminated in the present colos.
sal world disaster just coming to an
end.
1t was this intOlcr,tblc situation OF
each war ending up in II peace confer
cncc which injected the virus for IL
new war that united all world demo
cracics in a fixed resolve to end it.
The constant apprehension of attack
by their neighbors sapped the strength
of the nations and made their ex,
istcncc unbcarablc. When they no long
er could stand the agony of the strain
their patience burst and like madmei
they grabbed ut each Others throat
in life and death struggle.
Now that the horrid nightmare l.
over. the whole world nwnkens to find
that II has merely fought its owl
phantom. 1t finds itself in ruins ami
bleeding. but happy that 1t finally goi
rid of the awful spectre that made lif,
wrctched. the fear of itself. 1t is seiz
ed by n new hope and world concept
the samencss of humanity. 1t rec
Ognizes humanity in an organism tina.
ran not flourish unless all parts are
shielded from danger, and an injur.
to one means the disturbance of tn,
whole system. 1i=as =, :
How this now world philosophy vii,
benefit us Jews must be obvious to
everybody Much as even our most
malignant enemies and dcfamers may
dislike us, they must realize that we
constitute an essential organ Of hu.
manity'S pllysiOgnomy. And as mucl!
as person may dislike his nose and
think il mars his appearance. he IL
neither going to pull it nor destory il
20 as 10 get even with it. On refIcc-
ton, perhaps This comparison is not
out of the way, for we are frequenti!
held up to- scarn because Of the M,
tional d!stincuscncss Of that organ
and also beeauSc like the nose on the
human body WI are at the forefront
in all tlcpartnents of social and eco.
nonic activity
For these reasons the so-called jew.
ish problem assumes a different form
and shape. .lh the past when some
Jewish disabilities were removed and
his condition allcviatcd. those who
were responsible for 1t swelled with u
sense OF magnanimity and. as often as
not, much wire pulling and favor beg
ging preceded such improvements. Thus
developed the Court Jews and what
IL known as Stadlunes in Jewish life.
Now, in the worlds rcbirth and re
construction. it will bchoove its mas.
ter minds and engineers to settle the
Jewish problem. and. as far as pos
sible, to right his wrongs.
The custom of every one pulling for
himself and fighting for himself has
spelled anarchy and disaster. Under
the new regime it must be all for one
and one for all. Any disorder in hui
manity's organism will. as 1t should.
affect the whole body and all will ap-
fine iemocratically the rights of the
Jew and then to lay down safeguards
for the protection of these rights, Will
he as much of n necessity of the rest
of mankind as it will be benefit to
the Jew himself Therefore. it will
not ba regarded boon or gift to the
Jew alone when the peace conference
will accord to him equal treatment and
selfdetermination. II will he its bust
ness to do so as it will be its function
and duty to make an attempt to re-
concile and adjust all other political.
social and economic questions. Were ii
otherwise. the outlook for the Jew
would he gloomy indeed. For such
advantages as we would exact by beg.
ging and wire pulling would be grant.
ed in a perfunctory spirit and like the
Berlin treaty would, as far as we are