The Denver Jewish news., 1919-04-02

| patriotism" would fail to persuhue
! against Zionism, armed themselves
with some new 'philOsophcaF argu-
rlents against the Jewish homeland III
| Palestine.
! The old ana new arguments against
4 Jewish homeland in Palestine, rs
represented by them, may be summed
up as follows:
l.. The Jews are no more II nation.
They are Americans Frcnchmah. or
amy other nationality. united only pE
4 religious ties in whatever country they
may Chance to be.
=. The countries in which the Jews
live ut present are good enough for
| them
3. One cannot he loyal to two flags.
L. The Zionist propaganda and Its
realization may he used as an cN-
Cusc to deprive them of the rights
1 they are enjoying in the countries i'll
which they live at present
And it shall be my purpose to en-
dcavor to prove the absurdity of these
arguments.
If it is religion alone that unitcs
the Jews. then what makes even the
atheist or radical Jew cooperate with
| the Jews for common Jewish work!
Cor why has the American Jew some
thing in common with Jews of other
countries while the Polish Catholic
has nothing in common with the ltal-
ian Catholic altho' they are both OF
! the same Christian Scctt 1t certainly
cannot be religion that unitcs the free
I thinking jew with the religious one.
| There is an entirely different reason
for the Jewish unity all the world
over: The jew is "a NATION WITH
OUT A LAND" And just as tile
various nationalities or churches OF
different denomina tons in America
do unite in work for the common well
| fare of their country. 50 do the Jews
Ot various scctJ and principles CO.
operate for the common interest of
! lhcir scattered nation.
As to the second argument that the
! countries in which the Jews live at
/ present are good enough for them,
I wish to make it clear that Iionism
/ Goes not necessarily seek ecoiiomhc
/ gain. Just as the American Rcvolt-
I tionary War was not fought by those
, brave men for any economic gain nus
/ father for higher ideal namely. LIB
/ ERTY, so do the Zionists demand the
| rrcstablishmcnt of n Jewish center in
I Palestine. not for any material gain
hut for II higmr ideuk. namely. Ma
| uIONAL' POIiTICA. LIBERTY !;
4 altlo. il may he added. that incidental
l.. Jewish homeland in Palestine
I will become also of grcnt material as
sistance to the Jews of the world. just
as the liberty gained by thirteen col
cnies of America gave birth TO the
greatest nation in the world. SO the
question is not whether this or any
I Jew The question is: Where is
l there in the world such 4 place that
has not been occupied 6y other pco-
J pies TO which the Jewish emigration
that has been going on for the last
| fifty years could he directed, thereby
enabling the Jew to lay the foundation
f, for their own national. political, and
cultural life. Fortunately for the
I jew, and humanity in general, the lit
| tie country in Western Asia where tho
Jews once led an independent life has
almost miraculously been waiting Tor
its eXilcd children to come and re-
iuvcnatc it, And now when the allied
democracics have opened Its doors to
The Jews, shall not the Jews be glad
to make the necessary sacrifices Tor
the rebuilding of the land of their
ancestors?
Rcga riding the argument of loyalty
the last to be expected from citizens
of this Melting Pot country. When
Lafayette came over to this country
10 help our forcfathers in their strug
gle for liberty. nobody suspected him
of being disluyal to the French Re
. nUblic: or when Americans vOluntarii!
enlisted IN the allied armies TO figh'
for the freedom of Belgium. they were
not suspected of disloyalty To OH
j. GLORY. TN the contrary, they were
hailed everywhere as true descenu
ants of Washington, Franklin, ana
Lincoln. In like manner. there is nt
reason why the participation of Amer
ichn Jews in helping to regain the -in
dependence of their own nation should
Hrouse any suspicion as to their 10y
/ atty to America. On the contrary
that would only prove their apprecia
tiou of freedom and justice to all"
ideals which true Americanisp staiaS
for.