Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-09-17
BIRTH OF JEWISH
NATION IS HAILED
Justice Brandeis Is Cheered at
the Chicago Convention
as DeIiverer.
RELY ON AMERICA FOR Aid
Twenty Second Annual Meeting of the
Zionist Organization of v. S. Is
Held-President Wilson
Is Lauded.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Four thousand
Jews from all parts of America wept
with JOY at the Auditorium at the Wis
ion of the birth of a nation, Palestine
the vision which has borne them up
through the centuries.
1t was the twenty-second annual con-
vention of the Zionist organization Of
America: If the political entity of Pal
estine becomes living reality, 1t will
go down In history that the cradle Of
the Jewish nation was Chicago.
This convention is expected to be
the final link in the endless chain Of
preliminaries which will bind the
Jews to their own commonwealth.
The great Jewish figures of An
ica-Brandeis, Pam, Mack, De Haas,
Wise, Lipsky, Miss Szold-were all
present, and were all accorded ova-
lions.
Ovation for Brandeis.
1t was Brandeis, however-Justice
Louis d. Brandeis of the United
States supreme court-whose name
won greeting such as might have
been given to the prophets of old.
1t was during the address Of Judge,
Julian w. Mack. He had spoken of
many of the great leaders. He had
mentioned President Wilson, and
there had been thunderous applause.
He had spoken of Henrietta Sold,
the Joan of Arc of the Zionists, and
she had been acclaimed to the roof
of the great Auditorium. Then Judge
Mack mentioned. "our great silent
leader" He spoke no name, but they
all knew whom he referred to. The
quiet little Jew was seated on the
stage. All eyes turned on him.
Every man and woman in the house
stood up, as if moved by an electric
current. They cheered. They laugh
ed. They wept. The women lifted
their children In their arms, almost as
If they were offering them upon the
shrine of Zionism.
Sing National Anthem.
On the platform Nathan d. Kaplan,
an attorney Of Chicago, started sing
ing the Jewish national anthem
"Hatikvoh"-Our Hope.
They Joined with him. 1t is not
the "Marseillaise." There Is no tri-
umph in 1t. no sound of marching feet,
beating drums, screaming bugles. II
Is a plaintive chant, and tears rolled
down the cheeks of the delegates and
their wives as they sang 1t. The ma
tional anthem Of the Jews Is a
prayer.
Judge Hugo Pam welcomed the del
egates and struck poular chord by
saying that the pioneer work had been
done, and that 1t remained for this
to make Palestine a geo.
and political fact as well as
a spiritual fact.
"There have been many changes In
the world since the Zinonlsts Of
America held their last convention In
In 1915" said Judge Pam.
.Then all was chaos. Now there IL
still much disorder, but order Is COM
ing out of chaos.
Zone phrase stands out among all
tHOSe WuiCn were Colicu anu gwen
great meaning following the end Of
the war-that Is, the right Of self
determination.
'"That principle, which will and
must be accepted as the keystone OF
the new civilization, will be the main
prop of the Jewish commonwealth to
which we have dedicated ourselves.
That is what will convert the POI
litical entity to the living reality.
''The Zionist movement Is the me-
dunn. The Jews Of the world, but
particularly the Jews of America,
must support that movement. 1t is
for this gathering to crystalline our
aims and plans so that Palestine will
be land, not a mirage"