The Denver Jewish news., 1919-04-17
Pelee Confereiee 1kal
Re Jewish Questi6R !
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stitution of the League would SO stip-
ulste-- against discriminatory. statase tatyasse
and practice on religious and racial
grounds as to. ensure pnaItefaple
equality of status, political, civil, re-
ligious, of Jews In all lands that seek
admittance within the family, Of ny; M
tions aiming 10, 40 justice within and
without their borders. II remains the
writers. confident. hope tHst the writ
ten covenant of .ths. League will n9t
fail to make mandatory. and inyiql-
able in all lands that charter Of equal,
i,.l which. the. Allied. nations. ,haye in
scribed upon their own .s,atute books.
:. A SECOND problem must be faeed by
the Conference. and this, like the fore
going, is not essentially a. Jewish prob
l.ln.. tho it have a. Jewish. aspect. Ma
tional self REORGANIZATION versus Prus-
sian DONNA ton was the issue Of the
war. Prussianism spelt for, the, world
the terror of external Termination. .Any
tmnination. howsoeyer IMPOSED, from
without, will lonk and Justly be brand-
ed as Prussianism. National self de. de
termination is one of, the goals OF the
Peace. Conference, but is not wholly
attainabIe in those lands which, ms, n
result of the flax. of centuries, of mi
grafton, conquest, perncstion are,
made up of diverse national spd RACIAL
units. incxtricably bound up with one
another within the limits of territorial
sovereignty. The, unliberated Poland
Of yesterday vainly strove. for 4, ceii-
tury to achieve those minority. rights
which RUSSIA. Germany and Austria
were u unit in Withholding from their
Polish elements Of reputation, Despite
this appalling, injustiee, the indomit-
able Polish spirit matntaincA ,altse|
and unsrqaksa II aksI rhss g. 1gsEf4 1sE9Ef4,,eh spa tss
genius. d. Polish nsttapsiny 4 Scorf
o. such raiisl initSsoritiss itShi %sae W q
p,llcr racial and natfonsi .aSiS II, Mn n AZ
found amSpk n the refSnrstliStssSaa sr lisSa nsaSi9s sais
OF the. morrow, What HSlasnd Justly
asked the world ef nations Ii umpst ~
justice, grant II every mcfsi kEoufp, ~
minority Within its sSS lifs, .Bes
cause / am a sytend q folsHa. sna
,ejoice in the too lop$ defersea Ee
,iyai sf the. Polish nation. ! asyS'AIs
Lobe ihst ,rolspd wfYl s sslaea rs
the s35sinRk 3 e hsr ssgplt,Sts ssgl, "a .lsnk s1lkc ~
preston, ana Mlh ,.i p9s oPs Ps.sgs sRgsesgye 81 @ @ef
conference nandate but Ss.cs use N the
compulsion Of her own traglc expert
chce grant TO the very considerable
Jewish. minority within the Polish Re
Iubiic that measure of self determina-
lion which is wholly compatible with
national loyalty and makes in truth
ior the strongest federation Of racial.
IS aud religiously varying elements.
The third Jewish question before
The Pence Conference is the question
Of Palestine. The world. save for
handful OF American Jews. knows
That the spirit OF Jewish nationality
las never ceased to be. tho Roman
invnder expropriatei, the JEW from
his national home nearly nineteen hun
drcd years ago. The question before
the Peace Conference is, not whether
there shall be a Jewish Palestine, but
what form that Jewish Palestine shall
take politically and how best can il
be developed from within and safe-i
gun rtcd from without Somehow, the
heart Of men turned 10 Great Britain
and summoned the British govern
incnt and people to take upon them
selves the burden Of trustecship m
der n League Of Nations for. d Jew
ish Palestine. Britain does not seek
suucl, trustccsliip, but the ~i1l OF the
nations is fixed upon such consummu 4
,ioll Of the worlds faith touching the
ancient home Of the Jew that il may
again becomc n homeland of the jew
ISL people under those invio,ablc guar
antccs of the League of Nations, which
l;rltnin may be counted upon to Sc
cure. .-..-.,
4 Jewish PALESTINE means that Jews!
arc to be enabled, ut the earliest pos
stblc moment TO lay the foundations
q a Jewish ccnnpnwen,th under the
fostering and rsbeitcrins; an ana may Y
not say, reparative. guardianship Of
The League Of Nations, The fnturs Of
that Jewish commonwealth the world
cannot shape. The event must rest
in the hands of the Jewish people. II
remaiIns rs, to be seen whether. US we,
l,nyc long believed, the. Jews will he
rulinl To the oppOrtIInity NOT merely