The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-16

part III II. InlS actloll Oh the Pui'
of the British Board OF Deputies is
strongly condemned Ny the London
jewish Chronicle. stress was laid on
the fact that, apart from other con
sidera tions, the holding of the con
ference was Of great value in the in.
tluence which it exerttd on public opin-
ion, compelling the European ana
Metropolitan Press TO give attention to
Europe. This conference was hailed
as one of the most remarkable events
in the Jewish annals of the century.
Ii was regarded as II pledge of the
unity of Israel.
1t seems. moreover, that the stand
ing of the British Jews with their own
government was not only not impaired
by their participation in this CONFER
cnce. but was even strengthened, as
is evidenced by the response of Ear!
Derby 10 a deputation of the Anglo
Jewish Association which came TO be-
speak his good offices on behalf of the
memorial. In his response the Foreign
Minister made tile following very sig
nificant statement:
81 cannot advise you better than t" APP
peal constantly and on all titting ncchs-
ions. 10 that Which you will find strong
cr support than that which amy govern.
ment can give you. viz: the support OF
general public npini"r.
Tile memoria! prepared by this III.
ternational Jewish Conference was
submitted to the diplomatic confer
cncc nt Constnntinople by Charles Bet
ter who may be considered the most
statesman-like mind of tile Allihnce
Israelite Universelle.
AS stated before, the Council of the
Sultan rejected the findings of the
Constantinople Conference and tl9
RuSso-Turkist War followed.
CONGRESS OF BERLIN
(Jnne' 18th To July iath. Is.s>
As is known, it was at tiiis Con-
grcsS that the Jews won what the!
tlien thought was IL great diplomatic
victory. In the final treaty IL clause
was inserted which seemed able to
guarantee the rights OF tile Jews i'll
Roumanin As it turned out. however.
tile Roumanian officials proved them
srlvcs able to circumyent ana frus-
ti4ne tile apparent purpose of this
clause.
We are Interested here primarily
Will the measures which the Jews OF
the world took previous to the c9nreli-
ing of the Congress of Berlin with
view to safeguarding Jewish rights.
1t is interesting TO note at the out
set that unlike the action taken in re-
gard to the ConStantinople Conference
of 1876, 10 international Jewish gath.
ering took place and no concerted ac-
tion by internationa Jewry was taken
1t is true that at tile meeting of III"
.Anglo-Jewish Association. held on
March 4th. 1878, the proposal for hold
ing an international Jewish Confer
ence was made and was very warmly
indorsed by the Jewish Chronicle OF
March II. 1878. which lays special
stress on the value such Il conference
would have in arousing the public
opinion of Europe in favor of the
Jews. We find, however. that the
British Board of Deputies this time
joined in action with the Anglo-Jew-
ISL Association. and the guess may
he hazarded that the reason no inter
national conference was held may have
been due to the attitude of the Brit
iSh Board of Deputies which had de-
clined to participate i'll thc interim
tionai Jewish Conference of Dec IL
Is. 1876.
Consequently. we find that indcpend-
cnt action was taken by the rarions
Jcwrics of the world. each making
separate Representations to its own
government and ambassadors pleni.
potentiaries thereof. with view Ia
securing their good will and influence
in favor of the Jews in these conn-
tries affected by the dclibcra tions vi
the Berlin Congress.
(To be continued
CHRISTI ARE ASKED To