The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-16
JEWS VI INTERN pTIONAL
DIPLOMATIC MEETING
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At this first session also the lucs-
tion as to whether tile conference
should be open. that is TO agree thnt
all REPRESENTATIVES, of the press should
he admitted to the session w;S dis
ctissed Tile English delegates favor
ed this action us' the most cffectunl
means for preventing misconceptions.
and ut tile sessions lield the following
day. representatives of tile press were
finally admitted.
Another interesting question came lip
AT this session. This was tile question
as to the manner in which the memor-
ial to bc addressed to the CONSTANT
noplc Conference should he submitted.
NJ CrcinieuN expressed Himself Of tile
opinion that the c0nstalitinoplr
conference should In addressed
directly in joint memorial signed
by the delegates present Baron Henry
de Worms on the otlier hniid, was np-
prehcnSivc that diplomatic etiquette
might prevent the plenipotentiarics in
Constantinople from accepting officiai-
ly the memorial He suggested tint
application should he made by tile var.
ious delegates to tlieir several GOV
! crnncntS to the effect that tile lhIter
give suitable instructions .o'tlieir plrni
! potcntiaries relative to the puil,ort oi
the memorial as otllerwise"thr object
of the .l,itssates might nln On tlis
issue the following resolutions were
finally adopted.
! l. The meeting. Jf delegates shall al
dress II memorial to the conferences at Ton
stantiurple.
, Tie Delegates assembled shall ad.
dress special applications To their respec.
| tiv. governments. that these should fav-
! oribly receive the memorial intended for
the conStantincple conference.
> That moreover. all governments rep
1 resented at the constantinuple conference
should be requested to take into favor
| able consideration the memorial in ar-
cnrdnnce with resolution No. :.
The memorial as finally adopted by
| the Congress may he summarized as
| follows:
The mcmorialists set forth that they
are delegated by the Jews in various
free countries to request the con
Terence Mt ConstantinOple to secure To
| the Jews the same rights rs may he
granted to the general population of
the disturbed provinces of the Turk
ish Empire. Sad experience had
| shown in the Danubian principalitics
| the danger of the inequality Of right,
| caused by the Treaty of 1876 and the
/ Il. .tx
contains II clause which,. by the con.
| Struction put upon it. enables the ltu'
| manians to exclude Jews from rights
enjoyed by their fellow .countrymcu
Greater part of the memorial consists
of n statement of the grievances of tho
Jews in Rumanin. and of the various
exclusive laws and disabilities Great
ed 10y successive governments against
them. The memorialsts urged that
Europe can no longer he silent on the
subject. aud asked whether ut a mo
mcut when social and political equal.
ity is unanimously demanded for the
Christians in the East. Europe can per
nit in Rumania. a population of 30
600 souls to remain subjected to I'M
cNamplcd persecution. Protecting the
Jews in Rumauia. like the non-Mus-
suImans in Turkey. Eurone should
proclaim that it could sustain religious
liberty everywhere.
The two following propositions are
submitted:
l. Religious equality Z" al hon Mussul-
Iuans in the PROVINCE Of Turkey whose CON
dItinu is submitted to the dethcrution Of
the cuuf"renCc fHd I" Jews in til" rrinci-
Ialiiy Of Sertil.'
II. To revise and -cumplui" the 'nnvcu-
tiun ut Paris in lSiS mnsfaT concerns
tn" Jews Of Rouinania. in order Ia insure
T." them tn. complete" enjoyment "f civil
and political rights.
II is interesting tu note that III Eng
| land three large public meetings we're
| held where the delegates to these con
| f"rrmc"S reported: In Manchester.
! Lir"rpool and birmingham. These facts
! afford anothrr Indication Of the demo
| cratic tendency of this movement on
behalf Of the East European Jews.
The only Jewish organization of con
sequence which did not participate in
/ this conference was the l;riiish Board
/ Of Drputice. which even went 10 the
extent of writing to the Foreign Min
. lister Earl Derby. and informing him
pr tho iari that il had declined to Ia Ike