The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-22

grass. the question Of restoring f'aleS-
tine To the Jews was brought up. In
Hungary. Deputy lstooyz aroposed an
The Diet that in connection with the
eastern question the Jewish Kingdom i'll
The Holy Land should be rc-cStabliSited
and that the boundaries in Palestine
should he enlarged for this purpose
That the discussion of this question
must have proceeded even further Is
Indicated by an editorial in the All
:,elneine Zeitumg des .Iulicntums, ill
its issue of June IL. 1878 which. of
course. declares the project of reestab-
fishing the Jewish State as absurd.
The NLadrid Congress MAY, 1880.
The object OF this congress was to
regulate the status of the Powers in
Morocco. The chief question was the
ioreign right of yrotcetioE with this
congress. also joint action was taken
by the Board of Deputies and the An
slo-Jewisl ASsocia tiou. tn May II,
1850. a deputy from these two bodies
waited On Earl Granville. Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. to ask the assistance
ing an amclioration of the social and
.cgal position of the Jews IN Morocco.
fhr deputation WAS led by Mr.. SERGEANT
Simon. NJ. T.. and included twenty-eight
thers. Mr.. Simon point"d out the i'm
nense benefits acerlliug to the .90Aoe
lcws in Morocco. from the fact that
!u3 among them received protection.
The drputation Also presented Ia Earl
Granville IL memorial on the subject.
fhe reply OF the earl, however. was moi
avorable
As in the c,lse of the Berlin congress
llSo. the Alliance Israelite Uniyerselle
ent delegation in orier to support
he cause of the .Iews. this time in Mo
'occo. This delegation consisted of
'harleS Netter and NJ. T.. :. feneziari.
These two delegates were also the bear
RS of IL memorial of the Alliance to the
.ongrcss The two deputies had inter
Jews with many of tile members of the
Conference. among them Senor Cano-
5aS. president of the conference. and
he british Ambassador. The 'Allge-
ueir Zeitmg lies .ludcntums which
IN 1875 had declared the project of re-
storing Palestine to the Jews rs absurd,
II its issue of April -. 1880. deplores
ne fact that public attention will again
~ directed To the Jews in connection
vith the Madrid congress on Morocco.
It considers this especially unfortunate.
N view of the fact that tile question To
" settled concerns merely the right of
,rotection of 1Hi Jews. 1t expressed
ilso the wcll-known belief that attempts
IN the part of outside Jews to intlu-
nee JewiSh conditions in any locality
$ likely To do more harm than good,
II view of the. retaliation T." which the
Icws may he subjected by the other
population. angered at this outside i'll
rriercncc.
Owing however. 10 these vigilant et-
forts on the part of the Alliance Israel
lie UniverSclie. the congress of Madrid
'ifi'l'ii ~ =" -
ain number of communities contain
.ng resident Jews. Moreover. the cor
:ress not only made n guarantee of pro
cction. hut nIso .lcmanled Of the Sui
an of Morocco that full Religious lib
rty bc granted to Christians and Jews.
1t appears from the record above set
'orth that. with II few exceptions. the
icwS always looked upon an interna-
ional diplomatic conference as an ap-
,ropriate eccu uSion for advancing their
.lainis 10 Justice and eqna! rights. Ia
he methods they used - bring these
.lailus before the conferenc" they had
prsper regard for the spirit d the times,
md on one occasion at lcast-that OF
he ComstaiItinoplc conference Of 1876
hey approached very closely to what
night he considered AN International
Jewish coIIgrcsS. In reading the record
Ne come across frequently :he fenr ON
he part of some Jews tlint cOilaborit-
ion on behalf of their fellow Jews with
hose of anothcr country might lie con
strued as reflection on their inltr'iot-
SIN to their own country. \ dwindling
If this fear. aS time goes on. however,
nay he noted. and while in our own
lines il has not yet entirely disap-
scared it plays negligihl" part in Jew
sh psychology.
Hand in hand with the .lwindlnig of
tl,is yrur ,,,,s =, .,Ipu ter nnl .slt,;lfpr
recognition of the power OF publicity to
aid the Jewish claims. Publicity is -cs-
|cntiaIly weapon of democracy. Tie
uSr of this weapon is bound TO have its
democratic Jewish congress in IL world
rcdedicatcd to democracy should obtain
!. he iIIsticn MLirh the InMish ncOplC