The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-23
Russian Jew. Not Boil
sheviki, Says Gorky 4
THEY ARE THE WORKERS or
RUSSIA AND JEALOUSY is
CAUSE OF ILL WILL AND HAT
RED.

CAUSE Or ILL WILL AMI HAT
RED.
The granting of equal rights to the
Jews is one of the most beautiful
achievements of our revolution. BY
putting the Jews on an equal basis
with the Russians VIC have removed
from our conscience bloody brand
of infamy. Nor does this conduct to-
ward the Jews contain anything which
would give us the right to self-pride.
For the very reason that the Jews have
struggled much more honestly and en-
ergetically for the freedom Of Russia
Than many Russians and have sup
pied fewer renegades and agent pro-
v0cateurs, We cannot and must not at
tempt to appear as .'benefactors of the
Jews" as many Kindly and ''s0ft.
hearted" people do in their letters to
me.
BY permitting the Jews to come out
from within the pale" and to free
themselves from the dungeons OF ex-
clusion laws" we have given our
country an opportunity to make use
Of the energy OF people who know bet
ter how to work than we. 1t is uni
versally known that we can now use
men who love to work.
We have, therefore, no ground to
feel proud of what We have. done, but
VIC should, ON the, contrary, rejoice
that we have achieved piece of work
that is both practical and moral.
I'VE Are Absorbed In High Polities''
Still, there is little rejoicing to be
seen anywhere. Possibly we have NO
time to rejoice; we are so absorbed In
thigh politics." which consists chiefly
in chewing up the head OF our neigh
Dor. 0
There is no rejoicing. On the con-
trary, anti-semitistn keeps growing. 1t
lifts Its ugly head and spreads the
polsons of ealuInnyr and hatred nli
about. 3 ~ ~
but why all this (anti-Jewish aeita-
iiosslt WAY, thien -, A. ena.s the
anarchistscaily Inclined Iinlsl,eviki
there are two Jews. Yes. 1 almost
think there are three. Some even ray
that there are seven and are convinc-
cd that these seven Simeons tSam-
sons?) will pull down the temple
which Is Inhabited by the 10000 600
Russians. 49,.
II there WAS not so much baseness
in 1t this spectacle could be called
foolish. even comical. s,,a Z
The Hebrew God Of revenge wished
to spare an entire city because among
Il totally sinful population there was
cne virtuous person. Ana now. men
who claim to he follower of the all-
forgiving Redeemer believe that for
the sins Of two or seven Jews the en-
tire Jewish population should atone.
II this logic is to be followed out
one ought to say that for the pure.
russian sinner. Lenine, all citizens OF
The province of Simbirsk. as well as
the surrounding territory. should be
,uade to suffer.
There are many more Jews among
the Adensheviki than. there are among
The Bolsheviki. Yet my correspondents
seem to ignore this fact. and keep on
talking as IL all Jews were anarch.
lists.
This is u very unfortunate way Of
generalixing. am convinced ! know
that the Jews as. mass-ard this is
astonishing-are showing much more
sensible love to Russia than many Kus-
SLAMS. l..- = "a
The majority Of people do not notice
this, altho this is quite evident when
one reads the articles written by Jew
ish journalists.
The "Riech."a newspaper which.
while one ought not to love one, still
inust respect. has many Jews on its
staff. Among the staff Of the ''Novoye
vremya" also there are Jews. And yet
this paper only recently called the
"Riech" "a "Jew paper"
The writers on the "Riech" more
over show not the slightest sympathy
for the Bolsheviki.
"Jew-B Bolshovild" Foolish Formula.
There are u thousand other evidences
that the formula ew-Bolsheviki" Is
very foolish formula. which is sim
ply being put up to satisfy the geologic
instincts of excited Russians.
will not cite proofs for it: decent
people don't need these proofs, and the
others will not he converted by them
Idiocy is a disease that cannot bt