The Denver Jewish news., 1919-05-28

'lSO our grievance. POllSn SOiuleFS eIi-
tered Lithuania and occupied wilma
in the pretense of fighting Bolshevism,
but restricted their activities to mas
sacres upon all those who were not
Poles in general and upon the Jews of
Iithuania in particular. 1t is even
more terrible when one considers that
Poland is violating not only the fun
damental principles of humanity but
also every principle upon which the
new Polish stale was established by
the United States and the Allied gov
ernments.
I'VE wish you success in your fight
to put stop to the atrocities which
Are so horrible that the entire liberal
public opinion is against them"
When Cantor Josef Rosenblatt began
10 sing the '.El Mole Rechmim," the
prayer for the dead souls of the po-
grOm victims, great weeping arose
from the great audience that gathered
at the meeting. Soldiers and sailors.
men who had been i'll battle, and
whose hearts had become steeled,
nevertheless wept like children at hear
ing the dirge sung in memory Of the
thousands of martyrs of their race.
Tears were also in the eyes of the
venerable Nathan Straus, Mr.. Elkus
and Mr.. Schiff, and all the other
speakers on the platform
Preceding the Madison Square
Garden meeting was ,th. impressive
parade of 10000 Jewish soldiers and
sailors, who in spite OF the drizzling
impossible weather were anxious to
demonstrate to the world. that they
had not fought for an independent
Poland, who is TO be allowed to mas
.,acre her helpless Jewish population
by the thousands. The parading ser
vice-men carried banners cOndemning
the Polish government and calling up
on America to intervene in the affairs
Of that country in order that the mas
sacres should cease.
A silent but perhaps, even more I'M
pressive demonstration of the feeling
Of New York's Jews towards their
slaughtered brethren i'm Poland was the
closing of the Jewish shops, factories.
stories and other businesses in the
afternoon. Thousands of Jewish stores
tlruouf the five boroughs closed at
5 o'clock in the afternoon with the
following sign posted on their doors
This store will close today 5 o'clock
/. m. as an expression OF grief and
sorrow for the massacres of the Jews
in Poland" These words were en-
closed in black border.
Hundreds of thousands of Jewish
workers, engaged in the garment and
fur trades, left their shops and fac
tories at 1 p m. in honor of the day.
More than 100. young ladies of tile
Red Mogen David, the Jewish soldiers
auxiliary organization, in costume
marched to the Garden meeting, and
occupied the front rows ut the Gar
den together with many wounded Jew
ish soldiers who came TO tie meet
ing in automobiles.
The resolutions adopted at the
meeting read partly as follows:
Resolved at this mass meeting of
$1,000 delegates representing 1.5oOOOO
Jews in the City of New York that
We express our Indignation against the
horrible atrocities in Poland. Rou-
mania and Urainia, and we ask our
Government to exert its influence to
put an end to these pOgrOms, TO prevent
them in the future and take steps for
Furnishing those who are responsible
for these brutalities.
And be it further resolved. that
President Wilson and the Peace Con
ference be asked to take such steps
as will guarantee to the Jewish in
habitants of Poland, Roumania and
other European countries, full civil.
religious, and political rights and such
minority rights as are enjoyed by the
other national groups of those coun-
tries.
''And he it f,frther resolved, that a
copy of these resolutions be sent to
President Wilson and the American
Peace Delegates, thru the State de-
partment and to the Congress of the
United States, thru the President of
the Senate, and the Speaker of the