Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-25
BRITISH JEWS
URGE FREEDOM
Of CONSCIENCE:
BY James NJ. Tuohy.
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Pub
fishing Co.

llSnlnS 20.
(The New York WORLDLY
Especial Gable Despatch to World
and Albuquerque Journal,)
Paris, Feb 24--The hope of Brit
ish Jews that the various Jewish
delegations gathered in Paris from
all quarters would be able to agree
upon common formula protecting
the rights of Jews affected by the
territorial Heterogeneous contem-
plated by the peace conference re-
mains unfulfilled, although efforts in
that direction have not yet been
abandoned. Zionists and anti-Zion-
lists find their views of the future
of Jewry so conflicting that concur
renee IN a basic formula seems I'M
practicable. In the mean time the
joint foreign committee of British
Jews has taken the important step Of
presenting to its delegates a memoir
iaI pointing out that it has been a
fixed tradition of European state
ciaft to attach certain moral condi-
tons, especially relating to civil and
religious liberty, to all creation o.
rev states or other changes of poll
teal geography sanctioned by the
great powers.
The British committee, in conjunc-
ton with the French alliance of Is
laelites, both anti-Zionist, have
drawn up the following conditions 10
provide a moral basis for the peace
treaty, their application not being
confined to Jews, but universally to
all races affected by the treaty:
'.All persons born in territories
forming the new republic of
who do not claim to be subjects of
foreign state, and all subjects of
states to which these territories for
merly belonged permanently domi-
ciled in those territories and who do
not desire to retain their present ma
tionaity, shall be deemed to be citi-
zens of the - states and shall en-
joy equal civil and political rights
without distinction of race, language
or religion.
1.-THE freedom and outward eXer
else of all forms of worship shall be
assured to all persons belonging TO
49, state, as we'll as to foreigners,
and no hindrance shall be offered
either to the heirarchical organiza-
ton of the different communities or
their relation with their spiritual
chiefs.
'All religious and cultural minori-
ties in - state shall be secured IN
autonomous management of their re-
ligious, charitable, educational and
other cultural institutions, provided
always that the language shall be
made an obligatory subject of instruc-
ton in their schools.
Differences of race or religious
creed shall not be alleged against any
person as ground for exclusion or in
capacity in matters relating to adj
mission to public employment, func-
lions and honors, or public schools,
universities and educational endow-
ments, and the exercise of various
professions and industries in any To-
cality whatever.
"The subjects and citizens of all
powers, traders and others, shall be
treated in --- state without distinc-
ton of creed on a footing of perfect
equality
Influential American Jewish dele
cations have formula of their own
and their aim now is, If agreement IS
found impossible on, general formu-
la, that the different delegations
shall at least proceed on parallel lines.
1t is pointed out that a comm Mission
Of the peace conference is now decid-
ing on Roumanian territorial claims.
and all Jews maintain that Roumania
which has evaded its solemn Pledges
under the Berlin treaty for forly-one
years, in relation to treatment of
Jews, should be bound to fulfill those
pledges.