The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-09

fore they shall be finally recognized
as states by the signatures of the
treaty as follows:
!. All inhabitants of the tcwitory of
-, including such. persons together
with their families. who subsequent to
August l.. 1911. fled. removed or were
expelled therefrom. and who shall. with.
in ten years from the adoption of its
provision. return thereto. shall for all
purposes he citizens thereof. provided.
however. that such as have heretofore
been subjects of other states. who de.
sire TO retain their allegiance to such
states or assume allegiance to their
successor states. to the exclusion of
- citizenship may do so by n formal
declaration TO be made within a spcci-
fed period.
.. For n period of ten years from the
adoption of this provision no law shall
be enacted restricting any former in
habitant of n state which included the
territory of - from taking up his
residence in and thereby ac1uir-
ing citizenship therein.
2. All citizens of -. without dis
tinction as to race. nationality or creed.
shall enjoy equal rights. Ind no law
shall he enacted or enforced which shall
abridge the privileges or imrnunities of.
or impose upon. any person any dis
elimination. disability. or restriction
whatsoever. or religion. or deny to any
person the equal protection Of the laws.
4. The principle of minority repre-
shall he provided for by law.
{. .. The members of the various ma
tional as well as religious bodies of
- shall be accorded autonomous man
agement of their own communal insti.
tutions whether they be religious. edu-
catioVl, charitable. or otherwise.
G. No law shall he enacted restrict
ing the use of any language, and all
existing laws declaring such prohibit
ton are repealed. nor shall any Ian
guagc test be established.
z. Those who observe any other than
the first day of the week as their Sab
bath shall not he prohibited from pur-
suing their secular affairs on any day
other than that which they observe !:
nor shall they be required to perform
any acts on their Sabbath or holy days
which they shall regard as a desecra-
tiOn thereof
This resolution is called by the dele
gates, The Jewish Bill Of Rights
Fifty-two men of various minds and
of varying moods, some native born.
and others who love America no less.
because it is the land of their choice.
the craftsmanship of Mr.. Louis Marshall
for almost thirty consecutive hours, to
be exact from Monday II p, IN. Dec.
10th. till Wednesday n. m.. to get the
right wording of this all-impOrtilnt res
Olution.
While the report was read the silence
was most impressive though every item
was applauded to the echo. At the con-
clusion of reading this Jewish magma
charta, the cheering and applause We're
Mr.. Marshall personally re-
ceivcd the greatest ovation of any man
of the congress.
III. The Palestine resolution.
In simple phrase the following Pales-
tine resolution that takes but single
voices the Jewish hopes, the
theme of our poets, and the burden of
our prophets for more than forty cent
uries:
Palestine Resolution.
THAT the American Jewish Con.
gress instruct its delegation to Europe
to cooperate with the Representatives!
of other Jewish organizations, and spe-
officially with the world Zionist Organi,
zation, TO the end that the peace con
ference may recognize the aspiration
and historic claims of the Jewish peo-
pie with regard to Palestine. and de
clare that in accordance with the Brit
ish governments. declaration of Nov.
9, 1917. indorsed by the allied govern
ments and the President of the United
States, there shall be established such
political. administrative and economic
conditions in Palestine as will assure
under the trusteeship of Great Brit
ain. acting in behalf of such league OF
nations as may be formed. the devel'
opment of Palestine into Jewish com
monwealth. it being clearly under
stood that nothing shall be done which
shall prejudice the civil and religious
rights of existing nonJewish com
munities in Palestine or the rights and
political status enjoyed by Jews in any
other country"
NhNnIT NJ