The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-02
Democratic and Aristocratic
Methods of Solving the
Jewish Question
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Waterloo had brought the powers VI
reaction on their feet again. Jacop
Daruch, assisted by hired-tno ADMIT
tedly honest-legal talent, lobbied III
the Vienna Congress of 1Slo, Inc re
suit is known. There were beautliui
phrases written into the protocol as
surfing letters sent to petitioners, but
nedievalism had a new lease OF me.
Hothchill's Attempts at Jewish Einah-
cipation.
Anschel Rothchild wrote letters TO
his princely clients, but i'll his own
native Frankfort the constitution OF
the Jews began with the preamble thar
1t is the duty Of every commonwealth
10 so regulate the affairs OF the Jews
that the Christians should be able TO
exist. James and Karl Rothcnitd ne
gOtiated loan for the bankrupt papai
state and in addition to high ratc
of interest were treated to some as
sunnces that his holiness was Rihdi!
inclined to scheme of improving the
,ot of his Jewish subjects but the
gates Of the ghetto remained until the
power of the people battered them
down on the memorable twentieth OF
September, 1870.
They had once before been removed
Is the same power in 1Sis, bur re-
stored soon afterwards by the return
ing pope in spite of the obligation OF
lis holiness to Rothchild Freres. ia
Lriel Riesser, the intrepid champion
OF the Jews in Germany, Adolf
Tischof, the leader of the Austrian
democracy in 1S4S, accomplished last
ing gains in their countries because
they aroused the people to Il sense Oh
their duties. Cremieux and Montefiore
obtained from the sultan ferman~
that was worth just as much as the
similar document obtained by Sir
Moses i'm Morocco. The next massacre
was an unfortunate incident proving
that the benevolent intentions of his
slierifian majesty were occasionally
disregarded by ungovernable mobs ana
inefficient officials.
Some Notable Solutions" Of The jew
ish Question.
Cremieux tried his luck again in Ber-
lin in the Rumanian question which
was solved in 1878. Rumania was
50 fortunate that neither Russia nor
Austria could control her destinies
without arousins the watchfulness OF
England and Italy. She utilized that
jealousy to the best advantages of a
corrupt gang - rssaitieul- grafters. We
saw only five years ago how NJ. Bra
,t;ano and NJ NIishu were equally Sue
ccssful in bringing Lord Grey over to
their side.
Montefiore's childlike nope that he
could convert Nicholas 1, to humane
rolicy with regards to the Jews would
be amusing, were it not so tragicai.
The defeat of Russia in the Crimein
war and thru it the need of u support
in the popular opinion brought about
slight change for the better, soon
10 be forgotten in the style of Parach.
The revolution of 1916 ended the strug-
rIe. If we wish to preserve what has
l.een gained and to gain u real victory
in Rumania. our watchword must De
the admonition of the Psalmist: DO
not trust in princes. Let us not tor-
Get President Taft's answer to our
Jewish leaders in 1912, and Schifts
reply: we have to appeal to the con-
science of the American people,
american Jewish News.
sThe author aIludes to the celebrated
Damascus affair In which several OF
the Jewish residents of Damascus were
accused of ritual murder Those accusa-
tions aroused the 1nobs to intense vio-
ience and it was only when commission
! of which CreinieuN, the French JEWISH