New-York tribune., 1919-02-17

Gcntics and Jews FASTENED yestcr-
day to the defence of the East Side,
characterized by Dr.. George Albert
Simons recently in Washington as the
cradle of Bolshcvsm.
A statement from Louis Marshal.
who sailed for Europe Friday, was
made made public and cordial re
sponses were received by the Jew
ish Morning Journal to kilograms
sent to Governor Smith, Mayor Hylan,
Charles +. Hughes and others.
The Rev. James NJ. Byrnes. rector
of st. Mary's Roman Catholic Church,
in the heart of the East Side, defend
ed his Jewish ncighbors vigorously.
A list of Jews who happened to be
Rolshevists meant nothing, Mr.. Mar
shall pointed out; 1t was as valucless
as would be a list of Engllshmcn
Italians, Baptists or Catholics com
piled from tho prison roster at Sing
Sing. Any suggestion that tho East
Side helped finance the Bolshevist
ridiculous fabrication" he said. jew
ish traditions welded the Jews to law,
he declared. The statements of Mr.
Marshall and others follow:
LOUIS MARSHALL, New York At
torney: 81 do not know DR.. Simons. but
the fact that he seems to love the Russia
of 1907, when Czarism was at its height,
would indicate that his association
with tie Jews has been but limited.
He is entirely correct in one staten ent
that the so-called Bolshevist Jews Of
Russia are apostates. They are more
Like all Bolshevists, they bitterly hate
all religion and all that is compre
hended in the abhorred word bourgc-
oisic.
"Thc statements made by DR.. Sim
ons IN other respects are Inaccurate
unreliable and unfair. The Jews of
Russia, as mass. are the opponents
of Bolshevism both because they be
long to the bourgeoisie and because
they cherish their religion. The Bun
dists are an organization OF Jewish
workingmen, whom the Bolshevists are
seeking to exterminate. The Jews are
also largely represented in the Social
Democratic and the Constitutional
Democratic parties, who are the sworn
foes of Bolshevism.
'When Prince Lvof, who became the
premier of Russia at the outbreak of
the revolution in March, 1917, was here
recently, he stated that in his opinion
90 per cent of the Jews of Russia were
anti Bolshevik, that there were some
men, however, who were born Jews,
like Trotzky, who had become promi-
nent members of the Bolshevik party
and whose sins were seized upon by
the anti -Semtes for their own illegi-
innate purposes.
"The fact that DR.. Simons may be
able to prepare list of Jews who are
Bolshevists means nothing. could go
to Ossining tomorrow and prepare a
list of criminals, who may happen to
be of English. French, Italian or Slav-
onik parentage, or who may belong to
the Episcopalian. Methodist, Baptist or
Catholic churches, and seek to deduce
from such lists conclusions derogatory
to the nationality or to the church to
son as DR.. Simons has to deduce from
his list the conclusion which he is ap-
parently seeking to incucate.
"There is an intimation that there
are Jewish Bolshevsts in this country
The term 'Bolshevst, as now used
means anything or everything to which
the speaker may for the moment be
opposed I deny that there is on the
East Side any considerable number Of
those who are opposed to government
and who adhere to or sympathizc with
the anarchistic conceptions of Lenine
and Trotzky. In fact, several of the
leading Socialists who knew Trotzkl
when he was in this country looked
upon him as lunatic and are unable
to conceive how it was possible for a
man Of his character to occupy the sta
tion that he now does. They deride
him to-day, as they did when he was &
Bronx penny a-liner.
Everything that the real Bolshe
vism stands for is to the Jew de-
testable. His traditions we'd him tC
law and order. make of him q legal
ist. The Bolshevists are the enemie.
OF law and older. The Jew makes the
very centre of his life and his exist
ence the home and the family. TIL,
Bolshevists decry marriage and con
tenn morality. The Jew is charged
with being thrifty and economical ant
with holding in respect the institution
Of property The Bolshevist is seek
ing the destruction of every concep
of property. The great mass of tn
Jews are faithful to their ancient re
ligion, are prepared to help thei
brethren in distress. The club of tn
Bolshevist knows no brother.
"The innuendo is also thrown ou
that the Jews are not patriotic. lie
their record during this war speak fo
them.
JACOB II. SCHIFF, Philanthropis
and Banker: "The unwarranted at
tack Of this Dr. Simon. whoever he
may be, and his charge that Jew
from the United States, and. especial
ly from New York. are undermining
government are libellous.
81 am sure that among the mllliol