The Denver Jewish news., 1919-06-04
Polish Agitation Against
Jews in the u. S.

writer has forewarned of the menace
that threa tened Jewry the world over
by its enemies making it responsible
for the rise and spread of Bolshevism
in Europe. But no one could have
tl,en fOreseen the wild conflagratiOn
Of hatred that now threatens the very
existence of Jewry and Balkan and
Slavic territories of eastern Europe,
and their safety even in such liberal
countries as England and other West
European governments.
Undoubtedly the Jews now face the
greatest crisis in their history. and
/! we dO not make this statement under
the stress of present danger and
leart-rending suffering. 1t is not
figure of speech nor meant for rhe-
torical effect. This is the blackest
and the bloodiest of the black and
bloody pages in the sad history OF
the children of Israel. l am not un-
mindful of the great number of crises
the Jews passed thru in the past. But
there is this difference: If the Jews
were threatened with determination in
/ Spain, they presently found haven
cf refuge in Portugal or Holland and
o little later in the United States. If
conditions became intolerable in some
Of the German States, or in medieval
Erance and England they fled to Pol
and. later to become Incorporated into
Russia, or even to some Of the Scan
,linavian countries. At no time were
they so universally surrounded with
Il ring of hatred or indifference as Mt
the present time and never were the
prospects so despairing. At no other
time in the whole worlds history was
humankind in such blaze of passions
end never was human life of so lit
tie value as nOw-nOt merely Jewish
life, but life in general.
I In the late massacres in Russia that
pale into insignificance compared to
| those OF which we hear daily III terri
tory of the new democratic states,
there was ut least humanity's voice
of protest and the real perpetrators
I were forced to hide their acts under
u screen of lies and falsehoOds. Now
the world. rceking with blood and
gore. grew calious and indifferent TO
cries for help and refuge.
| During the worst stage of Russian
brutality against her Jews. she mere.
ly threatened determination. and that
OF one-thirtl. expecting to expel and
prOselytizc the other two-thirds; hut
OF course, she never dared to put
these diabolical plans into execution
Now, in the twentieth century. after
the> greatest Of all wars was fought
II, the name of universal freedom and
on the stills of Allied diplomacy. are
openly and with impunity proceeding
with the determination of Jewish
populations. And, to the shame Of hui
manity, the Jews who were horribly
inangled and decimated by the war to
give independence and freedom to
their prosecutors, are now crucified in
the very sight of the Paris Peace Con-
ference, in defiance of all principles
upon which they were allowed to
establish themselves.
The tragedy is all the blacker be-
cause these conditions are not tempor-
Gry, nor are they confined to any
particular country in Europe. We
may be rid, for the present. of poll
tical despotism, but industrial and
caste despotism is in full sway, and.
as the saying goes. despo's never for
get and never learn. Not even the
war has taught them anything. They
would turn back the clock to IDA and
Fave things running according to the
pre-war schedule. They cannot under
stand that the world has been revolu-
tionized. And so the struggle of the
ages is gaining impetus day by day,
and when the final clash comes the
impact will shake the world to its very
scrutable TO us as the very laws of
nature and as much beyond our CON
troll. In the Americas and in every
country in Europe, not vet seriously
affected by this wurld-reyolution.
every innovation or attempt at social
rr economic Improvement will be rail
cd Mt as Bolshevism. anarchy and the
like, and the scapegoat is sure to he
the Jew, for in truth lie has II keener
sense of social injustice. being himself
IL perpetual victim of NIL sorts of ini-
Guilty. more so than any other people,
and is largely represented in NIL move