The Denver Jewish news., 1919-03-19

to put into practical application the
fundamental principles of democracy.
That principle, which asserts equal
rights for all citizens of state ir-
respective of creed or ethnic descent,
should be applied in such manner as
to exclude segregation Of any kind,
he 1t nationalistic or other. Such
segregation must inevitably create diff
ferenceS among the sections Of the pop
ulation of a country. Any such plan of
segregation is necessarily reactiOnary
and totally contrary to the practices
of free government. especially as these
nre exemplified by our own country.
We therefore strongly urge the aban-
donment Of such a basis for the reor
ganizatiOn of any state.
Objections to Segregation Of Jews as a
Political Unit.
Against such political segregation
Of the Jews in Palestine or elsewhere
we object:
l. Because the Jews are dcdica ted
heart and soul to the welfare of the
countries in which they dwell under
free conditions. All Jews rcpudiate
every suspicion of double allegiance,
but to our minds it is necessarily i'm
piled in and cannot by any logic be
eliminated from the establishment of a
sovereign State for Jews In Palestine
BY the large part taken by them in
the great war, the Jews have once
and for all shattered. the base asper.
sions of the Anti-Semites which charg.
ed them with being aliens in every
land, incapable of true patriotism and
prompted only by sinister and self
seeking motives. Moreover, it is safe
to assume that the overwhelming bulk
of the Jews of America, England.
France. Italy, Holland, Switzerland
and the other lands of freedom, have
no thought whatever of surrendering
their citizenship in these lands in or
der to resort to a "Jewish homeland
in Palestine" As rule, those who
favor such restoration advocate II
not for themselves but for others.
Those who act thus, and yet insist on
their patriotic attachment to the
countries of which they are citizens,
are self-deceived in their profession
of emotional romanticism or Of re-
ligious sentiment fostered thru cen.
turies Of gloom.
.. We also object to political seq
regation of Jews for those who take
their ZiOnistic professions seriously rs
referring not to 'others" but to them
selves. Granted that the establish
ment of sovereign Jewish state in
Palestine would lead many to emi-
crate to that land, the political con-
ditions Of the millions who would be
unable to migrate for generations to
come, II ever, would he made far more
precarious. Rumania- despite the
pledges Of the Berlin Treaty-has leg
ally branded her Jews as aliens. tho
many are descended from families set
tied in that country longer than the
present Ruman'an Government has eX-
listed. The establishment of jew.
ish State will manifestly serve the
malevOlent rulers of that and other
lands as a new justification for addi'
tional repressive legislation. The null
titudes who remain would be subject
TO worse perils. if possible, even tho
the few who escape might prosper IN
Palestine.
3. We object to the political segre'
cation also of those who might sue
ceed in establishing themselves in Pal
estine The proposition involves dan
gers which, it is manifest, have not had
the serious consideration of those who
are so jealous in its advocacy.
4. Tho these grave difficulties be
met, still we protest against the politi-
cal segregation of the Jews and the
re-establishment in Palestine Of dis
tinctively Jewish State as utterly op'
posed to the principles or democracy
which 1t Is the avowed purpose Of the
Worlds Peace Conference to establish
5. We object to the political seere-
CATION OF the Jews because 1t is an
error to assume that the bond uniting
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