The Denver Jewish news., 1920-01-14

pire. There is also another Jewish
statesman in ,Enginiid by name Of Her
tert Samuel who may be one day
English Prime Minister and who was
ulreads Home Secretary, an office
tiiifd in importaiice to that Of the
Prime Minister. Both Lord Reading
and Herbert Samuel are public Jews
and public Jewish workers. There is
scarcely great Jewish public function
in the English metropolis in which they
do not participate. In Italy there are
two Jews who represent two main cur
rents in the Italiah political life Of
today: Luzzati and Sohiiio. Ltzzati,
a FORMER italian Prime Minister and
a scholar of international fame, is
leader Of the Hebrew forces. while
Sonino. also u former Prime Minister,
is leader OF the more conservative
forcs. In Germany and France we
see similar phenomena. The French
Minister of France, Mr.. KlOtz, who Is
said to be financial genius and fn-
nous as such for the last twenty
years, is today one of the most pop
ular men in France. He is an Alsac-
ian Jew inclined to conservatism anu
especially today he is hailed as a con-
seryative leader. So is Theodore Rein
ach, the great French scholar ana
Statesman and the advisor Of every
French Cabinet for the last fifteen
years. In Germany Rathehau, the
great captain of industry, is consider
ed the brainiest man among the states
lnen Of the Fatherland. He is great
leader of all the middle classes anu
one of the few German statesmen OF
today who are respected and esteem
ed by all the classes ui the popula-
tion, even by the Spartacans. The
late Hugo Haase, the leader Of the
independent Socialists and man OF
great moral, intellectual strength. was
considered the coming man in Ger
many, but the bullet of the murderer
crossed tile plans of the rival social
lists in Germany. In this connection
It is interesting to remind one of the
fact that the founder and originator OF
the Prussian Conservative Party, the
so-called Junker Party, was also d Jew
by the name of Fritz Stahl. III Rus
sian politics, leaders of both contend
ing parties, the Bolsheviks and the
anti -Bolsheviks, are Jews. If the Boil
sheviks take pride in their Trotsky,
the anti-Bolsheviks take pride in VIM
aver who is supposed to be the BRAIN
lest man among all the anti-Bolshe-
viS leaders. If not for the Bolshevik
coup. yinaver would be today the
Prime Minister of Russia.
America may not be rich In great
Jewish statesmen as are the old Eu-
ropeah countries. but still there are
several of them here too. The leader
of the American Labor Movement anu
the President of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, Samuel Gompers, is
lew, and few of us realize that he has
more political power and Influence
than many d cabinet member. Con-
gressman Kahn of California is the
Chairman of the Military Committee
Of the House of Representatives. ana
as such he is In position to shape the
military policies OF the country.
There was a time when the Ameri-
can, Jew, Justice Louis y. Brandeis,
was one of tile most powerful men In
the country. He was actually the
most intimate friend of President VIII
son and next TO Colonef House, his
hest confidant and advisor. Whether
he still holds his political position of
old cannot be ascertained at present.
There are rumors afloat that because
of differences of opinion with the
President, lie is now politically isolat-
cd. But be 1t as it may, Louis Bran
deis is recognized today as one of the
brainiest statesmen in America and
tile leader Of all the liberal forces.
He is striking personality both from
the point of view of intellect and will
power.
We enumerate all these well known
facts to remind our people of the po-1
sition we hold in modern civilization.
For the last five years we hear only
of Jewish massacres, pogroms, carr'
ages, etc The outsider may think
that the Jews of today do nothing else
but offer their bodies to the rifle or
the dagger of the pogromist, and even
manys Jews not in touch with Jewish
life sometimes think that we are out
side of the realm of civilization, that
we lay low and do nothing to further
human culture. The fact, however,
is that in spite of all the terrible per-
secutions and martyrdom of millions
of our co-religionists and in spite OF
the terrible calamity that befell our