The Denver Jewish news., 1920-12-15
THE POISON PEN''
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outbreak of the iRevoh,tion gives the
names of those who III that time can
stituted the Central 9otnmittee''Hthe
body which according to, ItheI Paris
Temps" possesses complete power in
Soviet Russia. All bit one of the
names given in that report appear i'll
the nonIJewish list in he Tempsg'
According to n report In the Novem-
Der 22nd issue of The Chicago Tfib
une of an address by an eminent chi
cage jurist who recently returned
from Soviet Russia, the Jews of Rus
sia are united in their opposition to
Bolshevism. They are divided into
twelve political parties. The strong
est of these is the Zionist party which
numbers seventy percent of the Jew
. ISL population. These are all under
the Bolshevik ban and 1O7 OF their
leaders are now in prison in Moscow.
Why they were imprisoned and why
they have not been liberated Is com.
mon knowledge in Russia. They had
the courage to sign their names 10
Il proclamation issued by the Zionist
party. .denouncing the communist gov
trnment and calling upon the other
parties to support them. They were
Immediately arrested. a.E
Upon my arrival in Moscow said
the jurist, Il was approached by those
men still free to see what might he
done to obtain liberty for their lead
crs. / was told that IL the Jewish
conference would issue proclama ton
of loyalty to the Soviet Government,
The, men in prison would be let go.
1T was decided that the decision lay
not with us but with those who were
under arrest. and we were permitted
to send delegation to the prison for
conference with them. They told
us that their freedom should never
he bought in such u way even tho
they all be executed. That proclalna-
ton against the communists Is in ef-
feet to this very day ts
These are the facts. Let the read
cr judge for himself whether .The
Manufacturers" Jew-Bolshevik charge
and the corollaries he derives there
from have any foundation.
The dew and Patriotism.
In an article Does a Jewish World
Program Exist" which deals with the
tliscredited Protocols Preferred to ia
part one of this series of articlesJ. the
editor makes the following, statement
with reference to the loyalty of Jews
to the country in which they live:
"The patriotism of the Jew -" IS
very widely questioned in all countries
you hear 1t in England. France. in
Germany. in Poland. In Russia. in
Roumania. and with shock, you hear
it in the United States"
As a matter of fact. according to
the latest report of The office of War
l,ecords-31 Union Square. West. New
York City. the total number Of Jews
in the Army and Navy of the United
States during the world war was
close to 225,OOO. more thaa four per-
cent OF the armed forces of the United
States, which on Armistice day num-
bered 4.SOO,OOO.
There were nearly 10000 Jewish
volunteers in the service. or practical
ly twenty per cent of the total jew
'sh contingent, record unsurpassed
by any other section of the American
population.
Eleven hundred citations for valOr
were conferred upon Jewish soldiers
in the American forces for bravery in
action, 725 were conferred by the
American command. 2S7 by the French,
33 by the British. and 46 by the va
riouS other allied commands.