The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
FORD JEW BATTING is
CRIMINAL, SAYS WISE
Denies Race Tries to Conquer
World, ms Charged by Mo-
tor Makers Paper.
ZIONIsM NOT PROPAGANDA
Sees In Detroit Man the Po-
grom Spirit That Stays. Chill
dren and Women.

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise denied cate
gorically yesterday statements at
tributed, to the Dearborn Independent,
published by Henry Ford, that the Jew
ish people are engaged in movement to
conquer the world. In his sermon to the
Free Synagogue congregation in Carne-
gle Hall, Dr. Wise denounced as libel
lous upon the Jewish race series of
articles appearing in the Independent
under the title '"rhe Worlds Foremost
Problem: The International jew. In
the course of his address DR.. Wise's
indignation mounted, and he directed
personal attack against Mr.. Ford.
After discussing the allegations he
quoted from the Independent. DIR. Wise
said that the Zionist movement in itself
is confession of lack of power of the
Jewish race, and that far from entering
upon world conquest the Jews are not
even able to bring to the homeland set
aside In Palestine the suffering members
of the race In Europe.
IF We aimed at power, II we cher
ished designs of world supremacy" said
DR. Wise, would we not will to keep
ourselves olive? Five to seven millions
OF Jews are In blacklist awfulest mis-
cry and in America, including the gifts
OF non-Jews, not more than $15.000,000
has been given by 100000 and more
Jews to relieve that distress. The Jews
Of Eastern Europe we seem powerless
to save The Jews of Central Europe.
who have entered upon an era of un-
parallel misery, scapegoat in deservedly
broken Germany, are despised victims of
Hungary, the shuttlecock of Austria"
Denies Jews Start Revolutions.
DR.. Wise said one of Henry Ford's
challenges was: "The Jew believes that
the world is his by right: he wants to
collect his own, and the speediest way OF
doing so is the destruction of order by
revolution" He quoted also statement
that There were as many Christians
killed by Christians as there are Jews in
the world-it was a great victory for
Israel"
At this point DR. wise's wrath broke
loose
Henry Ford needs to be reminded
that America is not a matter of cheap
engines, but of a precious spirit" he
said. mo man ought to be free to
have the power which Henry Ford is
exercising for evil No man. though
as rich as Ford or Croesus, ought to be
suffered to libel whole people in a
land the well being of which depends
upon the spirit of understanding and
Ing ltDly VI Oilc jew u
Henry Ford Is that his work The
Worlds Greatest Problem: the Inter-
national Jew Is the work of a criminal
or a mailman. And I do not believe,
despite certain significant limitations.
that Henry Ford IS a mailman"
The protocols, which DR.. Wise said
were the basis of the articles in the
Independent, were clumsy forgeries."
the speaker contended. and should de-
publishing the articles from the motives
of obtaining publicity, or because of
"abysmal ignorance"
Tells of Jewish Soldiers Killed.
Zionism is not propa ganda except 30
FAR as II was successful In getting the
Powers to turn Palestine over TO the
Jews he said He chara ctcrzed as tut
terly and abominably false" the charge
that the Jews advocate revolution. and
spoke of the hundreds of thousands of
Jewish soldiers who were slain in the
Russian army and in the aftermath of
the war.
''The Ford screed,' DR.. Wise said "is
the most insidious of appeals to explain
world unrest by erecting the DOGGY of
Bolshevism' as an invention of Jewish
capitalism and Jewish proletariq nism
leagued together ad hoe. The Jews are
not attempting to destroy Christianity,
but TO advance religion"
mo Ukrainian hooligan. slayer of
women and children. was ever more
truly guilty of the spirit of the pogrom
than is Henry Ford God pity and for
give him." said DR.. Wise In conclusion.
The articles which appeared in the
Independent are now being circulated in
pamphlet form. and this, DR.. Wise said.
especially aroused him to make a reply.