Evening journal., 1920-10-04

lllts OF the earth be blessed. Gen. II
3. What advantage then hath the |
jew? Much every way. Rom. 3i2"
our Jewish friends are now 0bserN- /
ing their Kew Iear-the 566ist. The /
period includes the fast OF Guadaliah. |
and eliminates in lom Kippur, the
most solemn day OF atonement, next |
Wednesday.
As a man Of affairs, want TO stop
and take notice OF one OF the mos.
remarkable phenomena OF the CEN
turies-the preservation and indie
structibllity Of the Jewish race. Here |
is a marvellous thing-a bush is burn |
ing and Is not consumed show nae
a miracle" said Frederick the Great
to his chaplain. Sure, it is the
Jews" answered The man OF God. As
an ambassador OF God. !, too, in a
labor of love, would stop and pay a
tribute OF approciative recognition to
this wonderful people to wnom you
and ] are indebted for so many things,
not the least OF which is the funda-
mentals OF our own Christian religion.
All the worlds a stage whereon
not only individuals but nations and
races are players. Every nation has
Each one has had It's message FOR the
centuries in which Il lived Rome
gave government; Greece, culture;
phOenicia. commerce; the jew has
carried mOnothesm, the worship OF
single God. through the ages. He
has played his part and played II
we'll Where he has failed or blund-
cred he always paid a fearful PEN
atty / know Of no other that has
suffered so much and survived.
When the temple in Jerusalem was
destroyed the Jew became a wanderer,
man without a country. There
isn't a continent. there isn't a nation
upon the face OF the earth OF which
he Is not an inhabitant Innumer-
able forces Of history through many
ages have helped 10 form his destiny
His story Is at once the miracle and
the romance OF human history. None
can blot him out. BabylOnian cap
tivity, Roman domination, Grecian
absorption, medieval persecution.
modern massacre have been IN
vain. Talk about .he splendid
line Of Roman pontifis on the
banks OF the yellow Tiber-the Jew
has outlived Egypt Chaldea Assyria.
Persia and the dynasties OF the past.
While our fathers were savages living
on roots in the forests or gnawing a
bone In a cave his were Princes In
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day Is nothing more or less than a
child Of his great yesterday. Though
removed from his Aslatic origin we'll
night 1000 years. there's a queer
dualism which makes him a creature
old and new He has one foot on
the soil Of antiquity, the other rests
on the foreground Of today His
profile is that Of Ur OF Chaldees. but
in Russia his features are Russian, in
Italy Italian. in Spain Spanish. There
are 80 600 black Jews in Ahyssinia,
negro Hebrews. while here are even
| Chinese Jews who observe all the
Jewish religious rites and all their
dietary laws-yet they have the al
mond eyes. the fiat noses and the
yellow skin OF Mongolians.
In the Fiery Furnace.
The three Hebrew children in the
/ fiery furnace were forerunners.
In The sixteenth century in Venice
was begun the concentration camp
known as the Ghetto. Back OF the
old ghetto, or iron foundry. the Jew
had TO live in a restricted district
The name was gradually applied &c
the Jewish quarter Of every city
In each ghetto he developed a life
OF his own-re ION, custom, lltera-
ture, tradition, song, pleasure all bis
own.
During those Middle Ages he was
prosecuted relentlessly. bitterly. II
wouldn't surprise me II that mediae
val life had not left an indelihle i'm
press on him. That past. indeed his
any past. is not a mere memory tC
be cherished and reVered, but hid
eous. living aver-present experience
burned on his consciousness. Is HI
"peculiar?" II he Is. circumstance
have made him So Suppose we haC
taken a few hundred thousand peo
pie OF any nation 1000 years ago, Sc
, them apart 10 live in restricted dis
tinctlve garh. forbidden them to en-
gage in agriculture. limited ihei
usefulness To particular traces onl'
In raresi clsee allowed TO own prop
= erty. many other things prohibite
3 under pain Of death-wouldn't an
j, people become "peculiarg Would
be wondered at II long-continue
persecution would leave them sus
picious2 The constant menace Of tn
proselyter would make them no les
a fearsome than the torture chambe
- itself-they. would soon rear IN
Greeks when bearing gifts Fac
Q period OF oppression would send hi
d back decades. grieved and bewildere'
In spite OF all this he has deve
Oped a marvellous love for his steI
netherlands The Jew has alWaS
s been a patriot Of the land which ga'
him birth. He quickly 3dapts hin
q self 10 the country that Civ
Is him food and shelter. He soon ilnC
himself. Given the opportunity. D
perfects himself In science, musi
- painting. sculpture, literature. philo
only. sociology philanthropy, med
cine. mathematics. history, astronom
In all he gave his best, frequently
return he was refused civil prlviler
y political Office, military honor. The
hands were tied and they we
blamed for not using them Pers
cution. fre, sword, rack and dunge'
Ie were his reward. Captive childre
4 murdered men. ravished women we
considered his birthright
How loyal he is may be seen
II, the strife of the Great War.
~ England eight per cent OF the Jey
y enlisted 10 six per cent. OF non-Jev
America sent between 200 600 al
= 225 900 into all branches Of the ser
ice. Their quota. being about thr
per cent. OF the population, they
ceeded by one-third. or the
ie de Guerre. 1870 the Distinguish
Service Cross. three the L. s. Co
cressional Medal Of Honor. o
p, highest glft. and two the rare Fren
- Medaille Mlitare. Their casualti
were about 1900. Three thousa
fve hundred laid down their lives
the side OF theft non-Jewish col
y rsdes under the poppies OF Flande
n They. too. had a rendezvous wi
"a death. Honor 10 theml In the gre
ie conflict on all sides one-iwent.eth
D. the Jews OF the world fought wi
n nothing TO gain but the opportunl
of killing their own martyred rae