The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-01

lation to such an extent that it is be-
lieved the time has come for the Jews
to answer these libels.
Speaking as representatives of the
Jewish people, familiar with the history
of Judaism in its various phases and
with the movements, past and present,
in. Jewish life. we say with all So
lemnity:
THE Protocols are a base forgery.
There has never been an organization
of Jews known as the Elders of Zion,
or the Zionist Men of Wisdom, or the
Wise Men of Zion, or bearing any other
similar name. There has never existed
a secret or other Jewish body organized
for any purpose such as that implied In
the Protocols. The Jewish people have
never dreamed OF a Jewish dictatorship,
of destruction of religion, of an inter-
an overthrow OF civilization. The Jews
have never conspired with the Free
masons or with any other body for any
purpose.
ITO say that the Jews are responsible
for Bolshevism is deliberate falsehood.
The originators of Bolshevism were ex-
clusively non-Jews While II Is true that
there are Jews among the Boshevists.
notably Trotsley, they represent a small
fraction of the Jews and of the followers
Of Dolshvism. Lenine, who belonged to
tho Russian aristocracy and has not a
drop of Jewish blood in his VEINS was
the creator as he has been the motive
power of the Soviets Tchicherin, who
has conducted their foreign affairs,
Bucharin. Krassin and Kalinin. all non
Jews, are, with Lenine. the brains of
the Communist party.
Few Jews I'm Soviet.
1.-THE Bolsevist Cabinet. known as the
Peoples Commissars, consists of twenty
members of whom Trotzky and Sverdlov
are the only Jews and they are Jews
merely by birth. OF the central COM
mittee of the Communist party. includ-
ing Trotzky. there are four jews out
Of thirteen. Although Trotzky Is the
head OF the War Department, his gen.
eral staff is composed exclusively OF
non-Jews.
ION the other hand, the leaders of the
Mensheviki, who are sworn foes OF
Bolshevism. are to a large extent Jews
The signers of the statement are: The
American Jewish COMMITTEES, Louis
Marshall, president: Cyrus Adler and
julius Rosenwald, vice-presidents /;
Isaac W. Bernheim, treasurer; Samuel
Dorf, Abran I. EllSus. Albert D. Las
ker. Irving Lehman, A. C. Ratshesky,
Horace Stern, Oscar S. Straus, Cyrus l..
Sulzberger, Mayer -Sulzberger, Isaac M.
Ullman and A. Leo We'll. executive COM
mittee. The Zionist Organization of
America, Julian w. Mack president !;
Jacob dc Haas. secretary. The Union OF
American Hebrew Congregations. J..
Walter Freiberg. president George
Zepin. secretary. The Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations, Herbert S. Cold
stein. secretary. The United Synagogue
of America, Elias L. Solomon. president |:
Charles l. Hoffman. secretary. The
Provisional Organization for American
Jewish Congress. Nathan Straus presi-
dent: Bernard G. Richards, secretary !;
Norris Rothenberg, chairman, executive
committee; Stephen S. Wise. The In
dependent Order of B'nai Birth and
the Authorization League. Adolph
Kraus, president. The Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis, Leo M. Frank
lin. president: Felix A. Levy, secretary.
The Rabinical Assembly of the Jewish
Theological Seminary. Max ID. Klein,
president; Samuel friedman. secretary.
The United Orthodox Jewish Rabbis OF
America. NJ. S. Margolis. president.