Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-01
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
JEWS CONDEMNED
National Organizations Brand
as False Accusations of
Fostering BoIshevism.

A>C " 1oISh, DcGemDeT l--COnue IN
nation OF the widespread campaign
of secret anti-Jewish propaganda in
the United States" is contained, in a
statement prepared at conferences of
several national Jewish organizations,
addressed to our fellow citizens" and
just made public by the American
Jewish committee
The statement brands as a forgery
the "so-called Protocols of the Learn
ed Elders of Zion now being circu-
lated in large numbers by secret agen-
cleS, Tor the purpose of giving rise to
the belief that the Jews, in conjunc-
ton with the Freemasons, had been
for centuries engaged in a conspiracy
to produce revolution and anarchy. by
means OF which they hoped to attain
the control of the world by the es-
tablishment of some sort of despotic
rule"
The charge that bolshevism is part
OF a conspiracy of Jews and Freema-
sons to obtain world domination. it
denounceS as "a malicious invention,
inspired by foreign reactionary forces
for the purpose of breeding suspicion
and hatred of the Jews and Freema-
sons in the United States. in order to
discred1t free government in the eyes
or the European masses and thus ia
cllltate the restoration of absolutiSm
IN government After mentioning
some attacks, the statement says:
Repeat Abominable Charges.
These assaults upon the honor of
the Jewish people are all founded
on the protocols and on the dis
credited literature of Russian and
German anti-Semitism, inspired by
the minions of autecracy. Parrot
like. they repeat the abominable
credulity of stunted intelligence
charges long since conceded to be I'M
founded by all fair-minded men.
speaking as representatives of the
Jewish people, familiar with the his
tory of Judaism in its. various phases
and with the movements past and
present, in Jewish life, we say with
all solemnity:
THE protocols are a base forgery.
There has never been an organiZa-
ton 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 Jew
ish body organized for any purpose
such as that implied in the proto-
coils. The Jewish people have never
dreamed of Jewish dictatorship, of
destruction of religion, or an in
reference with Industrial prosperity.
or of an overthrow of civilization.
The Jews have never conspired with
the Freemasons, or with any other
body. for any purpose"
In Jewish Movement.
Continuing, the statement said: THE
contention that the genuinenesS of
the protocols is established by the
outbreak Of bolshevism in Russia
twelve months after their publication
and that bolshevism is a Jewish
movement is absurd in theory and alb
solutely untrue in fact"
ITO say that the Jews are RESPONSE
BILE for bolshevism is a deliberate
falsehood. The originators Of boil
shevism were exclusively non-Jews.
THE bolshevik cabinet. known as
the peoples .commissars. consists OF
twenty members, of whom Trotsky
and Sverdlov are the only Jews. and
they are Jews merely by birth OF
the central committee of the COM
munist party. including Trotsky there
are four Jews out of thirteen. The
so-called extraordinary. commission,
whose function tits to suppress OPP
within. is directed by triumvirate
consisting of Pole and two Let's.
none of whom is Of Jewish origin.
Although Trotsky is the head Of the
War Department, his general staff is
composed exclusively of non-Jews.
con the other hand, the leaders of
the mensheviki, who are the sworn
foes of bolshevism, are to large ex-
tent Jews.
stood for WORTHWHILE Things.
IF the Jews are to be condemned
because of a Trotsky, VINO has never
In the slightest degree concerned
himself with Judaism or the welfare
of the Jews, then there is not peo-
pie that has ever lived that might
not with equal right be condemned
because in its membership there were
men who are alleged. to have advo-
Gated hateful doctrines. The Jew has
additionally stood for religion. law.
order, the family and the right of
property. 1t is, therefore, the height
of cruelty to charge him with re-
doctrines, should they prevail. would
inevitably lead to the destruction of
Judaism"
In conclusion the statement said:
I'VE have an abiding confidence in
the spirit of justice and fairness that
permeates the true American, and we
are satisfied that our fellow citizens
will not permit the campaign of
Islander and libel that has been
launched against US to go unre-
proved"
The signatories of the declaration
included the American Jewish COM
mittee. the Zionist Organization of
America, Union of American Hebrew
Congregations. Union Of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations, United Syna-
gogue of America, provisional COM
mittee for an American-Jewish con-
gress, Independent Order of B'nai
Birth, Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis. Rabbinical Assembly of
the Jewish Theological Seminary and
the United Orthodox Jewish Rabbis of