The Denver Jewish news., 1920-09-29
Unchristian Spirit Cause
of World Unrest

anu MS attltuQe 10 lhe Jews IL any
connection between the French Rev
olution and the Jews can be made out
ii must be thru the tribune of the peo-
pie, Mirabeau. Berlin before the Rev
olutiOn was one Of the few places
where Jews were really in society.
Jewess, Henriette Herr, kept salon
there, which Mirabeau visited. we
learn, however, from Henriette Herz's
Memoirs that, while she and her circle
We're Liberal, they turned against the
French Revolution after the arrest of
Louis XVI. at Varennes, and that they
would never have supported the French
democrats If they had forseen the con
sequences. Here is proof positive that
The one group of really influential
Jews on the Continent had no enmit!
to the Bourbons, no sympathy with
the Jacobins
(c) The Morning Posts writer lays
great stress on a book called Me
moirs Illustrating the History OF ia
cobinism," of which an English trans
lation appeared in 179S. The Able
says nothing about the Jews, ana
traces the origin of the revolution to
VOltaire, Weishaupt, the Masons, anu
the illuminate. His prejudice was
such that he attributes Polish resist
ance to Russian aggression to Masonic
influence. If we accept his view that
Voltaire was the real author OF the
French Revolution, we entirely acqmt
the Jews, No man has held up the
Jews to greater ridicule than the au-
thor of SAUL who in some measure
was the true founder Of anti-Semitism.
The Morning Posts authority tells us
that some years after the book was
published the Able received letter
from Italy, which he handed to his
superiors, telling him that the Jews
were behind the Mason in the Rerolu-
ton. He. however, never altered his
book.
There is, in fact, no evidence that
the Jews had any serious connection
with the French Revolution, and with
this view, it may be added, Mr.. Hill
aire BelloX. who cannot lie regarded
as an enemy of anti-Semitism. sub
stantially agrees. (See BellOc's French
Revolution, Home University Library,
p. 231.)
4. 1t is true that the Jews since
the general emancipation have gcncr-
ally identified themselves with Liber-
alism. as they hold that il is to Liber-
alism that they owe their cmancipa-
lS4S Revolutions but they did not
originate them. 1t is true that many
Jews sympathiZed with the Carbonari
and the Young Italy movement in
Italy: so did most Englishmen.
H. 5. 1t is incorrect to attribute the
work of Karl Marx. the Socialistic
writer to Jewish inspiration. Marx
Game of Jewish stock. hut his
father was a nominal Christian. Marx
lived for many years in London in
great penury. and was not supported
by the Jewish community.
Enough. we trust. has been written
to show that the Jews cannot be fairly
pccused of being the instigators of the
Revolution of the eighteenth and nine
tcenth centuries. The one piece of our
contemporaries evidence which strikes
us as impressive is the wild statement
of Disraeli in "Conincsby." One need
not. however take the wild statements
there on the Jews more seriously than
Disrnelis affected admiration for the
High Church party in the sam" hook
The chapters in question were doubt
less written to convince English arts
tocrats that Rothschild. who appears
under the name of SidOnia. was II gem
tleman born. If. however. the state
mcnts be accepted as true. they do not
help the Morning Posts contributors
contention, for we are Informed that
the Jews are ever anxious to see the
Religious systems of the countries in
which they live flourish
| Il 1t is true tina in modern times
Cosmopolitan Hebrew finance has he.
Come an anxiety land that the influ-
ence of the Jews in the Press and in
politics and Masonry has often been
used in favor of anti-Cath0lic move
fncnts. 1t is true also that many Jews.
like Disraeli in the last selcration and
pair. Montagu in our own, have shown
n sympathy with Mohamlncdanism
which has had disastrous consequences
in Turkey. However. as the Morning
Post supported Disraeli and never at
tempted to restore st Sophia 10
ChristendOm. 1t must share the respon-
sibility Jews would do well. in such