The Washington times., 1920-06-20

Ford Attacks Jews, Why7
Read a Little History.
The Earth 10 Round.
Race Hatred Out OF Date.
ARTHUR BRIeE
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Eastern Europe does not surprise
you.
But when race hatred. taking q
new lease of life. in the Far East,
appears In q weekly newspaper
owned by Henry Ford, one Of the
most useful citizens In this coun-
try, you are surprised.
What cunning instigation pur-
suades Mr.. Ford to deal with .
subject he does not understand,
to attack a race Of whose achieve
msnts and history he Is ignorant,
and TO use the great influence Of
his name and the slight influence
of his newspaper harmfully?
Ford, presumably willing to
learn, should study with open
mind, a. he studies gas engines
and transportation, the history of
the Jewish people. A book sim
ply written is offered to his atten-
tion, Jewish Contributions TO
Civilization" written by Joseph
Jacobs, published in Philadelphia
by the Jewish Publication Society
OF America.
Jews are disliked, because they
have been successful. In lines that
have been open to them, not closed
by hatred and prejudice, they have
been conquerors.
World conquerors have never
been liked by those that studied
their excellence. From the Phoeni-
clans Of old, a semitic people that
= led the world in daring, to Yam
kee and Japanese conquerors of
today, there has been no love
wasted on winners by those whom
they overcome.
Romans, Normans, Spaniards.
Englishmcn, Prussians, Goths,
Mongols In their days Of conquest
were never popular.
The Jews conquest in his own
field has run through. centuries,
beginning more than two thousand
years before our era, and running
up to this day. Every other sue
cessful name that you see in a
great city is a Jewish name.
Jews, numbering less than one
per cent of the eaith's population,
possess by conquest, enterprise.
industry and intelligence fifty per
cent Of the worlds commercial sue
cess. They are disliked by those
that seek excuse for failure.
This does not apply to Henry
Ford, who could buy, with pcrhc ps
two or three exceptions, tho rich
est Jew in the world once every
4 year and have plenty left.
Those that misrcptcsent Henry
Ford's real character and the his
torical facts in Mr.. Ford's weekly
newspaper are repeating what
they have heard. not what they
know or believe.
Mr.. Ford should remember how
he himself has been ignorantly or
maliciously attacked and hated.
AS an antidote to prejudice and
lies handed down through centu-
ries, there are here offered to Ford
and others a few facts:
You are told that Jews reap the
harvest of those that dare; that
they do not take risk on their own
account.
What about the Phoenicians
They were of the Semitic race.
Thev were first to sail from the
Mediterranean through the Straits
of Gibraltar, out into the wild At
lantic.
They were the first to open the
tin mines of England, the first dar-
ing explorers in many lands.
They WERE FIRST TO NAVI-
GATE OUT OF SIGHT OF LAND,
travelling at night by the stars;
they had no compass, risking ship
wrecks in fog or cloudy weather.
Does that show lack of enter
prise or physical courage?
Men ask: what have Jews con-
tributed to the intellect of the
world?"
Three books have influenced the
human mind above others-Homer,
Aesop's Fables, and the Bible.
The Jews wrote the Bible and
gave Christianity to the world.
The Mother of Christ was a Jew
ess, especially chosen, undcubted-
ly, for nobility of character and
purity of soul.
That fact alone should make
"Christians" hesitate to condemn
Jews Unfortunately.
The intellect of, man owes much
70 the writing of Jews, who pos
sess the art Of condensing thought.
Here are a few sayings that Henry
Ford and others use often, not sus-
pecting that they are quoting the
Jewish mind:
"A tale that is told
"A land flowing with milk and
honey
"The wife OF my bosom"
The apple Of my eye
Vanity OF vanities.'
"Heaping Goals Of fire.
Weighed In the balance and
found wanting"
Put not thy trust In princes. :"
Go to the ant thou sluggard.
Righteousness exalteth a ma
ton"
"A soft answer turneth away
wrath