The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-04-27

to be the hapless victims. All infor-
nation coming from Eastern Europe
ia regard to the condition of our peo-
Pile is of necessity more or less made
Guate and unreliable. But there are
some evidences that happily the physi-
cal condition of the Jews in Poland
and in some parts of Russia is at
least no worse. if it is not even some
what better than it was before the
war. In those countries, formerly rep
resented by the Central Powers, how
ever. the situation has become i'll
creasingly more horrible. There gaunt
hunger stalks in the land and men.
women and children by the thousands
are unquestionably doomed to certnin
destruction unless food fuel and
clothing are speedily provided for them
in something approaching sufficient
quantity.
Anti-Semitism in its most virulent
forms is reasserting itself in Germany
and Austria. Evidence is not LACKING,
it may be said in passing. that in
great part the anti-Semitic crusade
that has been sweeping England.
France and America is German in its
origin.
Anti-Senitic Congress.
During the week of March IL, 1921,
there was held in the CRY of Vienna
an Austrian anti-Semitic Congress at
which resolutions We're passed calling
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be held the coming fall IN Budapest
and a Central Bureau was created TO
get in touch with anti-Semitic CEN
tiers turnout the world. Provision was
definitely made at this meeting. ac-
cording to authenticated press reports.
for anti. Semitic demonstrations to be
held at least once a month in every
provincial capital of Austria. These
resolutions also called on the govern
ment to expel alien Jews at once and
in no event later than this present
month of April or to accept RESPONSE
bility for grave consequences.
In Berlin preparations are being
made to repeat the pogroms of few
cnts attending lectures have been dis.
persed by anti-Semitic mobs and, in
fact, in every city in Austria and Ger
many the spirit of mob violence
against the Jew is growing.
Because we believe that this mob
violence is only a logical step in any
crusade which begins by poisoning the
minds of the people with malicious
misrepresentation and especially with
the charge of lack of patriotic 10y
atty, and because the very possibility
Of the calling of a world anti-semitic
Congress in any part of tine world is
an affront to the civilization of this
twentieth century and an assault upon
fundamental principles not only OF
Judaism. but as well of Christianity.
and because it implies an attempt so
to set group against group and so Ia
create racial and religious hatreds AZ
must result in the undermining of all
government. we recommend that this
Conference address itself to the great
church organizations of this country.
like the Federal Council of the Church
Of Christ in America, and to the au-
tbor;zed ranreseptatixes of tbe Roman
Catholic Church calling upon them as
Christian mo-, and women to snou,,
out tbeir nrotest against tbe calling
a, this World outi.Sem;t,. Conference
~ suhvarsivo of orerv ,i,bteo,s nr;u-
ciple for which religion stands and
o>ne,.i,,,v ne , crowninr ,nsu,t IN .be
spirit of brotbarboof, tn the snre,d Of
which tbe Christian Church stands
oomm;ttod
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