The Washington times., 1921-04-01
ZIONIST ARAB
Freddy j. S:
Rabbi Browne Here From New
+ York to Aid Friend Held at
! Ellis Island.

Acting as representative of Jews
in all parts of this country. Rabbi
, E. B. M. Browne. of New York.
personal friend of three former Pres
idents and one Of the foremost Jews
in America, yesterday visited Wash
ington to secure from Secretary
Davis the release of Rabbi Dow
Segal, Of Jerusalem, who was being
detained at Ellis Island by immigra-
t;cn officials.
ILL FROM FASTING.
The Rabbi Dow Segal arrived at
Ellis Island March % and was de-
tained as physically unit. His Ill
health, IL was stated, was caused by
lack Of nourishment as the result Of
q religious fast observed during his
four weeks voyage from Jerusalem.
He had no disease Of any kind, friends
declared.
The Rabbi Segal, an Arab. who for
two years during the war was con-
nected with the American Zionist Unit
Hospital, Havassah, in Jerusalem. Is
regarded almost as a saint by Jews
in this country, and his detention
was regarded as sacrilege, the Rabbi
Browne declared.
New York Jews were especially in
eensed, he said, by the fact that
Charlie Chaplin's mother. Mrs. Hannah
T Chaplin, who was detained by immi-
grafton officials on her arrival at
Ellis Island on the same ship with the
Rabbi Segal, pending a medical ex-
animation for alleged mental disorder,
was admitted temporarily.
"If immigration officials will admit
. woman who is suspected Of being
Of unsound mind, they most certainly
should admit a Jewish rabbi who is
perfectly sound mentally and who is
physically in good condition except
for lack of food" declared Rabbi
Browne heatedly. '''
Thomas Harrington, secretary to
Charlie Chalin. who accompanied Mrs.
Chaplain from England. filed neces-
sary bonds and the two left last night
for Charles home in Los Angeles.
Rabbi rowne explained. He declared
that immigration officials had sur
rounded her arrival with secrecy, and
that negotiations for bringing her
into this country had been pending for
two years. Chaplin having made sew
era1 trips to Washington in connec-
tion with the case. Mrs. Chaplin Is
said to be a victim Of shellshock as
the result Of bombing raids over Eng
land during the war.
RABBI ORDERED RELEASED.
The case Of Rabbi Segal was taken
mp by friends and politicians in New
York. who failed to secure his admit
tance- The matter was then taken
up by the American Jewish Seventy
Elders. with branch organizations in
every city in the country, and the
president, jacques Pollatschek, call
ed q special executive meeting in New
York several days ago, at which Rab-
bi Browne was chosen to call on Secre-
tary Davis and secure the release Of
SegaL
Rabbi rowne arrived in Washington
yesterday morning and called on the
Secretary Immediately. The papers in
the case were hunted up, and Segal
was ordered released on bond for a
period Of six months.
Rabbi Browne Is one of the most in
tsresting figures in this country. He
was a pallbearer at the funeral Of
President Grant, with whom he had
been closely associated. He was also
q close friend of Presidents McKin-
ley and Roosevelt and many of the
older Senators and Congressman, es-
pecially of Champ Clark.
Several years ago Rabbi Browne
was invited to preach the prayer at
the opening of a new session of Con-
gress and there delivered his Lords
Prayer with Variations" which has
since become famous. He was in
Washington several ties during the
war in the interest OF members Of the
Jewish faith who were in the military
service.
After attending a meeting of the
local board of the Jewish Seventy
Elders, at 8 o'clock yesterday even
ing, he left again for New York