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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-14

- dining room, with ite beameo CELL
Ing, rich rugs and massive furniture,
tho atmosphere of tho dinner was de-
cidedIy homelike. Shop talk was
dropped whom We left the studio. and
the conversation. which was general.
never once turned to the gelatine side
Of their existence. Mary, in simple
semi-evening, frock. which she had
cussed her shopping expedition to Los
Angeles, which she had made that
morning. while Douglas argued with
Frank Case, q New York hotel pro-
prietor and Brother Lamb on merits
Of tho plan for making the Grand
Canyon a national receptacle for
safety raxor blades that have outlived
their usefulness. In short, the meal
was like any ono Of a thousand others
served in we'll appointed American
homes.
No one ventured any particularly
witty remark. but that did not prevent
every one from laughing at the banali-
ties that were uttered. And as every
one had an appetite the dinner was an
unqusstioned success.
As the guest Of honor was seated
at Mary's right and we had a heart-to-
heart talk on the subject Of marriage
strictly between ourselves she confided
to me that in the two years or more
that she had been married to Douglas
Fairbanks she had dined only three
times without him
And on two Of those occasions Doug
las Joined mo shortly after dinner" she
added proudly.
From the admiring glance she gave
her actor-nusband as she made this con-
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-02-10
The Position of the Jews
in Italy
By DIR. M. Benson, Our Special Rome Correspondent

larger part OF CIloIH are llVIlS III
similar and even worse conditions than
the Christians. Under no circum-
stances should it be imagined that all
Italian Jews are rich. If we take the
Jewish population of Rome, which is
the largest in Italy (about 10000
we see that large part of them are
living in distressing poverty. At the
railway station there is a crowd of
poorly-clad people clamoring around
you, asking you to engage them to
show you the sights, offering you var
ious small mementos, postcards, mos
aics, etc. All of them are Jews. If
you visit the Old Ghetto. in Rome
which is still inhabited by thousands
. of Jews, you will see that the people
there are living under awful condi-
tions, poorly clothed and dirty. They
are engaged in petty coster-monger-
ing and old-clothes dealing, and their
homes are just dilapidated novels.
The Rome Ghetto
AS far as material conditions are
concerned, the Ghetto in Rome is no
better off and perhaps even worse off
than the Ghetto of Eastern Europe.
To make matters worse, there is a
total lack of any social work or en-
lightenment activity on the part of
the weather. and more intel ectual
Jews. There is no trace of the Jew
ish learning of Eastern Europe. These
people are left completely to them
selves and their intellectual level is
lamentably low.
In the main streets of Rome, we see
the palatial banks where JeWS-TOep-
litz Bondi, Luzzatto-have their great
say. The Ghetto Jews, however, gain
nothing from all this financial power.
The second class in which the Jews
occupy a prominent position, is that
including the liberal professions, the
civil service and scholarship. Proper
tionally, the Jews provide the state
with four times as many higher Off
the minor officials they are only a
third as many. In the liberal profess
sions, they are four to six times as
numerous as the non-Jews university
professors and medical men) and they
are as much as nine times as many as
journalists and lawyers.
In science, the Italian Jews play an
important part and the names Of
Lombroso, Vo,terra, Loria, Luzzatti,
Mortara, Ascoli, Foa, and Levi Civita
belong to the best in the Italian uni
versities. They are represented to a
somewhat smaller extent in literature,
although Allessandro d'Ancona count
ed in his time as one of the best liter
ary critics, and the two most popular,
if not the most important novelists Of
present-day Italy, Guido Da Verona
\ 4. I 4
playwright Sabatino Lopez are Jews.
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!nere is, however, no prominent Jew
ish figure in Italian art.
In Politics
The Italian Jews play an important
part in politics. This is explained by
the fact that in this sphere they have
traditions, since Jews devoted them
selves to politics long before their
emanc1pation. The Italian liberators,
Garibaldi, Mazzini, Cavour, found in
the Jews their truest friends and help
ers. The famous thousand expedition
of Garibaldi had several Jews in it's
ranks, the no less famous Venetian
rising was led by the Jew Daniel
Manin. Among the Irredentists, the
names of Venezia and Revere are we'll
known. The Jew, Artom, was one of
the most devoted followers of Cavour.
Mazzini, in particular, found his most
faithful friends among the Jews, and
his last refuge was in the house of
the Jewish family, Natan. At present
there are ten Jews in the Italian par
Lament and twenty-one in the Senate.
They belong to all narties fexcept the
Catholic) and the Nationalist groups.
too, count Jews among their memb ars.
The majority of the Jewish deputies,
however. belong to the Socialist pa~ty,
IN which several of them (Treves,
Donati, Modigliani) play leading
part They are not to be found in
the Communist grouping nor do they
play any important part in the Com
munist party outside parliament. The
fact that the majority of the Jewish
deputies are Socialists gives no indi-
cation of the general political posi-
tion of italian Jewry. The majority
of the Jews belong much more to the
bourgeoisie than to the Socialist
parties. AS liberals, Democrats. Rad
icals, etc., they have attained the high
est positions III the State. Jews have
repeatedly been ministers. We have
had Jew as Il Prime Minister (Luz-
zattD. Natan was for long time
Mayor of Rome. Barzilai was one of
the representatives of Italy at the
Peace Conference. The highest posi-
tion in the Italian ju,:ccc ture is oc-
cupied by Lodovico Mortara. These
are few examples priv. If we look
into the figures regarding the most
important personages in Italv we find
that Jewish names occur fifteen to
twenty times as frequently as those
of Christians.
This social rise of italian Jewry
would obviously have been impossible
in an atmosphere of antagonism or
suspicion and, indeed, the Italian peo-
pie show a vast amount of tolerance
to the Jews living among them. This
was demonstrated in particularly
striking fashion during the war and
postwar period, when Jews occupied
the highest posts in the ministry for
War and the Ministry for Foreign Af-
fairs, and counted officers in hun
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mo. Il
dreds, without any question being
raised regarding their numerical par
tlclpation in the war or the need to
keep special observation on their ac-
tivities, Italy was entirely free from
the Objectionable after-war discus
sions regarding the number of Jews
at the front. The separation of State
and Church in Italy (the Jews are re-
garded only as a religious body) has
so completely entered into the mental
ity of the Italian people that they
have not the slightest interest in the
"Mosaic faith" of their Israelite fell
low citizens, and generally they ignore
the Jewishness of their Ministers. It
is necessary, however, to add in this
connection that most of the Jews in
Italy do everything possible not to
remind the Italians that they are
Jews.
Anti-Semitism
Repeated attempts have been made
recently to introduce anti-Semitism
into Italy, especially with regard to
the Bolshevist movement. These at
tempts, however, have not been spon-
taneous on the part of the Italian pop
ulation but were artifcially intro
duced, and on the whole, have met
with little response. OF course, one
or other Of the Italians have been in
fected by the various catchwords
about Jewish finance or Jewish Com
munism. AS a movement, however,
anti-Semitism has not struck root in
Italy. In as far as it exists, it pro-
ceeds from three main sources: from
foreign influences, especially in East
ern Europe, in Poland and to some
extent in Germany, spreading their
propaganda chiefly in the newspapers
in the form of articles and reports
from abroad; from Catholic influence
principally in relation to the Zionist
movement, and from the conflict be-
tween the various financial groups,
headed by Jewish and Christian COM
petitors. This last source is perhaps
the most important and most power
full of all. There is the conflict be-
tween the largest metal concern in
Italy, Ansaldo (Peronne Bros.) and
the Banca Commerciale Italiana, with
a baptized Polish Jew, Toeplitz, at it's
head. Between these two groups there
is fight to death and there is no
question of moderation in the choice
of weapons. Toeplitz is frequently
reminded of his Jewish origin and
there is even a special anti-Semitic
daily published. The chief editor of
the paper, however, has finished his
career in prison as the result of an
attempt to blackmail Toeplitz, and;
with the successful conclusion of the
CAMPAIGN against Ansaldo the news
paper itself was recently closed down.
OF course, the recent crash of the
Iva, which was headed by Jews, nat
urally did not pass without some eff
feet on popular opinion.
At the same time that the Anti.
Semitic daily conducted it's activities,
one of the most important Italian
periodicals, the "Vita Italiana," COM
menced vigorous anti-Semitic cam
paign. The publisher of the period
ical, an ex-Catholic priest, Giovanni !.
Preziosi, conducted his campaign also
outside his periodical, by writing in
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NOL. n
Editors Note-An article of un-
usual merit giving birds eye view
of the social, political, financial and
religious position of the fifty thou
sand Jews in Italy and it's African
colonies--a statement Of fact without
color, comment, or bias.
There is hardly another country in
Europe in which the Jews have in so
relatively short period attained so
important social position as in Italy.
In order to appraise this compara-
lively rapid rise at it's real val1e, we
must above all, bear in mind two
facts: First, that as recently as fifty
years ago there was regular Ghetto
in Rome and the Jews were deprived
of all citizenship rights, and secondly,
that the Jewish population in Italy is
altogether about $4,000 only (and this
with the newly added districts, of
which Trieste alone brought in about
4,OO0 Jews, and the addition of the
African colonies where there are about
10000 Jews), no more than Oh per
cent of the total population. It is an
other question what price the Italian
Jews have paid, from the national
Jewish and to some extent even from
a general standpoint, in order to gain
their present social position. The fact
remains, however, that they who as
recently as sixty or seventy years ago
were petty shopkeepers without any
rights, occupy today prominent po-
sition in the life of the Italian state.
A few figures may serve to illus
trate the situation. 1t is necessary
to point out, to begin with, that in
Italy there is complete separation
between the State and the Church SO
that in official statistics no considera-
tion is taken of religious denomina-
tions and it is therefore necessary to
make use of indirect figures, such as
those of taxation imposed by the
Jewish community, figures regarding
Jewish marriages., etc. First of all,
these figures show that the Jew in
general is much better off materially
than the Christian. This fact is ex-
planned principally by the social
structure of Italian Jewry. The ma
jority of it's members, more than 60
per cent, are engaged in commerce,
while about another IL per cent are
engaged in industry and transport.
The rest are distributed among the
liberal professions, being mainly gov
ernment officials, lawyers, and medi-
cal men. There are also number of
agricu turists-landowne in no case,
however, peasants. The prominent
participation of the Jews in commerce
and finance is recognizable at the first
glance. There is hardly an important
commercial and financial undertaking
in which the Jews have no share.
Naturally, this has it's evil side Too,
in so far as the Jews have been af-
fected by the war and postwar spec
ulations.
There is something very strange
about this Jewish wealth in Italy. 1t
is not divided in equal proportions
among all the Jews, and when it is
said that the Rome Jew is three times
as rich as the Rome Christian, it
means that minority of the Jews
have accumulated great wealth, while
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Editors Note-An article of un-
usual merit giving birds eye view
of the social, political, financial and
religious position of the fifty thou
sand Jews in Italy and it's African
colonies statement of fact without
color, comment, or bias.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-02-22
CONGRESS GETS
SHOALS OFFER
Al ALBANIA POWER co
BID TRANSMITTED
Secretary Weeks Recon-
mcnds New Offer Be Re-
fcrrcd TO Committee
for Consideration.

Washington. Fob. 81. congress f"-
cclvcd today tho offer OF tho Alabama
Power company for purchase and leas"
nr the governments nitrate and power
nrOtcts at Muscle Shoals. IN Telcr-
i,t, the rropoaal to the Legislative BODY
for final decision. involving It's ac-
cen,ancc or rejection as competitor
to Henry Ford's Offer. Secretary Weeks
made no rDccinc recommendation "'her
than to say Indirectly he believed 'h'
ncw offer slould he referred 10 III" COM
mittees OF the senate and houh" no"
considering the Ford offer.
The letter contained twelve comments
upOn as mrHp proportions OF 'h"
nowrrn proposal all or which IN" h''-
r.inry tuld either were dcrtrnhI" or al
vantag"ous g. IA" g"'"rnW"h' 'h'"I
eats "a the disposal /" l.. mad" - i"r
proprTtIrr The company "irT I" com
uletc the Wilson dam at iiH own ''-
rrnr, und,r u li,ruH- subject I" ihr pro-
,l,i,n. ur tho .nI"r power act. the l"'trr
,uIl hnd tIr hhvRUIng" "i pI"p"hIhE I"
,rlIcNo tho H"N"rnmrni from '"''h'f
,orir nI completion
prli,rIY II ttrn power Z" ~" I"'
,rumrnt - lta ruI'l.nho h} ih" '""r"hy
In Ihr n,,ni Ino r"wrf w"h ""l ~ 'rh''
an rI"r"s-h ~ tiy hl"h""" Company
wan nnIi T." hc 90 nh'"utnE" Ia ih"' II
,,,,uIi nn-t ,,ruru "u NANCY "l'""df =
iu,.-r,d hY Tho t",'innI'"l
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Ir ,ur,r.., ,yr uInuu nlOOf from i.li
:, T., ,,,,o ,h.,t We
'''' 80
a." deeply H'''''''"' '''"'
thinking Internationally nh v" never
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(By FRANK A. VANDERBILT

selfish attitude VIII ID" disabtTous 70
our own material welfare. but lt w
.r,, =, lac ..Ingh lct us be- lntelliKonuy
,o., ,r,o, Lo,n,,d. and under
" ,..,I,.,iou
hIhhhlhs o' f"''P' ,L a.
that Wo hr" lheh'Il'hDiy in'o''Su h'
world affairs
D.bts Of Allies 10 Us. s
TL, Great war Increased the internal
rrvonIoru - "no hundrad anh nrty-hys
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Ill. OPERATORS
EXPECT STRIKE.
SHOW WILLINGNESS
TO DISCUSS WAGES
Both Sides Have Pledged
Themselves to Observe
Scalc-Conference
Would Be Futile.

ch.car" Feb PA willingness 70
meet vlrr union leaders, although they
saw li,ttc hopc Of avertlns 4 strike. Was
expressed IN tho reply OF tho ILLINOIS
operators 20 a plea made to-day by John
L. Lewis, president or the United Mine
Workers ~ America. for four stats
Joint conference to negotiate new
wage scale in the central compSttivS
field comprising Illinois. Indiana, Onio'
md Western Pennsylvania.
We have we'll defined ideas a. 70
what we can and are willing TO pay our
miners and day laborcrs. and conditons
under which we arc willing TO make
now agreement. and we arc prepared -
any time TO discuss these questions COL
,rctiycly with all of the other operators
and miners OF tho central competitive
district. when such meeting has been
agreed upon, in accordance with the
,.,olution PASSED In New York. March
81. 1870" tho roply OF the Illinois opsr-
utOTn said.
Hsw Torh Mssnng.
Tho Naw York mceiins. II was az
pIninod was the ono AT which tho prss-
ont wnEo hg,ernrnt. which expires
March 81. was uinpIuh A. that limo
fl wun nnid n resolution wan ndopstn
Witch pr",idrd that prior I" tho oLpifa'
(Oonsinusd on raGs rouTtssn-)
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Hsw ToTh Meeting.
HIGH FLYING CLERK
HELD FOR FORGERY

'.ow work. Tch. ~ A sunptuovs
apartment on Irpor broadway. said pr
iho rnll,o 10 havo h"on maintained ~
Erunui \ Mlroi. young 2f-dollnr-S-
wock clark fur tho II"rdcn MIX Pro-
durir Company wnH cl''od today Whsn
MIrct WAS nrroHtod on charge or Krhnd
larceny preferred hv hiH employers.
Tho Spo,'n" charge against him 10
that ho raised mud cRsh"d I7b vouch-
"r Ito wnH hold In 1b."ho ball TO await
further Iulunii"n. During ths hst
Ihron years according 10 hstectvss
M,r,t hnr npont between 1000 and
$50 5000
In addition 20 the establishment On
broadway .th"v asserted that he main
rninci IA Bumu. homo on LoAG Island
and drove ~ costly automobile with al
tho arrrnrrrio. uhi'n '0n-iituts . ray
no
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Wsr virginia. CLOUDY with probably
showers W sdnsHdAy; warmer In oHtrsm"
east portion Thursday; OlsSr followed
nv much colder weather
ohio aud Western PannSYlVShiH: hAin
WsdnsadaY. ~Armsr In north p"rt"ni !
Thursday rain f"ll"Wad ~ clearing
,nd uuIh ,uldST
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American hnnnclrr ms doVo'ou
Of 10 ma
ut iho ir book What Ncrt IN Du
tho from personal oD"or'auoh
governments" leaders IN nn"p'o
Including American "otk'h
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IJSE DEBTS ALLIES owe US
To HEIP MAKE new EUROPE
IS THE IDEA OF VANDERBILT

american Fmanccr Believes tho Obligations ShoMd MOI
BE Cancelled, but Payment in Goods Would DO Ds'
astroun Wants to Employ Proceeds in Constructing
Great Works., Education and Other Vital Purpooee-
Warns That Hundred Percent Amercanlsm may
Mean Hundred Percent Provlnclasm m--Cnance 70
Take a Real Leadership in the Betterment OF Man
kind.
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TARIFF TRAINERS
HAVE TWO PLANS
AMERICA AN VALUATION
ADEII}ENTS HOLD ON
Provisions Before Committee
Would Tax Imports on
Comparable Cost OF
Production.

Wnr,IrErun Feb = Nr"I iwp
days row over American vnluntI"n. To
publican tlrIfr frnmcrr or th" h"ut"
and rrnnIo got down today 70 tho lh"iH
Of II pog-Ihlo compromise Tw" p'AnH
wcro HaId to have been pr"u"gcd with
the understanding that wh"n IN" HNna-
torr hnd decided on ono tll" house mcm-
bcrs would bc called In again.
Under ono Of the plans. as explained
by Chairman F"rdu"y. OF tho house
wavs and iucaus committee ad ValUr"m
duties OH imported merchandise conf
parable with American made goods
would be assessed ON tho hasis OF tho
value Of the domestic produced nrti-
clcs Imported goods not comparable
with American products would pay II
duty on tho basis or tho wholesale sell
Ing price "c thos" goods. In American
markets
wholenals Selling Basis.
The other plan. Mr. Fordr"y sad "aH
e.. n,arsH All ~ val"rcm duties on the
Ia,Ia ur 'hc wholesale p".'!nK price uf
the imported nIti.l"a In the markets. "'
ihr United state. TIlg ~ tho plan
proposed b., m"mh"rr "f the tariff COM
miaaI"n amt ihn 'uurt "f customs Hp
pruIs aaH wth considered at length by
IN" r.uni" nu.,u'" rnmIm'tt"" h"fui" -"
trrinIl,c nrIrrut'ui ""H reached i'hI
,yrk t. accept IT," piIr,irIr ~ foreign
,.IuniIuu with holrrerlng pIoNiH'"n e
'"r rr", IaiIurd Nm"II',n }nlu"i
iIr.il.Io Ialrr anal iu'Irnnch r'i"n .
.t,o.rd dul' I" u'"i tr"' Iu' '""".
,,ura 'u i.n1o hr".ithr niu'ul D. Ih'
.,rr.I,Il"r ur '"Il'u,, :" f"i"Ig"
.,utu,iIi'7
chairman r,,In,. ',d.. "r"A that l."
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rcrIn.nIuT conn htailI"G r''''"'" "''
III, conference declared f"I n"i"' lh'"
In tho ON gnulAali"n "f mlnI" ""' '"'"'
,.u,mItionn
Tho rnurcrru,n drririCd TN nii"T '"h
bent bc n,rnmullHhod by united I"''''''
n,tInn ,uIIcd to tho rn'ullnl '"n'I''"hn
,ud urrdr nr cnrh uocllUn nnh ri'l"
tnIlunnlIy known Nurlnlinln ln''" "i'hH
MnIrIp IIlluulI nuh william = I"'''''
rr New work.. nui victor E"IE"' "'
Nllwnukrr. nIuElrd with i"i""""n'H
,I,c- ur ruuEcIvntlvo farmer "'Enn'i'
rinuu nnd lnh"r uul"nH. 'r'0hIn: 'n IA"
paurn meeting With IonJHmIn Z. M''''.
or tho Fnrru~rT %Htl"nnl t"uu'i.
'rn,yuIcy. nr tho Non rnrii"nn I'"aEuo,
John " Wnlhcr. uroHidcnt or IN" lIh-
rnIu Federation Of Labor. nnd l'r
Frederic T. IIOwc. former commissioner
Of immigration. of New York WiInan
It. johnston. president Of In" Inter
national Association OF MachIn'F'-, was
chairman
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"lth"H""h az I" "hn' h'" h"Pl'"'"
appeared 10 hKreo tonight thhI ih'
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MELLON EAVORS
|NF E. SALES TAX
TREASURY CHARGE. IS
URGED FOR BONUS
Secretary of Treasury Rcllcr~
alcs Opposition to Bonus
at pis Time.

rn.hInyruu Fob - Tho sc,cn Ito
rurllrnnn ur tho huuuo wnYr rud m"hnn
committee who oro ,hnrEoh with H"lv-
INK tho rr"hlcp "r financing III" H"l-
,Irorn hnnun Ato,t To- got down 10 hrnnn
rn,Rn tuuorr 'hnrrmnn i'"rduoy n"id
today inter I'M. S.Comml'i""m"n hnh h"h
another rrncrat 'dlr,upri"u "r tho wh"io
uucrtlnu wlrh Secretary MOIl"n.
Tho trcnuury Ho,r"inry wan heard u" ".
hind rIuurd duura. hut Ia" wa" unh"r -
stood 10 have taken ruhH'hntl"Ily IN"
-,,po roultIon TINT hc dld at M" op' u
hearings two w""kF ago when u" '"'t-
Grated hts ot.po-iiIon o. bonus nt tn'r
,l,pe hut dcrlnrcd thnt n such loEiEla-
Mn waa TO ho passed It Rhould b" m
e,rcd nv a s,aloa Of Eorno othcr form or
taxation.
Profor Sailor Tax
Asked what tho treasury would DO =
cougress passed a eonTs bill as "a gen
cral charge against tho treasury. Mr.
Mellon was said to have replied that
tho amount would be paid by issuing
short term certificates. He opposed thia
form OF NnauC!ug however. on tho
ground that Il might effect tho interest
rates on the rcrund!ng OF certificates
due in 1928 som" members of the COM
ru!t:re quoted the secretary as saying m
substance that as hctwcen n sales tax
or bond Issue for III" bonus no would
recommend the former.
Members oC tho subcommittee "ou!o
not ant!c!patr committee action but the
general belief AZ tho capitol continued
to ho that ,nmc form "' sales or man
ururtu!crS tax would b" recommended
II Was pulrt"d ou' In som" quarters that
with President Harding opposed 20 h"th
the nrirlua! tux rr"Ernm "iggeht'd ana
t. ihr 'sruc 81 nundH. ia" h"id hnd been
nnIruy,rd 10 IA raIrn tax "r thn drafting
nr "A measure that would 10 general
rhnIgr nn tho iUcnnurN.