The Denver Jewish news., 1922-12-06
BY GERSHON AGRONSKY
copyrighted, 1922. Jewish Correspondence
Bureau.

BY GERSHON AGRONSKY
copyrighted. 1922; Jewish Correspondence
French love for the ''martyred"
Poles was given another string last
Tuesday evtning by II. Clemenceau.
who very nearly broke the footlights
of the Metropolitan Opera state In
his effort to express his deep-felo nf-
fection for Pan Paderewski who. ac-
cortling to the Tigers lights. embodie:'
Polish nobility. love of justice. liberty
and, fraternity. Several times in the
course of his speech Clemencenu turn
ed to the box which Paderewsll oc-
cupied. calling the diplomatic pianist
to witness that France had done Its
utmost TO satisfy the claims of the
tweny some nations that besiegetl the
Feace Confertnce clamoring for natiOn-
al restitution. Other people were un-
officially represented at the Opera
House that night. hut none so prom
ine1t as to call for special mention
by the Tiger. And when poor Greek
made feeble attempt to voice his in
dignation Mt the French pact with
the Kemalists. thtrc was another Greea
deplece the unofficial Greek observer
was unccrimoniously hut firmly es
corted by two plain-clothes men to
the nearest exist
or course. one hardly expected
Clemenccuu to take :,Jl.ce OF the
Jews, whose representatives were also
at the Peace Conference, demanding
justice more or less proudly asserting
their right to nu .ionul rehabilitation.
1t is just possible that in Clemen-
ceau's the Jews are beneath notice.
hut 1t is altogether impossible that
the French war premier. who was a
purity to s0 many bargaids uad cous-
tcrbargains, an accompliee to the
scrapping Of Us many treaties as he
helped to write. and 10 the seuttling
of as many hopes as he helped to
rOuse-that Clemenceau has rather
guilty conscience about the Jews az
IA people. 1t is not that the French
Jews have any palpable grievance.
but in all this trouble IN the near
East which has had II decided reper-
cussiou in Palestine. leading TO such
confusion In the minds of so many
good Jews who are apparently 100
eager to see their hopes frustrated
that in all this Clemenceau has had
the lions share. 1I
Roumania has a very watchful en-
vOy at Washington. He is SO oh
servant that nothing appearing in the
Jewish press in this country about
I,oumania escapes his excellency's at
telJion. And he is as threatening
us he is keen. No sooner Is there
II report of mistreatmelt of Jews in
I:Oumania than the Washington envoy
p.unges into rambling discussion of
that repot always attempting to
question its veracity. ever asseverat-
ing. but never, never proving.
He did this in the case of the
amlestied Jewish prisoner who were
shot by the military authorities sew
cral months ago. And when the news
was published of excessive rOwdyism
and anti Semitic disturbances occur
ring during the Coronation in all
parts of Roumania, particularly In
NJ Moldavid.t the gentleman from Buch-
urest hasteled to issue a broadside.
Gcnouncing the reports as untrue. AS
eter. he was prepared to admit that
something resembling the occurrence
reported might have taken place. but
II it did. and he seemed to have very
grave doubt on the subject. 1t was the
fault of Jewish communists.
1t seems pity the Roumanan En-
lassy at Washington does not read
the papers from home. If the Charge
d'Affaires had taken she trouble to
peruse the accounts in the "Opinia
Of Otober 21. the ''Adeverul' of Oc'.
IS, the "Diminieata' of Oct. %, the
"Aurora" of Oct. %. the ''Indreptarea'
of Oct. 23-all trustworthy Roumanian
organs-he would have had less to
say about Jewish provocation and per
haps Il trifle more about his Govern-
ment's connivnnce of outrages which
the entire Roumaninn press deplore>
and abhors
The satisfies of Jews 50 ably com
piled by DIR. Linfield OF the Bureau
Of Social Research and published i'll
the American Jewish Year Book for
1923. assume far greater signii'cnnce
when compared with the number OF