The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-03

but who, being scoldcd, will decline 10
benefit Palestine. with the benefit to
ones self so clearly. in sight? E. One
might venture 10 predict that il and
when portion of the Palestine Loan
is offered here. n few Jews will he
found who will make the supreme Sacri-
flee and. with appropriate guarantees.
join the ranks of the Builders Of Zion.
to the Glory Of Israel,
The Bond issue Is not the only Pal
cstinc investment project To he peddled
about town. II is notorious that with
all the hue and cry about safe and sane
Investments as alternatives for or COM
Kercn Ilayesod. the Nuremberg cOnces-
sion. by and large the soundcst pos
siblc investment. has not begun to draw
the capital expected and required.
months here in an effort to interest
people. Everybody seemed tremendous
ly interested. All concerned promised
and pledged. The Zionist Organization
has been trying to convert the promises
into cash The Palestine evelopmcnt
Council has been trying to cash the
pledges. They have met with partial
Armed truce between Zionists is pre-
foro hIn IN nance with nnp. ./innists =
That sort OF peace means mere pas
sivity. absence of conflict want of re-
sistancc. Between Zionists. even after
II quarrel. there is greater love than he
tween Zionists and non-ZiOnists. who
had not fought together or fought one
another. None fought the Zionists
hattie harder than the late Peter j.
SchwcitZer. He was the most loyal of
comrades to those men who before the
Cleveland conflict led the Zionist forces
But none fought these same leaders
with greater ruthlcssness and self
righteousness than did SchweitZer
And yet. few non-Zionists friends were
ms profoundly grieved at his premature
death as were his Zionist "enemies'' OF
the Palestine Development Council
DIR. Stephen S. Wise. Judge Julian W.
Mack and Jacob deHans Judge Mack
came to the funeral. Mr.. deIIaas gave
expression to his keen sense of personal
lOss-and DIR. Wise was principal
mOurner at the Memorial meeting Mt
Cooper Union Thursday evening.
In some circles Dr. Wise presence
at this meeting was hailed as his first
public appearance. since the Cleveland
Convention. at Zionist gathering
This may he historically true. but is
not actually so. DIR. Wise has been
meeting Zionists of the Zionist Organ
iZatiOn right along. He is meeting them
constantly as Chairman of the Execu
tive Committee of the American Jewish
Congress. And neither he nor the Or
ganizatiOn Zionists are one whit worse
for the experience He evidently misses
the Zionist masses as much us they
miss him. DIR. Wise hungers not only
ltT u. VI tHt
kind that is not vOuchsafcd when one
is working with II body of Zionists and
nOn.ZiOnists." If an end is made to
the armed truce. and peace is firmly
Dr. Wise will have had something to
do with it.
Despite the impaticncc with the un-
emotional Jew. Zionist work Is at the
height of the season. The Zionist Or
ganizatiOn is endcavOring to roll up n
large membership. Louis I.ipsky has
just returned from an extended trip
which took him as far west as Min
neapOlis. and he estimates the Organ
izntiOn will he able to report forty
per cent increase in membership at the
next convention. The Organization Is
experimenting with simple eNpetlient,
asking every enrolled Zionist to secure
from among his social and business
friends five new members. The Keren
HayesOd has had successful campa ign
in Massachusetts. and reports daily
progress in the collection. The cash
total announced December 10 was 81
477,054.SS. Remembering the frequent
reproach that the Keren Hayesod is in
active. the weekly summary is conclu-
sve proof that what the public thinks
or believes ii thinks is not always so.
The Fund has suffered because its
reach has always exceeded its grasp.
There is the perennial quota for state
and city and the somewhat elusive re-
suit. But DIR. Schmarya Levin is CON
than ever before, and he does not re-
gret his coming again. DIR. Arthur
Rupin. with sublime patience of his
| German training and tried In the cru