The Denver Jewish news., 1923-09-13

| uIicd there. The whole framework of
social and political relief-the work of
men with an eye to the report. II SORT
of feeding of mournalistic vultures. II
pound of investigation to every ounce
of relief. IL yard of reporting to every
inch of help or counsel. coming and
going and II thunderolls prOnounccment
of hastily formed Judgments. feverish
rush to make the Judgments known to
IN exrectant world. opinions delivered
with the .inali,y of verdicts, the i'm
presSiveness of oracles. judgments
ments.
The bridge is of paper.
On top of all "A multiplicity of Of
fees and titles. an interlocking of di-
rectorships.
What good. asks lie whom for our
avn comfort we call a destructive
Well. there are supposed to be facts
and figures. There is the Jewish sit
uation abroad. The situation is so and
50 todny 1t was different II year or
two ago. And. demands the critic. point
If you can to some measure of sub
stantjnl and permanent relief. to the
notwithstanding effect of all this ami
matcd a<ovity You point TO Jewish
reconstruction in the European conn
tries that were most hopelessly strick-
on. The snail-likc pace Is supposed TO
be auguring more progress later on,
Meantime. there is Il dread emptiness
aiVl nm inactivity. Depleted during the
wars and the mnssacres. Jewish work
shops are idle and Jewish hands take
| fo. speculation. which is nothing hut a
fishing in the air. While waiting for
American dollars. whether the contri
button Of the public or the individuals
relative or friend. erstwhile hard
working Jews live by taking in one
nnoihers washing An unsteadiness
and temperatures continues to make
the life of nearly all Jewish COM
muniiics years after their non-Jcwish
reighbors had gotten down to rebuild
ing and replanting. Many talk of
agricultural and urban settlements. of
facilitating credits with sums repeat
etl!y estimated in the billions of marks
or kroneIA but all the time there is
ycarning after the perennial immi-
grafton quota to the United States.
Hydra-headed committees, unions.
declarations of committees. are supervis-
ing these activities abroad. issuing con-
flictine reports, coordinnting bodies get
into the way of each other. for every
undertaking there is committee charg-
ed with doing the work. responsible to
n committee charged with supervising
the committees doing of the work, in
turn answerable to joint conference
which is answerable to n quarterly.
seini-anual or annual meeting charged
with bringing order out of the chaos.
and succeeding because of the multi
p!icity of offices and officers in iTcreas
ing the chaos and confusion. a mill
tary chain of responsibility weighing
down the tired Jew-a democracy
which finds only expression in intcrmit-
tent Congresses"
Despairingly your cynic leaves the
economic field and looks inquiringly
into the so-called political field. Jews
in most countries in Europe. have been
guaranteed certain rights under the
peace treaties. Agencies We're set mp
for safe guarding of these rights. But
because Jewish unity is n sham eN-
ploitable by the .Iew-haitcr. and because
in place of cooperation there is a per-
sistcnt clnmor about the necessity of
unity. Jewish rights are violated right
and left. Pledges are cynically discard
ed on the ding pile and written guar
antces torn into scraps of paper.
EVERYWHERE feeling of defeatism
and futility has fatigucd the best of
our men. The HercuIean task of keep
ing heads of states to their 'plighted
trotl'' il left to one or two individuals
in Paris who are not even armed with
the proper authorization. who can only
preach to the winds. Idiosyncracics
of individuals in London play havoc
with dearly purchased rights. while
heavily laden Jewish hearts sigh and
abandon tine task.
1t is customary to ask at the end
nf :, po ,t inuIo ,Jy plnouy rayipN whpth
ci' it is not true that it is darkest be-