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The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
WAR RECORD OF GERMAN
JEWS AN ANSWER TO
ANTS AGITATION.
(Jewish Telegraph Agency.

Hamberg. Nov. 1G.-rhc Bremen
branch of the Union Of Jewish cx-sol-
dicrs in Germany had issued the fol-
lowing statement in answer to the anti
Semitic allegations that the Jews had
not done thcir duty during the war:
According to the last census. there
were in Germany 5:EI.0OO German
Jews (forciGn Jews are not counted.
since they We're not eligible for mill
tary hcrvice), S4."52 Jews enlisted.
that is 1J.3 per cent. or one ont of
every six to seven Jews.
OF the S4.352 Jewish soldiers. 10000
C2 per cent? We're volunteers. IS per
cent went TO the front II per cent fell
in battle, :5.4 per cent were decorated
for valor (29.S74). 23.2 per cent
cent were raised to the rank of officer
(2.O22). These figures have been com
piled by the Record office in Berlin.
fhe number of Jews who fell in the
war was:
In Dortmund out of total Jewish
population of 5000, - (2.J per cent? :;
in Hanover. out of II total Jewish popu-
lation of 400. 80 g per cenD : in Er-
furt. out of II total Jewish population
of 500. 2S I:;.J per cent in Biclfcld,
ont of total Jewish population of
S47. 26 (3.1 per cent: in Bremen, out
of total Jewish population of l.3Oo
20 lG.9 per cent? were at tn" front, IS
fell in battle and five We're awarded the
iron cross. first class.
Dietrich Eckart, editor of the Mum
ich anti-Semitic weekly. "Auf gut
DeutSch.' offered a prize of 1000
marks for proof that any Jewish family
ever had three sons at the front for
three consecutive weeks. Rabbi DR..
FrcIlnd Of Hanover sent in II list of
twenty Jewish families in this com
munity alone who answered to the de-
ScriptiCn. Or. Frcund also sent in a
list of fifty families who had seven
sons each at the front, and each of
whom lost three sons in battle. Diet
rich Eckart paid over to DR.. Frcund
the sum offered as prize, and DR..
Frcund had it distributed among Jew
| ish welfare organizations.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
SAMUEL Halls HEBREW
RENAISSANCE IN CHANU-
kA ADDRESS.
(Jewish Telegrnrhic AgencyD

GJewish Tel.cranhir Agency
Jerusalem, December G.-Sir Her
bert Samuel, principal speaker at Il
ChnnuEah celebration in T"lAviv, paid
tribute 10 the enduring powers Of the
Jewish race. its contribution to the
arts and 10 commerce. and hailed the
Hebrew Renaissance in Palestine.
The High Commissioner apolOgiZcd
FOR his inability I" deliver all of his
address in Hebrew He took this oc-
casion 10 diSpcl the gloom in certain
Jewish quarters over The modest prog
rcSS of the Jewish effort in Palestine.
DiScouniing the i'll forcbodings the
High Commissioner said that Palestine
had already inscribed upon its portals
BE strong in hope all We who enter
here"
Sir Herbert denied the Jews in Pal
cStinc intended Ia cause Il social up
hcaval. saying he had found the bulk
of the Jews We're living modeStly
enough. stunning extravaganza while
at the same time not permitting them
selves 10 fall under the apathy and in
activity characteristic of cer,ain sec
lions of the East.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
HIGHEST JEWISH RAILWAY
OFFICIAL IN PALESTINE
DISMISSED

JcruSalcm.-.ToSeph Aksler. trntiic
manager of the Palestine railways. has
been asked to resign. no reason being
given for the dismissal.
Mr. Aksler was on" of the highest
Jewish officials in the country He
came here from Egypt, where he had
mad n long and successful career as
railway administrator. Announcement
of his resignation has been received
wi surprise and regret, especially in
Jewish circles.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
SOLDIERS CELEBRATE
CHANNUKAH
(Jewish Telegraph Agency.

New York.-A special army and navy
Chnnukah service was held Sunday
under the auspices of the Jewish Vel
fare Board. at he Young Mems Hebrew
Association. Lexington !Avenuc and
Nincty-Sccond Street. Rabbi II. Field
visiting rabbi of the Jewish Welfare
Board for New York and vicinity. pre-
sided The speakers We're Rear Ad
miral Charles y. plun,:eft. command
ing the Third Naval District and the
RrcoElyn Navy Yard. Colonel Charles
Gcrhardt. Commandant of Fort Jay.
Governors Island. and Chaplain NJ. II
Withcrspoon of the L. :. s. Colorado.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
ia GET JEWISH SCHOOL
DIPLOMAS

The 100 graduating students Of the
Florence Marshall Schools and the -
graduates of The Hebrew High School
werc greeted as future leaders of Jews
in Nm address by Louis Marshall in
Stuyvesant lIigh school.
Yours is the spirit Of the Macca-
bacans of old" he told them, II spirit
that il too seldom noticed in these days
of little faith.''
BERNARD Scmel, DR. S. Hcnderlv. 10
Scph Biugin. principal Of the Jewish
High Schools. and Israel Konowiiz
principal of the Florence Marshall
Schools. spoke. Diplomas were distrib-
u,cd by Mrs. Is.acl Untcrburg.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20

NJ. Segal. The campaign will extend
to Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado
Springs, Trinidad, Cheyenne and Cas-
per. The campaign in Denver will
probably begin Jan. Is, 1924. The
local committee in charge of the drive
VIII include, in addition to those al
ready mentioned, the following: NJ.
l.. Anfepger, DIR. NJ. J.. Krohn, R. H.
Block, Simon Quiat, Louis Adelman,
o. Livermore Colorado Springs), M.
II. Block, Jos. II. Harrison, c. Rosen-
baum, Aaron Friedman, A. B. Hirsh-
field, S. Priess, NJ. J. Baum, Benz.
Koperl'k (Pueblo), Melvin Schles-
niger, Mrs. A. Leight, B. l.. Solomon,
Mildren h Block, DR.. |. d. Bronfin,
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20

w. H. Goldberg, Rabbi Bergman tPu-
eblo), Max Shradsky, Mrs. c. II.
Kauvar, Morris Sarensky. This will
constitute the executive committee.
With the requirement of the great
Nathan Elkan Adler library, the Jew
ish Theological Seminary of America
has become the Jewish cultural center
of the world. This statement is made
upon the authority of DIR. Cyrus
Adler, acting president of the institu
ton, honorary vice-chairman of the
campaign which the seminary is now
conducting throughout the country for
a S1,000,OO0 endowment fund. The
10000 volumes and 1000 manuscripts,
many of them dating as far back as
The tenth century of the Christian era,
some of them written in the year 900,
which are now being unpacked and
classified by Prof. Alexander Marx, on
he top floor of the Seminary building
on West I23d ST., New York City, and
added to the already significant col
ection already installed there make
he Jewish Seminary library the
greatest in the world, as well as the
.rreatest in history and historic sig
uificancc and value.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
JEWISH DEPUTY
OF POLAND TO VISIT US
lIcwish Telegrarh Agencvl


Warsaw. December G.-Itabhi Josias
Thon, chairman of the Jewish Depu-
ties Clubs .in the Polish Sejm, has re-
signed from that office because he is
leaving for America. Deputy DIR. 1.cCn
Reich of Lcmberg is to become the
head of the Jewish Scjm club.
DIR. Thon's visit 10 America is at the
invitation of the Zionist executive to
participate in the work of The Kcrcn
Hayesod and also 10 gather funds for
he Hebrew school system in Poland.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
Seminary Campaign To
Be Launched Soop
Colorado and Wyoming Committee
Organized.

At meeting held Tuesday after
noon material plans were made for
the conduct in Colorado and Wyoming
of the campaign for the million dollar
endowment fund for the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of America. Prelim-
mary plans were made by committee
consisting of Abner Wagman, chair
man; Louis Stern and S. Heller, vice
chairmen; A. y. Cowen, secretary;
David Harlem, treasurer; DIR. G. B.
Spivak, Rabbi c. H. Kauvar, E. j.
Wittelshoffer, David Rosner and Paul
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
Capacity of Palestine

"The capacity of Palestine to absorb
large numbers of our people is much
greater than many are inclined to
think. much greater than appears on
the surface Many Of its rccources and
possibilities have aS YET been scarcely
touched. The land has great agricul-
tural possibilities. To this fact we
have had expert testimony of Prof.
Elwood Mead, one of your foremost
colonization experts. who has just
completed n survey of our own work
in Palestine. II has minerals: it can
grow tobacco, it could develop n
great textile industry; it can become
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20

what is equally. if not more important.
is the fact that Palestine shines rs Il
beacon of hope to our dcSpairing people.
imhuing them with the courage and
morale which are Indispensable 10
them if they are 10 bear. without go
ing under. their burden Of misery and
humiliation.
When we consider thnt. with the
limited means at our disposal. and in
the face of enormous difficulties, We
have been able. for the last two or
three years, to send into Palestine n
monthly average Of between 500 and
1000 immigrants. thereby saving ont
of the European inferno considerable
part % If the flower of our manhood and
womanhood il is reasonable to assume
That an increase in effort today. on he
half OF the Jewish national home, will
mean Il more than proporti0nate in
crease in The number; thar We can
Saycs For il must he remembered that
ia the task of bnilding up the homeland
the frs; obstacles are the greatest. The
effort which has been thrown into the
overcoming of these obstacles. can now
he thrown undoubtedly into positive
work. the work of reconstruction.
Every effort that is now made. will 90
toward the increase of thhc Palestine
quota. Ii is cnly necessary that we
approach the TASK with the magina-
tion and the spirit OF Sclf-sacrificc com
mcnSuratr with The greatness Of our
cause. And there is one fundamental
difference between the quota of Jews
admitted into Palestine, nd the quota
admitted into any other country: and
for Palestine is entirely in our own
hands.
There is another difference between
Palestine us the place Of refuge and
any other country. In Palestine the
immigrant Jews are building mp com
plote economic unit. They are NOT con-
ccntrntcd in any iSinglc department
of the economic life Of the country.
And this means that. as unit. they
are ind, ,."ndcnt-thcy are beyond the
reach of malice: pressure cannot be
brought aga inst them fy means of n
hoycott-aS is the case III certain other
,ounriicS. for they are building up Il
complete system which can function
alone.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20

He who has mere knowledge than
good words. is like tree with many
branches and few roots. which the first
wind throws on its face, while he who
does more than he says is like tree
win strong roots and few branches,
which all the winds CannOt uproot.-
Pirkey Aboth.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
The Position in Europe

During the half year which has
elapsed since my last visit | have been
in intimate contact with the European
situation. particularly rs it effects the
Jewish people. In the process of diSin-
tcgrltion which is disturbing Europe
and making its effects felt in every
part Of the globe, the scattered Jewish
people is playing n tragic role; the
Jewish people is acting as EurOpc's
shCck-absorber. Every uphcaval which
is occa stoned Icy the redistribution of
forces. whether they he national or
economic. finds its first victim in the
Jews. We need 20 no further than
Germany to find an illustration of this
unfortunate truth. In cities which have
had Jewish communities for many
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
Not With Resolutions

But we mus not deceive ourselves.
We will not he able to create cur Ma
tonal Home with resolutions. II it
We're merely question OF drafting
beautiful resolutions. it would be an
easy matter. II is much more im2or-
tant to decide what are the means and
ways of strengthening our position in
the country so that crr resolutions may
acquire meaning and value.
Recent Achievements In Palestine
THE Jewish position in Palestine has
been strengthened. The simple record
of work accomplished within the past
three years. in the teeth of consider
able difficulties will conTincc any i'm
unrtinl pprson hat we have mudc big
: rides forward which cntitle Us to
feel encouraged. We have created tif-
teen new colonies. number of which
are rich in new experiences and dis
covcrics. Our Chalutzim have learned
much when founding them. The dis
cCvcricS will help us in creating hun
dredS of colonies made. We have in
creased the urban settlements; new
suburbs have been built in Haifa, Jaffa,
Jerusalem and Tiberias. Tel Aviv WAS
the pioneer and example. The new
suburbs and the new settlements w:ro
much easier TO create and those that
will follow will he created still more
ensily.
The first electrical station has ben
built. We have transformed 4 soil
which has become devastated by the
neglect of centuries into sites of smil-
! Continued on page y
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20

Address of Rabbi +. s. Halpern. 2nd
floor. 15S Rivingtcn Street, New York
City. Mail address: General Delivery.
Suffolk Station T.. o., New York City.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
Thursday, December 20, 1923
Dr. Chain Weizmann, President of World Zionist
Organization, Deliuers Notable Address
at Hotel Astor New York

hundreds Of years, in which Jews lave
played an honorable and useful part
almcSt since their foundation. yOu find
today such ouimIrstS of anti ScmiiiSm
that Jews are actually in danger of
their lives. In Berlin, in Nuremberg
in Munich. there have hfrn murler0uS
attacks on Jews. From the last city
nearly two hundred Jewish families
were expelled 10y an autocraiic ukaSe
which recalls vividly he worst that
the Russian Bureaucracy once in;ii'ted
on the Jews. ON bElnkct Indictment
which vcilcd bnt thinly The lowest anti
Semitic passions, these Jews. men
women children. were diSpoSScSSed and
driven forth. to find refuge Wherever
they could. Tn" peopl" Cf Germany.
bro.icn and humiiiatel by defeat. are
venting their feelings upon the Jew
Before the war. before. This new ad-
justmcnt OF Europe WaS prccipitatcd.
it was known that in general the river
NiStuia was the line of d"marcation in
mcnt Of the Jews. Today tha; line has
shifted from the Vistnla to the Rhine.
And who knows whe.hnr that line will
stop there?
"'rhc Jews bavc becn caught in the
cogs Of EUropc's complicated machin-
cry Every movement Of the machine
grinds them between lis mcrci'cSs
wheels. If there existed in Europe the
possibility Of free movement. we should
he faced today with The spectacle of
masses Of Jews roaming hopclcsSly ana
aimlcssly.
Is There \ Remedy 4?
We fully realize that for such n
catastrophe situation there is no cffec
tive general remedy which can work
completely and without less of time
Emigration in such large masses as to
solve the problem is impossible today.
The quotas are everywhere full. And
even the most optimistic view in regard
to the possibilities of Palestine does not
envisage the movement of such large
iElS>'S us eile'liN'lE 10 Ftil'N' liit li'S-
sure which is everywhere eNcrted on
the Jewish people. Nevertheless, has
ing our observation on the experience
of the last three or four years. we "r"
justified in the belief that Palestine
can, with the proper amount of effort,
become capable in frc near future of
absorbing considerable Plumbers of ref
ugceS. Ii is incumbent on us who are
where law and ORDER are still respected
to provide at least some measure of re-
lief to our unhappy pe0plc. In rerard
to the European situation of the Jews,
effective measures of alienation. And
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
Advertiser Has Message of Interest For You

the mast attractive tourist center in
the world. The geographical posi-
tion of Palestine. lying as ii does on
the crossroads of the worlds great
commercial highways. constitutes one
Of It's great advantages. 1t is as yet
none Of these things because we have
not rs yet approached the question Of
rebuilding on the proper scale. If We
were to bring hundred thousand new
Immigrants into Palestine and find ave
nucS of employment for them we could
automatically find a place for second
hundred thousand. and the second hun
dred thousand would mike place for II
third, etc. The effort to bring in the
third hundred thousand would he much
less than the effort to bring in either
of the first Two hundred thousands. The
history of immi mi.sration into the United
States proves that years of preparation
'iIn' HrSl uHrllS WHICH ln' nHHll"'r Dl
immigrants was small. Later The num-
ber rose 10 enormous proportions. II is
not u question of space. hut Of capital.
which the Jews can easily raise if they
are many captains of industry who un-
dcrstand how to develop new coun-
try. especially when n in the case of
Palestine a large body of experience
decades.
Political Situation
THE work of building mp the Jewish
homeland is governed by one funda
by the Mandate which has been ac-
ceptcd by Great Britain, and which
was ratified recently by the League Of
Nations II is this Mandate. based in
its turn upon The RalfOur Declaration,
which has enabled us to pursue our
work in Palestine on a scale and at n
rate which is Unprecedented in Zionist
history. | want To repeat solemnly that
have the utmost confidence in the
British people and the british Govern
ment. am convinced that they will
scripulously observe their side Of the
bargain. / have faith in the Mandate
which has been signed hy fifty-onc ma
tions. ! believe there is such thing
as "A world conscience. The enactment
Of the Mandate is an Indication of the
existence nf this world conscience. We
did not obtain our rights with the
sword or with guns, or with threats:
we have no army or navy: we drew our
strength solely from the justice Of our
cause Few of the questions which
have been dealt with by the Leagnc Of
Nations have produced such unanimity
as the question of the Mandate. The
Mandate is n fact. 1t is true that in
England and elsewhere there are Il
number of opponents of the Jewish
Homeland, hut are there not opponents
amongst the Jews themselves: T" an
enterprise such rs ours. Unprecedented
and remarkable in its nature as il is,
opposition is 10 he expected. ENper.
icnce. however. has taught us that this
opposi, ion wancS in proportion as our
achievement in Palestine grows greater.
This does not. however, mean that
we are satisfied with all the British
decisions with respect to Palestine and
with every action of the AdminiStrn-
tion there. And in resolution cz-
pressed in hignified and adequate terms
we registered ut the last Zionist Con- I
grcss our views and sentiments on
those phases of British policy on which
we are entitled to demand sa!isfac- (
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20
Address Of Dr. Weizmann

tell you with What pleasure it was that
set out for.'thc third time to visit
your great country. I have carried
away with me. from all previous visits,
generous welcome which was accorded
to me by the Jews of this country. and
of the extreme courtesy with which l
was treated by all, Jews and non-Jcws,
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-12-20

Al n public reception in his homer.
Hotel. New York, by = Committee Of
One Hundred which comprises the out
standing Jewish personalities in the
United States, Chain WeiZmann. Pres
iion. now on his third visit To this
country. made II stirring plea to the
leaders nf all sections of his people
here 10 mite for the reminding of the
ing The Jewish Agency provided for in
the Palestine Mandate. DIR. WciZmann
depicted the tragic plight Of his people
in Europe 10 whom Palestine Is the only
Of the hig strides forward. which the
Jews have already made in Palestine
and after reporting that the Jcwrics of
other countries have already signilicd
their readiness Ia join The Agency for
Palestine. he concluded his address
with n direct appeal 10 the different
groups which constitute the Jewish pco
pie in the United States ito unite fer
Palestine" and togcthcr move forward
to "achicvcmcnt and fuliillmcnt.''
Among those on the Committee of
one Hundred which welcomed DIR.
WoiZmann are Louis Marshall. Oscar
Straus. Samuel Tntcrmycr. President
Of ihe Kcrcn lIaycsod: Judge, Irving
Lehman OF the Court OF Appeals of
New York Morris Rothcnhcrc. Chair
man of thc Eoard of tho Kercn Ilayc-
sod f: Judge OTTO Rosalsky, Louis Lips
Ky. Chairman of the Zionist Organiza-
tion. and leading Jews all over the
country.
The address of Dr. Wcizmann fol-
lows:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-26
TIE nERNARp MISSION

Did you ever hear Of tho Bernard
Mission. located In tho south end Of
Seattle. at 1907 10th 81
This little mission was started by
Mrs Gladys Bernard. and was later
taken over by tho First Presbyterian
church. and IL now presided over BY
a real angel OF mercy In the person
OF Miss Louis. Talbot. Ehe IL dolng
wonderful service In the foreign
colony. which makes up the greater
portion OF tho district
The community has recently added
a new hall. which Ia being unod as
a gymnasium and a pince % assem-
bly, at tho mission. II yoa are look.
ing for q place 10 DO service or put
10 good advantage your small change
you cAnno, do better than TO place u
In the hands % this little lady. Ths
hills surrounding the mission fairy
reek with poverty. disease and mis-.
fortune. Might and day this little
Florence Nightingale Of bernard
Mission administers to the sick and
needy OF the district
One little belfast lady. living alone
sincs tho death Of hsr husband. has
hren saved from the county hospital
for month";. but the work has grown
TO such an extent she with have 10
go unless 1850 a week can 10 pro-
yided 10 enahl. another poor lady 20
como In and car. for her. Ther- are
many other cases where assistance f.
direiy needed. Miss Talbot has added
kindergarten teaching % her many
otlssr vacations. Poor mothers leave
their little tots with her while they
seek work 20 keep the wolf from
tho door. n you wish 70 aid Mlas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-26
Woman Leads 60
Chinese Bandits

HoNGKONG. Jan. 2e.--As an af-
termath OF recent raid by Chinese
pirates upon n river boat plying bo-
yond Mncao. soldiers are hunting for
the widow OF Bun Pei-sen. a former
wealthy merchant An English off,
oid. who was among the 20 paanen-
gers robbed by tho pirates. recog-
nikcd IN their leader Mime. Sun Pei
sen. who was drcnsed In masculine
costume. Her followers treated their
viotims with the utmost respect. but
shot two sailors who were slow In
obeyinE their command.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-26
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Il was In the Kingston hospital In
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I atm take a tablet now and then.
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Such a treatment r. now obtain
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prepared from the glands Of healthy
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-26
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