The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-14
BOX PEACE PLAN A DISAP-
POINTMENT SAYS MA
THAN J. MILLER IN AD-
DRESS.


Declaring the Box Peace Plan a dis
appointment. Nathan ]. Miller chair
man of the New York Executive COM
mittee of the Union of American He
brew Congregations, in an address be-
fore the congregation of Mt. Neboh
Temple of Washington Heights yester-
day. said that treaty making as peace
guarantee is as failure. After all, he
observed, n treaty is nothing but an
agreement amongst Il few diplomats,
all of whom have been sparring for
weeks and possibly for months to Sc
cure the best he can in the deal for
his own country. And in the present
case in repa rations and agreements, he
added. one cannot have high regard
for his neighbors if those neighbors are
mortgaeing his income and his chill
dren's and his childNns' children's.
simply because their grapdfather and
great-grandfather made miscalcula-
tionS. The only security for peace as
Mr.. Miller sees ii, is through spirit
,inl regeneration of the peoples of the
world.
Mr. Miller. in his address, said in
part:
But l think the men who are striv-
ing TO look beneath the surface of
things, are coming and more to the
conclusion that such settlements and
solutions, are of no lasting avail.
think. 100. the peace plan that won the
Box prize. has proven. if anything.
disappointment TO those of MS who were
possibly expecting too much.
For there is no sense in fooling our
selves, and the sooner we come to the
conclusion that our trobles are not to
be solved in an old-fashioned way. the
better. We have tried treaties now for
hundreds and hundreds of years and
they have all fallen down. and prob
ably of necessity so. inasmuch as after
all treaty is nothing hut an agree
mcnt amongst few diplomats. all Of
whom have been negotiating and spar
4 ring for weeks, and possibly months, to
secure the best he can in the deal. for
his own country. if
/ For finally, after all. as will prob
ably he the present case in rcparations
al.d agreements, when so reached, Il
man cannot have any very great rc-
gard for his neighbors. if those neigh
bors are mortgaging his income and his
children's and his childrens children.
simply because their grandfathers or
great .randfathers made miscalcu-
laticn.
And 50 I believe that whilst we
shall probably have to patch mp the
aftermath of the great war in some
way or another. the only solution lies
in the spiritual regeneration of the
peoples of the world.
And so il il n return to the syna-
cog or church. as You like. which seems
TO he the only logical Way ont. ana
somehow or other | feel that the great
! mass of the world is commencing to
have some very firm convictions along
! that line. Ii has long seemed to me
that where men can reach n higher
| spiritual line level, they would feel for
| the sake of territory or personal ac-
! crandiZement. the pronie iitated loss IF
{. single human life would be untbink-
I allie And if such a movement. as I
/ think is the case. is already under
way, our own ancient faith is certain
/ ~ we'll equipped to take II leading
part
= I,NA,
/ leaders in fair play and justice, and
/ all thru the centuries wherever the
Jewish scholar has gone since the Dins-
/ pora. he has carried this MESA gc. and
has been a veritable power for good.
In the Christian churches around
us. even at this very time, there RACES
II very serious controversy between
the so.calied fundamcntalists and mod
.rnists. After all. ii would seem that
= great many of our Christian brethren
are not far removed in their present at.
( tittde. from the basic doctrines cr our
antient faith.
But if we American Jews are to as
/ sumo. in any great world movement,
either leadership or creditable part.
as tile Jews have always done we
must be alive to our Responsibilities.
and ii is in Il great effort to shoulder
these responsibilities that the Urion of
American Hebrew Congregations re-
quires your support.
''Tbe Union has steadily worked
along these lines, If is thn Union pf
American Hebrew Congregations. and
the Hebrew College constitucin part.
that has saved, for large number of
IlS. cur Judaism.
The Onion was founded something
over fifty years ago, as you probably