The Denver Jewish news., 1924-07-24

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claiming to represent the Russian
peasant. The Russian peasant is still
the puzzling unknown quantity. Rus
sia consists mainly Of peasants. Were
they to be properly organized, brought
to the point Of literacy, they would be
the rulers OF Russia. And they will
some day no doubt be the rulers of
Russia. What would be the attitude
of this Green Russia towards Russian
Jewry at that dreaded moment when
one regime rises and another falls. NJ.
Moskwinow, speaking on behalf of
Russian peasantry advocates the ideal
of democratic Russia whose form of
government should be determined by
"a Constituent Assembly. His state
ment in the general press in connec-
tion with this plan was: "To be hon
est, we are not anxious to include lin
the Constituent Assembly,. the Jew.
We believe he makes trouble in Rus
sia.'
do not know how successful an
organizer NJ. Moskwinow is, how
many millions of peasants of the Rus
sian steppes have already jointed the
banner of the future Green Russia;
one thing is certain: that he knows
how to get out of a bad situation.
When asked for an explanation, the
similarity in sound and difference in
meaning of one of the words came to
his rescue. M. Moskwinow says that
speaking in German to one of the
American journalists he said. "Wir
haben keine Anst, die Hebraeer
miteinzuschliessen, dem Unruhen
koennen nicht entstehen, falls die
| Andersstaemmigen (inorodtsi in
Russian) auf demokratischer Wahl-
grundlage die Moeglchkeit haben
werden, ihre nationalen Unforeseen zu
verteidigen." The American journal
ist then made a Slight" mistake. He
thought the German word Angst
tFear) is equivalent to the English
anxious" NJ. Moskwinow assures US
that he has no fear Of Jewish partic-
ipation in the proposed Constituent
Assembly of the future Green Russia.
From the representative of Green
Russia this is not bad explanation.
Mr.. Samuel Untermyer, one of
Americas most prominent lawyers,
President of the Keren Hayesod, Vice
President of the American Jewish
Congress, and great Democrat, was
"out of luck" at the recent National
Democrat Convention. Already at the
very start nature revolted against
him. DESTROYS of extending a warm
welcome to the Democratic delegates
he proposed giving a lawn party at
his home in Yonkers. But terrific
thunderstorm prevented his acting the
generous host to his guests and hold
ers of Democratic votes. No less a
storm was caused by another revolt,
not the elements this time, but against
the elementary right of secrecy of
political advices.
Mr.. Untermyer was McAdoo man.
Rumor had it along time ago that in
his McAdoo devotion he was the one to
advise McAdoo TO accept the support
of the Ku Klux Klan, even though to
dump it later. There was an inclina-
lion to treat the rumor as mere gos-
sip. Along came the New York World
and in its enthusiasm for Smith threw
what was apparently authentic CORE
spondence between Mr.. Untermyer's
nephew and Mn Julius Peyser, which
seemed to confirm the long suppressed
rumor. Since Mr.. Untermyer denies
that his nephew has any access to his
political convictions and advices We
may believe him. But since the ad-
vice was not effective, we need not
worry about the possible consequences.
The question, however, to which this
incident gave rise still remains to be
clarified.
The American Jewish Congress,
having been anxious to have both par
ties take a definite stand on the Klan
question, appointed committee TO
wait on the Democratic convention for
the purpose of pleading for an anti
Klan plank The committee appointed
by the president, DR.. Stephen S. Wise,
was to include the vice-president of
the American Jewish Congress, Mr..
Samuel Untermyer. Mr.. Untermyer,
however, refused to serve on this com
mittee and in refusing, after the re-
volt against secrecy was made, put
forth the principle that American
Jewry does not have to fight the relig
ious intolerance and recital discrimina-
ton advocated by the hlan. Urging
purely Christian policy of non-re-
sistancc for the Jews, Mr.. Untermyer
puts his entire trust in the Protestant
Church in the Klan matter