The Denver Jewish news., 1924-01-17
French Tact and Ger
man Effusfveness AT
A Jewish Dinner
Copyright 1924. Jewish relegraphic
Agency

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There is no artist living Who could
successfully compete with nature
Oftentimes. one does not believe his
own eyes. so bewitchingly beautiful.
so divine appear the wonders Of nature.
We're a painter to attempt the repro
duction upon canvas Of the tints of n
dawn that one SEES On the shores of
the ST. Lawrence po one would he quite
convinced or impressed by its entire
faithfulnesS. Perhaps II Is only by
succeed in imrarting some linle CON
ccpf'on of the beaiiie, of the monn-
tains of Norway. And who is there
among us capable Of Initiating the
| transformation of one color into an
other. the black into the white. the
green into the blue?
Frederick The Great. ihe creator of
| Prussia and the Prussian spirit had
great weakness for France and
French culture He lmilt PRUSSIA. but
fell in love with France yoltnire and
Jean Jacques Rousseau refreshed his
soul. One has hut TO look into the
eyes of Frederick. see their search for
the great mystery and their fnnl baf-
fed look, and then look at The two
sparkling and shining eyes of voItairc
that have already discovered this great
secret. Only these two faces are need
cd If one wonld understand the prus-
sia and The France of that day. There
IL no need Of history. no need of
| pamphlets or propaganda Each speaks
for himself
That's why 1t is no good to he
the earth. The entire world is no
more than an ethnogrnphic museum.
sort of Noah's Ark. Is there more
needed than Moscow with her sur
rounding villages and Paris with her
Versailles and Fontaineblcau: the
Krcmlin and the Place dc La Con-
eOrie: the thousands OF the Greek
Orthodox churches and the thousands
Of the boulevard cafes with their tiny
tables; the Russian vodka and the
WINE OF burgundy!
There was splendid exhibition of
the respective Germnn and French tenn
pcraments at the recent banquet Of the
Jewish Telcgraphic Agency at the
Hoiel BrccoOrt. II appeared as If one
had specially arranged it before the
very eye Of The Jewish. English, Italian.
Scandinavian and American journalists
and litcrntcurs stllcse shall lie a living
problem. Yet, demonstration such
as this succeeds hest only when 1t
comes about by chance and quite un-
expcctedly.
Right after the talented editor of
the Nation. Mr.. Willard. had delivered
his carefully weighed and sincerely felt
address. and right after the very agree
able aria of Dr. Stephen Wisc's has
there spoke the French representative.
the Minister Plenipotcninry. NJ CASTOR
Liebert. and The German Professor
Ludwig Stein. n sociologist and an ex-
cellcnt publicist of Berlin.
The speech of the Frenchman lasted
hut three minutes; brief. gentle and
elegant Il Will not touch now upon
any political problems. I am pleased
and thank you for giving me this op-
pOrtunity to appear before you. de-
sire only to remark here, at this celc-
bration of the Jewish Telegraphicl
Agency, that never has there been in
my country any question of progroms
or slaughters, and that there have
never been any exclusion laws against
the navy. nor in the Administration
nor in diplomacy have Ne ever placed
any hindrances in the path of the
Jews. -
Like II gently flowing stream it
sounded an English spoken with II
foreign accent. with proper respect for
the country that he represents ns well
rs for the people that he was address
ing Words carefully spoken because
he was in the presence of II gather
ing of writers and not of the or
dinary meeting-hall habitues. He
acted according to the principle that
it is fnr better to say too little than
to overshoot ones mark.
Professor Ludwig Stein did not
speak. hut shouted. 1t may have been
due to the fact that he really is in
pain after looking on at all that is |
going on in Germany. But he started
to speak in the lOudest tones. so that
towards the end he could not raise his
voice any higher. became hoarse. and
his face and entire head Were scarlet
from the effort. And II is only when
one falls intc such a stage of agitation
and excitement that one can begin the