The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-03

against virtue" hut this hypocrisy
merely proves that the nations are be.
ginning TO feel ashamed of their ego
tism. and that they are trying to con.
ccal II when they come together. Still,
thus far they have been lacking the
strength of cxiirpate entirely this ma.
tional cgotism. We are here simply
witnessing the same kind Of strug.
gle that Is going on from time imme-
mortal In every mans own hcari-thc
struggle between ethics ,or religion, and
the instincts of the brute, the struggle
between the Ten Comma Ddments and
the Golden Calf. We know that 1t was
not alone the pure ideal, coupled with
The emotion Of despair and Indignation,
that ON Mount Sinai shattered the Ia.
Iles of the law over the heads of those
who We're dancing around the idol. We
witness here the same old struggle of
the idcalists against the national fetish
the national soul, the fight Of the pa.
ciiiists against the danger of war, the
fight of justice against oppression.
1t is but natural that we Jews
should from the very start have Joined
the ranks of the followers of the
League of Nations idea. This, because
deep in our consciousness are engrav-
ed the words Of the Prophet: And
they shall beat their swords into plow-
shares, and their spears into pruning
hooks TN the other hand. again. we
as people living already twenty cen
turtles in n state Of chronic minority"
and constantly oppressed and pcrse-
cuted by the majority. hope that only
the triumph of the ideals Of justice
fraternity and peace can change our
fortunes for the better.
That is why in various countries
there has been started the organiza-
tion of Jewish societies Of Friends of
the League of Nations. Thus far
there has been In existence only one
solitary society Of this kind, in little
Austria. As to the societies in Pales-
tine and CzcchOsl0vakin, they have
been denied recognition, as they have
failed 10 observe the necessary for
malitics. and they will have to file an
other application for admission.
In Poland no such society was Great
ed all this time for the simple reason
! that there was opposition, mostly on
the part of Il certain Jewish nationalist
group. And when the congress of the
societies of the Friends of the League
of Nations was called to meet this year
nt Warsaw, there might have occurred
| the paradox of the Jewish minority,
which In Poland numbers some three
million souls, demonstrating in no Wis
lille manner the fact that il exists nj
all. For this reason it must he con-
sidcred very impressive gesture that
by my election. tried to demonstrate
| that, so long as there was no such
society in Poland, there ought to be
| an opportunity at least in this way
for the Jews to find access to the in
ternational forum.
At all events, this is how | inter
preted my election as Il member of
the Polish delegation and of the plen-
airy sessions of the Minoritics commit
| tee of the congress. | stated that, al
| though | belong to the Polish dclcga-
| tion. and because there is not yet in
| existence Il Polish society of Friends
cf the League of NationS-although one
| Is soon to he formed-I shall act ut
this congress ms the representative of
the three million Jews of Poland In
this capacity | spoke during the dis
cussion of the ''numcrus clausus," and
in the same capacity ! supported the
proposals of the Jewish delegate from
Austria and kept myself free to vote in
accordance with our proportion to the
Polish delegation.
1t is highly significant that the Polish
delegation unanimously approved my
standpoint.
The Jewish "Kolo" likewise unani-
mously accepted my choice and. after
the congress closed, unanimously ap-
proved my report.
And now. before the next congress
meets. there ought to be created n so
cicty of our own Friends of the League
of Nations | have been promised the
necessary materials for this purpose,
and we hope that the Polish officials
| whom this concerns will cause us no
obstacles. We intend to take the neces-
sary steps after the vacations start, in
order that we might attend the next
congress in greater number than
this time and take an active part in
rcnlizing the slogans of the League of
| Nations.
Regarding Poland and the Jews we
have to note two factors In Poland,
the League of Nations was not popular.
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