Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-11-04

Aarie q kumsnia, A great deal.
She is = woman who writes. Her ar
ticks advising hS.ssa bsi~es how to
live ars syndicAted IN ARaericA She
is ever ready to eir advice to per-
sons who have problems to meet But
she has not taken the trouble to
speak her mind IN hsr cwn country,
with rsApect to the Sewish situation.
Queen Marie might say that 1t is
not for the queen to minEle in poll
tics. Maybe It is not Maybe she
does not miagle IN politics. There are
those who say she does. But that il
neither here nor there. Speaking 4
word in behalf Of the million jewish
citizens who live in her roam II not
mixing In politics. 1t is 4 humani-
tartan measure. After all Rumania
has given the Jews political and civil
rights. That she had TO do 1t BE-
cause President Wilson insisted on 1t
is another story. But the honor OF
Runania is at stake. Her word was
given to the nations Of the world.
Queen Marie certainly can raise her
voice and make her attitude clear.
There is precedent even in Rumania
on this matter. Queen Elizabeth,
known to the world rs Carmen Sylvia,
did xot hesitate to speak her mind On
the Jewish question. She was wom-
al Of deaicahe feeling. She did not
care to nix In politics. Art and the
saosnxassment Of artists was her life
work. That and the sfieviation OF
su6ertng. Yet on one occasion, when
snti-Ss1itism became too trouble
sosne IN hsr country, she spoke. She
uttered - Indictment which should
haSe made oil anti-Semitas sSuirm,
not only those who happened to be in
kumAnia.
She wrote an article about Moses
and the Jews." In this article Car
snen Sylvia called attention to the
greatness Il Moses and to his con-
tfibaticns to present civilisation. She
feit that the world owes . debt to the
Jews. Size protested that instead Of
rcwarding the Jews the Christian
I world hates them. Carmen Sylvia
told of learned jew. by name Bsr-
nays, who was n daily visitor in their
home during her childhood and how
her mother hung on his words of wis
dom. 1t was from this man that she
learned to respect the Jewish people.
In the course of the article, Carmen
Sylvia exclaims:
1.-The Christians excuse their hate
Of the Jewish people under the pre-
text that the Jews crucified Christ.
Let US be honest with ourselves.
What would the Christians of this
day and age do If Christ appeared on
cart tths? 7 fear that they would not
sing Hosannahs to Him. They would
probably call Him a dangerous So
cialist II they did not mete Him out
any worse punishment they would
send him to q mad house."
To demonstrate that she was will
ing to practice what she preached
Carmen Sylvia mentioned the fact
that Nathan the Wise," meaning
Col. Brociner, was not only a daily
guest in the palace but was her spe-
cial adviser in matters of philan-
thropy. Col. Brociner was Jew who
was wounded m the war Of 1873. He
became secretary and later really man
ager Of the royal palace. In Carmen
Sylva's words: "He sacrifices all his
time to the poor and no poor person
is denied hearing by him."
1t can be seen that if Queen Marie
were to speak in behalf of the mil
lion Jews of her country she would
simply follow in the footsteps of her
| illustrious predecessor. She would
gain the everlasting gratitude of the
Jews who need friend at court.
There is something that we Jews
in America can do about it. Queen
Marie wants the good opinion Of our
people. She wants our good will. She
knows that Rumania has not very
many friends in the world. Even
France, which processes friendship
for Rumania, usually sneers at the
Balkan country. Rumania needs
friends. The moment it looked as il
the Jews in that country would be
treated as citizens. Rumania received
its need Of praise in American news
papers.
happen to have heard from Queen
Marie's own lips the desire to gain
friends for her country among the
American Jew. She urged me, dur
ing an audience, to tell my people in
America that ! found conditions
changed for the better for the Jews.
That was true at that time and
! nror,i2od tn do so I kent my oron-