New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1918, Page 6

| that sought entrance to witness this q l extraordinar gatherin and thou- v { sands were E Ifour hun- d deleiza were resent from all over the United speaking for four million Jews in this coun- I Some of the dc present { were men of renowned ability and of 5T international repu ion, representing g i every theory, philosophy and phase of M. D. Saxe Reports on First Meet- | 5ot 50" "mong hose present e g were Nathan Straus, philanthropist mg of Its Kind in America and president of the executive com- mittee of the congress; Louis Mar- R 11, chairman of the American Jew- h committee; Colonel Harry Cutler, chairman of the welfare board for soldiers and ilors; ¥ederal Judge Jewish congress in Philadelphia last Jjulius W. Mack; Jacob Schiff, finan- week, has prepared a resume of the cier and philanthropist; Jacob De- Iaas, of the Zionist Organization of st | America; Professor David Amram, of nd in America. Mr. Saxe's account |y G SN HCIEIT e ; Abra~ follows: ham Rlkus, former ambassador to The first American Jewish congress, | Turkey, and Judge Hugo Pam, of ch has attracted the attention of Chicago. of America since 1914, and The congress was called to order was postponed when the United by Colonel Harry Cutler, of Provi- entered the war in order that dence, R. I., chairman of the admin- energies of the Jews of America istrative committee, and prayer was X t be concentrated in their patri- offered by Rabbi B. L. Leventhal, a otic r olve to help win the war, s delegate from Philadelphia. Colonel Attorney M. D. Saxe, of this city, who represented New Britain at the activities of congress, the first of its opened in the city of Philadelphia, the Cutler delivered a brief address in | birthplace of Liberty and the Amer- which he outlined the history of the jcan flag, on Sunday afternoon in ithe congress movement, and then went on | NMetropolitan Opera House. | to say: This beautiful and spacious play- The convening of the congress of house, with a capacity of almost 6,000, | American Jewry is one of the most | was unable to house the multitude | momentous epochs In Jewish life, For IR ) JEWELER OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE A full Une of up-to-date Jewelry may be had at reasonable prices. SPECIALS CUT GLASS IVORY TOILET SETS MANIOURING SET: BRACELET WATCHE LAVALLIERIS CUFF LINKS CAMEO RINGS CIGARETTE CASES RUBY RINGS CLOCKS SCARF PINS ETC., ETC. L. E. WATERMAN’S FOUNTAIN PENS. “THE QUALITY JEWELRY STORE.” 340 MAIN STREET. OPPOSITE COMMERCIAL STREET. 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During the development of our progress the United States found it necessary to eater into the world war, whereupon it was deter- mined that all activities towards the congress cease until such time as hos- tilities have ceased and peace was in sight. That time is iow here and the administrative committee of the con- gress, which had ia its representation men of every shade of opinion from the most radical to the ultra-con- servative, have come together in sol- emn conclave as a deliberative body for the first time in the history of the : Jews for the serious consideration of thase matters which shall impress upon the peace confereiace the neces- sity of granting civil, religious and political rights to the Jews in all lands where laws discriminating against them exist. The part played in the world war by our couatry and her allies in overthrowing autocracy and the establishment of democracy ugurs well for the accomplishment of our aims. The contribution of blood and treasure in this world war, under all flags, by the Jews through heroic valor encourages to - believe that their patriotism and self-sacri- fice will not have been for naught.” The delegates were cordially wel- comed by Director Joseph McLaugh- lin, a member of Mayor Smith’s cabi- net, who said that Philadelphia was honored by having the congress in Philadelphia, the cradle of liberty. ‘Nathan Straus was elected unani- mously as honorary chairman of the congress—a tribute well deserved by one who has sacrificed sa much for the cause of humant Mr. Straus was cheered tumultously and he de- livered a long and brilliant address in which he thanked the citizeas of Phil- adelphia for their hospitali This grand old man ended his speech with the phrase which is so indicative of the man, ‘“the whole world is my country, to do good is my religion.” Purpose of Congres: Judge Julian Mack of Chicago was elected president of the congress and he delivered a very impressive speech of acceptance, saying in part: “We are gathered together at this cradle of American liberty as Ameri- can citizens and as Jews by race and by faith. This is an historic occa- sion. For the first time in the history of the country have all classes, all groups, all parties, all factions into which American Jewry has heretofore been divided, come together solemnly but hopefully to deliberate. We are animated by no selfish purposes. For ourselves we desire nothing. Here in our beloved land we Jews form an in- tegral part of the American people as full-fledged citizens of the United States equal in every respect before the law with all of our fellow citizens, whether native born or naturalized. exclusive and unequalified loyalty to the government of the United States. “But we are part and parcel of Jewry, With our fellow-Jews in all lands we have a common inheritance, a common tradition, a common re- liglon, and these two impose upon us o bestir ourselves on hehalf of such of them as arc denied thoss funda- mental righ-s to which all fres men are eniitled, the responsibtity of watching and working that through the enliznicned nations of the world Justice may be done to them. “This is nct the time nor tha oe- casion to dea' in glittering generali- ties. Solemn declsions are about to be made at the peace conference, de- sions that will affect for generations and centuries to come the onzaniza- tion and the constitutions of the na- tions of the world and the fate of hundreds of millions of their people. As American citizens, we are con- cerned that those fundamental prin- ciples enunciated by that inspiring shall find acceptance at the hands of tho European powers; that out of the conflict and chaos a new world order shall be created; that the noble vision of these prophets shall be realized upon carth; that there shall arise a League of Nations established to pro- ste justice upon earth, to dispel war and strife, to secure for the smaller peoples a true national existence, to assure and to safeguard for every stock and every race the right of self- determination, of self-development and self-expression, “And as Jews we are specifically concerned with the problems of Palestine and with the fate of our brethren in eastern Furope and in | thoss newer countrics of central and eastern Burope that are now seeking recognition for their national rights | at the peace table.” The following: vice-presidents were | chosen: Lou's Marshal, Colonel Harry Cutler, Judge Hugo Pam, Judge Leon Sanders, Dr. THarry Friedenwald, Adolph Kraus, Gedalia Bublick, Miss Henrietta Szold, Dr. Louls Rubinson, Dr. M. Margolls, Professor Chaim | Fineman and Alexander Hahn. Jacoh Schiff accepted the office of treasurer. The American Jewlsh congress was characterized by the almost unantmity | of azreemen among lts delegates on all vital questions. The great work which it was convened to do it per- formed in a way that will reflect credit woon fts members. (American Jawry voiced its emphatic protest against the great injustice to the Jews in Ru- mania, Poland and Gallcia and the great powers of the world were ap- pealed to to put an end to thelr suf- fering and infustice. The congress clected a delegation consisting of Jndze Julian Mack. Louls Marshall, Rabbi Stephen S. Wisa, Colonel Cut. ler, Jacob DeHaas, Natrum Svrkin, Joseph Barondess, Morris Winchev- | sky and Rabhi B. T.. Leventhal to pre | sent to the peace conference at Ver- sailles a “bill of rights” for the Jews | of the world to hecome conditions pre- cedent to the creation of any new or enlarged states. Request to Peace Council. The following is the resolution adopted by the congres: Resolved, That the American Jew- ish congy respectfully requests tha peace confereace ta insert in the treaty of peace as conditions prece- dent to the creation of the new or ens larged states which it is proposed to call into being that express provision be made a part of the constitutions o» such states before they shall be final- ly recognized as states by the signa- tories of the treaty, as follows: 1. All inhabitants of the territory 0f ————, including such persons together with thelr families, who subsequent to August 1, 1914, fled, re- moved, or were expelled therefrom, and who shall, within ten years from the adoptian of this provisioa, returd thereto, shall for all purposes be citi. zens thereof, provided, however, that such as have heretofore been subjects of other states, who desire to retain their allegiance to such states or as- sume allegiance to their successor states, to the exclusion of ————= citizenship may do so by a formal declaration to be made within a specified period. 2. For a period of ten years from the adoption of this provisiox na adoption shall be enacted restricting any former inhabitant of a state which included the territory of — from taking up his resi dence in and thereby ac- quiriag citizenship therein. 3. All citizens of ——————, with- out distinction as to race, nationality or creed, shall enjoy equal, civil, po- litical, religious and national rights, and no law shall be enacted or en forced which shall abridge the privi- leges or immunities of, or impose upon any person, any discrimination, disability, or restriction whatsoever on account of race, nationality or re- ligion, or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws. 4. The principle of minority rep- resentation shall be provided for by law, 5. The members of the various na. tional as well as religious bodies of shall be accorded autano: mous management of their own com- munal institutions, whether they be religiou: educational, charitable or otherwise. 6. No law shall be enacted re- saricting the use of any language, and all existing laws declaring such pro- bibition are repealed, nor shall any language test be established. 7. Thase who observe any other than the first day of the week ay their Sabbath shall not be prohibited from pursuing their secular affairs on any day other than that which they observe; nor shall they be required to perform any acts on their Sabbath or holy days which they shall regard as a desecration thereof. Louis Marshall, chairman of the American Jewish committee, who to- gether with Judge Julian Mack, has had considerable correspondence with the Polish national department and the Polish national defense commit- tee in reference to the pogroms and massacres of the Jews in Poland, was made chairman of the committee on Poland. Mr. Marshall reported to the con- gress his efforts to come to some agreement with the oPlish represen- tatives in this country and that after wearisome conference and corre- spondence an agreement had Dbeen reached to have a commission of s consisting of two Poles, two Jews and two American members to in- vestigate the reports of massacres in Poland. The congress approved ot this course and authorized Louis Marshall and Judge Julian Mack to designate the two Jewish members of the commission and arrange final de- tails. In the letter sent from the congress to the Polish organization it was sald in part: “Numerous reports from Sweden, Poland, England and other countries describing serious pogroms and mas- sacres in Poland and Galicia directed against the Jews are so circumstantial and emanate from the sources of such high nding and responsibility that one cannot doubt the trusts thiness of the information.” The letter also said that the con- ceded fact that during the last six years a boycott of “unparalleled ran- cor and bitterness, and of such proportions as to precipitate tire people into the depths of m has been unceasingly waged the Jews of Poland, afford mo proof of the probability that charges are true.” The whole record of the congre is full of achievement but perbap the greatest accomplishments of . the American Jewish congress was the adoption of the resolution for a uni- versal Jewish congri and the fol- |lowing Palestine resolution whict caused the greatest demonstratior during the eatire program: Resolved, That the American Jew ish congress instruct their delegation to Burope to co-operate with the rep- resentatives of other Jewish organi zations and specifically with the world Zionist organizations and historic claims of the Jewish people with re | gard to Palestine, and declare that ir accordance with the Britlsh govern- ment’s declaration of November 1917, endorsed by the Allied govern religlous rights of existing ion-Jewi communities in Palestine or th rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in other couatries. The most impressive incldent of the entire session was the pilgrimage of the 400 delegates from Masonic tem- SPRINGFIELD PAINT AND' CHEMICAL CO;: Acu‘imi‘x; BROS. Co. \, New Britain Distributo; i B e — hatShallI Buy for Christmas? Nothing Better Than Hosiery ple to Independence hall where brief | exerc: ments and the president of the United | entire States, there shall be established suc Tis of political administrative and economic | Banner.’ conditians in Palestine as will a under tr rus hip of Great F Louis ain, acting oa If of such league | shining of nations as may be former, the de- | erations master mir velopment of Palestine into commonwealth, i derstood tHat nothiag shall be done which shall prejudice the civil and’ v ses wero held Country, and “Hatikvah'’ Marshall stands illuminating —the great champion of the The Jews of the world may well look with promise upors the results ta Spangled | be attained by the work of this con. gress. 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