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Page 1 3 The Southern Israelite Foreign News (Continued from Page 12) In The Limelight To hell with the Jews!” from a member of the came a audience. ;T came the reply from ■tide, mayor of the city of , was addressing a meeting City on the Jewish school They have a new country and t meet your demands they fan p n tn Palestine, their country.” ■tliner statement was made by f the Canadian metropolis, ins about 75.000 Jews, during ; periodical attacks on the Jew- l.ill. Mr. Houde is the leader i C Conservative party opposition to government of the Province ,.f Quebec. which last spring passed a law ie the Jews of Montreal equal rights with the Protestant-English and Catholic- I-rencli of that city in the matter of „,]s for Jewish children and providing the appointment of a Jewish school tission of seven. The Jewish school mission is now negotiating with the rote.-tant school commission of Montreal h regard to the possibility of Jewish iiildren continuing to attend the Protest- t schools of the city, instead of the Jews opening separate Jewish schools, and inouncement of the result of the ne- ctiations is expected shortly. Montreal Jewry began to voice its in itiation over the open anti-Semitic atti- taken by its Mayor, Camillien "tide, who stated during a political well in the city of Quebec that Jews uid leave Montreal and go to Palestine. Mich words uttered by the first magis- a city with over a million popula- not be tolerated,” declared Joseph Schubert. “If a stat nicnt were made by the Mayor New York, Chicago or any other ^ Tth American city steps would imme- e taken to have him impeached. ‘1 up mi the responsible Jewish leaders -M■ >ntoral to voice their protest.” ■ igier, another Jewish alderman > previously a Houde supporter, red that if the Mayor’s statement as d*>rted in the press is true, then the > not deserve to be the leader ie Conservative Party. heading, “Demasked,” the Mll r, local Yiddish daily, de- n editorial that the Mayor has en veering towards the anti- t cites the Mayor’s actions n opposing the Jewish school that his anti-Semitic out- Jtiebec City a couple of days nly the logical result of the stand which he had decided "nnection with the school bill. i the Conservative Opposition ince of Quebec, says the edi- r Houde has stooped to dema- hasn’t even shied at anti- 'i order to “prove” that the nier Tascherau had “betrayed” Canadian population of the had "sold out” to the Jews latter the right to have their °*n sch - 1S . Moscow.—A law granting much-desired privileges and rights to 100.000 Jewish artisans was promulgated here today. 1 his piece of legislation will improve the economic and social status of nearly half a million Jews in Russia because the privileges extended to the heads of families are also applicable to the entire family. This latest of a series of ordinances aimed at improving the lot of former declassed Jews who are now being in dustrialized applies only to those artisans who are organized in artels, or artisans cooperatives. The chief aim of the law is to place these Jewish artiscans in many ways on a plane of equality, or at least near equality with factory workers. The law provides that the Jewish arti sans are to receive foodstuffs under the same conditions as factory workers pro vided they work in artels employing not less than 30 persons, permits them to pay rent at the same rate as workers, entitles them to obtain sick benefits on a par with workers, grants them government pensions similar to those given factory employes, allows them to become members of any government cooperative, and per mits their children to enter government schools with the same privileges accorded workers’ children. This sweeping law is being hailed in Jewish circles here as a rare piece of good fortune for the Jewish artisans who constitute a large section of the Jewish population. Berlin.—A demand to eliminate the Old Testament from the Christian faith is made by Prof. Willy Hcllpach of the University of Heidelberg in a two-volume work, “Between Wittenberg and Rome,” which appeared recently. In eliminating the Old Testament Pro fessor Hellpach suggests that an excep tion be made to the Psalms of David and the Prophets. The stories of creation and the fall of man in the first book of Moses are cited by him as “dangerous and immoral.” Bagdad.—Work on the proposed Haifa- Bagdad railway, which will link Egypt and British India by rail via Haifa, will start within a fortnight, it is learned here, in connection with the arrival of 80 British engineers from India. They are leaving shortly for Haifa, where work on the project, which together with the Mosul pipe-line will entail an expenditure of §100,000,000, will start. Late in September the British Colonial Office issued a statement granting assist ance from the Colonial Development Fund towards the cost of a detailed sur vey to be undertaken in connection with the Haifa-Bagdad railway. It is believed that the 80 engineers are about to start on this survey. The Mosul pipe line, which will carry the oil from the Mosul fields in Iraq, is to have its Mediterranean terminus at Haifa. The proposed railway is expected to parallel the pipe hue. HR. JOHN IIAYNFS HOLMES, of the Community Church of New York, m a recent address speaking on what lie would do, if he were a Jew, de clared: "If I were a Jew I would be proud to be a Jew, proud of the tra dition of my tribe, proud of the tradi tion of my people, and proud of the achievements of my race from Isaiah, the greatest prophet of ancient times, to Einstein, the greatest thinker of modern times.” DR. PHILIP ROSENST REICH, member of the Polish Sejm, in a re cent statement to the Allied Jewish Campaign declared that the economic plight of the Jews of Poland has been made worse by the exactions of the government. During the past three years, lie stated, the Jews have paid almost $14.000,(XX) in interest charges and levies for the non-payment of taxes. GEORGE BLUM ENT HAL, of New York, noted philanthropist who has contributed large sums of money to artistic and other institutions in France, is one of three persons to be awarded the first medal ever given by the Le gion of Honor for service rendered to the Republic. Usually a ribbon is con ferred. GIUSEPPE STEINER, member of the Italian House of Deputies, repre senting Biacenza, has been named by Benito Mussolini as Prefect of an Italian province. Steiner, who is a native of Milan, comes of an extremely Orthodox Jewish family. GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON, noted critic and Catholic, when inter viewed recently, declared: “I am a Zionist. It is true I have been repeat edly charged with being anti-Semitic. I deny this charge. It is absurd. How can anybody hate Semitism? I usu ally reply that I am a Zionist, which seems a polite dismissal of the sub ject—a sort of easy way of getting rid of the question and the questioner. But the clash of cultures—Semitic versus Saxon and Latin—that is a huge prob lem.” DR. SAMUEL WOLMAN, chief physician at Mount Pleasant Sanita rium in Baltimore, has been elected President of the Maryland Tubercu losis Association. MAURICE STERNE, famous Amer ican Jewish artist and sculptor, was awarded the prize in the twelfth bien nial exhibitions of paintings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The prize- winning composition is a still-life called “After Lunch”. The prize was estab lished by the late W. A. Clark and is regarded as one of the choice plums of the American art world. MRS. OSCAR S. MARX. National Chairman of the Department of Peace of the National Council of Jewish Women, in a recent statement urged the members of the National Council of Jewish Juniors to celebrate Armistice Day on November 11th with especially ar ranged programs. GEORGE BLUMENTHAL. patron of arts and philanthropies in France and America, was appointed as the chairman of the §2,221,(XX) campaign which the Jews of New York launched recently in behalf of the ninety-one affiliated agencies of the Federation for the Sup port of Jewish philanthropic societies. KING BORIS of Bulgaria recently conferred high honors upon Luke Mosko- witsch, president of the Ashkenazic Jew ish community of Sofia, and upon Joseph Haimoff, prominent tobacco marchant. REV. I)R. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK, pastor of the New Riverside Church in New York City, defended the presence of the statue of Einstein among those of saints and philosophers on the facade of the new church. “I am glad that Einstein is over the church’s portal because I hope that minds like his, facing the same great questions about God that he faces, will come through that jxirtal and sit in these pews and profit by our ministry,” said Dr. Fosdick in his sermon. HENRY KAUFMAN, of Fort Smith. Ark., has been nominated by the Demo cratic party as its candidate for the state assembly. The Democratic nomination is virtually equivalent to election. Mr. Kaufman is a member of the board of trustees of the United Hebrew Congre gation and a past president of the local B’nai B’rith lodge. EUGENE MEYER, JR., governor of the Federal Reserve Board, has been se lected by President Hoover together with six members of the Cabinet to act as a committee to work out plans by means of which the government can aid in meet ing the unemployment situation. RABBI JOSEPH LEISER, formerly of Helena, Ark., is now Rabbi of Con gregation Children of Israel, in Augusta, Ga. BERNARD M. BARUCH, noted fi nancier and member of the New \ork Stock Exchange, was recently called in to confer with President Hoover on the present business situation. It is under stood that Mr. Baruch also discussed “short-selling” on the Exchange which has kept the entire financial world on edge recently. DEAN GEORGE R. HARDIE of Long Island University has instituted ef forts to found a new medical college which will serve Jewish students, inas much as many Jews find difficulty in en tering medical schools. Dean Hardie has secured the consent of Congressman Wil liam I. Sirovich to head a committee to formulate plans for the college.