German Jewry Appeals That Demonstrations Be Not Held

The most responsible Jewish quarters in Germany, including the Zionist Federation, the Central Union of the German Citizens of the Jewish Faith, the League of German Jewish Veterans and the Society of National German Jews have joined, through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here, in an appeal to the American Jews to abandon today’s demonstrations against alleged atrocities in Germany.

The German Jews disapprove the anti-German propaganda which has manifested itself throughout the world and express the hope that the German people will soon gain an appreciation of loyal German Jewry. They appeal that no resolutions harmful to the German people should be adopted.

Apart from the appeal of the above organizations a number of German rabbis have sent a protest to Bishop Manning, one of the speakers at Madison Square Garden, protesting against what they describe as “exaggerated reports of Jewish atrocities”. It is understood, also, that the German Zionist Federation have addressed themselves to Bishop Manning reiterating their protest against untrue tales of cruelty and against “those Jews who are attempting to misuse the Jewish question in the political interests of other countries.”

They demand that the question of the protection of Jewish rights should not be linked with the political actions against Germany.

The J.T.A. here is further informed that Mr. Ernest Wallach, Vice-President of the Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith, who is at present on a stay in the United States for business purposes, has addressed the following telegram to the Governor of the State of New York, Herbert H. Lehman, the Honorable Alfred E. Smith, the Right Reverend William T. Manning, Bishop of New York; Bishop Francis J. McConnell, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Admiral Richard Byrd, Mr. Bernard S. Deutsch and other speakers at the meeting planned for last night in the Madison Square Garden of New York:

“The undersigned Vice-president of the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith, has just received the following cable from the President of the Association, Dr. Julius Brodnitz in Berlin: ‘We earnestly urge you to do all in your power in order that Monday’s Mass Meeting be called off, or if such should, against our sincere hopes not prove possible, to prevail upon the speakers of the evening to refrain from stirring the emotions of their audience against Germany. We can assure them that the German Government is permanently and successfully engaged in assuring Peace and Order to all citizens without discrimination’.”

In an accompanying letter Mr. Wallach says:

“In conveying the contents of this telegram to you, as one of the principal speakers of tomorrow’s event, I beg to identify myself with the appeal therein voiced by the elected representation of Germany’s Jewish population and to earnestly bespeak you to aid us in preventing any action which is liable to encroach upon the prestige of our country and thereby seriously affect our most vital interests.”