The Bulletin’s Day Book

The Association of German Christian citizens of “non-aryan” or not entirely pure racial origin, in Germany, has, I learn, already reached a membership of one hundred thousand. Many of the most prominent names are to be found among the members of this association–names which will always be regarded in Germany with awe, such as that of the famous Wedl family, Henckl, Donnersmarck, and even of some famous generals, among them General von Linzingen, who won many battles in the Carpathian Mountains.

Sometime ago the association joined with the Association of Jewish veterans, and issued an appeal which speaks for itself; “The German Jews who have lost their rights find at least some support somewhere else, but none are concerned with the fates of the hundred thousand “non-aryan” German Christians who have been deprived of every possibility, and have been forced into pest-quarantine.”

Two years ago a Jewish journalist had a talk with Aristide Briand, famous French statesman, great apostle of peace, and genuine friend of the Jewish people. The then Minister of Foreign Affairs said to him:

“I do not understand your people. They have been the best friends of Germany before the War, during the War, and after the War. It is Germany which originated the theory of the inferiority of the Jew. France was the first country to give emancipation to your people and to recognize the emancipation of Palestine before any other government, even that of England. Nevertheless France does not enjoy that sympathy and friendship among the Jews that Germany does. It is true that we had a Dreyfuss. But the Dreyfuss case is a page of honor in French history. Six governments were overthrown and the French Republic rocked to its very foundations on the question of whether justice or injustice had been committed against this one Jew!” As a dramatic Frenchman, Briand turned to him and said: “Can you imagine one government being overthrown in Germany because an injustice had been committed against one single Jew?”

“Hitlerism,” Briand concluded, “is a menace to France but it is no less a menace to the peace of the world. What are the Jews doing in order to fight this great menace?” he asked.

Some two months later, this same journalist was sitting in Berlin opposite one of the Ullstein brothers. Te was discussing the Jewish situation with Ullstein, pointing out to him that the Jews have no army or navy and depended more than any other nation on the force of an enlightened public opinion in the battle against prejudice. Mr. Ullstein laughed at him when the journalist spoke of the rising tide of anti-semitism in Germany. “Don’t we Jews run the biggest newspapers and some of the greatest commercial enterprises?” he asked. “Anti-Semitism may be an excellent subject for an article in a small Jewish weekly, but the German people are too sane to permit Hitler to rise to power. And even if Hitler does come to power,” he added, shrugging his shoulders, “do you really think he could carry out his ‘crazy’ notions? You cannot, in the Twentieth Century, deprive the Jews of their equal rights as citizens.”