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EJv M DP. GEORGE FOX.. EDI TOP . Of n ml 1 TTT TTTTT " - 4 4 "2 X. eadjng Jewish Joupna, z?2Ef GPDirSbuTiwES. iDtl. OKOnriK FOX, President 1 SAM LII'HHITZ. Vice-President f LOUIS MOIUIIS, Sec'y-Treim. I The editor In not reitponMlble for vlew expressed by contributor!. Anonymous -I letter will receive no consideration. I t j) VOL. VII. NO. 19. FORT WORTH-DALLAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. I Kntereil In the roil wujiii I'nntofflre) uk S-cm'l ('limn Mull Matter by tlx Mon- ' Itor I'ubllnhlriK L'ompny. Price $ 1 .50 Per Year. y $5 3, FOREIGN and DOMESTIC NEWS r FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS --'w--.'-..J.j.-..u..-.j.-...tt.j.J......u..')..J..0.j.- EXTRACT FROM LETTER RECEIV ED FROM PALESTINE RED MOGEN DAVID. Jaffa, June 11, 1919. "To the National Office of the Red Mogen David: Dear Sirs: In respect to the program of our work, we herewith give you the fol lowing report: 1. Organization Work: We are in constant communication with different parts of our country. One of our main aims is to unite the whole popu lation into a Rod Mogen David organ ization. We have sent out to all cities and colonics of the country leaflets, receipts and constitutions. We have elected temporary committees, and in many cities permanent committees, which are very active. 2. "The work of our committee: We came to an understanding wtih the Medical Society that they should give medical attention to Legionaires. We have seen to it that shower baths were installed in the camps. We have opened a canteen in the 50th battal ion, which develops rapidly; we are about to open such canteens in Mikvah Israel, Ber-Jacob which are located near the 39th battalion, and Bala and Raffa. We have sent a few of our members there to organize the work. However, there are many obstacles because of military administration. We have undertaken to supply the legionaires with books, to form libra ries In the camps; we have appropriat ed a sum for the furniture, for bind ing the books and for maintaning the libraries. Especially for maintaining the library in the 40th battalion. "We have arranged for a series of concerts thru the Singing School 'Sulamith' in Jaffa. Some concerts were arranged for the groups that are located in Jaffa and for the leg ionaircs of the 38th and 39 Battal ions. Refreshments were served at these concerts. At present we arc occupied in preparing a big concert in Raffa for the Palestinian Regiment, but we are confronted with the dif ficulty that it is very far from here. "We have organized a Culture Com. mittce with the assistance of the best literary men of Palestine, for the pur pose of delivering lectures and form ing various courses for the Legion- aires. The Culture Committee is al- rcady active having secured the co- ojwration of the military aw 0 and asked Gen Pilduski to occupy We expect to form such courses Hi . 'Jf b "V-rd Ruthenians came to War different camps but we lack text books and other materials, which hinder our work. "At the expense of a lot of energy we have succeeded in arranging ex cursions for the American and Eng lish Legionaires to give them an op portunity to get acquainted with the land. Wherever the Legionaires pass on these excursions we send out com mittees to meet them. We have distributed among the Legionaires a certain quantity of writing paper Hiid envelopes. The high cost of all materials has compell ed us to apply to you by wire for at least 10,000 sheets of writing paper and 5,000 envelopes weekly. "In our cable we asked you to send us text books, newspapers and reading books for the Legionaires, in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. We asked you for 6 copies of each but we now find 6 copies will not be enough because the regiments are not located in one place. "It is also necessary to open librar ies in the soldier clubs. In the sol dier house of Jerusalem, there is a fine library, and it would be desirable to open such libraries in the soldier house in Jaffa, in the canteens in Rishon, Le Zion, Tetach-Tihvah, Ber Jacob, and in other colonies where Legionaiies are found. "We are in need of a good moving picture apparatus. We expect to is sue a memorandum book, which should serve the Legionaire as an informa tion book in regard to everything about the land and our history. This requires an expenditure of about 500 pounds. "We agree with you in your just request that the Red Mogen David be non-partisan organization. Our or ganization is such and therefore has the sympathy of the entire population. "Signed BEZALEL JAFFA, For the Central Committee of the Red Mogen David." Pilduski answer- ANTI BOLSHEVIK BANDITS MAKE POGROMS ON JEWS. London, Aug. 6. (By I. J. P. B.) A report of the "London Times" states that the conditions of Vohlin and Podolia are so dreadful and the massacres upon the Jews are so ter rible that a deputation of Poles 'o territory cd tin. (-legation that he is not at liberty to do anything without the consent of the Allies. According to the report of the "London Times" the Jews are the main sufferers of the anarchy that reigns at Podolia and Vohlin, where anti-Semitic bands under the leader ship of brignnds, walk around from city to city and devastate Jewish homes. Their favorite past time is to place Jews in line one behind the oth er and to shoot 7 times at them. The Bolshevik soldiers cannot do anything to protect the Jews because they are occupied in fighting against Kolchak and Dennikin. VILNA AND WARSAW PROTEST London. Aug. 6. (By I. J. P. B.) The Jewish community at Cilna made public a protest against the search that was made at the house of Rabbi Rubenstein under the pretense that they had fired upon soldiers from the Rabbi's house. In the protest it is denied that they had fired from Rabbi Rubenstein's house and it is stated thnt to search in the Rabbi's house for ammunition is an insult to the whole community. In many circles in Warsaw it is de manded that the government make an investigation of the whole matter and that the guilty ones should be punish ed for insulting the rabbi of Vilna. out by troops nf General Gregoneff, Russian unti-ltolshe ik leader, which are occupying that city, is reported in advices received by semi-official Pol ish sources. The Jewish quarter was surrounded by the troops it is declar ed, and a massacre was begun from which no one escaped. The entire quarter was for three days and nights in the hands of the Russian soldiers, the advices assert. The Jews of the Ukraine and Bes sarabia, it was added, have proclaim ed a mourning period of fourteen days. General Gregoneff entered Odessa early in July after severe fighting, and at the time was quoted as saying that he was ready to join the Allies in a combined attack on the Bolshe viki, if the latter began un offensive on the Dniester River. Cecil B. Hariiisworth, British Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said in the House of Commons on July 8 that General Gregoricff was stated to be strongly anti-Jewish in his sympathies. CHIEF OF VILNA COMMUNITY ARRESTED WHILE DISTRIBUT ING RELIEF MONEY. London, Aug. 6. (By I. J. P. B.) The Moment of Warsaw reports that Dr. Shabbad the chief of the Vilna community was arrested. Dr. Shab bad went around in his automobile dis tributing American relief money. He was arrested and brought a prisoner to Vilna but he was freed immediately. THREE-DAY IOGROM IN ODESSA Reported Masnacre Instigated by Gen eral Gregorieff. London, August 2. A massacre in the Jewish quarter of Odessa, carried 120,1)00 REPORTED KILLED IN UKRAINE. One hundred and twenty thousand people are reortcd to have been kill ed as the result of pogroms in Ukraine during the month of Juno. These are the figures given in a cablegram re ceived by Louis Marshall from Leo Motzkin secretary of the Jewish dele. gatts at the peace conference. The cablegram stated: "Zuckcrman arrived ami confirms former communications. He reports new and terrible pogroms which oc curred during June at Kaminetz, Pod olsk, Kitaigorml, Ourinine, etc. The latest news is certified by three rab bis and by other Jewish representa tives of Khotine. I know these tuvu who are from the Ukraint "They state that altogether 120.000 have been killed. In Proskurof alone 3,!4 inhabitants and numerous pass ing people have betn killed ami 2,000 were wounded. " "Among the killed were 1,500 school children." Mr. Marshall said he had learned that the French Government had sent a commission into the Ukraine to in vestigate conditions, and that the Jews would probably do likewise.