| Show t t. t THE r j W II S1 A A I PATRIOT TRi HIS BRILLI BRILLIANT NT DEFENCE BY THE THEr t I r r REV REV MADISON PETERS I Ir I I t I 0 t H- H A remarkably written written lwell-written written review of the Rev Madison C. C Peters's new book entitled The Je as a a. Patriot in the Louisville Courier Journal opens openS' in inthis inthis this wise Heinrich H Heine ine well said that Judaism is not a a. religion but a mis mis- fortune It passionate protest against bitter prejudice voiced in a a lonely exile His has well nigh echoed around the world for the sun has never set upon the persecution of the JeW The spectacle of the Israelite is one of the most tragic tragic and dramatic in all history Vindication has come to him slowly but but no ng wh where re has i it been more generous than in In the United States Slates where r a a. factor in the national development The reviewer states that Doctor Peters of New NewYork York whose eloquent voice has so often been lifted in defence of the Hebrew now now places on record the in- in Indisputable disputable table facts r of the long and and honored honored service of f the Israelite as patriot soldier citizen and philanthropist It appears that the work was undertaken in order to furnish an answer to a slur of Mark Twains Twain's that celebrated humorist humor humor- 1st having said that I the Jew entertained A patriotic disinclination to stand by bythe bythe the flag as a sol Dr Peters's P book Is a a. stinging answer answer to this accusation I He J has not to fine heights of rhetoric he has not covered his subject with the mantle rf f romance He presents facts ah and figures Introductory to the book is an essay by y the Hon lIon Oscar S. S Straus on The Hebrew Commonwealth Commonwealth Common Common- wealth the the Model for r the the American Republic It TS a striking striling and interesting statement I Dr Peters presents some new Information on on the part part patt the Jews played in inthe inthe inthe the discovery of America He contends that Isabel Isabella a. a never nver sold those famous jewel to equip t tie te e fleet of Columbus but that the funds for this most notable of all voyages of discovery overy were furnished by Jews one of them the Chancellor of ot the Royal Household and the other the chief treasurer of Aragon The point is made that the maps used by Columbus were made by Jews that Columbus's ship was s a Jew Bernal that it was a Jew Rodrigo de do Triana who first saw land and that a a. Jew Luis do de Tones was the first to land on American Amen Ameri can soil I 1 One of the most roost interesting sections of Dr Peters's book is that relating to the Jews in the Wars of the Republic It is here that the loyalty and patriotism of the Hebrew ate are revealed admirably The ca cause se of liberty early had true lends friends f i among the tie Hebrews The author cites the cases of the noble Haym Solomon of Philadelphia who gave save to the Continental cause Not a cent was ev ever r repaid Benjamin Levy of Philadelphia la anc and Benjamin Jacobs both came to the help hell of Washington when he needed them sorely And not only with money but with their lives li the Jews helped the light fight for liberty Scores of cases are recorded of brave Jewish who wore wor the thc buff and blue nota nota- bi bly bh Col Isaac who was Franks camp aide to Washington In the Mexican war the Jews distinguished themselves The Surgeon-Gen- Surgeon eral of the army was Gen Moses Albert Levy In the Civil war the Jew had a proud part When the memorable conflict b began gan thile were only 0 Jews In the country and of that number served in the Union and Confederate armies Over Jews served In the American forces In the war with Spain Dr Peters cites the cases of the six Coh Cohen ji brothers from North Carolina who vho wore Yore th grey The highest rank attained by any atly Jew during durinG- the Civil war was that of ct t General Major secured by Frederick I Kne Knefler cr who enlisted as private In Inthe inthe inthe the Indiana volunteer infantry and who fought his way to the top An interesting inter inter- esting statement is that fifteen Jewish tailors went down to death on the Maine The first firstman man to fall wounded in the attack on Manila was Sergt Just of the First California volunteers which regiment numbered Jews In In the armies of Europe the Jew has been likewise conspicuous Some of Napoleons Napoleon's greatest Marshals Soult N Ney y and Massena l were Jews The Jewish population of ot Europe is They contribute men to the armies Th proportion of Jews among the soldiers of Europe 11 1 greater than that o of any race Nearly 1000 Jews have served under th the British flag in the war with the Boers The English Jews Jew have been distinguished in war Albert Gold- Gold GoldI was a Major General and two horses were werA shot under him at Waterloo Water rater loo be There Is a long roster of ot Jewish officers in the British army now seeing I s in Africa Dr Peters shows shows clearly that at the loe Jew is not to be found in the quartermasters quartermaster's quarter quarter- masters master's department as his enemies contend but hut on the firIng floe Hn |
