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THE FORTY-SECOND AMUAL EEPOET OF THE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE, 1912—1913, —. :etotsfj Sssactattcm ־.flues of tfjc Single3© BLOMFIELD HOUSE, 85, LONDON WALL, LONDON, E.C. 1913. 3(00 LONDON: PRINTED BY WERTHEIMER, LEA AND CO., CLIFTON nOtrSE, WORSHIP STREET B.C. TELEPHONE : LONDON WALL 3121. .it til—1912-1913 :מ cr, £> PRESIDENT. CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Rev. Dr. HERTZ, Chief Rabbi. Sir GEORGE FAUDEL-PHILLIPS, Bart., D. L. ALEXANDER, Esq., K.C. G.C.I.E. The Rev. Haham Dr. M. GASTER. The Right Hon. LORD ROTHSCHILD, BENJAMIN KISCH, Esq., M.A., B.SE. G.C.V.O. HERBERT G. LOUSADA, Esq. LEOPOLD DER0THSCH1LD,E8q.,C.V.O. Sir PHILIP MAGNUS, M.P. I. SELIGMAN, Esq. Lieut.-Col. Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, OSWALD JOHN SIMON, Esq. G.C.M.G. Sir EDWARD D. STERN. TREASURER. I. SELIGMAN, Esq. Dr. ISRAEL ABRAHAMS, M.A., D.Lit. S. JAPHET, Esq. "Miss NETTIE ADLER, L.C.C. DELISSA JOSEPH, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. ELKAN N. ADLER, Esq., M.A. HERMANN LANDAU, Esq. ALBERT AHRONSBERG, Esq. (Repre- M. E. LANGE, Esq. sentative, Birmingham Branch). Dr. A. HAROLD LEVY. LUDWIG ASH, Esq. ®Lady LEWIS. GERALD E. BEDDINGTON, Esq. HARRY R. LEWIS, Esq. FRANK D. BENJAMIN, Esq. LIONEL LOWY, Esq. 5 'Mrs. BISCHOFFSHEIM. LEONARD G. MONTEFIORE, Esq. ARTHUR M. COHEN, Esq. B. NEWGASS, Esq. NEVILLE D. COHEN, Esq. (Repre- ®Mrs. MAURICE NISSIM. sentative, Sydney Branch). J. PRAG, Esq., J.P. WALTER S. COHEN, Esq. L. S. M. PYKE, Esq. 5 .Mrs. LEOPOLD• DE ROTHSCHILD׳ .JOSEPH COWEN, Esq 0. E. D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, Esq. CLEMENT I. SALAMAN, Esq. LEWIS DAVIS, Esq. FRANK SAMUEL, Esq. Dr. A. EICHHOLZ. SELIM SAMUEL, Esq. FREDERIC S. FRANKLIN, Esq. HORATIO M. SCHLOSS, Esq. J. A. FRANKLIN, Esq. D. S. GARSON, Esq., J.P. (Repre- WALTER L. SELIGMAN, Esq. sentative, Manchester Branch). Dr. CHARLES SINGER. 1. GRUNEBAUM, Esq. SELIM SOLOMON, Esq. F. B. HALFORD, Esq. MEYER A. SPIELMANN, Esq. H. S. Q. HENRIQUES, Esq., M.A. LEONARD STEIN, Esq. Sir CHARLES S. HENRY, Bart., M.P. ALGERNON E. SYDNEY, Esq. COLEMAN P. HYMAN, Esq. MAURICE JACOBS, Esq., M.A. Sir ADOLPH TUOK, Bart. JOSEPH JACOBSON, Esq. (Representa- *Lady TUCK. tive, Glasgow Branch). LUCIEN WOLF, Esq. * The Lady Members are co-opted by the Council. The Presidents of Branches are ex-officio Members of the Council. AUDITOR. J. PRAG, Esq., J.P. SECRETARY. Mr. M. DUPARC. COLLECTOR. Mr. A. ABRAHAMS. OFFICE J—BLOMFIELD HOUSE, 85, LONDON WALL, E.C. A 2 (Bmntibt Comnttftte. CHAIRMAN. B. KISCH, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. E. N. ADLER, Esq., M.A. H. LANDAU, Esq. NEVILLE D. COHEN, Esq. H. G. LOUSADA, Esq. O. E. D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, Esq. LIONEL LOWY, Esq. Dr. A. EICHHOLZ. CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE, Esq. D. S. GARSON, Esq., J.P. (Man- J. FRAG, Esq., J.P. Chester). I. SELIGMAN, Esq. F. B. HALFORD, Esq. SELIM SOLOMON, Esq. b of׳Committee for J0mt |xti0u bHtjr % §a;u geptws. CHAIRMAN. CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE, Esq, E. N. ADLER, Esq., M.A. I J. PBAG, Esq., J.P. B. KISCH, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. I. SELIGMAN, Esq. .OSWALP J. SIMON, Esq ן .H. LANDAU, Esq Rabies' Committee. Mrs. LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD, President,. Mrs. BISCHOFFSHEIM, Vice-President. Mrs. MAURICE NISSIM, Hon. Secretary. Miss NETTIE ADLER, L.C.C. Mrs. CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE. Mrs. ROBERT WALEY COHEN. Mrs. FREDERICK SASSOON. Miss KATE HALFORD. Mrs. CHARLES SINGER. Miss LAURA JOSEPH. Lady STERN. Lady LEWIS. Lady TUCK. Miss BELLA LOWY. Mrs. ALFRED WOLFF. C anb as sing Committer NEVILLE D. COHEN, Esq., Chairman. LIONEL LOWY, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GERALD E. BEDDINGTON, Esq. J. PRAG, Esq., J.P. JOSEPH COWEN, Esq. L. S. M. PYKE, Esq. S. DUPARC, Esq. SELIM SAMUEL, Esq. D. S. GARSON, Esq., J.P. (Manchester). ALBERT L. SAMUELL, Esq. Sir CHARLES S. HENRY, Bart., M.P. I. SELIGMAN, Esq. COLEMAN P. HYMAN, Esq. WALTER L. SELIGMAN, Esq. HARRY R. LEWIS, Esq. SELIM SOLOMON, Esq. B. NEWOASS, Esq. THE FORTY-SECOND AMUAL REPORT OF THE glnjlir-J^Mjisfc glaaxrciatiau. 1912-1913. THE Balkan War, which formed the subject of the opening sentences of the last Annual Report, has been brought to a conclusion. One of the results of the campaign has been a rearrangement of territories in South-Eastern Europe, and the efforts of the Council, through their representatives on the Conjoint Foreign Committee of the Anglo-Jewish Association and the Board of Deputies, have been directed towards obtaining for Jews who were formerly Turkish subjects, but have now passed under the dominion of other States, the retention and enjoyment of the full religious liberty and rights of citizenship they have hitherto enjoyed. To this end representations were made both to the Conference of Delegates of the belligerent States which met in London and to the Foreign Office, and assurances were given on this point. More detailed information will be found in subsequent pages of the present Report, but the Council cannot pass from the subject of the War without placing on record the expression of their warm appreciation of the admirable work performed by their colleague, Mr. E. N. Adler, who, at very great risk undertook, in conjunction with Dr. Paul Nathan and Dr. Bernard Kahn, of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden, a mission to the regions affected by the war, to organise and 6 FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. distribut e the relief funds raised for the benefit of the many thousands of sufferers. In Turkey itself the political condition of the Jews has improved in consequence of the war. In recognition of their loyalty the Government has abolished the " red passport," which limited the right of residence of foreign Jews in Pales- tine to three months, and negotiations are on foot for the removal of the Jewish disabilities as to land tenure. As will be seen from the chapter headed " Russia," the systematised persecution of the Jews in that Empire is main- tained with unabated vigour, and fresh weapons have been forged to make their lot still harder and more bitter. The outstanding event of the year has been the persistency with which the "Ritual Murder" libel has been exploited and turned into a charge, not against the unfortunate man Mendel Beilis alone, but against the Jewish race as a whole. In Roumania, however, the outlook is perhaps a little more promising. The Presidents of the Conjoint Foreign Committee availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the Peace negotiations in London to denounce in the Press the un- exampled bad faith of Roumania in respect to its obligations to the Jews under the Treaty of Berlin. The Council regard as inadequate and unsatisfactory the promise held out by Roumanian statesmen that Jewish soldiers who were among the troops mobilised during the second Balkan War would be granted complete civil and political rights. Nothing short of the full emancipation of all the Jews in Roumania, as con- ceded by the Berlin Treaty, can be regarded as sufficient. As the result of negotiations between the Anglo-Jewish Association and similar institutions on the Continent, a Permanent International Organisation has been formed, on which the Association will be represented. In view of the election of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Hertz as Chief Rabbi, the Council invited him to accept the position of a Vice-President of the Association. The Chief Rabbi cordially accepted the invitation, and lost no time in manifesting his interest in the work of the Council. The Council deeply regret the death of two valued RETROSPECT. 7 colleagues—Mr. S. B. Pincus and Mr. Carl Stettauer. The Council will ever be mindful of Mr. Stettauer's noble, self- imposed, and dangerous mission to Russia at the time of the: last pogroms, and of the excellent work he subsequently performed as Chairman of the Executive of the Russo-Jewish Committee. Mr. Pincus has generously bequeathed to the Association a considerable legacy, payment of which, however, is delayed pending realisation of his estate. A Dinner in aid of the funds of the Association was held last May under the Chairmanship of Sir Edward D. Stern, a Vice-President. Over £8,000 was collected, thanks to the warm interest which the Chairman took in the function, in conjunction with Lady Stern (who entertained the guests at her house after dinner), as well as to the whole-hearted devotion to their arduous work shown by Mr. Coleman P. Hyman, Mr. Ernst H. Schiff, and Mr. Frederick Stern, the Hon. Secretaries of the Dinner Committee. The Council also gladly record their gratitude to the Stewards, who contributed to the success of the collection. A remarkable speech was delivered on the occasion by Viscount Milner on " The Jewish Problem," arid is printed in Appendix B. The relations of the Association with the Board of Deputies, the Alliance Israelite Universelle, the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden, the Israelite Alliance in Vienna, the Jewish Colonization Association, and the American Jewish Committee continue to be extremely cordial.