The Sentinel, v.055 no. 08, 1924

              THE SENTINEL
THE STOICS, THEIR SIRES AND which illustrates the devotion of the correspondent of the Jewish Tele-
SCIONS . sage to his master during the proba- graphic Agency that outside of news-
(Continued from Page 10) tion period. Zeno was bidden to carry paper reports, the immigration author-moment
a great thought was born a pot of porridge thru the streets, when ities of the United States have no
within his mind. He trembled from he felt ashamed and hid it in his cloak. official record as to the number of
head to foot with the ecstasy of in- He had a blow from his master's stick, American visa holders classified as
expressible joy; he uttered: Eureka! which broke the pot and spilt the mess "stranded refugees." Will the lack
The rich noon-tide sun transfused over his clothes. His birth was in of record, however, solve the problem
itself into an infinite variety of Citium, Cyprus, in that part of the and remove the responsibility?
opalescent colors streaming in liquid island, where the Semitic element pre- That the authorities who have issued
gold and pearls, rubies and sapphires. dominated. Even his appearance was these visas and encouraged the hopes
Anon the refulgent orb shone at its minutely described for us. He was of these refugees have to some extent
zenith. In the rainbow tints, the lean, delicate with swarthy complexion. a responsibility towards them is in-early
sunshine appeared, bright, bril- His excessive frugality impressed ob- dicated by the fact that the State De-liant,
full of hope as a buoyant youth. servers no less than his moral dignity, partment has issued instructions
The darkening shades of twilight sank earnestness and affability. Some are through the consuls abroad to give
below the distant segment of the disposed to see in them Semitic traits preference in the issuing of new visas
heavens; a spice-laden sky glowing of character. He began to teach at the to those stranded refugees who hold
with rosy and purple hues wafted a mature age of forty, about 305 B. C. previous visas. There is, however,
sea of fragrance and perfume around His school was situated on the north very little salvation in this instruction
him. Its crystal dome poured forth side of the market place at Athens, un- of the State Department. The quotas
a symphony of incomparable sweet- der a painted colonade, or stoa. Hence according to the new law for the east-ness.
The two opposite arcs of the the name Stoic. ern European countries, from where
horizon blended together into one The Doctrines of Stoic Philosophy the majority of the refugees come are
circle of ineffable brilliancy. . . . In The main doctrines of the Stoic as known, very limited. Out of this
the center shone a great light. . .,. oTh e reson the Sti meagre quota only a half of each
It seemed as if West with its ancient philosophers were based on the prin- quota can be allotted for preference
schools, with its temples of wisdom, ciples of resistance to passion and the tothstaddeugeiasmc
with its altars 9 f worwshiti pi,t traalnasrfso9rfm eodr siuptnriatsyf ofmoofem drG ivodhd e, wehwichih wdecrea lmguaien ly Tdhe - aass ththee sottrhaenrd ehda lfr eofuf gteheess,e inq uaost asm uacrhe
itself into a sacred procession, whose from the Jewish decalogue. The to be reserved for a certain class of
followers were pressing onward to Stoics' attitude to God is that of a near relatives of American citizens
meet the inspired pilgrims hailing child to his father, dependent yet re- and agricultural laborers which have
from the heart of distant regions; sponsible. Virtue was regarded as the gained preference by the provisions
they were all eager to greet kindred only good which was to be practiced of the very same immigration law. Be-spirits
in united worship, in perpetual for its own sake, without the expecta- sides, according to the same law only
adoration at the Orient Shrine tion of reward. Another great doctrine, 10 per cent of the annual quota could
From the mountain side resounded the which Stoicism inculcated on its dis- be admitted monthly. Even those
vesper songs of zephyrs blending ciples, is the absolute equality of man. refugees who would prove to belong
softly in the hymn of the morning. This is due no doubt to the opening to the "preferred stock" would have
All moan was banished-nothing but p of the East by the arms of Alexan- to continue in their trying and ex-harmony
and love reigned supreme at dershifting the philosophic standpoint hausting position of anticipation.
the great union celebrated between from Hellenism into cosmopolitanism. What is then to happen to these eleven
the children of man from rising to In the kingdom of wisdom, they taught, thousand stranded immigrants toward
setting sun. as in the kingdom of God there is whom a certain measure of responsi-
Zeno, the first Stoic, drew together neither barbarian nor free. The door bility has already been admitted?
the broken arcs of human society, id shut to no man. It is open to all, Congress at its very last session, be-rounded
them out into one circular admits all, invites all,free men, freed fore adjourning passed the resolution
form. With the symbolic ring of hu- men, slaves, kings and exiles. Its elec- which will remain in the immigration
manitarian sentiment, he betrothed ins is not of family or fortune. It annuls as an act of human mercy, to
the scattered fragments of mankind is content with the bare man. The admit those who have already em-in
the spirit of unity and conciliation. whole stress of the philosophy of the barked for the United States and
In the center was inscribed the talis- Porch fell upon its moral teachings. would become victims of the new law
manic password: "Homo ,Sum." -Virtue they said is to live consistently, when they would see land again. Will
Historic data are at hand concern- according to the highest law of nature. Congress take up and deliberate in the
ing the man Zeno, which may enable us Throughout all their system they em- same spirit on the question of these
to judge of his life work. His first phasized humanitarian sentiment. They stranded refugees when it convenes?
contact with the Hellenic world is re- also taught absolute submission to
lated in the following typical story providence and universal philanthropy. B'NAI B'RITH INTERESTED IN
(Isocrates Paneg). He visited Athens Our nature they said, may be deducible JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO
at the age of twenty-two, for purposes from that of God, but it is better MEXICO
of trade. Lighting at a book-seller's known to ourselves to start with, so
on the Socratic Memorials, which he that it may be well to begin from the Twenty thousand dollars has been
pored over with increasing interest. end of the stick which we have in our appropriated by the Independent
He asked at length, where are such hands by the practice of virtue and Order B'nai B'rith for the establish-men
to be found? He was seized with benevolence. Aristo, Zeno's, pupil, ment of a branch office in Mexico
a sudden impulse to acquaint himself taught that justice is natural and not City for the purpose of carrying on
with Greek philosophy. He at once at- merely something conventional. To relief work among the Jewish immi-tached
himself to Crates. So far it reconcile the ways of God to man had grants in this city.
reads like a sudden resolution to a been the ambition of Chrysippus, his The Independent Order B'nai B'rith
conversion or to renounce the world immediate successor. Their humani- has been, one of the first American
as monk. The fact, however, is that tarian doctrine was summed up in the Jewish organizations to interest itself
Zeno's life-span fell during the Greeco- formula; homo sum et nihil humani a in the situation in Mexico and the
Oriental period, when the Syrian popu- me alienum puto. This, as will be seen possibility which that country may
lation fell under the spell of Greek later, is not a product of the Greek afford for Jewish immigration.
learning. Since the time of the Mace- intellect but rather forms the first
donian Conquest, (336 B. C.), the fruit of the interaction between West PETER WIERNIEK
youths were suddenly seized with the and East which followed the conquest '(Continued from preceding Page)
dHeirl lon iin temele; eager of Alexander. of thought, and religion. The time
to adopt Greek language and customs, The second of this series will appear in is not far off, in my opinion, when
the young generation flocked to Athens an early issue. America, the youngest of Jewish com-for
purposes of education, disguising munities, will be in a position to sup-partially
their names. The native pop- All Rights Reserved ply with intellectual and religious
ulation was all but too unfriendly to SPIEGELMAN WRITES ON THE leaders all the older and now seem-foreigners,
whom they called bar- IMMIGRATION QUESTION ingly decadent Jewish communities of
barians. Alien students found immunity the world. In this respect, Orthodox
from racial prejudice in the conceal- What has been an engaging prob- Judaism is a valuable protection and a
ment of their origin. They feigned to lem to the authorities in the various veritable armor as it has proven to be
be one of the group. On the other hand, embarkation ports, to government of- in the course of our long and varied
adventurous young Greeks wandered ficials and to relief organizations-the historical development.
to the East, and came home with a problem of the stranded refugees who What is your opinion with regard
wealth of experience. Alexander him- were granted visas to be admitted to to the lately much talked of theory of
self came to see the noble qualities in America but were detained not of the superiority of the Nordics in con-
Oriental life and rose rapidly to a their own fault-found no expression, nection with the anti-immigration bill,
broader view. In this manner Greek so far in any official record of the and is there any danger that America
ideas were affected by Oriental ideas, State Department or even the Labor will become susceptible to the doc-and
the two continents mingled to- Department. The authorities upon trines of anti-Semitism?
gether in peaceful intercourse. What- whom the refugees have placed their Here again Mr. Wierniek concluded,
ever the aims of the Hellenic con- trust and as a result of that trust "History could furnish us valuable ad-querors,
there were also present in the have disposed of their property, left vice. The fate of the Jewish com-ancient
world genuine men who be- their homes and started journeying munities in the Anglo-Saxon countries
came eventually the great pioneers in with the encouraging hope of finally which we would rightly call biblical
the realms of advanced thought. These reaching their opportunity in the land countries is sufficient proof that Anti-were
the intellectual leaders who were of opportunities, lost track of these Semitism, at least so far as its sharp
anxious to bridge the chasm between originally hopeful emigrants in the violent forms are concerned never
the Orient and the Occident. Zeno was moment of their despair. Commis- could root itself very deeply in these
foremost among them. Another story sioner General of Immigration Hus- countries."
came down to us from the same source band has made the statement to the (Copyright, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1924.)
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