The Sentinel, v.046 no. 10, 1922

              THE SENTINEL
MEXICO WELCOMES JEWISH
IMMIGRATION.
Chicago (J. T. A.)-The Mexican
government is prepared to throw open
the gates of Mexico to masses of east
European Jews, as forecast by the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency in previous
dispatches.
The offer to permit the immigration
of Jews into Mexico is contained in a
letter of May 10, addressed to Paul W.
Rothenberg, a lawyer, of 1630 South
Sawyer avenue, who conducted the
negotiations with the Mexican author-ities.
The letter of President Obregon
from the National Palace, Mexico City,
reads:
"In reference to our conversation
relative to the emigration of Russian
Jews to the Republic of Mexico, I am
pleased to advise that the government
which I take honor in presiding over
would be glad to see that emigration;
but I deem it advisable to state that if
the emigrants want to acquire any real
estate in the Republic of Mexico, they
must naturalize themselves as Mexican
citizens, since our statutes establish
that foreigners shall not acquire prop-erties
within a zone of 100 parallel to
the borders, and 50 kilometers from
the seaside.
"In the country there are several
million hectares of land appropriate
for colonization purposes, a great part
of which is susceptible of adaptation
for agriculture and irrigation. You
may be sure that the emigrants to
which I have been referring by sub-mitting
themselves as already stated
by me, to what is provided by the
constitution for the acquisition of
property-will enjoy the guarantees,
security and protection which are
granted to all citizens by the Republic
of Mexico.
"I have already taken up this matter
with Senator Schleimer of Arizona, in
the interview that I had the pleasure
of having with him in this capital, and
who will be able to give you many
more details than it is possible to
convey in a letter.
"With my personal regards,
"I am,
"Yours very truly,
"(Signed) 'A. Obregon.'"
Mr. Rothenberg has also been noti-fied
that a territory of 64,000 square
miles along the American-Mexican
border is at the disposal of Jewish im-migrants.
The territory is said to be
very fertile, enjoys a salubrious cli-mate,
snow and cold being unknown,
has vast agricultural possibilities, is
described as full of natural resources,
with facilities- for fishing and being
rich in timber, is believed to be entire-ly
fitted for industry and agriculture.
The area is sparsely populated, its
present population being only 25,000,
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although it is twice as large as Bel-gium.
This particular part of Mexico is
said not to have suffered from any of
the many revolutions, and because of
its geographic location cannot be af-fected
by uprisings.
A group of prominent Chicago Jews
is preparing to proceed to Mexico
within a few days to look over the
ground, which the government is ready
'to assign to Jewish immigrants, pro-ceeding
from there to Mexico City to
complete negotiations. It is then in-tended
to form an organization in the
United States to finance the immigra-tion.
It is hoped that the transfer of
tens of thousands of Jews to Mexico
will follow the agreement that govern-ment
and shipping companies will be
induced to grant cheaper transporta-tion.
It is understood that the government
of the United States is favorably dis-posed
towards the proposal, and that
Secretary Hughes will soon issue a
statement to that effect.
In quarters close to the initiators of
the idea, it is considered likely that
Israel Zangwill may become interested
in the movement, eventually coming
to America to assume leadership there-of.
1. O. B. B. ELECTS OFFICERS.
At the 54th annual convention of
District Grand lodge No. 6, of the In-dependent
Order B'nai B'rith, held in
the city of Omaha on May 29, 30 and
31 the following officers were elected:
Gus Loevenger, St. Paul, president;
Benj. Samuels, Chicago, 1st vice-pres-ident;
Chas. Orechovsky, Duluth, 2nd
vice-president; A. B. Seelenfreund,
Chicago, secretary; Benj. Braun, Mil-waukee,
treasurer; Sol Leviton, Mad-ison,
sergeant at arms.
Members of the general committee:
Robert Lappen, Des Moines, Ia.; Sam-uel
J. Leon, Omaha; Irving M. Treusch,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Julius M. Kahn,
Chicago; Gottfried D. Bernstein, Chi-cago;
Leo Reitman, Milwaukee; Otto
G. Felton, Chicago.
Members of the District Court of
Appeals: Harry H. Krinsky, president,
Chicago; A. B. Kapplen, Duluth;
Moritz Zarne, Milwaukee; Arthur Ros-enblum,
Omaha; and Simon Rosenberg,
Eau Claire, Wis.
FLOWER DAY FOR NATIONAL
FUND.
Sunday, June 11, is the ninth annual
flower day of the Jewish National fund.
Thousands of women and girls will
be needed to "tag." They can report
for flowers at the following stations:
Lawndale, National Institute, 3322
Douglas boulevard; west side, Hebrew
League, 1113 South Ashland avenue;
northwest, Jewish People's Institute,
1243 North Wood street; and south
side, 56 East 48th street.
"Did your late employer give you
a testimonial, Jack?" "Yes, Tom. But
the way employers look at it when I
apply for a job makes one think
there's something wrong with it."
"What does it say, then?" "Why, he
said I was one of the best men his
firm had ever turned out."-London
Telegraph.
News recently received from Persia
shows that anti-Semitism is making it-self
felt in that country. At Meshad
Jews are forced to wear special caps
and are prevented from appearing at
the market on certain days.
Mr. A. Edgar Aub of Cincinnati, 0.,
has been elected a trustee of the Jew-ish
Orphanage at Cleveland. Mr. Aub
is a grandson of the first president of
the home, and his father was also a
member of the directorate.
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