The Jew and American Ideals   By: John Spargo (1876-1966)

BOOKS BY JOHN SPARGO

THE JEW AND AMERICAN IDEALS "THE GREATEST FAILURE IN ALL HISTORY" RUSSIA AS AN AMERICAN PROBLEM THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BOLSHEVISM BOLSHEVISM AMERICANISM AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY SOCIAL DEMOCRACY EXPLAINED

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK [ESTABLISHED 1817]

THE JEW

AND

AMERICAN IDEALS

BY

JOHN SPARGO

Author of

"Bolshevism" "The Psychology of Bolshevism" "Russia as an American Problem" "The Greatest Failure in All History" "Social Democracy Explained" Etc.

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HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON

THE JEW AND AMERICAN IDEALS

Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

FOREWORD vii

I. A PACIFIST TURNED ANTI SEMITE 1

II. THE ALLEGED "GREAT JEWISH CONSPIRACY" 10

III. THE MYSTERY OF THE PROTOCOLS 18

IV. IS SOCIALISM A JEWISH CONSPIRACY? 47

V. THE JEWISH SOCIALISTS AND BOLSHEVISM 59

VI. BOLSHEVISM AND THE JEWS 83

VII. THE VICIOUS ROLE OF ANTI SEMITISM 99

VIII. WHAT ANTI SEMITISM IN AMERICA MEANS 110

IX. WE NEED THE CO OPERATION OF CHRISTIAN AND JEW 121

X. A FINAL WORD 136

POSTSCRIPT 140

FOREWORD

This little book was written without the knowledge of any Jew. It is not a defense of the Jew. It is not a pro Jewish argument. It is a defense of American ideals and institutions against anti Semitism; a plea for Christian civilization.

JOHN SPARGO.

"NESTLEDOWN," OLD BENNINGTON, VERMONT. January, 1921.

THE JEW AND AMERICAN IDEALS

I

A PACIFIST TURNED ANTI SEMITE

About five years ago I was honored by an invitation to join with a well known American capitalist and certain other men and women in an attempt to bring about the termination of the great World War. The manufacturer in question believed that it was possible to "get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas," and to that end organized an expedition which is now remembered chiefly for the bellicosity and belligerency of many of the "pacifists" who journeyed to Europe upon the "Peace Ship."

In declining the invitation to associate myself with this expedition, I felt that it was incumbent upon me to explain that, while I doubted the wisdom of the undertaking and felt that it might do harm instead of good, I honored the noble and unselfish motives by which Mr. Ford was inspired. His hatred of war and blood shed, and his desire to promote peace and good will among all peoples and races, seemed to me to be both profound and sincere and evoked my heartfelt admiration and sympathy. The more I doubted his political judgment believing that he was being used as a dupe and tool in a very dangerous intrigue the more willing I was to acknowledge those qualities of mind and heart which distinguished the famous manufacturer, and which the authors of the intrigue sought to exploit and use for sinister ends. On many occasions I have given public expression to my belief in Mr. Ford's sincere and unselfish idealism.