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JEWISH CENTRE NEWS
JEWISH CENTRE NEWS
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Volume 1
Number 18
King Carol
With all the romance and glamour of George Barr McGutcheon's "Graustark" Stories, King Carol of Roumania has ascended the throne he renounced several years ago.
Droping out of the clouds into Bucharest, this bad boy of the Balkins, or sometimes known as the Don Juan Prince, has with one grand gesture installed himself again upon the throne he renounced, has revoked the laws past since his departure, and has made announcements which are of tremenduous interest to Jews.
The Jews of Roumania have known no small amount of grief for the past few years. The country has be^n going through a terrific economic crisis, of which the greatest sufferers.
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promises of the Peasant Party, now in power, have proved empty. The Jews of Roumania not only are starving but are being persecuted in ways that even include physical indignities. Instead of the attackers being punished, in one instance, the outraged were arrested.
Will there be a change in the government ? Will the Jews be treated in a more humane manner? We can only hope that Carol, now King of Roumania, upon ascending to the throne will react differently towards his Jewish subjects than did Nicholas II of Russia. The Jewish population of Russia went wild with joy when Nicholas came into power. They would be freed of all their miseries they thought, for had this Czar not favored a Jewess, the famous Gins- ^ berg he had loved so madly?
Instead, the cruelties suffered by the Jews were worse than ever under the regime of Nicholas IL
In the case of King Carol of Roumania, he too favored a Jewess. For it was with Madame Lupesca, a beautiful titian haired Jewess, that he eloped some years ago. It is to be hoped that the people of his favorite will receive better treatment than did the Jews in Russia, under Nicholas.
The Davis Case
This sensational trial which had been going on for well over three months has set all Montreal agog. It was instituted by Lady Davis and her step-son who attempted to remove from office the executors of her late husband's estate. Lord Shaughnessy, and one Alexander Reaper. The case is of interest to Jewish residents of the Dominion.
The late Sir Mortimer Davis was the richest Jew in Canada, and one of the richest men in the Empire. The widow, formerly a New York manicurist and the step-son who is the husband of one of the famous dancing Dolly sisters, were the principal heirs to the estate which amounted to well over one hundred million dollars, and which is now dissipated according to Lady Davis, to a few hundred thousand dollars.
The pathetic part about the whole affair is not so much the fact that the heirs have been deprived of their inheritance, but rather that the inheritance should have not been directed into more worthy channels.
It is true that the late Sir Mortimer was very generous to Jewish charities, and the Y.M.H.A. in Montreal is indebted to him for the beautiful building recently erected which cost $250,000.00.^ Nevertheless, it is to be regretted that the late Sir Mortimer Davis did not see fit to bequeath a larger pairt of his fortune to charities and institutions which would make better use of it than did his widow aiid son, who estab-iished racing stables in France, and maihtainad hundreds of servants in their numerous establishments.
Whether or not Lord Shaughnessy and Mr. Reaper are aliso to blame for the sudden diminution of a tremendous fortune, is not definitely settled, as the case will go to the Court of Appeals. Whatever the outcome will be, ,it is obvious that lawyers fees alone would be sufficient to establish a very handsome colony in Palestine.
There is a responsibility upon men of wealth in present times to deal with their fortunes wisely. Excellent examples have been set in the past by such men as Carnegie, Mqnte-fiore. Rockefeller, Warburg, and many others. These men are leaving to posterity not merely a name as a millionaire, but also a beloved reputation as human benefactors and true philanthropists.
Sir Mortimer Davis built a tremendous fortune. Two years after his death, it is almost entirely dissipated. Nothing remains but squabblings between his executors and family.