Produced by Jeannie Howse, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE JEW AND AMERICAN IDEALS 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. [Illustration] 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."