I have called "Special" causes of Friction those which are remedial at will by either party--they would seem to be, on the Jewish side, the habit of secrecy and the habit of expressing a sense of superiority--on our side a disingenuousness and unintelligence in our treatment of Jews and a lack of charity. The deplorable Jewish habit of secrecy--the use of false names--examples--excuses for same not adequate--a regular code of such names which deceive us but can be decoded by fellow Jews. The expression of superiority by the Jew--our statesmanship has never sufficiently allowed for it--examples of this expression--Jewish interference in our religion--or national quarrels--and other departments which are alien to Jewish interests--on the other hand this quality has been a preservation of the race--the Jew should note the corresponding sense of superiority on our side--even the poor hack-writer, if he be of European blood, feels himself superior to the Jewish millionaire. CHAPTER VI THE CAUSE OF FRICTION UPON OUR SIDE 123 This department of our inquiry often neglected through an error--it is presumed that, because we are the hosts and the Jew alien to us, no responsibility falls on us--this error forgets that the Jew is permanently with us and that every permanent human relation involves responsibility. The first cause of friction on our side is _disingenuousness_ in our dealings with the Jew--examples of this--we conceal from the Jew our real feelings--we deceive him--the richer classes who intermarry with Jews and enter into business partnership with them especially to blame--the populace more straightforward--this deceiving of the Jew leaves him troubled when the quarrel comes to a head--he has not heard what is said behind his back. Disingenuousness in our suppression of the Jewish problem in history--gross examples of it in contemporary life and particularly in the popular press--Jews called "Russians," "Germans," anything but what they are. Unintelligence a second cause of friction--example: our treatment of Jewish immigration--we hate it, yet allow it because we dare not give it its right name--unintelligent treatment of the Jew in fiction--unintelligence in our astonishment at his international position--example of the cabinet minister's cousin who got into trouble. Last cause, lack of charity--people won't put themselves in the shoes of the Jew and see how things look from _his_ side--we do not (as we should) mix with Jews of every class and address their societies--Summary--A warning against the idea that the friction between the Jews and ourselves is unimportant--it has bred catastrophe in the past and may in the future. CHAPTER VII THE ANTI-SEMITE 145