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.