, 1880-06-27

tine. a Venetian JoT. has given $1,000 francs
for the eStblishmsns o. an an aEcultur9l school
Rothschild has just Guaranteed to rhe cx-Mayor
sa sSs tns ss Saet sAs s9
great banking house Of 4 the g., Rothschds, at the
KEY @ accepted opt rs sedary mor5gase On + Pales
tine, md adds that .'as it is impossible for a
bankrupt State, like Turkey, to pay bacz: the
returi, to the Land OF Promise us II certainty"
a proposition is now under discussion, since q
concession has been made to the French for the
Euphrutes Valley HOnd4 to nuke junction be-
tween the latter from the old provinces of AS
syria TO Jerusalem the plan of Gen. Sir Fred
erick Godsmia, Jew ,s whpso ks muntteence to the
tinguished relative. .Frtancts Goldsmid, II few
years ago acted as reference in the question of
terpreters Of prophecy IN reference to 1sraels
a prediction whose fultillsnent this enterprise
%s I'm hat IL 'e day there shall b. al highway Is way
syrian shall come into Egypt, and the
@ shat| % serve with the Assyrians it is t6oaght to
forcshadow II trirartite alliance between Israel,
Egypt, and Assyria, in the future Of the Hebrew
arc quoted: s'In that day shall Israel be the
third with Egypt and With 6. Assyria even bless.
Assyrla tho work OF my hands, and Isrnol my i.l-
heritance." 1t is agroed that no such alliance
has ever yot taken place. ;S,.+ p.,a.+.na,
of supporting dense population is set aside BY
the testimony of the late United States Consult
General who writes from \: 9na; hn,s An ABUNDANT Il!
from the pools of Solomon. were it not that nll
efforts are thwarscd ny the Moslem rulers. The
q eoones paned IL
traln, New Zealand. and the United States, there
is no reason to doubt their success" Arnold
suys, "frhe DID abundance is still sleeping In the
soil OF Palestine, and it needs not any miracle
but industry, to bring back the wealth and
beauty Of the early ages OF the Hebrew Mon
What adds interest to the jewish question is
tho discoveries made BY Echolars Of the where
abouts of the lost 'Ten Tribes, or the tribes Of
the Northern Kingdom, carried away by shal-
manescr, q century before the Babylonlan exile
Of Judah. the Southern Kingdom It seems tG
in the Caucasus, and those IN China with the
100000 Falashas In Abyssinia. are all descend
ants from the Ten Tribes: s. The wonderful M in
Christianity the last ten years rs proscly ting
religion, and the growing belief of orthodox
sign Of the end Of the world and the Judgment
day, attract attention. The special interest En-
gllshmcn tnke in the whole question Is very
strong strong power in Syria to protect the Alexandra
Kond and Sucz Canal from Russfun assault.
Jewish nationality would solve that problem,
provided England had the protcctorate,
This involves the disposscsslon s sion q ETH the
ment, and Il conflict Of nations for the posses
sion Of Palestine and dominion of the East
and the world. That means q general Aslatic,
European, and African struggle, with Jerusa-
lem the objective. This, too, is interesting.
With Egypt and Greece already existing, If d.
plomaey erects syrn and Thrace into two sep
| nrate Kingdoms, then modern history repro
duccs the four Kingdoms into which Alexandcr's
Empire was broken up, and points to Syria :as 1;5
appear in the Inst struggle. Out Of Syria Anti
ochus Epfphanes came, and IT is thought that
out Of Syria, again, according to the prophecy
Of Daniel: in his eleventh chapter, the last anti
christ will arise. Tho discussions in the press
and magazines arc many and full Of interest.
One of England's Bishops has just said:. :" #
ever the question is raised, and 1t may be raised
very soon, Shall the Jews bo inducted into their
pntrimonial land as tenants ut will? no matter
by whom the proposition is made, or for what
purpose-eveu hostile to England,-t will be
Englands duty not to oppose but to assist, Or at
least permit Israel to be restored, 'lnconverted.
This is the general tone Of Chrstendom. The
"Reformed Jews ri. g., the Rahonafists-aro
laughing, or mocking.