The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-28
A DESCENDANT OF KING DAVID.
Man Who Desires to Restore the Glory O
the Jewish Race.

A Man Who Desires to Restore the Glory of
the Jewish Race.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 2y.-Jane Meade Welch,
In an article on the city of Buffalo, in the current
number of Harper's Magazine, makes pleasing
little reference to the attempt of Mordecai Noah
to found a Jewish kingdom ON Grand Island, in
the Niagara river. This was ffty-two years
ago; but it is not the last attempt that was
made to again build UP the Jewish race as an
independent people. Mordecai Noah was
well known to New-Yorkers fifty years ago,
and his son, who succeeded him in the proprie-
torship of Noah's Sunday Times, is well
known in Washington to-day. Judge Noah,
as everybody calls him, was chief clerk in the
War Department under Hayes Since that time
he has been newspaper correspondent, and is
row the representative here of the Chicago
Herald and several other papers Referring to
the Harper article, Noah said to your correspond
ent, the other dav: YES Mordecai Noah was a
relative of mine; in fact, he was my father. The
alusion to him in the main is correct although
there are great many inaccuracies in it.
BY the way he continued, this reminds
me of an incident that occurred here some time
man, of Newark. n. j., called at my house while
was absent and asked for me. He called a
second time, and again he was told that was
not in. He asked for Mrs. Noah, and said that
he wanted to see nae on matter of business,
but that ne supposed he could talk to her just as
well. She said that she would endeavor to give
his business attention, if he would make it
known. After a roundabout introduction
of himself he proceeded to say: / have come to
the conclusion that the only way that the Turk
ish question can be settled is by restoring the
Jews to Palestine. / am a man of means, and |
have travelled through Europe, have been to
Palestine myself several times, and l am con-
vinced that if we could bring these people who
arc domciiiated in all portions of the globe back
under one head they would again assume their
proper place in the affairs of the world as a ma
ton, and the Turkish question would then
settle itself The only trouble l have
found has been to find the necessary leader.
went to London and saw Sir Moses Montefore,
but he told me he was too old man to under
take the leadership of such movement. then
went to Germany and saw Baron Rothschild,
who did not seem to take very kindly to the
proposition. He said, in fact that he would
rather be Jew of the Kings than King Of the
Jews had almost become discouraged in my
endeavors to find leader for the Jewish peo-
pie, when some one said to me, 'Why don't you
hunt up the descendants of Mordecai NoahV'
He was of the house of David, aid was the
legitimate king OF the Jews I came on to
Washington and was informed that your hus-
hand was the Oldest son of Mordecai Noah, and
learn that he is direct descendant from the
house of David, and therefore the man above
all others to undertake this task and assume
the Jewish crown afterwards saw DR.. New
man, who was undoubtedly, an enthusiast on
this subject continued Mr. Noah, "but as yet
have concluded that am too much of repub-
lican to believe in Jewish crowns just at
present"