Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-27
DRIVEN FROM JERUSALEM.
Hebrews Not Allowed to Settle In Pales-
tine.

Hebrsws Not Allowed to Settle In Pales-
tine.
C,,.taatinople Cor. Nel5 York Times.
In proportion as the members of the He
brew race acquire more preponderant voice
in the administration of the vsrions Euro
pean governments the pressure increases
which, during the past forty years, has
been to put on the Sublime Porte for the
purpose Of permitting the settlement of
Jewish colonies in Palestine. The return
10 Jerusalem has been the constant dream
of every member of the House of Israel
since the days when the Roman Caesar
RACED the walls of the Holy City and
bore off its inhabitants into captivity
abroad. The late Sir Moses Montefore de-
voted more than half a century of his
philanthropic life to the attainment of this
ardently desired object. The late Lord
Beaconsfeld, in his novel "Tancred," and
George Eliot, in Daniel Deronda," have
demonstrated that even conversion to
Christianism is impossible to queneh this
particular longing in every Jewish breast
While for more than ten years past Lau-
renca Oliphant, acting in the name Of an
influential London committee, has heen
exerting all his unrivaled talents of diplo-
macy toward the same end. Judging by
appearances, however, it would seem as if
the Biblical curse pronounced on the
chosen people was not yet sufficiently
expiated, and that many years
will yet elapse before the great Jewish
race will be enabled to assemble together
in prayer on the ruins of the Temple of
Solomon.
The whole question has recently become
one of great moment here, and the most
voluminous correspondence is being carried
on between the English Embassy and the
Sublime Porte on the subject. During the
past ten years vast numbers of Russian
and Roumsuian Jews, who have either been
expelled from their homes or forced by both
official and popular persecution TO emigrate,
have sought refuge in Turkey. The Sui
tan and his advisers were for some
time at a loss TO know how to
deal with the ever-increasing crowd
OF newcomers. At length the Porte de-
cided to allow them to remain, but strictly
prohibited them from settling in certain
regions of the Empire, among which Pal
estine figured in the very first line. The
Turkish Government made no secret of its
reason for this severe restriction, and as
serted that otherwise the whole of Pales-
tine would soon become an exclusively
Jewish province. 1t is needless to add
that the refugees lost no time in ap-
pealing to their coreligionists through
out the world against this arbi-
trary determination Of the Sultan.
Thanks to the Rothschild Influences at
Paris, Vienna and London, and of the
Bleichroeders at Berlin, the Embassies of
the four great Powers at Constantinople
were instructed to obtain from the Porte
mOdificstiC of the imperial irate on the
subject, and at length the Sultan was pre-
vailed on to give way to the extent of per-
uniting the Jews to stay at Jerusalem for
the space of thirty days ut time, sub
seqbentlY upon the urgent representations
of the Euglish and French Cabinets, the
period was prolonged to ninety days.
A new incident has now cropped up at
Jerusalem and seriously complicated mat
tiers. A gentleman of the Jewish persua-
SlOu, "nu udu DScn heul OUT ny the DTlllSn
Museum to Palestine for the. purpose OF
making copies of ancient Hebrew inscrip-
tions, was summarily expelled from Je-
rusalem by the Turkish Governor of the
city for having prolonged his stay there
two full weeks beyond the period Of three
months authorized by the Sublime Porte
Ofeourse the attache of the British Museum
was loud in his protests concerning the
indignity to which he had been sub
jectod. The sympathy of the English
press was aroused in his behalf, and
the result is that Sir William White, the
British ambassador at STEAMBOAT, has ad-
dressed note to the Turkish Government
demanding that in future Jews shall be
allowed to reside in Palestine and Jeru-
salem as long al they please, and even set.
tie there il they 80 desire. The Sublime
Porte, however, has got its back up on the
subject. Not only has it returned most
unqualified refusal to Sir Williams de-
mand, but is even considering the advisa-
bility ofentirely Withdrawing all the priv
ileges which it had allowed itself to be in
duced to grant the Jews with respect to
soiourns in the land of their fathers.