New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-09
NEW PALESTINE.
DETAILS ABOUT THE IMMIGRANTS.


From letter to the London Spectator.
The new immigrants TO Palestine are mostly
Germans and Jews. / had no means OF Judging
the number Of the German population, but their
colonies have extended and Gecidedly improved.
II j. well known that they belong, LOT the NUS
mart to that set OF adventists who believe thSt
Christ will take personal possession OF tie IlViS
Land when il is prepared for INN by ms ieopc,
Bur unlike other Christians who strive TO hasten
their Lords Kingdom bv the conversion OF the
natives. these industrious and emlnently piou'
Germans eontine themselves 70 cultNatdh9 tIv
soil Iney DO not believe in ordinary Christian
missions and make no attempt to proscj%tlze.
What religious advice do you give 10 We Alalo.,
etaus?" | asked pastor. We tell them to DE
good Mahome'ans: ne ne %ernHI 0De Of the
most interesting touches in that medley of nation
alities which modern Palestine contains was III
tie German Government vessel in the Bay OF Acre
come In carry back the annual batch Of recruits
| for their period OF service -
The increase of Jews in Palestine is, of course,
very marked and especially so IN Jerusalem.
Eleven years ago the whole population OF Jerusa.
| lem was not more than $4,000. Now IL must mus
| be nearly $4,000, Of whom about 6O,OOg
lsraelles 80 that II Gltles oe ueusi ~
ri last again a Jewish city The same proportion
bears in other towns At least half Of the 5000
people in Safed are Jews, and III ll I .,ey s
number 5000 out of 4,0O0-but on Hebron Pnly
some 500 out Of 5000 They have seventy syn
agogues and in Jerusalem several large hospitals
and schools. Their agricultural colonies tle real
in number. and in apparent efficiency. there Is
a great red-rOofed village on the Waters OF MeT-
om aud few miles from II large estate given
by ROthschd and cultivated by jews. Else
where and especially near Jafa, new settlements
have been Just founded are in progress Of build
inc At our hotel in Damascus there were about
half dozen Jews who had come 70 buy land, but
before we left we heard that orders had come from
Constantinope that no land be sold 10 Jews On
our journey down the East of the Jordan we meT
several times party OF jews surveying ldhd
| alx- aVyISh
! accounts | cot Of their progress were cDn1lctlhH
Residents in Palestine do yet believe in the ca
pacity OF the Jew Tor agricultural work, though II
would evidently be unfair 10 decide TINS TOT gen,
Grafton or two. You cannot change the haplIs 81
men who. and whose fathers for centuries. nave
been pubcans, bankers and mlddiemeh, py
| merely settling them on good soil ana putting
| shades into their hands. Al ROthschIlds settle
mpnts in Gailee. the Jews are generally iouln
! living in the shade, while the ordinary fellahln
| whom they have paid, do the cultivation. paH
visit 70 Artuf in Samsons country, 70 the agricGl-
tura colony Of the Jewish Refugee AID Society, IN
English corporation. The colony is under the
| direction of an Anglican missionary AT Jerusalem,
and is managed by Christian Jew. 1t was
founded eirht wears ago for prosecuted Jews from
! Russia and Runania and bought land here. which
having much risen IN value ior noi u Td ,.
ager had no bright tale TO tell The method l.
| TO support Jews on the settlement for year or
two, teaching them trades or agrIcultnre. Az Inc
| cuItiyat0rs have land given To them. But Few
families remain. and the only sign Of progress
| ahout the place which | was the building Of
y stone barrack instead of a wooden one. Artui
! is n splendid site, and upon the line OF the new
| railway - .o,oo.c
| in Palestine are these. In time more favorable
than any before. far as the political conditions
| in Furope ard the wealth and willingness OF Jcw-
sh patriots are concerned, the increase in jewish
! immigration to Palestine has been very rapid.
/ Rut il has aroused the suspicion OF the Turk.
who is trying 10 check il 1t i largely confined y?
| Jerusalem and does not much affect the rural
| districts the power 10 deal with which must
after all he the real test OF lsraels success IN re-
peopling the Holy Land. Those who anticipate
srepdy literal fulhlment Of their favorite proph-
! ecies of the Return of the Jews have TO reckon
with the fact that under the most favorable cor
ditions. there are in Syria not more than ,VoOo
| Jews ont of population Of 2,OOOOOO. ana that'
with some years Of experience OF jewish colonies
| in the Holy Land the great Jewish phi1nthropis
| have al last resolved TO direct TO the New world
| their huge effort FOR their counirymen II Inc
| agricultural settlements OF tho Rothschiids ana
ito Alliance Israclite in Palestine has been sue
cessrul il is rot likely that Baron llrschs great
| scheme would have turned from 1t - tue West.
I or course il may be replied that 10000 jews may
| of the whole land in their hands, and that. as for
| in twertv years have virtually te" management
their development into agrcultuTisis. the prophe-
| cies dill not contemplate anything more than THEN
possession OF the country. while the sons OF inc
alien were 10 be their poughmen and Vinedrcssers'