The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-03-13


Palestine for tho Jews.
'Na.h'sstoz cor. Indisnspols sentinel.
Mr.. William 4. Backbone. or Chi.
/, 'csgo, to-day visited the prcsident. ~
company with Secretary Blaine, and
|. .ipresented memorial in behalf OF the
! Russian Jews. he explained that The
! .slmemoriai was the result Of confereneo
'Iof Christians and Jews recently held -
!. Chicago. and called especial attention @
|, the fact that II did not antagonixs Russia.
but only sought. in . peacesble Way. %
give the Jews control Of their homes 10
Palestine. He pointed out mapy evi-
Idences Of the possibility OF great deveI-
Iopments Of that country, both agricuIs
lturAlly snd commercially. under an ener.
Igeeic government, and said that tho rail-
Iroad now building from Joppa TO Jeru.
ieaIem, II extended y DamaScus, Tadmor
Iand down the Euphrates, cannot fail 20
become an international highway. He
|said that the poverty Of the Turkish
government gives emphssis to the pro-
posed indemnify By fnnding portion
of the Turkish national debt through
Jewtsh capitalists, and that only peace.
sble diplomatic negotiations ase asked
for to the end that all private oWnership
of land and property be carefully rc.
epected and protected- 10 closing be
said that being on such friendly terms
with Russia and having no complica-
tions In the Orient, II 10 most fitting and
Ihopefnl that our government should inf.
ttiate the friendly movement to give the
wandering millions Of Israel : settled
and permanent home. The memorial is
lee follows:
"What shall be done fof the Russian
jJewse II 10 both unwise and useless %
undertake 10 dictate to Russia concern-
lag her internal affairs. The Jews have
lived o. Foreigners In her dominions Tor
centuries. and she fully believes that
they ere . burden upon her resources
land prejudicisl to the welfare OF her
peasant population, and will not allow
them to remain. She 10 detsrui ined that
they must 60. Hence, like the 0ephsr-
dim Of Spain, theee Ashkenaxim must
lemigrate. Bnt where sball 100000 OF
lsnch poor people 60? Europe u crowded
land has no room FOR more peasant popu.
lation: Shall they come 70 America :
This will be . Tremendous expense, and
|reQuire years.
WIN not give PaIessine back % them
|again5 According 10 GodS Distribution
|of nations it is their ho0e-an inalien.
|able possession from which they WorU
|expelIed By force. Under their cultiva-
Itton tt was remarkable fruitful land,
Isustalning milliono of Isgosliloo, Who In
IdueerIossly tilIsd ~ hlIlsIdos and val-
Ileys. They wero agriculturIsts apd pro-
Iducess % veil = : nation Of great con-
lmercial importance -tho censor o. civili-
|xation and religion.
Why shall not the powers which, m
der the treaty Of Berlin IN 1875. gave
Bulgaria 10 the BuIgarians and Servia 70
|the Servians D1w give Palestine back 20
the Jews? These provinces, - we'll -
|Roumanis, Montenegro and Greece.
were wrested from The Turks and given
Ito their natural owners. Does NOT Pal
|estiDe - rightf1lly belong to the Jsws5
Il y said that rains ere increasing. and
there arc many evidences that tho land
|is recovering iss ancient fertility.
II they could have autonomy 10 gov-
|ernmcnt, the Jews Of the world would
rally 70 transport and establish their suS-
|fering brethren In their time houorod
|hsbitatioD. For over seventeen cen
lturies they have patiently waited for
such : privileged opportunity. They
have not become aRricuturists else
where because they believed they were
|mere sojourners in The various nations.
and were yet to return TO Palestine and
It'll their own land. Wbstevor vested
rights. BY possession, may have accrued
TO Turkey can be easily com penssted,
possibly BY tho Jews assuming an equi-
table portion Of the national debt.
We believe this IN appropriate time
for al nations. and especially the Chris
tisn nations Of Europe, 70 show kind
ness 10 Israel. a million Of exiles, By
their terrible suherings, ars piteousIy
appealing 20 our sympathy, justice and
humanity. Let 10 now restore u them
the land Of which they were % cruelty
despoiled By our Roman ancestors.
To this end w respectfully petition
his excellescv Benjamin Harrison, pres.
idept Of tho United States, and the Hon.
James q. Blsine, secretary OF the State
70 use their good Offices and influence
with the governments of their imperial
sjcsties, Alexander III, czar OF Rus
sia; Victoria, queen OF Great Britain and
empress OF India; William III, emperor
Of Germany; Francis Joseph, emperor
Of Austro- Hungary; Abdul Hsmid III,
sultan Of Turkey Ilis Royal Majesty
iIumbcri, king OF Italy Her Royal Ma
iesty Marie Christisns. queen regent OF
Spain and with the government Of the
republic or France, and with the govern
ments Of Belgium, Holland, Denmark,
Sweden, Portugal, Roumsnis, Servia,
Bulgaria, and Greece 10 secure the hold
ing II an early date OF An international
conference 20 consider the condition Of
the Israelifes and their claims to Palss-
tine as their ancient home. and 10 pro-
mote. in ~ other just aud proper wsys
the alleviation of their suffering condi-
tion."