The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-27

came the ableSt financiefs the best philoso-
phers, and the most remarkable physicians I
And, have you ever thought of this, how
uesplee tnelr persecutioatheir power is still
paramount In Jerusalem to-dayP
A lew months ago a band of wretched
jewish refugees from Russia landed on the
coast OF Palestine. They we're well nigh starv-
ing and tottering from weakness, Babes
were dying at their mothers breasts. They
were rescued by the Hebrew colonial fund
ana went on toward Jerusalem.
Imagine them approaching this magni-
ncent Russian church built on the Mount
OF olives, perhaps upon the very place
where Jesus uttered the words: "Whatso-
ever ye would that men should do to YOU.
do even so TO them.p,, Imagine these Jewish
exlles, to whom the very name Russia :" is
synonymous with y t0rture, looking on
this golden shrine aud asking: "Who
are the people worsniping in
this church. JewsP'-and receiving the
answer: mo. Russians, worshiping a
Jew" who are the thousands pravinp in
the Church OF the Holy Sepulcher, Jews4n
NO, Christians worshiping Jesus of
Nazareth" who are the hundreds
kneeling in the Mosque of Omar, Jews ?'
NO, Moslems, praying there, because it Is
halowed by the memory of Hebrew
patriarchs.
Truly. the Jew. prosecuted though ne be,
may smile in triumph here, for he looks
anywhere In Palestine, from the undoubted
tomb OF Abraham to the reputed sepulcher
OF Jesus, he sees the followers of Christ and
Mahomet all zealously guarding memorials
OF his race! And what must be his secret
pride when he perceives the Christian Bible,
every word OF 1t, to have been written by
Jews, and the Moslem Bible, the Koran. to
have been founded on the Jewish faith.
while the whole Christian world reveres
with more or less intensity Jewish woman
as the mother of the Son of God
Filled with these thoughts let US stand
beside the Mediterranean on the coast of
Palestine. In this place. so thronged with
classic and religious mem Dries, surely even
man like myself, who has no Hebrew blood
In his veins, may nevertheless indulge in q
dream regarding the future of this extraor =
binary people.
L do not call it prophecy, but a dream.
But stranger things have happened in this
world OF ours Suppose grand solution of
tions Of the earth assembled 10 council. as
they were in Berlin a few years ago.
Suppose the mlserably governed realm Of
the sultan to be diminished in size, as it
will one day inevitably be. Suppose some
portions Of that territory to be governed by
various European powers, as England is
governing Egypt at the present time. Sup
pose those Christian nations, moved by
magnanimity, to say to this race which
they or their ancestors have prosecuted so
long, take this the land of your forefathers.
We guarantee you its independence and
integrity. 1t is the least that we can
do for you after all these centuries of misery.
All OF you will not wish to 20 back but
many will. As at present governed Pales-
tine supports only 100000 people, but with
proper cultivation it could easily maintain
2,5O0, 900.
Here there is people without a country
and country without q peoplel Bring the
two together. Fulfill the dreams OF your
old poets and patriarohs. Go back, go back
to the land OF Abraham!"
But perhaps you will ask. even were this
dream realized, could they become nationl
Could they!
Well, let US look on the face of the most
eloquent orator and brilliant writer in
Spain, Emilio CASTELAR,. who is a Hebrew
when we ask what Of the Jews in ntera-
ture?
Do you realize shat the majority Of pro-
fessional chairs in Germany are occupied
to-day by Jewss Two-thirds of tbs jour
nalism Of Europe to-day is controlled by
Hebrews. Out Of $40 authors in the Aus
trian empire 225 are Jews. The poet Heine
was of Hebrew descent. So was the great
German novelist Auerbach, while the He
brew, Spinoza, was the father of modern
philosophy.
portrait of Gambetta, that indefatiSable
leader of the French after their terri ible
defeat by Prussia, remembering he too
was a Jew. So was Count Arnim, the
brave liberal leader OF the Prussian parlia-
ment, the only man whom Bismarck really
feared. Jews were some years ago the
mayors of the principal cities Of England,
including London; while in less than a
century after their political disabilities
had been removed in England. the premier
of the queens dominions, the virtual sover-
eign Of the British empire was Benjamin
Disraeli, Earl Of Beaconsfield. You recol-
lect that when he was tainted once in
parliament with being a Jew he rose and
answered: Yes, am a Jew; but let me
remind the honorable gentleman that when
his ancestors were naked savages on the
banks OF the Thames, mine were princes in
Solomon's temple"
How is it in art and music2 Let the in-
spired face Of Mendelssohn make answer.
For here, too, it is the same. Once give the
Jews chance and they spring into the front
rank Of their competitors; their splendid
genius leaping into flame like 70 W of ready
gaslights when the torch is passed along the
line. Thus Munkacsy, the Hungarian
painter, was Hebrew. So was the famous
actress Rachel. So is that woman of sur
passing genius, Sarah Bernhardt. 1t
is impossible to enumerate all the
musicians found among the Jews, out
we may mention Moscheles Weiniaw>
ski, Joachim and Rubenstein, as we'll as the
grand composers Halevy. Meyerbeer and
Mendelssohn. How is it in f1nances Here
they are unrivsled. The Jews are
the bankers of the world. The
banking business of the Austrian empire is
managed by Hebrews, who could foreolose
and ruin two-thirds of the mobiles, who in
society treat them with disdain. The great
banker of Prussia is the Hebrew Bleich>
roder; while the Jewish house Of the
Rothsohilds can control the fate of ma
tions. In fact. the Jews are often re-
preached with being merely flnanciers and
never doing anything in agriculture or
manufactures. But why is this9 Because
until recently everywhere, and even now in
certain portions of the world, the Jews have
not been allowed to own foot OF soil or to
enter any manufacturing guilds. Accord
ingly, being shut up to finance, they have
taken their revenge by becoming, as l have
said the bankers of the world
Again. the Jews are often reproached for
their fondness for gems. But for centuries
they we're compelled to carry their wealth
in that portable and easily secreted form, in
order to escape having their teeth pulled or
their nails drawn out by the roots to force
them to yield their money to their perse =.
cutors. +.-
We all dislike the petty avarice of small
Jewish traders, but let US in charity remem-
har that thaV NAV ba a khihitinp traits