The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-26
ZIONISM REPUDIATED.

Grand Mnater Hamburger snys the American
Jews Have Pound the True Palestine Here.
Julius Hamburger. Grand Mr. SER of the indie
pendent Order Free Sons of Israel. addressed
the members of Zion Lodge yesterday ut 1913
Bowery upon the forthcoming congress in
Switzerland. which has for its object the forma-
ton of a separate State in Jerusalem.
Tho originators Of this movement are calling
themselves Zionites," said Mr.. Hamburger. land
are expecting help from America, and persons
will represent themselves as delegates claiming
authority from bodies who are supposed to be
American 1sraelites. A meeting was held a few
months ago in this city to assist in this move
ment. but the good sense of our American CO.
religionists prevailed, and nothing has been
heard OF 1t since. In America we number sew.
eral millions OF Jews. Russia has 5000. 900
and 1000. 900 are scattered in other lands.
Here In our republic. while maintaining our re-
ligious beliefs and ~glorying in our traditions, We
are first Of all Americana. We are not DESTROYS
Of establishing, nor founding. nor assisting in o
Jewish State.
This project is chimerical and will never
come to life. Our people were thriving In the
Colonial days. and nearly all of them were be-
levers in the Declaration OF independence. and
fought with w. shington, and in the successive
wars battled Tor the unifc. ton OF the republic.
As patriots they were recognized among those
who cherished unfaltering fealty to the land;
they were foremost on every occasion to uphold
American doctrines. and they had a mission 10
fulfil in Americanizing those who had been
driven from their mother country, and who
sought an asylum in the true Palestine OF the
world. the greatest country on earth Tor them,
the land OF the milk and the honey, America.
Whoever the delegates may be who have tho
assumption to speak tor America, they will not
full Of citizens OF the land. Not one individual
OF our powerful order. which has a record of
nifty years OF loyal standing in the country. can
be numbered among these illusionists. These
propagandists are again giving the Anti-Semite
a chance TO raise a hue and cry and open the
gates for our detractors to assail our good name
and + fame: but in our land Of the free.
religionists have been met by unanswer-
able umen as to our qualifications
as good. honorable citizens of the country.
One fourth of the Jews of the world have made
their homes in the United States. and it has
been their proudest boast TO say, | am an
and have had the announcement of Washing
ton. who was their best friend. All Of them are
Americans in principle ana in spirit. and those
who are allie 5 will soon und, rstand that in
order 10 be maintained they must obligats
themselves to become citizens OF the land " here
they can freely worship the God of their fathers
unmolested and unrestricted.
The on TO Palestine cry may take root with
some of the illitcrate and minimizing of the
masses of other climes, but without the support
OF our great fraternities, whose cardinal prlnci-
pies are loyalty TO our republic, these agitators
will find no assistance from our co.religionists
who recognize America as the only home where
they and theirs can forever rest in peace, and
whore they have lived under the guarantee Of
civil and religious liberty TO ALL