New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-09
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NO JEWISH STATE FOR THEM
Jews MEET AND EXPRESS A GENERAL
SENTIMENT AGAINST 1T.
THEY THINK THEY NEED NO COUNTRY AND
THOSE ~ AMERICA BELIEVE 1T TO

THOSE ~ AMERICA BELIEVE 1T TO
BE GOOD ENOUGH
Tho meeting which took place in Liberty Han on
Monday evening was probably the first OF the KIDS
that has ever taken place In the crowded East oioe
of New-York and II will be remembered by those
who Witnessed the gathering as dinerent III many
respect, from which usually take place In the
Jewish n;,grter II was free meeting, ana tho
consequence was that the attendance was as large
as the hall would hold, but only In that respect
was it like the usual Jewish gathering The OBJECT
was the discussion Of the plan for fcrning ne"
Jewish State This measure will be discussed oy
Jewish representatives, from all parts Of the world
at the convention to held In Munich on August
25 The convention will be held pursuant TO CAL
issued by many prominent Jews OF Europe, among
whom are Dr. Theodore IIerz {. Montefore and
Max Nordau. II Is the object OF number OF Jews
In New-York 10 send delegates to that convention
and with that end in view the meeting of last Mon
day called.
In the audience OF about 800 there were mer-
chants pedlers. cksters, mechanics. with ho-
era sprlnkling # professional men and few peo-
pie from the upper part Of the city VINO were
plainly out of :heir element, and who probably ou
not know when they came that they would be com
polled TO sit In a room without ventilation during
whole evening. The platform was decorated win
a purple velvet screen taken from the front OF the
arch Of OF the synagogues, and the rabies VINO
were to speak sat with their hats on. in true Orien-
tai style. Most of the men in the audience smoked
mines cigars or cigarettes. and even the reverend
men on the platform kept their brethren company
In that respect.
To those who came expecting to rush matters
through select committee and instruct IL 10 vote
in favor of the State, there were many sur
prises store because the opinion TO the feasi-
bility OF the new Jewish State was by no means
unanimous, and If It had been brought 10 vote
that evening the delegates would probably have
been instructed to vote against 1t. The Rev Mayer
Koppstein spoke In favor Of the new Jewish Stste
Among other things he said:
1--WE want flag, not to carry into conflict, but to
bring peace 10 other nations We want country
so that people may TO call us wanderers, ana
we want a land to which our friends may go IN
peace when the Hapsburg or the Northern Bear
have driven them out Of their legitimate homes
We would be ingrates TO leave this country. where
we enjoy SO many privileges and when I speak for
a new land for our people do not contemplate an
exodus from here. We want to form no poliucai
party; but Jewish State in the Orient would De
a blessing TO thousands who are to-day homeless.
BY its establishment the Jew would become re-
spected where he is now looked down upon.'
The applause had hardly died when the Rev. Dr.
Phillip Klein, Of Ohoab Zedeck Temple, took the
floor and said that this not the first time that
a movement of a similar kind had been spoken OF.
He recalled the fact that great agitators and Jew
ish philanthropists like Rothschld, Cremieux and
others had devoted time, energy ana money 70 SIM,
liar undertakings, but there had never been any
wish to dampen the enthusiasm OF his co-regton-
lists he believed that State was an imprac-
ical scheme one which could never be carried OUT,
and the advocacy Of which would result in more III
than good
The colonization Of the Holy Land by the peo-
pie who are being driven from their homes Is the
object toward which should direct our atten-
ton. With the work of these men the country can
| be made to bloom and prosper and thrive Our
| enemies say, How Jew be good citizen OF
| a country when he is working for another State?
| And they would be right In saying this II We per-
sist in the State scheme At the present time hun
| dreds OF thousands have homes from which they
might with right be driven II the State were found
ed. There 100000 Jews in Russia 10 whom the
Car might with perfect propriety, say II
| this plan were carried out: Go. leave US:
| have you your own country? No; let
| us have no State let not deprive our people OF
their patriotism, because in Russia. where the
| Jew IS accustomed to nothing but the LASH where
he Is deprived OF all rights and where the tyranny
of the people has degraded him. even there. u the