The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-19
WHAT THE ZIONISTS DID.
RETURN OF AMERICAS DELEGATE
TO THE BASEL CONGRESS-

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reward ResiisipG the bssE-Chertshea Piaa
or CsIsat.inE the Jews OF the wsrta In PaI-
.,tins-The vassnrus eT the PInn Proposed.
The Rev. DR.. Schepsebel Schader. rabbi Of the
gh,arith-tsrael congregation of Baltimore. del
,u,te 10 the congress OF Zlonists, held at Basel,
eIitzerl and. on Aug. 80, 80, and 81, arrived
Name yesterday on the Cmbria DR.. SchaRer
"a, sent to the Jewish congress by the unani-
NOUS vute OF the Zionist associations Of Balti-
more lnd Boston. and was the only representa-
Tive OF the American Jews at the great inter
national gathering. the Arst ever held BY tho
zion stA who have been working for forty years
m The scheme Of colonizing their race In Pales-
tine.
The magnitude OF tho colonization scheme Il
not generally appreciated in this country, where
the Jews have equal rights with the Gentiles.
and conseg uently nothing TO gain by migrat-
lus. In Europe. however. the matter has been
secretly lSitated in some countries. openly in
others, and the congress was the drst step
tovnrd a realization OF the planning of years.
DR.. Max Nordau. the author Of Degeneration
IA vice-President OF the Zionists. Or. Theodore
Her,zel, editor OF the Neus Freie Presse Of
Vienna, IS the President.
The congress was conducted very quietly on
account Of The opposition OF certain countries to
anything like organization among the Jews
Only the most meagre Information about the
work OF the congress has reached this country.
Or. Schafer told a SCN reporter yesterday some
Of he ietails he said:
1T Is. perhaps, easier to explain the object Of
the congress in the words Of our Vice President
DR.. MAJ Nordau. than in any other way. Ad-
dressing the congress on the nrst day he said:
There exists in every part Of the world .
specific condition OF Jewish disaster. In the
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suffering trum the oppression OF poIentates.
In olner countries they suffer from the mockery
and riuicule Of the anti Semites. There Is no
friend 70 the Jews to rise Iup and protest
against the cruelty and ridicule to which
our race IS subjected. We are eriendlsss
among the races Of the world. and that fact
leaves is but one course. We must stand
together and help each other by all legal and
The tace. | believe. that the best course TO be pur-
sued IS 70 coIOnize Palestine, so that those who
have been driven from sheir homes by the cru
atty and persecution OF tyranntcll rulers can
nnd there The land to build houses on and the
implements with which TO till the soil. 1t is to
start this work well on its way that you dele
gates have been called from every corner Of the
Eiobe TO assemble here in con venEion.'
The coloniSation OF Palestine i no new
advanced condition OF the work 10 not appre-
ciated at all in America or England. Recent
events. continued prosecutions in countries like
Russia where millions OF Jews are forced to
lead lives ike hogs in . gutter, have made tt
wise 20 push the work as fast as possible. It
cannot De accomplished in one year. probably
not IN two. for there Are tremendous preiudices
and obstacles that seem almost insurmounrAbie
70 De owe come. But the Zsonista came to one
confusion. The effect of which will be felt all
over he civilized world. That was TO 60 ahead
STEADILY from now on. never stopping until Pal
estins Is colonized With millions OF Jews or &c
becomes apparent that the Of the
work IS impossible.
There we're a04 delegates from all parts OF
the world At tho congress. Russia had the
largest representation sixty delegates being
hom Austria. and ten or afseen from each OF the
other European countries. The Russian dele
gates camel to Basel very quietly and as tourists.
They could not come a. representatives from
Jewish ORGANIZATIONS In Russia. because our
race is not allowed to orEanizs in that
them 10 publish their Intentions OF going
10 switzerland, so they came as ordinary
congress without any announcement. There
we're three Delegates from England and myself
from America The Rev. Adam Rosenberg.
two years q worker In Palestine. was also .
delegate and u representative OF America. but I
vas the only deiegats to 20 direct from this
must sag that rarely has \ body Of men so
distinguished in letters and the sciences oren
brought together in Europe. The Delegates
were men high up in the various walks OF life.
men Or Iutailigence and courage. who can scarce
ly TAIL in the work they have undertaken. There
were professors. doctors OF medicine. lawyers.
engineers. ciergymen- and men of literature.
all met together for one purpose. The rescuing
or heir race from the oppression &c has suffered
for ~ many years.
me reason tor the SHALL representation
frnm England ana America is the satisfaction
or the Jews in these countries with their present
ennd!tton. They are in sympathy with the
their delegates Indicates.
"Ot course the money necessary for the coloni-
Ration or Palestine. how 60 get lt. and The best
Means OF Using 1t after IL Is raised, were among
the important questions taken up by the con-
g-nss. II will take nearly S1O0.OOO, 900 TO
raised rom the Jews themselves. Every Jew
In the World IS 20 he asked 70 con-
course others VII give more. but with hat
a minimum it will not take q great while 10
raise the fund necessary for the work. his vast
sum may seem a deal more than necessary for
the carrying out OF our scheme, hut it Is NOT.
L must os remembered that there may be
oODO.OOO people thrown into Palestine II va are
successful. Each family has 70 bs supplied with
Land. a horse. a COW and implements with which
To ill The soil. The colonists will all have 20 be
started IN life. and the expense of doing this
will ne enormous.
a committees OF rwentyone delegates was
Of 1t for me present. The committee will have
u principal headquarters in Vienna Neither
England nor America Ii represented in this
"siHty thousand petitions pIedgins support
were presented 20 the congress, and $50 tele-
The hrsr tag. Probably the most inter-
estlng thing about the consress. however,
Delegate ;as G on tas CO eond Riapsf' Of ~ .S Sn' r yaI,"f ms
their respective countries. The worst reports
same, Of course, from Russia; No papers on
I" AcoA. -
Non.r not re a SAFE proceeding. Bat tho matter
was discussed. and it can be said that the Jews
are worse on there to-day than they have been
"a Jear4. Up 20 The time OF his death the late
lar, Alexander Ill, grew harshsr every day in
MS treatment OF the Jews. His son, Nicholas
steps.
The Jews in Rnumania are almost as badly
on AZ hose in Russia. There are 30. 900 Of
tnem. They are looked on a. interiopers and
nave absolutely no rights. Their children can
NOT go 70 he schools. and they are a poverty
Stricken and trtendless lot. They are suffering
treaty, and there seems little prospect Tor any
Ts!tsr or thcm. \ paper on tho Jews in
ua'lcla' in Austria, told Of frightful pow
ssrty ana great persecution from the Anti
senitea- A million OF them live in one
sn1li quarter. and although they have
Elsnts under the law, none are granted TO them.
ih austria and Germany the Jews do not seem
70 De 50 BADLY on The poverty is not so great.
ouL they ara excluded from all offices and have
lev privileges. There we're no complaintsfrom
Llls country or England, and 1t was the senti-
ment or the congress that the race is better
Urea ec here Than anywhere else in the world.
Ut. N0rHau, in an address on the growth Of
Sn~lI-eemltlsm. said that when France, under
Ea0o!eon, granted the Jews equal rights, other
Eurapean Countries Iollowed suit. They did it
ne same way that they would initiate q
Eren'h fashion. because they thought it the
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