The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-12

see nov the students IN many OF the uHl-
versities in Europe have unf0lded the
flag right in the very heart OF the most
active anti-Semi;ism-the ''Verbinplun-
gen." similar to the other student o.
CARNATIONS al the universities, from en-
,ering nearly all OF which We are debar-
red. Thus We have the Gamala, al Lun-
denburg; the Veritas and Zephiva, at
Brunn; the Ivria, al Lemberg; the Ii
banonia, a. Vienna; the Hasmonaea, at
Czernowitz; the Emunah, at Bieliiz; the
Astra, al Kanisz. and the Achiwah, at
Ungarisch Hradisch-
No little credit for The work done so far
falls % the Alliance IsTaelite, in Paris.
It's agricultural school a. Jaffa, which
has over one hundred pupils, has materi-
ally aided the men who went 10 the coun-
| try untried and strangers 10 the soil. Its
schools OF manual labor at Beyrut. Da-
mascus, Haifa and Tripoli have provided
the growing colonies with suitable Jew
ism workmen. No individual has done
more good work for these colonies than
Baron Edmond de ROthschild. Not only
his helping hand. but also the intelligent
and personal interest which he has
shown in the work. has gone far 10 make
il SD successful. / count a present that
there are twenty-one colonies in the Holy
Land, which have in all $1,000 hectares
OF ground under cultivation is. six
and half square miles. No less than
5000 souls have during these few years
been saved to their own better selves
and to the service Of the world.
This is grand work; but is il sufficient?
Is il right 10 have these people go there
and 10 allow their tenure Of the ground
| TO be uncertain? What guarantee would
there be that they would not be driven
forth again? What hold would they have
on their reacquired territory? These are
the questions which DR.. Herzl, DR.. Nor
dau and others have brought prominent
| ly TO the front. We need whole solu-
ton. not a half one; We need a perman-
ent solution, not temporary one. And
I that permanence can only be gotten by
giving the colonists a political constitu-
ton: by so organizing them that they
come as a factor in the comfy Of nations
where international obligations will pre-
! serve them intact. AS l write these lines
/
stantly before me. How our own Emma
Lazarus would have sung the return of
the Jews 10 life and liberty. How George
| Eliot would have sympathiZed with the
movement that now thrills the Jewish
people the world over! And how Dis
raeli would have seen the grandeur Of
| the idea and worked for il with might
and main. Yes, Inc great English states
man. who could never foreswear the in
| ner allegiance 70 the race from which he
/ had sprung, may indeed have had some
such idea in his mind when ne made En-
gland acquire the Island OF Cyprus, The
! spirit OF these three is with us and urges
US on 70 the fulfillment Of what now no
! longer seems a dream.
| What may not Palestine become in the
hands OF the Jews-her cities rebuilt, her
waste places titled, the merchant a; her
doors. and the religious enthusiast al her
shrines. Already the puff of the locomo-
tive is heard in various parts. She is no
| longer to be isolated. Iron rails and wires
are 10 connect her with the east and the
west. and through her portals will pass
the products of the far east and the far
! west. But not only materially-spirit-
ually also-she will go from strength 10
strength! No more welcome tidings
could have come across the sea than that
at Basic the proposition was made 70
establish a university al Jerusalem.
What grand idea-to bring the results
OF European and American research
right to the doors of the sanctuary; 10
make of the ancient city from which once
the light went forth the home of science
as well as of religion; 70 provide one
home for the revelation of God in man
and mis- revelation in nature. The Jewish
beth hamidrash School house, always
followed close upon the synagogue and
this last proposition is most truly in &C
cord with all the traditions Of the jew
ism people.
But-and this objection has been made
so frequently 10 me Of late-will the great
Christian and Mohammedan nations
ever permit the Jews 10 possess the
places which are crowded with memories
which are so dear TO their own faiths?
AS they fought in the Crusades, will
they not war 10 the bitter end in order
10 secure these shrines? No, think not
Are not nearly all these places holy to
the Jews as well? Hebron, Jerusalem.
Bethlehem. the Dead Sea, the Lake OF
Tiberius are fuller with "reminiscences
Of great deeds done for the faith OF the
Jew than to either Christian or Moham-
medan. Who by right should be custoi-
ian Of these better than the mother faith,
from whom the two great daughters
have roceeded-custodian OF them not
only for her own people. but also for the
people OF her children Let her show 10
the world the greatest example OF true
religious tolerance-strong in her own
faith, world-encompassing in her sym
pathy. anxious for The true. honest faith
OF others as she is for her own. Then
will the warning OF sects which today 50 |
iisfgures the beauty OF the ancien; city |
be al an end. All viii satisfy their relig- |
ious thirst al these wells OF true inspira- |
alton and take from them blessings |
which the mother. nov once more in her |
ancient place will never begrudge them: !
for the law shall again 90 forth from |
Zion ana The word Of the law from Je- |
rusaiem"
l cannot close withou; recalling the |
stirring words % the ancien: seer-"Be- |
hold. the days shall come when the /
ploughman shall overtake the reaper,
and the ;reader OF grapes him that SOW
eth seed; when l shall bring again the |
captivity OF my people. Israel, ana they /
shall build the waste cities and inhab.; /
them. AMI they shall plan; vineyards and /
drink the wine thereof. AMI they shall /