The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30
THE NEW
A Letter on the Subject from Israel
Z%angwili.

From The London Jspish Chronicle.
SIR As one who has freely criticised the practical
eide of tho Zionist movement. may venture to eI-
press my surprise at your disrespectful attitude to.
ward 30 unique a manifestation OF Jewish ideslismt
l can imagine no more hitting subject for pulpit
guidance. whether against or for. than the prosprr-
tus of the Zionist Trust. Why should only dad
questions be handled by our preachers? To spcrk
Of the trust as a "mischicvons mixture OF finance
and piety Is really playing with words. That IL .
far better description Of the United Synagogue.
You dread that the money will be lost. And What
then? What a terrible anxiety and pother over =
paltry two millions! To say that its loss will injurs
the community's prestige and good name" is abe
surd. on the contrary, it will enhance them, sincs
it will prove that Jews are capable of investing their
money badly, and that even the absence OF Barney
Barnatos from the directorate does not dismay them.
! am glad that the century OF Jewish emancipation
has not closed without 50 crushing a cOunterblast to
the libcls OF the Dark Ages. We are quite rich
enough to throw away a couple Of millions on an ex-
pertinent in the laboratory Of history. You say the
poor man will have TO pay it. 30 much the worse for
the rich. But l do not believe that the poor man
will give beyond his pocket. or with any hope Of
profit. and he ought to BE- quite prepared to lose his
shekel. / am really rather sorry a grand national
subscription was not substituted for the trust, the
salvage from which. II any. would have formed the
FIRST surplus OF the Chancellor of the E1chequer.
Personally, I still believe only In spontaneous i'm.
migration. as with the Jewish migrations to Americs
and the Cape; and the hope of Zionism or Of nation.
alism turns. in my opinion. on the non-pAuper. I'm.
subsidized enthusiasts. But DR.. Herzl has achieved
so much In SO short o time that he ought to have .
free hand for a little while. I hope he has retained
the option OF making his State outside Palestine. u
necessary.
This Is written from q kosher boarding house
american papers please copy. where. after reading
your editorial remarks last Friday night, I had the
further pleasure of assisting at grace. We all sang !
half q dozen Zionist aspirations with much JUNCTION.
and even hoped everything would como to pass
"speedily. and in our days" l do not say that as
pirations disguised in Hebrew and oyerlaid by
music prove anything as to our real desires; still II
any one happened by chance to think Of what he
was singing he must have wondered why an attempt
to realize 1t should be hushed up in the synagogues.
There are only two ways OF nRhting-with arms OF
money. The former method Of securing q soil 10
obviously impossible for us. and Il 10 questionable
whether. nowadays. the latter 10 not really the more
scientific form Of militalsm. At any rate. the poor
Jews who are nobly shedding their money for the
glory of Israel are as laudAble az any other voiun-.
teers for q forlorn hope. Your own strictly CONNER
cial standpoint reminds me of the American crlti-
cismi Really 1t would have been money in that
mans pocket never to have been born" Yourd
obediently. !. ZASowILI,
IRIS HALL. B~oURSEMouTH. April O.. 1899.