Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-28


Mr. zarewni IN tho october issue ot
tirpfrrotta. discusses Hlonlsm from hls
r,.at of Wow. and practically arrives
"a tbe conclusion that the plan ~ I'M
,...uts OF execution. mainly because
81 tho unvIlIngneas Of tho Jews thcm-
..iyeu 90 rally round the leaders.
10. admits that there ls no country
fs Che world in which q &C. not % dlHnd-
vantage Co Do a jew. and that notwith-
standing the many honest EFFORTS Oh
christian" legislators 90 give the ll'-
brews o. fair nsli. In the universities
of Europe. ha says. the Hebrew student
be- handicapped On tho competition for
faiiowshIpa and profossouhlps. In Rus
rln. the restriction N the Jews 10 ccr-
tain localities produces an appalling
poverty. Nearly everywhere they live
under the shadow OF "a volcano. threat
ching eruption nj any time
For this condition there IL either no
remedy at an. or one ot these three;
National regeneration; religious rcgen-
Grafton. or dlaappearancc Dr. iicrzl
does not pretend anything further than
national regeneration, and that " what
Zioniam now stands for. Il does not
exclude religious regeneration. although
that Is n secondary consideration.
The scheme IL to obtain concessions
from the Sultan 20 the settling Of Israel
In Palestine. with something of local
government, also the privilege Of build
Ing railroads and harbora and cHtab-
fishing agricultural colleges and fac
tories. It H. not urged that the Jews
On maaso cmlgrate to Palestine. The
only object r. 10 establish a center Of
Jewish lifc. which may safely be- left
TO itself for future development
Against the plan many objections are
raised. The Palestine patriotism ~ 20
a large extent artificial; the difficulties
| owing 10 the bnrrcnnCsa u the country.
fnnntlcism aud political complications
nro numerous; the inaptitudo Of the
Jews for agriculture. ua evidenced In
the failure ~ the nIraoh coionies-oll
these difficulties appear 10 make tho
road 90 Zion impossible.
But tho most serious objection Mr..
Zangwili finds In the condition OF tho
people. The jew. he says. n quarrel
some and dlsscntious Every synn-
rogue has ~ factions, In London, ths
German jew dcaplsea tho Dutch jew
and the Spanish jew dcsplsea both.
The picture thus drawn IL darh
enough. but the author 81 II cannot
have forgotten. that twice before. IN
the Jewish history. the nation was con-
frontcd with a problem no less Involved
than the present, and twice II was
solved. Under Moses and Joshua. PEG
pie IN every respect unit. apparently
for conquest or Tor graphing will
social problems. settled Canaan, not
withdrawing the presence there of pow
crful enemies IN well fortified cities
and made u In course Of time, n centei
of civilization, the object Of admiration
10 m, lends of the earth"
A second timo. under Ezra and Ncho
mlah and their colab1rcrs. the dcyastat
cd places were built up. though the re-
turning oxiloa were but fow Ia number
and were under the necessity OF WELD
lug the sword with one hand ana thl
trowcl with the other. Surely, thcr,
are al present no moro formidable OBJ
utacloa to Zlonism than those that hayD
been encountered and overcome by Tor
MGR leaders Of Israel.
Palestine today Il f. true. Is a coun
Try IN ruins hut among the debris arr
numerous evidences Of fertility o
soil. truly remarkable, Modern IN
Fcnulty knows how TO make waite
clstcrnn and build irrigation canals
The German colonies have proved IN
procucnbnl,y OF rcdeemlng the country
All this furnishes evidence that Zion
ism need not be regarded as a mer
dream.
d what the Jews need now Is mar
/ who like Moses, or Ezra, n called {
, point the way and take the lead In IN
great movement Only future event
can reveal whether hr. Hcrzl h tina
: man. nut II he IS not, he may be hi
b "forcrunucr." For In due tlmo he wi
r appear, who ls divincly appointed
b carry out the purpose Of the Almight
. IN regard 70 the ancient coyeu0n, pee
p plc.