The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-14
MAX NORDAU ON zIONISM
SAYS ITS OPPONENTS IRE FOUND
ONLY AMONG THEJEWs
The ziontssic Ideal Must he Made Ih'
OF All the Jews-The Gro with of the
Movement TO Regain Palestinc-Suc-
cess of the Secnnn InnGreas ut HnsIe.

The second great event Of the first
days session was undoubtedly the
speech OF Max Noraau. tie mas lost none
OF his power, though heJ spoke in a
calmer mood than ne did during the
last Congress. He had made Il great
sacrihce 10 be present, having had TO
leave kennes where he was acting as
special correspondent of the Berlin VoS-
slche Zeituna. There was no doubt
OF the great popularity when
he enjoys among The Zionlsts.
His speech was Interrupted time and
again by cheers and hurrahs, which
sometimes lasted for several minutes.
He said that he had at the ten previous
Congresses given an inventory of tbs
Jewish people. To that he had little to
add. No great changes had occurred in
the past year, or We're likely to occur
in the future. The general condition
of the ten million Jews was now well
known. Nordau is not afraid that the
Jews have any longer to fear any gener-
al catastrophe which would cost the
lives of thousands But these til III
sands can be frozen to death as we'll
as burned at the stake. Such freezing
he sees in the political and social ostra-
cism to which the Jews are condemne d.
Such will Always be the lot, he con-
tended, of a minority which has neither
power nor prestige. There are three
possible solutions. Human nature may
so change that the majority will no
longer terrorize a minority We can
hardly hope for such change in our
time. The minority do away with
all its pecul aritles-of belief, of custom,
of thought. Is this possible or even de-
sirable? But there is third possib lily;
the collecting of the Jews in the land
which they formerly inhabited. This
is the Zionist ideal
The one and chief thing that is neees-
sary, said Nordau, is that the Zionist
ideal shall really be the ideal of the
whole Jewish people. The only real
antiZionists are to be found in the
Jewish camp. But the great mass Of
the Jewish people know too little abopt
Zionism They pray for the restoration
and hope for it. little knowing that we
are trying to prepare the way for its
We need especially the help
of the orthodox rabbls of eastern Eu-
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duty, posterity would demand for them
a close reckoning.
The report of the Vienna Central
committee was reaa W Ateh'tect oshai
Marlloieh' ~ ueait ialseis WIN t'e
pIopasanda Whlch iiau pesil car
'lea on during the iast year. Su'n pro-
paganda nave now oeeii carried ln'o
nearly every land III when Jews I'VE
ne result mas peeH VI d la.se 'i'easu'e
commensurate Wild the ellolt maui
III hussla the NUMBER vi soc,e'ies mas
grown ~ PER ceht, sihee the ~ Non,
: less' III otheI cpuii'i'sS ~ iHis licI eaSel
% PEI CEN -. i'oui'iat'a tiiete are no
less IMAM lout AionlSe newspapers anu
ne o'u 'hoVeNeI A,oii Lovers VI A'oip
9ocieties haE now 1o'iieu ia',os III 'iiaI
country Win tie societieS which repres-
5nt the basie congress ne EnsIisis
1io'llst Feuelat ioli' ,iie eueia.'oi VI
= eiicai Hioii'S'S'a"u 'i.e 9ou'it y irlt"l
feuetatloh were esPeciaiiy ihehl'o'ieu ~
specimens vi "Ha' ousht 70 ne 40 %
oerlect tne organization OF tne soc'etleS
III the various countries 1t was iuttlle'
pointed out tHal even from countries
n Whlch Alohlsn IS NOT oi1lclaliy repre-
5ented' expressions on sSflpathy anu
cooperation nave coille from Clitak on
ne BalKal Sea' rom t'ohhaia anu u'-
<estah, from New neaiai'u anu tlfe .au-
'asus MouHtalhs' Inc seutillieht ol tne
Jewish people can De no tufther gauged
rom the TACT that III nearly an the AT
genuine coloiiles tnere are Snehel-paS'us
societles' me Ceiitial Coitiiiiit-
zee points out turther' that Hlonlshl
las during the past year mace great
strides among the JeWish s'uaehts at
ne universities as lhese stuuefI's are
to be the tutufe leaders Oh |
helr people, the TACT is especiaiiy mote
worthy During the past year tue
'Allegemelne Hepfalsche Sprach- YER
IN was formed WITHIN the ZIONIST or
sanization. The OBJECT OF TINS society
$ to cultivate the study OF Hebrew as
living language, ana to interest the
eWs SUN 1urlher III their own history |
ma literature Inc report conc'uded
WITH somewhat detaiied statement III
egard to the rounding or the JEWISH
colonial trust rms report or the Cen
raj Committee was discussed at
ength, representatives OF the various
giving further details 70 the
congress OF the progress OF Ilonlsm in
he organizations they represented.