The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
/ FOR ALL JEWS.
a. il london Perfectlue The
Details.
M HINGES on THE SULTAN
:, scheme 10 Coionis'
~ "a say. Money I'm
,,,rsy is Pledged.

N. ,.--pr. Theodore Herzl.
4. scheme to establish a
=. d palestine. is now in Lon
~ 's',,ss the details Of his treat
d, riersl is tall, broad man,
y. HACK beard, black hair. fine
.,,,.. and luminous brown eyes.
q !, Ms subject, which he dis
% WIKI earnestly and eloquently.
a...yysntly inspired with a real
9,nsctatIon OF seeing the Jew
y !. The not distant future, re-
", homelessness and persecution
~ nlauted on soil of its own.
ss,,' took time from his multi
XIV ,..s., 10 say to correspondent
a al,1,Soagh / have practically in
4, mans at my command to APP
\. W ,slnnising Of Jews in Palestine,
Y mi declare that the prof ect is
a Il is, perhaps, but only re-
...,sn unity was dream, and SO
british imperial federation
q n 4 not impossible OF accom-
'.,,mo 10 translate the Jews OF
y a their ancestral home hinges.
\. surroundlng adherent indiffer-
=, merely upon the willingness of
y, n Grant such a charter as We
when he grants that, in the
/ i lime. in my opinion, will this
n, movement begin. The sultan
TSs exactly In love with the Idea;
1 II, love money and we are pre-
|, nav what he wants"
ming the character and purpose
roytment, DR.. Herzl said: THE
y without a government, without
! 4 independence, without a home.
mltesl social and economic condi-
many countries, including RUS
k,,1aola and Austria. Is most un-
Ia They can not escape from these
nm determinations, because they
a place to 20, Even the United
| vsuli not welcome an extraordi-
|rtrx OF poor Jews from Eastern
n Africa aud the East. The social
M, Of the great cities of the earth
h aggravated by the presence OF
mnbsrs OF Jewish people, among
|,,sndards Of living are low. The
I, demand TO which this situation
r:s Is for a place to which these
nav 70 and live in peace.
\ scheme propose colouizing
Ii the holy land--is not wholly
rk will admit that primarily II
he benefit of the unhappy members
rsscutei race, but secendarily b
infer blessing on the human fam
sitout distinction of creed. color
luy. The governments of the world
sel rid Of the dangerous passion
and that would help
h.srnally Tie large centers Of
iin would find themselves freed
considerable proportion OF the
u he sweating system,
ne would be IT, tie nature of mega
ects bu. what of the positive bene-
4 Jewish state in Palestine would
Of tho world
present. Palestine Is a dead coun-
lrpletely barren, in the modern idea.
sss would breathe into Il the breath
They would teach the ignorant
Awkward Turk, they would build
j md railways and would rapidly
&c! the material elements of a
u civilization, Palestine now Is
% the world and nobody can get
d without war. The Jews would
LIE the land and open it on equal
10 all races. They would immense
zen the distance between Europe
"a by building railway from tho
Acre to the Persian gulf. over
peoples could pass. Nobody woald
bus or fearful OF the Jews, desir-
y Of winning happiness and pros
Tor themselves and of promoting
lsls progress of mankind.
holy places would remain the
. property of the world. We shoLld
iilIorialize them and treat them
ga places, Emperor William told
We stood together near the gates
asalem, Palestine is the country
MIlre, | think he spoke as a
hlrsch thought that the fertile
Of Argentina would be better ior
colonies than the more barren land
sumo. ] told him he was wrong,
= has proved him so. The Jewish
10 Argentina are now In bad
nue. those in Palestine are -four
mat HE holy land is the Jews
u written not only in the Bible
le hearts of the Jewish race"