The Lamar register., 1900-05-23
HOME FOR ALL JEWS.
DIR. HERzL TALKS OF PALESTINE
Originator of the scheme to coionizs the
Holy Land Says Money in Plenty Is
Pledged and He Expects Results Soon.


scheme To establish a Jewish stale IN
Palestine, is now in London. perfect
ing the details of his great movement.
DR. Herzl Is q tall. broad man, with a
heavy black beard, black hair. finely
cut features and luminous brown eyes.
He Is fun of his subject, which he dis
cHsses lucidly. earnestly and eloquent
ly. He Is apparently inspired with a
real and vivid expectation of seeing the
Jewish race, in the non-distant future.
redeemed from homelessness and per-
secution and firmly planted on soil Of
its own
DR. Herzl took time from his multi
farious duties to say TO the Record
correspondent to-day; Although
have practically inexhausdble means
at my command to apply to the colon
izinE of Jews in Palestine. some men
still declare that the project Is dream.
50 1t Is, perhaps. but only recently Ger
man unity was dream. and so to-day
Is British imperial federation n dream,
yet ii is not impossible of accomplish
ment.
The scheme TO translate the Jews
of the world to their ancestral home
hinges, NOT upon surrounding inherent
difference, but merely upon the willing
ness Of the Sultan TO grant such a
charter rs we require. When he
grants that, in the course Of time, in
my opinion. will this colonizinE move
meut begin. The Sultan may not eG-
nctIy be in love with the idea: buf he
does love money. and we are prepared
to pay what he wants.
Concerning the character and pur-
pose of the movement. Dr. HcrZl said;
The Jews are without a government,
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out home. Their political, social and
economic condition in many countries,
including Russia. Roumania and Aus
tria, is most unfortunate. They can
not escape from these degrading dis
examinations. because they have no
place to 90. Even the United States
would not welcome an extraordinary
infiuN of poor Jews from eastern Eu-
rope, Africa and the East The social
conditions Of the great cities OF the
earth are aggravated by the presence
Of large numbers Of Jewish people.
among whom standards OF living are
low. The supreme demand to which
this situation gives rise Is for place
TO which these people may 60 to live IN
peace.
The scheme l propose-colonizing
them In the Holy Lands not wholly
egotistic. l viii admit that primarily
II Is for the benefit OF the unhappy
members Of n prosecuted race. but
secondarily 1t win confer blessing
on the human family, without dlstInc-
tioE Of creed, color OF country The
governments Of the world would get
rid Of the dangerous passion Of anti
Senitism. and that would help them
internally. The large ceuters Of lpop-
ulation would find themselves freed
from considerable proportion OF the
evils Of the sweating system.
These would be OF the nature OF
negative boons, but what Of the posi-
tive beDedictiOn n Jewish state ia Pal
estlne woald confer on the world?
AT present Palestine is a dead
country, completely barren. iu the
modern idea. The Jews would breathe
into 1t the breath OF life. They would
teach the ignorant and backward
Turk, they would build harhors and
railways. and would rapidly construct
the material elements Of splendid civ
illzation. Palestine now is closed TO
the world and nobody can get the land
without war. The Jews would neu-
tralize the land and open 1t on equal
terms 20 all races OF men They would
immensely shorten the distance be
tween Europe ana Asia by building 4
railway from the bay OF Acre to the
Persian gulf. over this all peoples
could pass Nobody would be Jealous
or fearful OF the Jews. weak people,
without a government. desirous only
# winning happiness and prosperity
for themselves and Of promoting the
general progress Of mankind.
THE holy places would remain the
common property OF the world. We
should extraterrltorialize them and
treat them as sacred places. Emperor
william told me as we stood together
near the gates OF Jerusalem; 'Paies-
tine is the country Of the future I
thing he spoke as n prophet
'Dr. Hirsch thought that the fertile
plains of Argentina would be better for
Jewish colonies than the more barren
land Of Palestine. | told him he was
wrong, and time has proved him so.
The Jewish colonies in Argentina are
now in bad way, while those in Pal
estine are fiourishing That the Holy
Land is the Jews country is written
not only in the Bible but In the hearts
Of the Jewish race
ELIZA, statistics show that nearly all
gardeners die of consumption"