The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-06-27
JEWS RETURN
70 PALESTINE.
At Present the SuItan's Per-
mission Prevents.
PERSECUTION : GENERAL.
Barriers are Withdraw

~ HoFed ana ~DIu"H hat confidently
expected. the recent interview between
/ DR.. Hertz and the sultan d. Turkey
shall prove 10 i'e productive of con
cessions 10 the Jews who WISH - r.
turn to the land OF their fathers.
these home coming I>realites wi. tud
that their way has been madeemaorh
Tor them by the foresight 81 their
brethren The Zionist movement
which III its --latest phases : practical
aS Well a. sentimental. has 70 r-eueu-
dous following and israpidly ine7-ds-
| iug III membership Details Tor he
/ return TO the Holy land are constant
| ~ discussed and nothing remains but
/ To make il 30 greatly 10 the Sultan :
advantage that he viii be willlu- 10
give the desired permission 70 .o.ou-
ize a. widely A. the Jews may wish.
Not only have the ZlouiSts oeen
| busy. but organizations which are
| free from bias one way or the other.
have been working among the resi-
dent Jews Of Palestine and have re
ated leaveH OF expert farmers ~uf-
ticient TO give lie TO the whole mass
of ciry dwellers who would .oT curse.
form the bulk OF the immigrarr pop
ulation.
There are now about 10000 Jews
in the Holy Land. forming about 8
per cent OF the entire population.
The laws of Turkey as they stand at
present forbid the entrance into Pal
estine OF any jew except Tor q Period
of six months. not long ago the limit
was one month However. there are
many Jews who live III the country.
and TO those are added the number
who recognize the fact that under
Turkish rule one can have about what
one pays for. People with money in
their pockets and a judicious idea OF
the right way of spending il. are not
likely to be denied admittaHc". In
this way the number OF Jews III their
ancient land i increasing rapidly.
The vast majority Of the population
of the country is engaged in agricult-
ure-fully - per cent OF the whole
1t was natural. therefore, that the
foreign lsraelites OF wealth should
try TO benefit their co-religionists
resident in the Holy Land ~ max
ing them practical farmers.
Assistance has come from Two
quarters-the Alliance Israelite | nj
verselle and the Jewish Hirsch. Nei-
Their of these societies Is Zionistir in
character. Many prominent follow
ers of the movement are also mem
bers of the Alliance. and the same l.
true of the Colonization Society: but
the aim OF each j. 10 benefit Jews
without regard TO theeventful return
to Palestine.
In all there are % colonies III Pal
estine. founded by Jews for jews, and
teaching the members to become OK
pert growers of grapes. oranges.
wheat and the like. and to raise cat
tie according TO scientific principles.
To give an idea OF the size Of the
VINEYARDS which are worked 10y these
colonists it may be mentioned that
one colony. Rishon-le-Zion, receives
from it, own lands and those OF the !
adjacent five colonies sufficient /
grapes TO make annually three mil /
lion liters OF wine. which j. sold al +
wholesale for about - confines +
liter. the whole amounting 10 nearly /
500. 600 a wear. Another colony, I
Imakes a third az much. +
while another. Rosh-Pinah, produces +
little. Altogether the
Jewish colonies produce well over
5000. 900 worth OF wine every year .
The largest and oldest OF the agri- .
cultural schools Of the country l. .
Milkweh Israel. well named the hope
OF Israel. founded a Jaffa 80 years .
ago. This tiourishingcoIonE teaches .
for the most part the Jews Of the
country. once the most
fanatical people in the Holy Land.
but receives also MuEsuiman7 and
Christians when they desire 70 enter
This school. founded by one Charles
Meter. whose name i bright il the
annals OF the movement. / under the
are OF the Alliance Israelit@ and has
done much toward the success ri Tho
other colonies. When the great per.
securou. il Russia il ISL and 1872
drove the Jews II large nluber- %