Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-13
PALESTINE BEING REDEEMED.

According to the New York Sun,
plans Tor the complete recovery Of the
Holy Land are constantly being car
rled out by leading Zonlsts. and they
make no secret OF It, 1T Ia time" said
Prof r. Gottheil. at the last congress
held in London. that the nations un-
! derstood our motives our purpose
Is gradually to coionize Palestine. We
political Zlonists desire a charter from
the sultan authorizing US to settle in
our Holy Land, and we ask the powers
70 approve and protect this charter"
II is interesting to notice how far
Jewish colonization Of Palestine has
proceeded already, The Jews now hold
sixty square miles in Judea, Galilee and
Bashan, or one per cent Of the entire
area Of the country. The land they
have acquired Is laid out in settlements,
which are doing wen,
The Oldest settlement is Mlkveh Isra.
W. Htul Jbllu, NHl'H 'VuAullN wv dNifnt
Il has an agricultural school with 100
pupils and Is equipped with American
agricultural implements OF the most
modern make. a few miles from this
colony is another, Rlsh0n Zion, which
contains 1000 acres, and perhaps 500 in
habitants Their principal occupation
Is the raising Of silk worms, They have
school, a synagogue and library,
and a factory lighted by electricity.
Then there Is another colony called
Wadl-el- Hannln, with $40 colonists.
These are chiefly engaged In grape cul-
ture Other colonies are Rehobath,
consisting Of $500 acres and $50 settlers.
Enron with 900 acres rs $50 colonists
raise wheat. fruits, olives and silk
worms; Gadrach, which has 900 acres;
Artuf, at the foot Of the Judean noun
tains, with twenty families, while Kas-
TINA, In Phlllstia, east Of Ashdod sup
ports 100 families Of Bessarablan Jews
on It's 200 acres,
one Of the more important settle
ments is Petakh Tlkyeh, with $500
acres and $50 inhabitants. who raise
oranges lemons, and flowers, That
careful cultivation Of the land can rem
der even the unhealthy portions,
that have had many victims OF dis
ease, hahitable Is proved in the case Of
III Heiderah, colony settled by Rus
sian exiles. When they first arrived
| there 200 acres of their colony were
swampy marshes, and In consequence.
malaria and typhoid threatened the
success Of the undertaking. Baron Ed
mund de Rothschld, on learning OF
this state of affairs. drained the swamps
and planted 10000 eucalyptus trees,
and at present the health OF the coli
onists is not endangered.
These are only a few of the Jewish
settlements that now flourish in the
country, In these colonies the local
government Is vested In a board, elect
ed annually at a general meeting. There
are no courts and all grievances are
adjusted by the board. Decisions. II
Is said, are invariably obeyed, for the
board controls the entire water supply.
and any recacitrant member Of the
colony Is brought to terms by having
his need Of water stopped When a
case comes up which the board does
not care to handle on It's own respon.
sibility a meeting is called Of all the
colonists, and the accused is expelled.
II found guilty as charged, They have
a mounted militia. dressed in white ana
armed with magazine rifles.
The colonization OF Palestine ante.
dates the Zionist movement. but the
latter has given II a mighty impulse.
and although the Turkish sultan at one
time Issued an trade, prohibiting a for
elgn Hebrew from remaining in Pale
stine for any length Of time. those who
desire 20 settle there, generally find a
way to do so. The idea Is spreading.
IL Is becoming popular, The time
seems to be coming for the redemption
Of Palestine. 1t Is a fine country, es-
pecially adapted for defense. Once In
the hands Of a brave people, II can be
held against vast numbers, whether ap.
preaching from land or sea