Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-29
NEW COLONY FOR JEWS
Professor Gottheil's Views on Founding One Tn East Africa.
PRAISES ENGLANDs OFFER OF LAND

Zionist Leader Says to Refuse 1t
 Would Put Realization Of Plans of Self Government of Colony Granted
 by British Government.
 On the old principle that ''tho last shall be first' Professor Richard Gott- bell of Columbia university, who took the place of his father as head of the Zionist movement in the United States, is the last of the American delegation to the international convention at Basic to arrive home, says the New York American. He came down the gang plank of La Lorraine the other night laden with much of importance, to the promoters and followers of the Zionist movement. a
 The offer of Secretary Chamberlain of tract of land 400 miles long by POO wide in the heart of British East Af rica has diverted the whole trend of the movement.
 '"This is the most important result Of the conference,' said Professor 0ott hell, stand it is of vast importance too. I may say that the conference as a body was almost unanimously in ia vor of the acceptance of MT. Chamber Iain's generous offer.
 'We are still Palestinians. The crea- tion of community in Palestine is our ultimate goal, and from that purpose we will never depart. But 1t seemed to pr. HerzI, to Israel Zangwill, to Max Nordau, to Dr. Adler, no less than to myself, that to refuse this offer of a tract of land about as big as England would be to retard our work and put the reaiizat ton of our plans as far off as ever.
 After all, the primary sacred object we Jews have in view is not so much the immediate creation of a new Pales- tine and new Jerusalem as the deliv- erance of our oppressed Russian breth- ren from the new house of bondage.
 And now we reach the crux of the whole thing. The colonists, having thor oughly learned the lesson of self gov ernment, would proceed to carry that lesson into the new ground in Pales- tine. Tn one word, we establish Pal estine, a Jerusalem, new Jewish na- ton, in British East Africa. The possi- bilities in MT. Chamberlain's gift are illimitable.''
 'sBut money is needed for the trans portation of these people from Russia, and still more money is needed to open up the new country was suggested. "Well, I have always found,"' replied 1 Professor Gottheil, 'that, given a place Iin which the Jew may make living, he will get there Whether the. spot lies at the glaciers of the north or under the torrid suns of India, he will get there. Nothing can stop him.
 But am in position to say that when the time arrives for the transpor- i tation of these poor people the purse 1 strings of every wealthy Jew in the world will be loosed. K, XXI N a s'The oself. government of the colony has been guaranteed by. the British government. Dr. Herzl made as con- dition of acceptance of the gift that the Jewish colonists should be entitled 1 to make their own laws, control the in ternal government of their colony, and 1 to this MT. Chamberlain readily assent. l ed. The new colony will be controlled l by the English government only in in. ternational affairs"
 ] Turning to the question of Russia's attitude, Professor Gottheil added:
 "The letters given by the Russian l premier to Dr. Herzl, speak for them 1 selves. There can be no doubt of Rus sia's sincerity or of her desire to aid l the deportation"