The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-11

: spec.a! efforts TO interview President Roo.e-
vet.
The movement is to be nonsectarian. All
the Christian religions or tie world are in
! vited to lend Il hand. The jews are also In
, cluded, If they wish to give money TO the
| cause. fFor Mr.. Greene c0a~eIes that. .tc-
| cordiag to the Old Testament. they have r
right to the Holy Land. inasmuch as il
given TO Abraham and his seed forever But
! the GentileS. cr the people Of the Western
! world. also have right, because the mod
! ern Peter the Hermit has sealed it in his
/ mind that the people of the West are also
Jews. being the descendants OF the lost ten
tribes
He bases his decision OF the words. "Ye
shall go to lands in the west. and there 1
will make of thee great nations. and Kings
shall come out of thee. This prophecy. he
declares. refers to the people Of Europe and
America because no Kings have come
out Of the Jews Hut Kings have come out
Of the great nations west OF Jerusalem.
where Abraham was snjourning when the
prophecy given to him. and. therefore,
according to Mr.. Greene. the great nations
Of the West must be Jews Of the lost ten
tribes.
WHO THF: HERMIT Is.
Arthur Smedley Greene iS an EsnClishman
by birth. His ancestors Were Quakers and
lived in England and embraced the faith Of
the Friends at the same time that William
Penn Joined the society. Mr.. Greene was
IL years old when he came TO america. in
1889 He was apprenticed to the engraving
trade and worked in Philadelphia in pho-
Biography. engraving and designing for
many years. Then he drifted over to Francs
as lacemaker and back again to Green
vich, Conn. where he now lives. Besi1es en-
craving and designing lie assists the local
photographic. He is not rich and has rot
the appearance Of Il financier.
The people who knew him In Greenwich
consider him to be perfectly sane. and they
do not laugh at his great scheme of pur-
chasing Palestine.
To look at him one cannot help but won
der how SO small and comparatively in
significant a man could evolve SO large
a project. He is below the medium height
and does not weigh more than one hun
dred and twenty-five pounds. His hands
are thin and white. His eyes are blue and
set wide apart under forehead of think
er on the whole he has the head AMI
front NJ a dreamer. His friends say that
he has the power of concentration TO a
marked degree. When he works when
he reads he is lost to everything but what
is before him.
When you speak to him he may look up.
but he does not see you. he seems 10 look
beyond or through you, and when you are
gone lie forgets your presence. There Is
nothing about him which suggests the pro-
moter. and one has but 10 see him and talk
with him to come TO the conclusion that
he has not evolved this great scheme in
order to put money into his own pocket.
On the other hand. he il not . religious
maniac. He works we'll at his trade and
is not offended at The irreverence Of world
ly people. Those who know him call him
a good fellow" and they seem to bs
willing to help him TO realize his republic
He talks Connectsdly and writes well. and
seems to he willing to DO anything to for
ward the ono great object of his life. And
vet he would not be unhappy If he failed.