The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-25
Simon Wolf, of Washington,
Says Instead of Peace and
Concord, Constant War
and Friction Would Re-
suit.
SIXTH ZIONIST CONGRESS
ATTRACTS MANY LEADERS
These Men, Including Zang-
will, Nordau, and Others,
Fully Believe in Move
ment and Try to Perfect
Ii.

The sixth Zionist congress, which is
now in session at Basic, Switzerland is
perhaps the largest and most aggressive
Zionist congress in history More than
LOO delegates have assembled from all
parts of the world, including the United
States and Canada Among those pres
ent at the opening of the congress were
Israel Zangwil. Max Nordau, and Sir
Francis Montehore.
The creation of a new Jerusalem by
the Jews has been the hope of many. of
the Jewish race for hundreds of years.
At this congress, 1t is said. definite
plan Will be determined upon. for there
are many men of wealth among the dele
gates who earnestly desire immediate
action. There is no intention of asking
the wealthy or middle-class Jews TO give
up their homes and go back 10 Palestine.
The new Jewish state will be simply an
asylum for those poor Jews who today
have no home, such as those prosecuted
in Russia.
Will Improve the Land.
With the aid of the funds in the Jew
ish Trust Bank the promoters of the
movement viii send first an exploring
expedition. equipped with all the mod
ern resources of science to thoroughly
overhaul the land from one end OF The
country to the other, before it is colon
ICED and establish telegraphic ond
telephone communication. The direc-
ton of the work OF colonization will be
undertaken by two great bodies. the So
ciety OF Jews and the Jewish Com
pany.
The business Of the Society OF Jews
viii be 10 teach politics and statecraf:
and spread the Jewish propa ganda. The
Jewish Company. entirely a financial
institution, viii be framed under Eng
lish and United States laws. with head
quarters in London and New York, and
a capital of 1000. 900 marks It's task
will be the regulation Of economic coz
ditions in the new country. The work
viii begin with the poorest class OF the
people, preferably Arabs and Poles,
who viii Till the ground and make the
land arabic; lay out streets. build
bridges and roads, lay down tele grauhs
according 10 plans prepared in London
Work VIII be given 70 thousands. and the
agricultural advantages of the land will
be brought 10 the surface. This work
viii bring trade. the trade the market
and the market viii draw fresh settlers
to the country. And from these things
will spring the new state OF Jerusalem
DR. HertzI, president of the congress.
announced that Great Britain had offered
the Zionists a large tract of territory in
East Africa for colonization by the Jews.
who would be given an autonomous
government under the suzerainty of Eng
land.
Says Friction Would Result.
Simon Wolf of Washington. considers
the scheme Of new Jerusalem imprac-
ticable in the extreme. He says:
The assimilation OF the Jew among
his feIloW-men is not only a possibility
but necessity. Among themselves ex-
clusively they viii never coalesce. Hail
ing from different environments. speak
ing the tongues OF Babel, medieval or
progressive in religious fervor. there
would be instead of peace and concord.
constant war and friction. and the Jew
ish state OF the iridescent brain. con-
trolled and impelled by the mystic and
'hysterical.' would become a stencil and
reproach. and AFFORD additional fuel
wherewith the social and political preju-
dices would be fed
Already q split has occurred in this
country Others viii follow. The ambi-
tion Of leadership and the accumulated
shekels in the treasury will arouse the
worst passions, and instead of a bless
ing, IL viii prove a curse And who will
suffer? Not those only that are to the
manner born in suffering but those who
are constantly working 10 aid in the
betterment OF the Jews at home and
abroad Jacob Il. Schin is right when
he says the Russian question (which is
synonymous with JEWISH must be fought
out in Russia, and TO solve is required
the most fertile brains. the most gener-
Gus hearts. and statesmanship Of the
highest order. II requires mora united
and not a divided Jewry
Denies Zionism Is Remedy.
we have grave problems 10 solve in
the United States, and we viii not be
found wanting IN this crucial hour Of
Jewish suffering and immigration. Is
Zicrism a hysteria based on the impos-
sible? Is it a total misconception OF the
practical? Or. is Il a conception OF the
mystic, who. advancing theories, never
plans results? I admit that il voices
the endured agony OF all ages that II
sounds the trumpet tones OF outraged
and prosecuted humanity but is Zion
ism a remedy? ! emphatically deny II.
On the contrary. instead of helping 10
solve, it has involved the Jews into
endless trouble. has put Us on the de-
fensiYe, and added fuel TO the fires Of
anu-semitism.
To secure recognition in the lanls
OF persecution other remedies must De
evolved. To advocate zionism per sc
means alienation from the land of birth,
means disloyalty to country. means the
absence of thai uatriotfsm 10 which