Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
r ZIoNisM AND AFRICA.

Zlonism has become a much discussed
subject, since the Basic congress held
In August this year, At that gather
Ing. DR. Herzl told of his negotiations
with the sultan stating that the latter
required conditions which were not In
keeping with the demands OF the Zion
list program. Negotiations were then
entered into with the Egyptian Gov
eminent and England for the privilege
Of colonlzing the Jews around Mt. Sinai,
which connects itself with Palestine. A
commission was appointed to study the
surroundings Of that region, but Moth
ing came of the negotiations because Of
the difficulty Of getting access to water.
Then a letter from the British govern
ment was read. containing PROPOSE
ton that Jewish colony be established
in Uganda. The letter said;
His majestys Government must al
ways take an interest in any well-oon-
sideren scheme for the anticipation OF
the position OF the Jewish race. lie
understands that the trust desires to
send certain gentlemen TO the East
African protectorate who shah ascertain
whether there are any vacant lands that
are suitable for the purposes In ques-
tion. II THIS Is so he would be happy
TO give them every facility that would
enable them to discuss with his majes-
tvs commissioners the possibility Of
meeting the views which may be ex-
pressed at the Zionist conference"
The following propositions We're, fur
ther made in the letter; THE grant OF
a considerable area Of land, the appoint
ment Of a Jewish official as chief local
| administrator, permission for the colony
to have a free hand in municipal legs-
lation and the management OF all relig-
ious and purely domestic matters" The
English government however, Is to ex-
erolse general contro and reserves the
right to occupy the land lt the settle-
ment does not prove success.
Uganda Is said 20 be good country
In every respect. 1t has a healthy eli
mate and good soil, suitable for the oul-
tivation Of all kinds of plants. Coffee
and cotton grow wild, and the potato Is
doing we'll. AS for cattle-raislng. the
country is almost unexceled, Undoubt-
eddy 1t has minerals, but the mountains
are as yet unexplored The only objec-
ton to Uganda, from Zionist point of
view, Is, that It Ia too far from Pales-
tine. But Il It IS true, as zangull puts
1t, that the time has come when the
Jewish people must be, either denation-
allied or re-natlonallzed, the accept
ance Of land in Uganda for Jewish
colony should be a foregonc conclusion.
In this connection may be quoted the
following story, told by the Springfield
Republican.
"a New York jew was greatly oppos-
| ed 20 the suggested Hebrew colony IN
| central Africa until he examined tho
| Psalms and read that Ethiopia shall
soon stretch out her hands TO Cod
| Here was a clew, and, following It up,
he was amazed to read In Isaiah that,
before the restoration of Israel to Pal
| estne, FIVE cities must be built In
| Egypt and they shall speak the lam
| guage OF Canaan, and In that day
there shall be an altar to the Lord In
the midst of the land of Egypt has
much as the Egypt Of the Old Testa-
ment meant Africa, and as Hebrew was
the language OF Canaan n Is evident,
so the New York Jew now believed,
that the proposed Jewish colony In Ug-
anda has unmpeachable gcriptural au-
thority In its support