The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-06

points out that there is a lack ef cone siveness among the Jews, and suggssts that if they would band together into a friendly united party. acting in concert m all business, political end socSal queP- tions. they would form en irresisucle combination
 ~Noroau believes that the natural tst- ent of the Jew tends to politics, hence zionism is the only solution.
 'ZangvilI suggests threefold alterna- tive, disappearance, national regeneration. that is, Zionism or religious regenera- ton. He has little hope for the latter. thinks the first Is very difheult and ad- mits that Zionism. even if realized, will not completely solve the problem
 Dr. Solomon here forcibly pointed ouf that Mark Twain's suggestion did vio- lence to the genius of history. He con- tended that the Jew cannot be, as he nev- CT was, either a commercial. a political or a social factor, and insisted that if tho Jew has any claim to exist. then the overwhelming evidence of forty centuries proves that 1t is his religion and that alone, which entities him to the claim,
 Tho speaker then dwelt at length upon the Zionistic question, insistentiy argu- ing that Zionism was an impossihility; that the most superficial knowledge of Jewish history conclusively shows that politically the Jew as a nation was an absolute failure. He maintained that even If all difficulties could be overcome. zion- ism would be but a confession of weak ness; 1t would be an iueloricus retreat from the position won by centuries Of splendid achievement; for the Jews to retire from the world and return to Pal estina would be to justify the hatred, the contempt aad the scorn that have been heaped upon them. It would be to admit that they are. no longer worthy of the mission they claim. no longer fit to sur vive.
 Applying the moral of history's teach inRs, Dr. Solomon eioduently rnaintainen that the glorious achievements accom- pi.shed in the pact were produced by the efforts of the few great leaders not with, but in spite of. the masses of the people and. therefore, with the benefit of this Invaluable experience of the past to help they are justified in predicting stiil more glorious future.
 ,''As the history of the Jew seems to have been a living application Of the Ie- gend of the Wandering Jew" continued Dr, Solomon, wherein the race is repre- sented as the wandefer doomed for all time to wander through the world, but every hundred years ss the weight of age bends his frame, returning to the strength and vigor of youth, so we see that at every period some man or some thought was brought forward to enliven and ir- vlgorate the faith. So we need not de- spair in the present as the Independent Order of B'Na; B'rish. as an organization whose purpose is to unite Jews. irrespec- tive of shades of religious belief, origin or nationality. is the means of imparting fresh strength to the race and giving new impetus to the teachings of Juda- ism."
 At the conclusion of the oration, Mrs. w. NJ. Clyde rendered a beautiful vocal solo: Fear Ye Not 6 Israel" end Afr. A. W. Hoffman rendered q violin solo.
 The henediction was pronounced by Rabbi Messing.
 Rabbi Solomon remained In Montgoms cry yesterday. He was eomplimented with theatre party last night, after which dinner was given in his honor. He will leave for Vicksburg today.