Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26

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as he lay upon a divan of old Turkish rugs,
lacked only turban and gown or cap
and Jewish gaberdne to make him har-
monte with the scene. AS l looked at him
I remarked his pronounced Jewish features,
his dark complexion, and his nose with It's
typical Israelitish curve. He has eyes of a
LIQUID brown, curly hair, combed up from
high but not over-broad forehead, and a
manner too earnest and nervous perhaps to
be in strict accord with the somnolence of
the far east. Indeed, when the telephone
rang, as it did several times during our
+ conversation, he almost ran to answer it;
and his smooth, well-worded sentences
were uttered with all the vigor of an up
to-date pushing reformer of the twentieth
century.
Palestine for the Jews.
1 had asked Mr.. Zangwill to tell me some
thing of the Zionist movement He re-
piled:
1.-THE Zionists are an organization of Jews
from all parts of the world, who are work.
ing together to bring Palestine back into
the hands Of our people. We Jews have
always hoped that Palestine would again
belong to us. This hope has lasted for
more than two thousand years, and from
time to time various projects based upon 1t,
have been formed to repossess the land.
Nearly all of these. however, have been
visionary and outside the domain of prac-
teal possibility. Many of them have been
Messiah, who should suddenly rise and lead
us in some miraculous way back to our
mother country. Many Jews hope for this
today, and confidently believe it will oc-
cur.
1.-THE Zionists also expect to acquire Pales-
tine but their plans are based upon the
methods and men of the time. They are
practical in that they expect to obtain their
end through modern politics. They want to
interest the Jews of the world in this work,
and through them the great governments,
and In time to be able to purchase Pales-
tine of the Sultan of Turkey, or to show
him that it is to his advantage that they
should have it. In doing so they expect to
convince the great powers of the world that
such contamination would not be to the
disadvantage of the world at large"
A New Holy Land.
what could the Jews do with the coun-
try, Mr.. ZangwilI?"
''They could renovate and develop 1t. We
were once an agricultural and pastoral
nation and we could easily become so again.
We are, / believe, well fitted to rule, and
we hope to establish a Jewish colony
made up of our own people where we can
govern ourselves in our own way. We
should not object to the suzerainty or pro-
lection Of some other power In the
sense of being colonially dependent upon 1t,
but we want home rule and a great ma
tional land and home of our own
who would go to such home, Mr..
Zangwill?"
Jews from all parts of the world" was
the reply. There are millions who would
leave Russia and go there. There are mil
lions In other parts of Europe, and there
are vast numbers right here in the United
States. AS 1t Is now our people congest
the great cities. 1t is said there are more
In London than there are in Palestine. New
York alone has 600 600 of us, and 300,0O0
Jews are here settled within an area OF one
square mile. You have the greatest Ghetto
the world has ever seen, and you are add
ing to 1t annually by about 10000 immi-
grants year. The Jewish charities spend
care of the poor among these people. What
we want Is to send them to their own coun-
try and to give them q chance to work for
themselves. This is part of the Palestine
project, and also part OF the project OF
the East African state
God Helps Those Who Help Them
selves.
''But would not such a colony be founded
upon charity7 Would 1t not be colony Of
paupers. as 1t were?''
mo. that Is what we want to avoid. We
want to teach our people TO take care OF
themselves and to be Independent. We be-
heve that God helps those who help them
selves. This movement Is necessarily found
ed upon charity at the beginning. But
even 80 the gifts are made a. an
| Investment" The money end Of the
movement ts known as the Jewish Colonial
Trust, Joint stock company, capital
fzed at about ten million dollars In dve-
dollar shares. Our stock Is by no means
all paid IN. but great deal OF It has been
taken. The monsy 20 given has been IN