The sun., 1904-12-09
ZANGWILL ON ZION IN AFRICA.
OFFERS MORAL DIGNITY TO THE
AMERICAN JEW, He SAYS.
Large Audience In Cooper Union Enthu.
siastic Over Provisional Palestine In
a English Territory-He Calls the Jewish
flag o Fulcrum Of Political Power.

n English Territory-He Calls the Jewish
Flag o Fulcrum Of Political Power.
| Israel Zangwil, the novelist and play
! wright. spoke for two hours in Cooper
! Union last night on Zionism. The hall was
more than half filed by an audi ence that
seemed to be in full sympathy with the
! speakers ideas. They applauded Mr. Zang-
! will for nearly a minute when he was m
| troduced by Dr. Harry Friedenwald, presi-
| dent OF the Federation OF American Non-
| lists, and at the close OF his remarks there
was rush to the stage to shake hands with
him
Mr. Zangwill's voice is not powerful. but
his enuncistion ia clear and be had no trouble
/ in making himself heard. He advocated
the acceptance of the offer made by England
to the Zionist Congress at Basle, SwitZer-
| land in 1903 Of a vast tract Of land In Fast
Africa for the new Jerusalem. His ideas
on the subject are in opposition TO those
OF a number Of the leading Zionists OF the
world and other Jews who do not believe IN
Iionism at all. He evidently had them
in mind when he said:
be summed up Lie low and say thlnR
But lying low, though II is a way OF escaping
hostile attention. is also a way OF being walked
| over. And sa yinE nothing does not prevent
other people from saying great deal.
10 this policy OF Lie ioW ana say hothihS
comes Xionlsm. with a trumpet cry OF Ply
ism m cans e the end Of the Marrano period ana
political movement 10 obtain for the Jewish
people a publi,ly. legally assured home
Palestine. And political movement needs
We have hitherto been governed by good
rabbis and kind millionaire hnd ID see ~, nhere IRE
srus, rus its destinies TO Bishop Potter and Mr.
Carnegie but il says 10 Theodore Roosevelt!
Thou art the man" thppla4se We f L2und
And once we get statesman we begin to
view our problem with statesman eye.
We see With our dead leader that Jewish
charity is bankrupt.
Mr.. Zangwill said that Zionism had little
to offer to the prosperous Ame1can Jews,
except moral dignity. but TO the vast ma
jority of the raoe1half of the Jews OF the
world live in Russia-it is a gospel. not only
Of self respect but OF salvation.
As to anti-Zionism. he said that 1t may
disg,,se itself in philosophy or wrap itself
In religion. but at the bottom 1t Is the
old Marrano habit that has become second
nature with the race: the tirn,dlty and sen-
distr,lst born Of centuries Of persecution;
the prisoner hugging his chains. Contln-
uing in this strain. he said:
II a Jew tells you that Jewish State Is
impossible. listen to him; for there are indeed
sirahle then remember he IL poor. sick
patient who should lie treated in saEitarum
He sTns 6s hss Sod shvsT. sSon
-the Zionist peril, the case is desperate.
More pious critics admit Jewish STATE y
desirable, but say We must not force the hand
OF Providence What a splendid excuse for
Keeping our own hands in our pockets.
In England we have a sect called me pe-
c,liIar People, which is much prosecuted ny
the police because 1t leaves its sick children
70 die without gv3s them WedSS,Re Ss2s hsap aEep oo
tons b%.s FORM r9'o" of prayeG sGp ~ork II Palestine
be slsr Sgts Till ny We Of aT soed
than by working for IL:
The new jew says our mission - To be
scattered We are scattered by. force. after
years of desperate fgh,ing against the 70
mans. and II II VAS Gods will TO scatter Us.
then i, was blssphemous Of our forefats"TS re A. r.
Jerusalem VI. de Plehve. when be was struck
by the bonbshell, might as well have claimed
that it was his mission 10 be scattered
Zionism, Mr. Zangwill said. is not an ath-
letic performance given by the Zionist
teachers for the benefit OF their brother
Jews, but a demand upon all Jews to give
a hand in lifting the great stone that lies
over the grave in which the race Is burned
alive. He declared that he came not as
the apostle Of a forlorn hope. but as the
announcer Of a triumphant movement.
America he said, stands morally at the
head Of the Zionist movement because u
has, has the Sol sras aPnd Ppows&u 'n' ~
Mr.. Zangwill held that at present 1t would
he impossible for the Jews to get possession
OF Palestine again one reason being that
the Sultan would not grant charter carry
ing with it political rights.
Therefore, the speaker said. he favored
turning elsewhere FOR a provisional Pa!es-
tine. Any territory. he declared. which
was Jewish. under Jewish flag. would
save the Jews body and the Jews soul
and become a rallying point for Zionism'
a training school in elf-government,
fulcr,lm OF political influence and a nursery
OF emgrants for Palestine when obtained.
Spea king Of England's offer Of East Africa,
ne said:
A people that for eighteen centuries has
possess ed not n square mile il suddenly
offered n land Of nearly the size OF ales,
in which under the suzerainty OF Britain.
il may enjoy local autonomy. Mr. Cham-
| beriain and the British Foreign once per
| oeive-what the Sultan can not perceive
| how profitable II il to have your empty terri
| tory worked up by an industrious people
| NOBODY appreciates more than ] the mag
| nauimity OF the British o1er TO a suffering
| race hut " IL as Iarge-brained as ii is large
hearted II saves England from breaking z
with her ideals az a land of refuge-for the
! anti-alicn party is raging more iuriouely
! every day--and It helps to populate the Br!t-
! ish Empire, ,.-,.
! is NJ Chamberlain s own suggestion, as their
| readIni ssion to England after nearly four
centuries OF exile was Oliver Cromwell =
own scheme. With both statesmen IL is part
| OF the same dream-tho dream OF imperial