Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-27
As TO ZIONIsM

NINM INIIiN'INNNAiN Ut" hAlNA '"N''hf''f 80"
question of the day IL whether that
assembly viii be able 10 agree on a
general program u so, The Ameri'
can Hebrew thinks zlonlsm need not
fear Tor the future,
There are two distinct tendencies
among the followers of the late Or,
iieral one In toward Fast Africa, or
some other ayorabls spot, 40 u preilm'
mary 10 the redemption Of the Holy
Land another IL Tor that country With
out any preliminary. The American
Hebrew reports that ut recent gather
lng Of 2ionsts the delegates present
strongly argued that the Jews must
enter Palestine. with OF without con-
ccssious from the Turkish government
Their sentiment was that the Hebrews
should "oreep %Rto Palestine any way
ColonlEc, redeem the land populate ~
Establish factories stimulate trade IN
a word, rebuild Palestine ana then see
what the sultan VIII say Colonel
Conder II Ia said, recently suggested
10 lfulluNN HlNNlNNH AlNA WV NNN"' NN''
a people on the soil In order 10 be ablo
tn contend for separate existence. That
Is, colonization must precedc the char
ter
This plan N somewhat different from
the nrst which Was Ia obtain from the
governments Interested permission 20
locate IN Palestine aud rebuild H. II
must be- admitted that II Ii the mora
practical N the two Tho presence o.
say IL quarter Of million Jews Ia
Palestine with their cities and villages,
and orchards and schools and factories,
banks ana shops etco would be prob
lem compelling u solution Ana Il
might be- found that the best way of
handling II would be- ny establishing
the people under the guarantee of the
powers ~ an independent community
There are procedouts, In crete, for IN
stance, Tor such a policy
In the meantime the Fast Africa plo-
gram has many friends, AS ~ somo'
what clrcullous but yet the most d.
rect road available tn the ultimate
goal Israel ZangVll h one Of these.
In recent address he said that the
door " Palestine Is closed, and then
asked
"shall We weep outside Il forever Ike
our brethren At the Wlillng Wall with.
ln9 Of shall we DO our best 20 accumn-
late political power and make NJ our
selvo, u nation elsewhere. whether In
Eas Africa or--East Africa bene
founl unsuiiablo-ln some stlll bettor
territory BEFORE such a policy can IN
said In be opposed 20 the Basic pro.
| gram u must be proved mat VI n nN
one o. the Ways by when W. or oub
| poat'rlty may got 10 Palestine, No'
! body has proved this Nobody has
shown n hotter way ~ carrying out tbs
Basic program, and II MI such torritor.
! lAl IDEAS uro rejected, ana Tho next
congress puts forward no practicable
| policy by which ~ achieve no aim, I
! think n would De Just as hopeful for
| the Jews to return 10 their prayers Tor
! panblne ap 10 weary man and heaven
with annual outbursts ~ rhetoric"
II 'epts. then. It appears, In the oplu.
Ion ~ prominent leaders Of the moy>'
mcnt with the next congress In Baslr
10 formulate a practical program. 2
this h done, II Ia SUPPOSED ZlonIsm IN
assured Of a brilliant future,
Turkish national afalrs appear rather
unsettled and no one con tell Just what
changes may be coming, The zlonlsl-
shouli he prepared Tor any eventually.
They should be prepared Ca take adj.
vantage of any development,
According to the odvlcce from Ara.
ha the revolt there IL said % have
assumed the proportions NJ n regular
war me sultan Of Turkey II thorough
ly aroused TO the dangers NJ the situa.
ton not merely a. involving the lo3s
Of the province " Yemen, now In full
possession ~ the rebels, but Ms ondan.
gornt his position ne guardian Of Nee.
90 ana Medina the holy cities OF lsam
Transports are. consequently, hns
commissioned at Constanlinople for the
dispatch NJ troops ~ the disturbed re-.
glous, n Ia further claimed that there
are proofs of q Widespread movement
10 throw otr the Turkish yoke IN Ara
bla, syria, ana MosopotOma, and cs'
tubllsn n now ana independent Arab na'
ton Powerful shoika In several 70.
glons are said W be- committed 10 tins
movement n In also thought that tho
Nhollyo NJ Egypt backed by the lirlt'
ism government, may aspire 10 tho hoal'
shin M the MohRmmcdan faith ana tho
guardianship Of the holy places, and II
the sultan shows himself powcrlesa "a
rcatore order there VIII be lnloryentlor
from some quarter IN Wow Of these
facts, the Hlonlsls may well take cour'
age, No one can tell what may trans
plro 10 make their occupancy Of the
Holy Land seem "a be- desirable Bu,
they must be- prepared, Whether tina
preparation VIII bo had IN East Africa
tho future must reveal,