Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-07

pockets cried. Dreamer "Htl' u '"'
The space at my disposal being naturally
limited. / must be brief In my remarks ana
am trying To do my best so much so tha'
will admit that none OF those leaders OF
Zionism are millionaires, nor DC theN own
very much in real property, but they own
millions of human beings whom they ralseN
out OF the valley Of darkness and ignorance
up to higher plane Of enlightenment ai9H any
culture, and Just because thelf WeallI
and possession does not consist in real
property the world is the more rlchtr anu
ing local and limited by metes and bounds
It moves from one end Of the world TO the
other aud Is enjoyed by all ana every one
alike. The best men OF pracllcal alaIs
are not those who have made fortunes Tor
themselves, and the chancellor of the eN-
chequer Is not usually the richest man III
Says the editorial, "dreamers OF dreams
who do not seem to comprehend that mod
ern Judaism Is much at variance with
Zionism as the government of modern
Egypt is at variance with the government
Where are the facts? Where is the logic?
Who are the dTeamers, those who work
or those who sleep? Zionism spells W0rN.
IL Is dream to the Jew that sleeps. Let
him awake, and IL will be no longer
dream. How is modern ZiOnism at Nari-
ance with modern Judaism2 Does the edt-
tor comprehend his own proposiuon2 What
Is modern Judaism? The fact that Zionism
had among Its advocates and coWorkerS
men such as the late DR.. GOttheil and
DR.. Jastrow is sufficient proof that they
are not at variance.
having used over 200 words in firing his
inveCtives and inveighing against Ziontsm
and lionists, he begins, as If what he says
before does not count; II so, he Is right.
But II he meant and In all probability he
did mean to bring some facts to sub
stantiate his assertions then II becomes
our duty to pay them their due considera-
ton
Palestine in it's palmiest days" says
the editor would not have been large
enough and productive enough to support
the more than 100000 of Jews now living.
Then what about 1t? Is II a fact? Has
that country been put to such a test?
Have the resources of that country been
exhausted? Can not country be made
productive and sustainable IN no otheT
way but out of its natural resources and
products? Can il not be made productive
also in the way of manufacture and COM
merce? If Palestine is not large enough
for more than ten million of Jews II is
large enoug for less than ten million
million, ana who wants all the Jews TO
go to Palestine?
greatest mass of Jewish people could not
go to Palestine II they would, and would
not be willing to live there II they could. -
! Whom does the editor mean ana what Is
| he talking about? If he means the Zion
| lists, who would go if they could, how
does he know that they would not be willing
| to live there2 There is absolutely no
! reason why one should not be willing to
! live In the place for which he has been
| longing and yearning? II, on the other
! hand, he means the anti-Zionists it is GER
| tain that they would not go even If they
| could, and it is useless and ridiculous even
! to talk about. Zionism does not concern
! itself with such questions, to who would
! or would not go? But II tries to pave the
| way and to make possible for one to go,
! II he chooses or is compelled to.
| They have nothing in common" says
the editor, but their creed" and this is
! just what the Jews have not. There is no
| such thing as an established common
| creed in Judaism. Gew. Encyc. Vol ID
They speak as many languages as were
| spoken at the tower of Babel, and the
! proof of it is that the handful of frenzied
| Llonlsts VINO assemble themselves at Basel
| have not been able themselves to get
harmonized without fight because" de-
! upon creed ritual"
! one is led to think, If he follows the
| editor logic and judgment, that speaking
many languages is fault or impracticable
ana II thls be true, then our school system
| Is pretty bad and we should have TO stor
teaching or learning different languages
But any one that really knows something
about practical affairs can have but q
good hearty laugh at such absurd and pre-
posterous an idea.
However the editor evidently does not
only dlSapproVe speaking many languages
| but ne proves by this that the "frenzed
Alonlsts could not get harmonized be-
cause ne continues tney could not agree
| upon creed ritual Now, If they could not
get harmonlzed because they could not
agree upon creed ritual then the fight was
! not on account of speaking many Ian
guages. But the real fact is that the
cause of the little disturbance was neither
the speaking OF many languages" nor
|
pacity made 1t impossible for ali to gain
entrance and a fight for admission and a
rush for seats ensued. We heard Of greater
and more serious encounters and fights be.
| tween members in parliament and even in
our own congress, and yet no one dared tC
call them 'frenzied"
The great majority are attached sin.
cerely to the various countries of theiI
birth or adoption and could not be recalled
to Zion even If Gabriel blew his horn"
1t is just because of the sincere attach,
ment of the Jew to his adopted country
his loyal patriotism to the land of his brit
and the ingratitude and disloyalty of the
country to him that are the movinl
causes of Zlonism. 1t is the self-sacrificC
Of the Jew for his adopted country on one
hand and his misery brought about by
that country that this national movement
under the banner of 'Zionism" has beer
called into existence. We are living her,
in this country under a republican form
! of government backed by constitution o.
| the highest character and the nobest as
piration. But about the other six or sever
million OF Jews who are living under con
ditions which may prevert angels, Zion
ism does not mean, as some people seen
to think, that one should leave his country
his home and go to Palestine. Nonsense
1t never even as much as dreamt of such ab
surdites. Zionism means home for tn
! homeless. II means that those living Il
luxury and palaces should help get
home for their brethren who are ess for
! tunate, nay, who have no home at all
ADOLPH ABBEY.