The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01

the oppressed Jews of the world.y To l my thinking, an auton omous Jewish
 colony would bc Indeed an adventure
 Of the utmost hardihood. and therefore
 thing I should rejoice to see That l this astonishing race. which appears In the world first as a body of slaves. which during the fifteen hundred years | Of It's occupation of Palestine attained to peace. prosperity and renown for the brief space of one reign, King Solo,
 mons: a race fve-sixths of which van- ntshed--in . night, was it?--a race of ungoyernable individuals, able in it's magnificent pride to submit to any thing, but utterly unable to harmonize
 with itself or with the world. that this enfgmatic people, after several thous-
 and years of travail and persecution.
 should now consider the adylsabilitys of gathering itself together from the ends of the earth to attempt autonomy is1a
 thing unparagoned in history Noth-
 ing would interest me more, nothing would be better worth a trial than an autonomous Jewish colony. I hope to see 1t done. and done consummately-- the thing we thought could never be.
 Pardon my delay in replying to your letter; I have only today received 1t
 With the most cordial wishes for the success of your enterprise, am sincere ly yours. John Davidson,
 MT. Davidson is playing with words | when he says there is no Jewish prob | lem. And so far from it's being elc- | mentary evident that the Jews cannot | return to Calvary. Jewish bodybuard around the Holy Sepulchre would be much more elemT ntal revenge for the | whirligig of time to bring.
 Sir Conan Doyle Ad.rires Pluck.
 My Dear Zangwill--Pray excuse my delay. I have been exceedingly busy. I have thought much of your scheme for the settlement of the refugee Jews. Of course. I entirely sympathiZe with it. It seems monstrous and inhuman that on all the face of Gods earth there should be no resting place for these unhappy people. who. driven out of one land, are refused admission into all others. Their position is like the poor non- -combatants in the Middle Ages. who were driven out of t..e be- sieged city by the garrison but refus- ed a passage through taeir lines by the besiegers. I would do anything could I to help them to permanent home. But 1 the more one thinks of 1t the more the practical difficulties grow. No doubt the British Empire has many tropical and semi-tropical sites vacant ! for such a colony. There is East Af- | rica, the Highlands of Uganda, North ern Rhodesia. New Guinea and doubt less many other places which I have not thought of But the Jew has never been an agriculturist
 l don't think he has any soil hunger in his blood; he Is gregarious, he goes l where there are crowds of people and where money IS to be made-small I blame to him. But after you had set tied your colony in Africa I expect l { within five years every one of your would find himself in Johan- nesburg. South America might, in some ways afford a better place for a l colony. since there is plenty of land and there would be no great money making city to draw them away. But of course could not be un- der the British flag.
 If your journalists and financiers, who really rule the world, were in dead earnest over this matter they | could by hook or by crook get Pales- | tine, If they are not in dead earnest , then it looks as if it were not a real | racial impulse destined to success
 However, 1t is poor work pointing | out difficulties. ] admire your pluck in facing them and wish you heartily every success.
 Yours very truly,
 Arthur Conan Doyle.
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Is somewhat mistaken in thinking that the Jew has , never been an agriculturist. The an- ; cient Jews of course were fighters and , farmers who left trade to the Phillis- tines. Even today there are 10000 | Jewish agriculturists in Russia, and | , thousands more in Palestine, the Ar 1 , genuine. America, etc It is quite true l that the Jew is gregariOus and this