Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
LET THEJEWS COLONIZE
RABBI LOEB SUGGESTS THEY
GATHER IN PALESTINE.

ITO The Hagle! to The Hague, take the
matter to the worlds peace conference
is the general and just demand OF those
who really feel for the greatest sufferers
| OF humanity. and who are bent upon solv-
Ing the great and grave Jewish problem"
! saio fappi J. L. Loeb to representative
! OF The Star last night
How shall the world be rid of this It's
amending perplexity,' he continued, "of
this source of constant Irritation to Jew
and gentle alike? One plain and simple
proposition has been suggested. which thus
| lar stands forth as the only plausible rem
| edy for all the troubled conditions, and
| which, after having met with volleys of an
| tagonism, criticism and scrutiny all
! sides, still remains the paramount issue
| In Jewish circles today and still ranks as
the one and only practical scheme which
aims at radical solution of the Jewish
| problem. which promises to lift the Jews
out OF their pitiful plight and to free the
world from wearisome never-ending per-
| plexity. This proposition is: Give the
Jew a home which he may call his own!
Let the Jewish people be settled in the
lahd OF their ancestors on a civilized basis
/ and with local autonomy guaranteed by
| the powers, which will permit an unfet-
| tered display of the Jews economic and
| moral capacities.
Since Marion c. Evans George Elliott.
| In her famous work, Daniel Deronda. had
| sounded the keynote of Jewish nationality
| 1t has seemed that public opinion was
deeply impressed with the plan, and the
| possibility thereof has never failed to
strike sympathetic chord In the heart
| of right-thinking humanity. The lamented
| but immortal Theodore Herzl then arose
| to eSpOuSe the cause of his ever martyred
| race and to propagate the feasibility of
| lions restoration With inspiring energy
| he swayed the minds of the people and won
the favor of rulers of the earth With
! trumpet-tongue eloquence he presaged the
| necessity of the Jews present conditions
| and predicted succession of calamties
| for Israel, such as had occurred in the
| last few months And while he himself
| died a martyr to the noble cause, he has
nevertheless left a legacy, which today 10
| of highest value to the future destiny of
| Israel. He pointed out the incontrovertible
| truth that the Jewish question will never
| cease, except by the peaceful solution of
| securing a legally assured home for the
| homeless and down-tredden Jews. Herzl
| was seconded by other prominent members
| Of the Hebrew race, who had learned a
| wise and useful lesson from their trying
experiences and futile attempts to assert
| their rights as human beings and secure
! justice in place of tolerance, despite their
culture, refinement and education.
| In Support of Zionism.
/ Following the example of these first PEN
| itents many others focked to the ranks of
| Zionism After that they, too, had become
| wiser and better by the grave lesson derived
| from the Dreyfus affair in the all-boa stful
| France, and from the constitution on paper
| accorded to the Jews in Germany, Austria.
| Roumania and other civilized states in
| western Europe. Later the Zionist move
! ment enhanced by the kishinef hor-
| rors. But now the newest and most shock
| ing events in Russia have lent this move
| ment impetus no longer to be resisted.
| Since all nations stood by as passive
| lockers at these most shocking barbarities
and outrages upon helpless and inonenslve
| creatures-barbaritieS and outrages which
| have not their equal in the worlds history,
1 which ceased
! day; since even this free and independent
| government proved helpless in the emer-
gency, by reason of complexity of inter-
| national law-Zionism has received an In
| alienahle and indsputable right upon the
| hearts and consciences of all good and
| typical Americans.
| Hence 1t is n perfectly natural manifesto
| ton to now most prominent American
| statesmen defending the cause of Zionism,
as did King Cyrus of Persia In the history
| of the Diascora. No less a distinguished
| parsonage than Mr.. Richard Bartholdt.
| member of Congress and president of the
| interparliamentary peace conference, has
| recently declared himself an ardent sup
porter of the Zionist cause. To The
| Hague, says Mr.. Bartholdt in his address
at the ST. Louis convention of the Order of
Knights of Zion. on December 81 last.
And he advises us to plead with all the
members of Congress and the senator's,
asking them to their influence with
| the President of the United States, so that
he will instruct the delegates to the next
| peace conference TO take up tilS
and consider 1t favorably.'
More Help Needed.
| 81 only hope that the noble effort of this
| distinguished gentleman will be seconded
, and sustained by others. trust also that
| the great American statesmen, the distin-
| guished divines and leaders of thought who
are posted to speak at the protest meeting
| this night at the Belasco Theater will fol-
| low along the same course, and VIII ask
| for no charity nor bare sympathy. but for
| radical and complete cure for the trou-
! bIed conditions of the Jew, and that they
will likewise recommend ZoniSm as the
| panacea. No palliative but a permanent
| cure is what the Jewish people now de-
| mand. They have opened their eyes to the
| true situation; they have awakened to
self-consciousness. The suggestion of Lord
| Rothschild and others that Jews should
| emigrate from Russia to lands of friendly
nations; or patiently wait for their soc:ai
| and political equality in Russia-thts sug-
gestion, which appeared in an epistle or
! the London Times of December last is
| universally defied and ridiculed by all
| thinking jews. Jewish home is the only
| proposition today. The Jew wants no more
| of mercy and grace. Lead him on to his
| home and his rights and allow him to lift
| himself out of his bitter captivity and of
| the imperfections and false accusations
| with which he Is charged by a dissenting
| world.
Always a "Casus Belli."
ION account of the two-the Jews and the
land of the Jews-the world is confronted
with many complexities The troubled sit
uation in the orient has never ended and
never will end. Palestine will always re-
main a casus belli, bone of contention
amidst covetous and dissenting nations;
while at the same time that horrible and
eyer-recurring Jewish question will remain
a source of amending trouble and grief or
mind to all good people in every land and
cline Here the shocking programs, and
there the constant migration of the misery
stricken sons of Judah. Here the charge
of economic irritation and there the ques-
ton of the allen" Will not civilization
once for all redeem itself from this ever
lasting disgrace? Will not humanity see
the justice and wisdom of helping the
homeless people to the formation of home
which they may call their own in that
land which is connected with the historic
and sacred memories of ancient Israel, in
| the empty territory and some of the vast
tracts of the Sinai peninsula the plains OF
the Penlusium and the Hauran, even to
the great River OF Euphrates,' which,
cording to Dr. Max Nordau, will afford
sufficient room for the working and thriv-