Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

One ot the noticeable features OF our
time Is the universal restlessness that
prevails IN the world. and in which
many craft Is torn away from the old
moorlngs and places of anchorage, to
collide with other craft or to drift out
10 sea. and perhaps, be lost No matter
where we turn. forces seem to be at
work breaking up and demollshing the
work OF ages, either with the violence
Of an earthquake. as in Russia, or with
slower evolutionary processes Every
where there Is a tendency towards
something new.
AS for our own country II Is no
opportunities cut off In every direction,
because OF the Industrial combinations
that are operating against individual
enterprise. becomes restless, and prey
10 any agitation that promises indepen-
dence. And so we find the mighty
hosts Of industry divided In almost
hostile camps This Is one ~ the
signs Of the times. No one can foretell
what the, immediate future win bring
forth, but II Is certain that class dis
hnction has already assumed so marked
hostility as to call forth frantic appeals
for revolutionary action.
Another remarkable feature OF our
time is the awakening Of the mighty
Chinese empire, TO a realization OF her
strength and possibilities. And China
IS In a hurry about this, The story ls
told that the dowager empress not long
ngo called some Of her counselors to-
gether and asked them how long 1t
would take TO establish constitutional
government. ON being told that II
would require IS years she replied that
It must be done sooner, as she could
not hope TO live much longer and she
wanted TO see the new order estab-
lished before her death.
China is moving. Her learned men
are codifying the laws, Cruel punish
ments are being done away with. Tor
ture IN criminal procedure has been
limited to certain cases. Railroads are
being built In the country A new cur
rency system has been decided on.
Newspapers are being extensively cir
culated Western education Is taking
the place of the old methods. In short
there X an awakening that Will, in a
few years, have worldwide influence.
Another of the signs of the time Is
the activity unfolded by leading Jews
Tor the establishment OF Hebrew
state. That matter was not dropped
with the. death Of Dr. Herzl and the
subsequent split in the Zionist ranks.
The Jewish Territorial Organization,
sometimes called the Ito" has been
formed and IL establishing branches
wherever It can gain adherents. The
prosecutors do not intend leaving the
Jews In peace. They seem to be bent
upon numbering ana robbing them, un.
Ill they go en- masse to some land OF
liberty. And SO the Ito" IL not per-
mitted to go to sleep, |, Is kept active
It's aim Is The establishment OF n Jew
Ssh colony somewhere I'm the British
colonies, and likely TO develop In the
same way as those colonies towards a
self-goyerning status. What they want
u a colony IN which the steps OF the
wandering Jew would no longer be
logged by the evils Of Ghetto life and
antl-semitism, and In which there
would be such possibilities for expan-
slon that such colonies would offer for
all time an asylum for the oppressed
of their people. This they consider an
aim worthy Of their very best exer-
tions.
The idea has the endorsement OF
many prominent men Of the world Is
rael Zangwil has just ascertained the
view Of Hall Calne, Sir Conan A. Doyle.
Rider Haggard, Anthony Hope, Jerome
X. Jerome. Maurice Maeterlink. and
many others, and they all express their
approval OF the plan. Rider Haggsrd
adds that ever since he visited Pales-
tine, he has had sentimental banker
ing to see that country occupied by the
Jews. why he asks. cannot some
OF the richer members OF your COM
munity buy the place? They would
hardly miss the money, and should
imagine that It's present possessors
would be open to deal" That is a
fair representation Of popular sentiment
toward practical zIonism. All would
like to see a strong Hebrew organza.
ton for tho emancipation OF the op.
pressed part OF the people.
These are a few OF the signs OF OUT
time They all point 20 a coming new
era in the evolution Of human society
which has already passed many dis
tinct stages, And they speak OF the ad
vent OF better times than the worl(
has ever SEEN since the fall For, ac
cording to the sure word Of prophecy, :
truth, peace, and righteousness vii
prevail among the children of men.