Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11
HAVE JEWS DISCOVERED
COUNTRY TO C0LONIZE9
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
LONDON, August 4. 1907.
The Jewish Territorial Organiza ton
seems at last to have discovered country
for the creation Of its proposed jewish set
tlement After exactly two years OF ln'esu-
CATION Of the possibilities of Jewish coionl-
zation In every continent, the British sec
tional council Of the Jewish Terr1tor1ai
Organization bounded on the LIST OF August
1869 the object Of which is 10 1ouhu
great Jewish settlement under some Tree
government. has drawn up us report ioi
private presentation to the geographical
commission which is finally to advise upon
the territory. All former statements, mere,
fore as to the locality of the projected
colonization have been announced me t.
port, which is unanimous. is signed Dy
MANY of the most distinguished Engilsh
Jews. including the RI: Hon Arthur Cohe1
K. c.; Mr. Lucien Wolf. Mr.. Solomon ).
Solomon, r. A: Mr.. Alfred Sutro. rroi;
Meldola. Mr. Lionel Abrahams dnanciai
H. I.angdon president OF the Manches1 ,1
chamber of commerce., Mr.. Hermann NJ.
Kisch. c. g. l.; Sir Isidore Spielmann ana
the president, Mr.. Israel Zangwili' as wen
as Mai Gen. Sir Alfred Turner. the only
Jewish member Of the council.
Mr. Walter s. Cohen has been elected
q nnanos,er of the council. Mr. Cohen. who
Is brother of the president OF the board OF
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pertence in Cyprus. and also recently heid
an official position in the Orange RIVER free
State Prof. Mailer. the recently elec.ea
member of the Austrian parliament TOOK
mart in the fifth Austrian zionist CONFER
ence at Bielitz where he insisted on the
necessity of cooperation with the Ito.
The petition relating to the alteration OF
the statutes of the Jewish colonial trust
was heard Tuesday in the chancery DIVISION
before Justice Kekewich. 1t Will be re-
membered that it is desired by the Zionist
trust to limit their activity to colonial ton
in Palestine. The gentlemen VINO opposed
the petition for the alteration of the trust
articles of association included Mr.. Fang
will and Mr. Clement Salaman, who. how
ever. Law stress on the fact that they OPP
posed merely on personal grounds and that
they did not do so as representing the Ito
Affdayits have been presented by Herr
David WoIffsohn Of Cologne, Germany,
chairman of the council of the Jewish
lonial trust and one of the leaders of the
Zionist movement. Henry Newman of Lon
don. secretary of the company: Mr.. NJ. S.
Uriaschsohn of Grodne. Russia, a share
holder of the bank: Mr.. p w. levin
Epstein Of New York. shareholder; Mr.. I.
L. Goldberg of wilma, Russia, and Mr.. 8.
Goodrich Of Johannesburg, also share
holders.
Among other things. Mr.. Zangwin stated
in his aff1davit:
II was a close personal friend Of the late
Dr. Theodore Herzl, the founder Of the
movement, and familiar with his views and
opinions. In his work The Jewish
State which initiated the Zionist move
ment, Dr. HerZl left It an open question
whether the suggested colonization should
take place in Palestine or In the Argen-
tine, and although DIR. Herzl Loyalty ac
cepted the vote OF the first congress that
Palestine should be made the objective. the
unsuccess of his negotiations with the sui
tan led him to desire the full use of all the
powers given in the memorandum for Colo
ni2ation elsewhere"