The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
Race Will Continue to Come to
This Country for Ages
To Come.
A STATE FOR THE JEWS
HOPED THAT PALESTINE WILL
BE CENTER OF AUTONOMOUS
STATE FOR THE RAcE-A LEAD.
Err TALKS.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Mr. Israe
Zangwill, one of the leaders of the Jew
ish race, now in Washington, has pc
culiar ideas Of the future of his people
That America will be place of ref
uge for Hebrews for centuries to come
10 the opinion of Mr.. Zangwill, ex.
pressed to a reporter. who called or
him at the Shoreham hotel shortly at
ter his arrival. He talked at some
length of the present condition and flu.
ture Of the Jewish race and its relation
to Palestine and the United States.
Just as various substances placed in
a melting pot will be fused into one
homogeneous mass, SO Mr.. Zangwill
thinks, the various races now ply.
sically mixing In America will finally
make fusion race, which will in.
clude the characteristics of all Of them
and yet be unlike any of the races
which now make up Americas cosmo.
politan population. He sees intermar-
rage and final general fusion.
Some Of the substances put into the
melting pot are soft and easily fused
with others; some are tough and are
fused only after a long time,' he ex-
planned. $50 with the races that are
pouring into America. The Jews l class
as one of the tough substances, simply
hiss e acubftseeohnait wishrdetshsh
because of the anti-Semitic feeling
among the Christians in the country,
the hatred of the Jew. A person natur-
ally hates some one who is different
from him. But when the Christian
learns to know and understand the
Jews by contact and association with
them this feeling will be overcome
Take a lot of people Of different kinds
and let them be shipwrecked and
thrown together for few days; you
will then see how feeling of intimacy
and love springs up between them"
But 1t Is their misfortune that bring
them together" it was suggested.
The misfortune simply gives them
better chance to get acquainted with
each other very quickly. Without the
misfortune the process will be slow
or"
What are the prospects of a Jewish
state, or Zionism?''
Il am the president of territorial
organization which hopes to establish
an autonomous state for the Jews. At
first we hope to md some available
land where such a state can be estab-
lished. We seemed to find one in the
northern part of Africa. Little was
known about 1t, because travellers
were not allowed to visit the terri
tory. But we received special permits
sion to visit the territory and last
spring an inspection was made. The
members Of the committee have now
returned and are writing their report"
What effect will the establishment
Of this state have on Jewish immigra-
ton to American"
"Of course if the state is economi-
cally successful, 1t will decrease the
immigration to this country. But that
will not be until 1t is economically sue
cessful. If Jew finds he can only
earn SIS week in the Jewish state and
can earn So week in the United
States, he will very likely come to the
United States. The sentimental rea-
son that our proposed country is a
Jewish state will be factor in it's be-
half.
I'VE do not oppose Zionism. We sim
ply say that if Palestine is the best
place for the establishment of this
autonomous Jewish state then we will
work to establish it in Palestine"
But Mr.. Zangwill thinks that the
of the constitution in
Turkey and the establishment of a.
parliament will not help the movement
for the reclamation of the Holy Land
for the Jews.
'The young Turks party" he ex-
planned. ''endeavors to preserve the
Ottoman empire intact, even to bring
about the return to it of some of the
lands which have been taken from it.
Under the despotic sway of the Sui
tan the empire was fast dying and
other countries were waiting around
10 grab various parts. The new party
aims to prevent the division of the en-
pire into parts or the loss of any sec
ton of it. Therefore, it will be little