Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-14
A NEW ERA COMING.

Notwitbstandlng the fact that many
who naturally should be interes'eu 1T
zionism are Indifferent, on even ON,
taronietie, that remarkable movement
is gaining ground and friends.
youne Peoples Union of Zion has
heen formed in washington and IS no"
pnblisbinr monthly journal cilieu
,rhe z,onist. which is said TO be widely
a,rcn,ated among the young hebrews
,r,,,s io,,,,oI II IS claimed, Is drawing
friends to the Zionist cause ana III,
nnrting to the reader not only pe'
ter knowledge Of sbis subject but aiso
=, otber matters relating 10 Judaism
-rho zionlsts are divided as to the
,lace in which to establish home for
No Je,ys. Some have recently suggest
"a the northern part of Africa. ana
others are looking toward the Ameri-
AZ, continents. but Zionists generally
hold that there is but one Zion ior 'i'e
lows and that is Palestine They nope
20 obtain a charter from the lurhlsh
Government and secure from al the
,,,,a,., their legal guarantee. THIS was
tha nrorran laid out by Or. Herzi ne
actually had consultation win tne
s,,ltan of Turkey, and had he at ina.
TINS received the financial support OF
,he Jewish people he would, II IS
thought. have accomplished inc Oh
iect Tho Turkish government was
then willing to enter into negotiations,
z,oniats claim that the sultan Is stu
favorabIy disposed toward the jews
and willing to make concessions TWO
of the leaders of the Zionist movement
have recently visited CONSTITUTIONS
and conferred with Turkeys ruler. But
the result OF this conference has not
been made public.
Regarding the present CONDITIONS III
Palestine. the following is quoted from
an article in French journal:
.From year to year the settlement OF
the LEWIS in Palestine Is increasing Al
readv there are thirty Jewish colonles
in existence. Each one OF them So iu,,
tutes a Jewish center, and ~ cohuuueS,u
according TO the best method IN asti-
culture In the neighhorhood oil Jana
40 per cent OF the APPROPRIATENESS are
Jews. ,,.,
con this side Of the Jordan the Jews
have transformed large stretch Oh
arid l1ndS llllp llhiAAhA AANiN'N'
can Withstand the determination OF tIle
LEWIS 10 come into possession OF lahu
and To rescue IL from foreign halus'
The German colonists now meet WIN
some difficulty in acquiring land TOT
the settlement of their people tNsty :
where tbe Jews are making strenuous
cfro,.ts 10 gain more and more ground
..,rhe grandchildren of Abraham who
now bring to this land all their possess
sions come from all parts of the "oilu,
and sneak In different languages, nut
fbe Hebrew language, which Is no long
or a dead tongue. binds them all TO-
pether. even as their religion does. the
Hebrew literature has begun to bloom;
The most important books of the world
are being translated INTO tne heor 1,N
The children study everything IN he
brew. In Jerusalem there appear He
brew newspapers, and the presses is-
sue forth Hebrew manuals which are
scattered all over the land.
.Jerusalem is gradually assuming the
aspects of q distinctly Jewish city. AL
ready 10 per cent of the population or
the, city is Jewish, and this is only the
beginning
The world should not lose sight of this
fact that the gathering TO Palestine
commenced long ago. and that the
movement is steadily increasing. The
gathering practically commenced when
1t was dedicated by an Apostle of the
Lord in this dispensatlon, for that pur-
pose, in accordance with the Scriptures.
Xionism Is n fact, not dream; not n
theory. The leaders of Zionism win
some day appeal TO the powers FOR rec
ognition OF the Jewish state then In
existence, and when the time comes,
tho recognition viii be given, and new
era Of the worlds history will be maui
gurated.