Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-20

emperor on several occasions. At the
head of a deputation of Jews he again
was granted an audience by the en-
peror in Jerusalem. He attended The
Hague peace conference, and was re-
ceived by many of the attending states
men.
I'm May, 1901. he was, for the first
time, openly received by the sultan of
Turkey, and after that first audience
was called several times to Yildiz kiosk
on the business of the Zionist move
ment. Herzl won the personal esteem
| of the kaiser and the sultan, and was
repeatedly decorated by the latter.
During the years 1902 and 1903 he was
invited before the British royal COM
mission, to give evidence on alien i'm
migration, and thereby came into close
touch with members of the British gov
eminent, particularly Joseph Chamber
lain, then secretary of state for the
colonies, through whom Herzl negot-
ated with the Egyptian government for
charter for the settlement OF the
Jews in Al 'Arish, in the Siniatic PEN
insula, adjoining southern Palestine.
To Settle In Africa
"On the failure of that scheme, on
account of the poor quality of the land.
Herzl went to Cairo, where he re-
ceived, through L. ]. Greenberg, an
offer by the British government to
facilitate a large Jewish settlement,
with autonomous government and
under British suzerainty, in British
East Africa. At the same time, as the
| Zionist movement was threatened by
| the Russian government, he went to st.
Petersburg and was received there by
De Witte. On that occasion HerZl sub
mitted proposals for the amelioration
of the Jewish position in Russia. He
| published the Russian statement and
| brought the British offer before the
sixth Zionist congress in August, 1903.
I'm the Zionist movement he was the
official chairman of the Crosses actions
comite" and of the Vienna executive
committee He was member of the
council of administration and signatory
to the deed of the Jewish colonial
| trust.
His 'Judenstaat,' said the speaker,
while admirable for it's central
thought, the unity of the Jewish peo-
pie, is vague and weak in it's want of
| historic grasp. When that element had
been supplied Herzl found himself COM
bated by large Jewish element whom
| he depicted in his play, 'Das Neue
| Ghetto While his first brochure lacked
all religious thought and his famous
remark that the return to Zion would
be preceded by a return to Judaism
seemed at the moment due rather to a
sudden inspiration than to deep
thought subsequent events proved that
it was a true prophecy. His last lit
erary work was 'Altneuland,' and is de-
voted to Zionism. The author occupied
the leisure Of three years writing what
he believed might be accomplished By
the year 1921
National Fund Created
At every mass meeting held all over
the world yesterday a collection was
taken up and the money sent to the
| Jewish national fund which was created
by the Zionist congress for the pur-
! pose of purchasing the land of Pales-
tine for the Jewish nation. In addition
| to the collection which is made at this
annual meeting the national fund has
now introduced the following system
| relating to the planting. of olive trees
in Palestine, and the grove to be known
| as the HerZl olive grove. If a mar
pay $1.50 the national fund will plant
one olive tree in Palestine and inscribe
the name of the donor In the national
| fund book. The tree will belong to the
national fund, but will be named after
| the man who paid for 1t. This activ-
| ity is advocated because 1t will increase
the rainfall of the country. The lack
| of forests In Palestine is one of the
chief causes Of drought, and since the
renewal of Jewish colonization in Pal
estine the rainfall has been noticably
| heavier.
Many years ago the Jews established
a colonial trust fund, which has its
headquarters at London. The fund is
to be used to purchase a charter from
the Turkish government and establish
Jewish nation in Palestine. This viii
not be done, however, until the total
sum of $1,000,000 is reached, and Their
only $4,000 viii be used to purchase
the charter. The rest of the fund will
remain in the treasury. At the last re.
port sos, 900 had been collected.
An immense impetus is said to have
been given to the movement in every
| quarter Of the globe by the Jewisl
nnhssacres in Russia, and this has beer
greatly accentuated of late by reports
that the anti-Semites in that country
are planning atrocities on an even mors
awful scale.