The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17
MILK AND HONEY
WILL FLOW AGAIN
SOIL OF PALESTINE FOR CEN
TURlES VERY PRODUCTIVE
BEING REDEEMED.

men came out of Canaan to the wild
erness of Paran, carrying bic
bunch of grapes on a stick. This is
what they said of the place they
came from:
We came unto the land whittier
thou sent us, and surely it floweth
with milk ard money, and this is
the fruit of it
I A few days ago, some latter day
spies sent into Canaan to spy out
the land, appeared before conven-
! ton of American Zionites at Pitts
burg, with exhibit b, They didn't
have bunch of grapes from Ca
naan, but, better, they had sundry
bottles of the blood of the grapes ,
the promised land. Furthermore,
they had bottles of olive oil and If
strained honey.
Behold" said the spies, milk
ard honey flow again in Palestine.
where's the milk" was asked.
Unfortunately. We were unable
to bring the COW and the goat,
was the reply, ''but there is plenty
of milk
The report of the spies is true.
There is plenty of milk and honey
and wine and oil in Palestine these
days. The soil of Palestine, for
centuries unproductive, is being re-
deemed by modern agricultural meth
DDS. 1t bids fair to rival the Ca.
naan of old for productiveness. /
only remains for the Zionites to buy
ont the latter-day Hittites and sons
of Anak. and go in and possess the
land.
That is precisely what the Zion
its propose to do. Indeed, they are
already doing it. For five dollars
any Jew can now buy third Of an
acre of land in Palestine. There
are owners of Promised Land real
estate all over the world. For three
dollars any Jew can have planted
and named after himself an oli"e
tree in the "Hertzlwald," an olive
forest that is being planted in Pal
estine.
They are dreamers and iIealists,
these Zionitsts.
Since the destruction of the tenn
pie at Jerusalem, and the disper-
sion of Isreal over the globe, it has
been a part of the Jewish faith to
pray for The restCiation of Israel as
a nation. "This year in exile. next
year in Jerusalem" Las been for
centuries on important phrase IN
the Hebrew liturgy.
This yearning, this longing. is
still a part of the Orthodox Je sish
faith, but its expression has beou
eliminated from the prayerbook
of Reform Judaism. This branch no
longer believes in Zion. Their Zion
is America, or some other liberal
nation. The Orthodox Jew still looks
for the Messiah. The Reform Jew
believes in a Messianic age, instead
of a personal redeemer.
Since DR.. Herzl of Vienna wrote
his "Judenstaat," there has been a
marked revival in the longing to
return to Jerusalem and re-estab-
lish the Jewish nation. This book
marked the beginning of modern
Zionism, which has spread over the
civilized globe, but which is com
paratively weak in lands where Jews
have civil and religious liberty, and
strong in such countries as Russia
and Roumania, where the Jews are
prosecuted and oppressed.
There are zionists and Zionists
1t is hard to find two opinions alike.
However, though there are many
subdivisions. the Zionists divide in
to two great divisions; The religious
Zionsts. and the practical Zionists
The religious Zionists still believe
in a miraculous restoration of Is
rael as nation However, they
admit that work Of preparation is
necessary, and so they heartily join
with the practical Zionists in work
ing and making sacrifices that Pal
estne may again blossom like the
rose.
The practical Zionists are work
ing like beavers with that end in
view. The Jewish national fund is
part of the Colonial Trust. which
has a capital stock of 10000
pounds sterling. $1OOOO.OOO. 1t has
100000 stockholders, the price per
share being s.. This trust also
incsudes the Anglo -Devantine com
pany.
The object of the Jewish National
fund is the acquisition of land in