The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-30

........................... have inherited all that is good and noble in you. When Palestine becomes foreign to you. your historical nobility is gone. Some of us. when approached to assist the Zion movement, say: Charity begins at home. and our home Is America. Yes, indeed you have home, and comforta- ble one. but you know there are hundreds of thousands of Jews who have it not. Their misery is discreditable to you
 Your comfort and their misery must and shall be considered by you. You have children and they maybe are grow ing up to be good Jews in spite of the unfavorabe conditions. But you know there are thousands of other Jewish chill dren who are not The consequences fall upon you, too. When you well consider all above you will then come to the con clusion that the surest solution of the problem is to acquire a home, Jewish home a permanent home, for every Jew who may need It.
 Should you not consider it an honor and privilege to share in this work
 Then do 1t now. Help us In the gigan- tic task of making Palestine the land of the Jewish past also the land of the Jewish future
 'Mr. Nathan Strauss, the well known philanthropist of New York, in a letter to chairman of Federation of American Zionist, says On my recent visit to Palestine I was very much impressed with the relative improvement found as com
 
 visit. Everywhere is visible the effect and the results of Dr. Herzls inspiration and the grand ideals he has raised in young Israel.
 Nevertheless a great deal remains to be done. My heart is deeply rooted on Jerusalem in the historic city that Is so redolent of glorious memories. and my sympathy is with the people who live there, helpless and suffering and praying.
 q" For the last three months my whole being has been possessed with Zion ism. and l have been full of plans for the Holy Land. owing to our recent misfortune my nerves have been so upset that I have not been able to go at this work as I should like to- and for that reason I do not feel that I am able to speak publicly. Yours sin cerely. NATHAN STRAUSS. .
 "I look upon the Zionist movement as one of the great world events like ly to bring about the realization of this ideal, Israel, with his exception ally high spiritual qualities, his moral fiber and his mental resiliency. with his seasoned wisdom and plastic genius is inevitably destined for leading part in the affairs of the world This to my mind is the hidden motive power which, under the providence of God, is mysteriously working behind our movement Today more than ever the world needs a nation working for righteousness. nation that will fear lessly preach and uphold the sanctity of life and the principles of honesty and equal rights.
 "The nations of the world may affect to voice these principles on their plat forms. but their actions utterly belle their utterances. With all their talk of peace congresses and arbitration treaties. not one of them has the cour- age to intervene in the shameless wars Russia against Persia and Italy against Turkey--wars that deserve to rang with the most iniquitous ever recorded in history.
 "Yes, my brethren. the Jewish flag needs to be upraised to represent far different ideals than those that now prevail. Is is not military empire that we seek. but moral and spir- itual supremacy; for that in the end is infinitely greater than the former as one of the later prophets has an swered us. For not by might nor by power, but by my spirit. saith the Lord will the rule of heaven be es- tablished upon earth. And this is the real work that lies hidden and en- folded waiting to be accomplished through the Zionist movement"