Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-25
z|ON|STS LOOK FORWARD
TO REAL JEWISH STATE
Rcpopuiatinn nf Palestine by "ChoScn
People" May lie Outcome
Of War.
SATISFY NATIONAL LONGlNt:s
Already sumo beginnings Have Been
Made, and American Societies Own
Large Tracts-tircatcst Need Is
Transit Facilities.

Large IraCtS-{irPatcSt Need Is
Transit Facilities
VIC W. :" '-'roDc mas changed for
the better tho outlook OF any cause
more Quickly and mora ,,h;,i,. ,,
that of ::lonism ,mou. I. &c
Zoo o,., ,,
loen ,li.,,,,,
go "E" '""
Jews "e'" "'"'hSt'. 'ie vast majority
were not. and they were rather zeal
ously not They f.uub. tic ,,, .,,
a., Militant,
"''"'' '""oi. io-naH
large humbcr Of Jews arc Iionis,s
The change .,a.s Been hrou.h; .ho,,, n,
tho ,ar aud Ia, a., 80
49, %
Ms" power ~ syria American
Jews arc leading. Jews uf the world
are watching what Jews bcrc ,,, nm,
90,
III 'hii'deipaia. beginning on lure
-. a:d lasting week ihcr. was held
Zi"nis, week. Among Tia" sorictics
taking part were the Nr;ghts of zion
strongest in the Middle West. and com
posed chiefly OF laymcn: tho order az
Sons Of Iiou, iiahaSSeh c.muosed az
Jewish women: I'Oa'c Ii"u Mtzracai
md the YOUNG Judcans The remark
,blc growth of Iionists /, shown by the
act that the American Ee,lrratiop has
c5 organizations affiliated with II. all
rowing and all in favor of TIN: new
.ovcment in Palestine. /, is now
!ainc,l that three in four of all A,ueri-
IN Jews arc Ziurists
,nn,.ux ErLnu,r .r,,
..TIv,,y ..,,>n., 49,.
), may ven D" ASKED ireriSciN what
H'on'sh among the Jews Inc an
Her - 'n"' u - al 'H"'' 10 sat'slE
va 'o"S '"S al""'s Jews. longing
entur'e' "'"' t'r national ana re-
.iEious nome: nom" that Is their own:
nome 'hh' - III inc l'nd oil the Hihio;
| ~ nome "here tn"re Is not only po!i-
tcS' out where rehGious lndaiam as
serts user an" grows: MI Jews agree
that with IN" cnd OF ihis Srea war IN"
.e"'sn p'o .;,' nms' w So'nr" III "a
-, -, ,,t s,.'.,i Co.
home in syria will furnish such soiu-
ton.
Jews do not reckon that all or their
number about "A GAO onO ,riu n,irr,t.
to p,,se,inn Thai is moi ,hcir thnn.,ht
or expectation. Some Jews now in
Amer:ro desire Ia 20 there MANY more
in Russia. in Poland. i'm Austria. in
Germany, in England. are looking TO
Jews I'm this country to lead i'm plans
that may make II nossihI,. FIR tbcu IN
l.
slime can become a Jewish state of
: 100 600 hes ides either races remaining
there. There the Jews may have -
home even II all Jews do not reside I'm
/, Tb.r, Inu.c nm, d.r,ne,r,,o CIR
cessful government based on the ideas
/ Of Jewish patriarchS with which Chris
tians arc familiar, but which they Do
not follow There as ono Zionist
leader, Rev. H. l.creiro Mendcs. OF Nev.
York. nuts 1t. "nay be established a
great Hebrew university for the study
of world questions: one that viii en-
phasize the spiritual state of the world
existing for the world; one that will 90
farther even than Lincoln's program,
for "A nation. and will teach government
OF the peoples OF tn. world FOR tho
peoples OF the world, and. under God
by the peoples of the world
.u,.uIr,<S ,x,c,,,,..,
~ .,n,,
""N' i''NNS
American Jews nave already entered
i"to EHo!iiS' piahs.' Jews OF ST. Louis
nave JUST p"uSht so" acres of land quite
near 10 IN" SHORES OF the Sea OF Cialilce.
one hundred and MY Jews OF New
YORK. joininG IN plan. have invested
Sl".""c in tract near t!aifa. some
Chicago Jews have purchased :: tract
not iar from the Cana where was tho
WcduihS feast mentioned by ST. John.
H'%tH Jews or Winnipeg have bought
- 81 a. '"N '''' JpDUu, ana
t'Sp'rSh ana 'leNc'and Jews are in
res'to IN tract OF lisa" acres not
~ ''",n IN" Hrr'aGodh"n about which
"'ch ~ Hrhrh IN political literature
" ""r "aE.
one cohSn'tS map. possibly man
.nuiu III me o"cN OF his Bible. he finds
go ucscrt ms, the very center ~
lou tn't Jews must occupy II
80, e"!i "iestihe nome. The fact il
"".i' 81 it" HeafS since almOS al
sense thai II w,s ,roaIns. - ~ w
raised next to nothing in the way or
crops. All that has changed Deserts
arc no more deserts in Palestine than
IN our own West. i:> pert tillers OF land
nave seen to that Trees now grow in
falcStine, ana the land raises great
crops or grain and harvcsts OF fruits.
Yer! large numbers of Jews ALREADY
I'VE III faics'ine' or course, and there
are rohSheraote cities True. Jeru-
ssleiil mas barely 4 DODulH ton - 0UU