The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-13
FULMlLLMENT OF ANCIENT BIB
atalqcAL PROPHECY.
RESTORATION OF PALESTINE
Capture Of Jerusalem by the British
Forces Means the Establishment
of New Democracy and Opening
New Diplomatic Possibilities.
(By X. Walter.)

Jerusalem from the Turks and Hun
by a Christian power opens up tn,
broadcast historical background TO
the war that has yet been revealed
Behind il we see the romantic adyen
lures of the Crusaders, centuries be
fore the Sultan found a worthy ALI
in the Kaiser. Beyond that agar
we look to the first dim pages of Med
iterranean history in the Book of Eek
odus, with which the events of today
afford a parallel even more striking
than with the Crusades.
New Moses Found.
DR.. C. II. Weizman, the noted Zion
list, is the Moses of the new repatria
ton. Mr.. N. Sokolow may well be
termed the new Aaron; he has been
the spokesman of the Zionists in all
their dealings with foreign powers
His was somewhat diierent mis-
sion, however, from that of Aaron TO
Pharoah. In the long and delicate
negotiations which led to the adoption
of Zionist policy as one of the war
aims of the Allies, and particularly
of Great Britain, Mr.. Sokolow sue
cessfully visited all the allied capt.
tails to enlist the interest of their gov
ernments in the cause of the Jews.
1t was agreed that the holy places of
Palestine should be in Christian
hands.
Pope is Friendly.
One of the most important missions
of Mr.. Sokolow was his visit to the
Pope. Nothing was reported of this
at the time and little can be told to-
day about this most interesting meet
ing between the representative of the
Jews and the head of the Catholic
Church, in itself an event of world
wide significance. His Holiness
seems to have shown a thoroughly
friendly interest in the case; it has
been made known recently that the
project had the good will Of the Holy
See At the termination Of the in
terYiew between Mr.. Sokolow and the
Pope, His Holiness said, in farewell:
well, l hope we shall be good neigh
bors in the Holy Land"
unselfish Reward.
There is a touch of quite modern
romance about the finding of the new
Moses; before the war DR.. Weizman
was an eminent chemist. In the early
months of the war he made an i'm
portant discovery of great value to
the manufacture of high explosives.
al hry "a
British Government without any men,
ton of compensation. Later on when
the full value Of the new chemical
process was realized DR.. Weizman
was asked what he would consider a
fair reward. For myself, l ask
nothing" he said. But, if you will,
give my people Palestine"
Fulfillment Of Prophecy.
When the Turks attacked Egypt and
a counter attack on Palestine had to
be undertaken, there was naturally
much discussion in government cir.
Giles of the political policy involved
in the campaign. A certain young
statesman, now on an important for
eign mission, when approached re-
garding the Zionist policy, said that
he fully believed in the scriptural pro
phecy of the return of Israel to Pal.
estine, but felt that it would be some.
what presumptuous of the British
Government to undertake to become
the agency of fulfllment. On the
other hand, Mr.. Balfour was one OF
the early converts to the project, ac
cepting it as consistent with the gen
eral principles OF British foreign pol
icy and as an act of justice to the
Jews. In this, as in his relations
with the United States, this aristocrat
Of the old school has shown an ap
probation of the principles of democ
racy far more penetrating than that
Of any ayowed democrats. The es
tablishment of a democratic nation In
Asia Minor is not regarded with favol
by all; to some it seems to be plac
ing a seed whose growth cannot b.
foreseen in that region. Presum
ably it was on this account that Mr.
Montagu, Secretary for India. was a
first opposed to the setting up of /;
Jewish Republic there under British
protection: it was too near India. j
may have been only coincidence
that the Zionist policy was formal!
adopted during Mr.. Montagu's alb
sence in India; he has himself gon'
TO the East on a mission of democ
racy.
New Nation Arises.
The British army has opened tn
gates of the ancient capital to its owl
people. 1t is now only matter o
time and organization for its re-estat
lishment as the administration centr
of Jewish national government
When the peoples and government
of Belgium and Servia and Roumani
return from their enforced exile. tn
Jewish Republic also will call its pee
pie home from exile of many centuI
les. AS to the constitution OF tina
Republic, it is too early to ask VIII