The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-12-06
OATH.OF 5000 VI. AGO, never
To- FORGET Jerusalem, RENEWED
BY JEWS AT MEETING IN LONDON

that will carry the declaration to
complete fulfillment."
The reading Of the communications
was the signal for the first of a SER
les Of ovations which greeted every
word and almost every syllable of
these messages, and all other utter
ances made by those on the platform
-ovations so enthusiastic that at
times it was almost difficult for the
audience to control itself sufficiently
for the speakers to proceed with the
addresses, all Of which were filled with
hope and promise for the ultimate
emancipation Of the Jews in the CEN
tury-long bondage - that hope and
promise Of the rebuilding of a Zion
from which should come greater glor--
les than from that Zion which fell
before the Roman DICTIONARIES two
thousand years ago.
But the great moment Of this his
toric mass meeting-the climax OF all
climaxes occurred when Prof. Chain
Weitzman, the hero Of the occasion,
approached the speakers stand, hold
ing Bible in his hand. Placing the
Bible before him, and resting his hand
upon 1t. his voice choking with emo
ton and his eyes Drumming over. he
enunciated that oath which the Jews
swore while Jerusalem was yet in
flames and they were being driven
forth into exile: eff Forget Thee, o
Jerusalem, May My Right Hand
Wither and My Tongue Cleave to the
Roof of my Mouth" The great audi
ence rose and in trembling accents,
repeated the oath after Prof. Weitz-
man, their voices gaining strength I'M
til at the end a mighty chorus Of de-
termination gave double emphasis to
the significance Of the words. Tears
streamed down the faces Of thousands
while heads were raised high in pride
and exultation.
Lord Robert Cecil, Minister Of
! Blockade, congratulated the Zionist
leaders on the successful termination
OF their long efforts to realize their
ideal, and expressed the hope for an
| early realization of a re-established
Jewish people side-by-side with the
Armenians and the Arabs. England"
said Lord Cecil, wishes with all its
heart for one thing, and that is: that
Justice shall gain dominance over the
world" The former Jewish Cabinet
member Herbert Samuel stated in his
| address that he had been devoting his
best efforts for the last three years
to help the Zionists achieve their pur-
pose and expressed the hope that the
old Jewish prayer tLshonah, Haboh
| B'Yerushalem" (next year in Jerusa-
lem) shall be speedily realized. Lord
Rothschtld expressed his convictions
that the Jews of Palestine will dis
tinguish themselves agriculturally
economically, and politically, and that
they will erect a nation that will be
a model nation; and at the same time
the Jews of the whole world will at
tain full liberty in all Of the lands
where liberty Is now denied them;
but the centre of the Jewish people
will be Palestine. Addresses were
also delivered by Sir Marco Sykes
and Capt. Gar. during which they
suggested the wisdom Of promptly
establishing q community of interest
between the Jews, Arabs and Armen-
ians. This was hailed by the repre-.
4 sentatives of the last two nationalities
i both of whom delivered enthusiastic
addresses Other speakers were
James Rothschild, son Of Baron Ed.
mund de RothschiId, Rabbis Hertz
Caster, Israel zangwil and Nahum
i Sokolow.