The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-13
Like Crusnders of OId.

London, Dec. f0.-Ihe wrestling Of Jerusalem from the Turks and Huns by Christianepower opens up the broadest historical background for the war that has yet been revealed. Behind it we see the romantic ad- ventures of the Crusaders, centuries before the sultan found worthy al- ly in the kaiser Beyond that again we look to the first dim pages of Mediterranean history in the Book of Exodus, with which the events of today afford parallel even more striking than with the Crusades.
 Dr. c. H. Wcizman, the noted Zionist, is the Moses of the new re- patriation. Mir. N. Sokolow may we'll be termed the new Aaron; he has been the spokesman of the Zionists in all their dealings with foreign powers. His was a somewhat diff ferent mission, however, from that of Aaron Co Pharaoh. 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, Mir. Sokolow successfully visited all the allies capitals to enlist the in terest of their government in the cause of the Jews. It was agreed that the holy places of Palestine should be ill Christian hands.
 One of the most important mis- sions of Mr. Sokolow was his visit to the pope. Nothing was reported of this at the time and little can be told today about this most interest ing meeting between the representa- tive of the Jews and the head of the Catholic church. in itself an event of worldwide significance. His holiness seems to have shown a friendly in terest 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 interview be- 1 tween Mir. SokOlow and the pope, his holiness said, ill farewell. Well, l hope we shall be good neighbors in the Holy Land
 There is a touch of quite modern romance about the finding of the new Moses; before the war Dr. Wetzman was an eminent chemist. In the early months of the war he made an important discovery Of great value to the manufacture of high explosives. His invention was accepted by the British government without any mention of compensa- ton. Later on when the full value of the new chemical process was | realized Dr. Wetzman was asked what he would consider fair re- ward.
 For myself ask nothing" he said, but if you will, give my peo- 1 pie palestineT
 When the Turks attacked Egypt and counter attack on Palestine had to be undertaken, there was natur- ally much discussion in government circles of the political poliey in velved in the campaign. certain young statesman, now on an inI- 1 portant foreign mission, when ap- 1 preached regarding the Zionist l policy, said that he fully believed III 1 the scriptnral prophecy of the re- 1 turn of Israel to Palestine, but felt lthat it would be somewhat presump- tuous of the British government to undertake to become the agency or 1 fulfiIlment. On the other hand. Mr. Balfour was one of the early con- verts to the project. accepting T as consistent with the general prinei- | pies of British foreign policy and as an act of Justice to the Jews.
 The British army has opened the gates of the ancient capital to it's 1 own people. It is now only Q matter of time and organization for it's re- establishment as the administration center of a Jewish national govern and Rumania nh entto ovemrie- l ment. When the peoples and gov ernments of Belgium and Servia anu Rumania return from their forced | exile, the Jewish Republic also VIII call it's people home from exile of l many centuries. As to the consti--
 tuition of the republic, il is too early l to ask who will be the first presi-
 dent. but enough IS known of the
 to say that it will be model oi democratic statesmanship. It's eieo- 1 toral system will almost surely De based on proportional representa- | tiofa and its,eeonomic system on the single tax.
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