Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13
OF JERUSALEM.
FROM TURKS SIGNIFICANT.
Famous City Of Holy Land Has Been
Under Moselum Rule for the
Past 1900 years of
History
E A MUCH TO zIoNIsTs
Policy of the Zionists Was One OF the
War Aims Of the Allies-May
Mean a New Republic
Reciprocal News Service

LONDON, Dec IL. - The Wrestling
Of Jerusalem from the Turks and
Huns by a Christian power opens
up the broadcast historical background
for the war that has yet been reveal
cd. Behind 1t we see the romantic
adventures Of the Crusaders, centu-
ries before the Sultan found a worthy
ally in the Kaiser. Beyond that again
we look to the first dim pages Of Med
iterrenean History in the Book of
Exodus, with which the events Of to-
day afford a parallel even more
striking than with the Crusaders.
DR.. C. H. 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 a somewhat different mis-
sion, however, from that of Aaron
and Pharoah. In the long delicate ne
g~otiations which led to the adoption
of a Zionist policy as one of the war
aims of the Allies, and particularly of
Great Britain, Mr.. Sokolow success
fully visited all the Allied capitals to
enlist the interest Of their govern
menth in the cause of the Jews. 1t
was agreed that the holy places of
Palestine should be in Christian
hands.
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 today
about this most interesting meeting
beween the representative of the Jews
and the head of the Catholic Church,
in itself an event of worldwide sig
nificance. His Holiness seems to
have shown a thoroughly 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-
tween Mr.. Sokolow and the Pope, his
Holiness said, in farewell: swell,
hope we shall be good neighbors in the
Holy Land"
There is a touch of quite modern ro-
nance about the finding Of the new
| Moses; before the war DIR. Weizmar
was an eminent chemist. In the early
months Of the war he made an ina
portant discovery Of great value ia
the manufacture of high explosives
His invention was accepted by the
British Government without any men,
ton Of compensation. Later on wher
the full value Of the new chemical
process was realized. DR.. Weizmar
was asked what he would consider q
fair reward. "For myself, | ask moth.
ing" he said; But, if you will, give
my people Palestine"
When the Turks attacked Egypt ana
a counter attack on Palestine had to be
undertaken, there was naturally much
discussion in government circles OF
the political policy involved in the
campaign. A certain young states
man, now on ar important foreign
mission, when approached regarding
the Zionist policy, said that he fully
believed in the scriptural prophecy OF
the return of Israel to Palestine, but
felt that it would be somewhat pre-.
sumptuous of the British government
to undertake to become the agency Of
the fulfillment. On the other hand
Mr.. Balfour was one of the early con-
verts to the project, accepting it as
consistent with the general principles
Of British foreign policy 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 appreciation of the
principles of democracy far more pen.
etrating than that of any avowed
democrats. The establishment Of a
democratic nation in Asia Minor is
not regarded with favor at all; to
some it seems to be placing a seed
whose growth cannot be f~oreseen in
that region. Presumably it was on
this account that Mr.. Montagu, Sec
rotary for India, was at first opposed
to the setting up Of a Jewish Repub-
lie there under British protection; it
was too near India. 1t may have
been only a coincidence that the Zion
ist policy was formally adopted dur.
ing Mr.. Montagu's absence in India;
he has himself gone to the East on a
mission of democracy.
The British Army has opened the
gates of the ancient capital to its
own people. 1t is now only a matter
OF time and organization for its re-
establishment as the administration
center of a Jewish national govern
ment. When the peoples and gov
ernments of Belgium and Servia and
Roumania return from their enforc.
ed exile, the Jewish Republic also will
call its people from exile of MANY cen.
turtles. AS to the constitution Of that
Republic, it is too early to ask who
will be the first President, but
enough is known of the policy that is
already shaping it to say that it will
be a model democratic statesman
ship. Its electoral system will almost
surely be based on proportional rem
re%sentation and its economic system
on the single tax.
TO MAKE CAPITAL BONE Dry