The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-13

New York, Nov. 12-The capture of Beersheba by the British, and their successful operations at Gaza, pre- luding an early advance, upon Jeru- salem, have completely upset a we'll planned publicity campaign which was in full swing in Germany and Austria to prepare the way Tor the establishment of @ Jewish republic in Palestine Editorials and special articles published recently in leading Teutonic publications, evidently ''in-. spired,' indicate that the German military camarilla realized the innli- hence of disaster for it's grandiose. "Berlin-to- -Bagdad'' scheme, and was casting about for some method to save from the wreck of it's Near East. plans so much, at least, as would ever be a menace to the Suez Canal and British interests in Egypt and India
 To accomplish this purpose, Ger | many X was evidently preparing to ride roughshod, if need be, over it's present ally, should Turkey refuse to | recognize that it was to her "best in- | terests" to fall in with the new pro- l ject. To give punch to it's pub licity campaign, Germany unearthed a conspiracy between America and
 
 | United States Supreme Court Justice Louis D .Brandeis. Hon. Julian W. Mack, head of the American Military Insurance Department; Felix Frank l furter of the War Department, as well as Lord Walter Rothschi1d, leader of the English Zionists, and Former Ambassador Henry w. Nor genthau to seize Palestine for ex- I ploitation by the Jews, Christian mis- sionaries and capitalists. In the end, | if General AIlenby hadn't gotten the jump on her by striking hard and l quickly Germany would have one day soon, have blandly announced | the establishment of Jewish Repub- | lie under it's auspices and suzerainty, 1 and in response to Turkeys protests I would have pointed to the over whelming demand of the German 1 people, and quoted for the benefit of
 Its ravished ally, 'Vox popuE-Vox | dieu!'
 If it had carried out its new plan, the establishment of an autonomous
 Jewish state in Palestine under it's
 overlordship, whether with the con- sent of the Ottoman government, or
 in utter disregard of Turkeys wishes, Germany would have had, in addi- | ton to the strategical advantage that
 this would mean for @the next war; also the satisfaction of beating the Allies to it.'' England, France, Italy | and Russia have already made. it I clear that the establishment of Jew
 ish state in Palestine is one of their aims in this war, and in Jewish cir
 cles in America it is being whispered 1 that when the opportune 1nonaan1 arr rfves, a document will issue from Washington that will form one of the l brightest chapters in the history of that people,
 Some echoes of these whisperings
 must have reached Germany, and
 several of it's leading publications speak very harshly of these "infa- nous American Zionist proposals.',' Thus Die KoInische tZeitung," pub lished in Cologne, publishes a long screed impugning the honesty of President Wilson, and ending with l these complimentary allusfons to Americans in general.
 'SThe Americans belong to that
 class of mole-warps that have been for the last 60 years undermining the proud edffice of the Turkish Elm pfrel and haven't stopped it yet. The Palestine action fully reveals Will sons intentions. America, has dropped
 it's mask and shown itself in it's true colors-a power that has the greatest 1 interest from the capitalistfc and re- l ligious point of view to bring Turkey
 under the influence of missionaries I and capitalists. This is the true American humanity, which is based I on the alliance of the religious men
 with the king of trusts Turkey has watched this campaign with the ut l iro1n nSf raof nd I,oe
 ceived the cruelest reward. It can see now that America is not far behind l the other Entente powers in their l enmity to Turkey and their plans for l Its destruction"
 For Germany to give it's consent to l the establishment of the Jewish na- tiona1ity on it's historic soil, requires 1 a reversal of it's previous attitude toward Palestine. Attempts have been made to establish German col
 onies in the Holy Land, and Kaiser Wilhelm has paid several visits to
 Palestine in ordersto win favor with
 the peoples of that country, and to en- courage his subjects in their vain at tempts to gain a strong footing there.
 I The way was being prepared by a rather obvious campaign which be- Sdtt WlIA Lu0 puDl1caI1On or appar-
 ently innocent scientific articles, by
 experts, on the Near East, which dis
 cussed at great length, and with
 much detail, the accomplishments of theI Jewish colonists and the vast
 possibilities of Palestine from an
 economic standpoint. A remarkable
 array of such articles, studying Pal | estine from every conceivable angle,
 has been published in over a hun l dred periodicals in Germany and Aus ] tria: These were followed by "letters l te the edtior' and now the prepa-
 ganda has attained the editorial stage.
 I Among the very first of these ar
 ticles was one by Major Carl Frank 1 Binders to make clear to the German | people that it had better give up all
 hope of colonization in the Holy Hand, and at the same time warn 1 Turkey not to put any obstacles in
 the way of the Jewish operations | there. Major Binders wrote:
 | "The realization of the Zionist idea
 means infinitely more to our eco
 homie life than those fantasies and
 dreams of the German people that
 the Near East will create for us the