The Washington herald., 1917-11-28
TO CELEBRATE
MANIFESTO FOR
JEWISH STATE
Local Hebrews Will Hold
Meeting at Zion Syna-
gogue Tonight.

The Jews Of Washington will
celebrate tonight the manifesto Of
the British government, issued q
few weeks ago by Foreign Secre-
tary Balfour. promising England's
support to establish Palestine as a
Jewish State. -.
The gathering of Washington
Jewry viii take the form Of a mass
meeting to begin at s o'clock, which
will be addressed by the interna-
tional Zionist leader, Jacob de Haas.
secretary OF the provisional Zionist
committee, of which Supreme Court
Justice Louis D. Brandeis is the
head.
It had been planned that the oc-
casion tonight would be merely a
meeting of the organized Zionists of
the community. for 1t is the purpose
of De Haas to recount the nature
of the negotiations with Great
Britain which led to the historic
procurement for the restoration
of the Holy Land to the Hebrew
race. 1t is also the purpose of De
Haas to describe the plans the Zion
ist organization has in view for its
next move in the international plan
to reconstruct the Jewish people
on its ancient soil
Widespread Interest.
However, such a widespread in
terest has been aroused among the
Jewish citizens of this city in De
Haas's visit, and the nature Of the
meeting. that the special committee
which has matters in charge decided
last night to change the place of
gathering from the Y. NJ. H. A. Cen
ter to Ahavas Zion Synagogue. Sixth
and I street northwest, which has
a capacity of over 1900. The mass
meeting will therefore take place in
the latter auditorium.
Particular interest centers around
Jacob do Haas's speech to be deliver
ed this evening, because he was sec
retary of the American branch of the
International Political Committee,
which placed the plan of the Zionists
for the establishment Of a Jewish
State before the Allies. The other
members of the committee included
Justice Louis D. Brandeis. D. Stephen
s. Wise, Lord Rothschild, Nahum
Sokolow and DIR. Oh. Weitzman, Of
London, DR.. Yehiel Tschenelow, or
Russia, and Clarence I. de Sola, of
Canada.
The official manifesto Of the British
Cabinet, as announced by Arthur ].
Balfour. Foreign Secretary on Nov.
3. is as follows:
His Matesty's government views
with favor the establishment in Pales-
tine of a national homeland for the
Jewish people, and will use its best
endeavor to facilitate the achievement
of this object. it being clearly under
stood that nothing shall be done
which may prejudice the civil and re-
-iigious rights of existing non-Jewish
communities in Palestine. or the
rights and political status enjoyed by
Jews in any other country"
Hope to Realize Dream.
This pronouncement of the British
government, which. with the advance
that has brought the English legions
before the gates Of Jerusalem, draws
to a realization the dream OF the Jew
ish people for 1000 years, since they
were dispersed over the globe by the
iron hand of Titus. the Roman con-
queror. 1t brings together under one
banner Jews of all climes and politi-
cal Affiliations. Jews everywhere
view the English manifesto with en-
thusiastic unanimity not only because
1t is a Magma Carta for their race, but
because it is to the great advantage
of the Allies. The establishment of
Jewish State under Allied protection
will forever defeat Kaiser Wilhelm's
Berlin to Bagdad scheme. and eject
the Turk from civilized boundaries.
Jacob H. Schiff. the great Jewish
financier. who hitherto has not been
active in Zionism, declared at a meet
ing in New York last week that Jews
could no longer be at odds on the IS
sue Of a Jewish State in Palestine.
since the Allies will 1t. Sir Alfred
Mond. the prominent English political
leader, another wealthy Jew, has also
announced his hearty support Of the
Zionist cause.