The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
GERMAN JEWS ARE. NOT BEING DECEIVED.
Kaiser's Diplomats Are Now Trying to Claim Friendship
 for the Zionist Movement

l New York, January 1.--German diplom-
 acy is confronted with difficult problem
 by the British declaration in favor of a
 national Jewish homeland in Palestine, according to Jewish leaders here who are
 interested in the development of the Zionist movement They refer in that 1 connection, to the letter written by A. J. Balfour, the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, to Lord Rothschild,
 stating that ''the British government views with favor the establishment of Palestine as a national home for the Jew fish people, and also to Premier Lloyd Georges speech before the British la
 bor union ihis month in which he as- serted that Palestine was entitled to rec. ognition Of it's separate national condi- ton.
 These public declarations by spokesmen
 of the British government, say the Zion- ists, led the Jews throughout the world to base their hopes for the success of the Zionist movement upon the goodwill of the entente allies and upon the de- feat of German militarism. To show that this fact is realized in Germany, the Zionists quote an asser- ton by Dr. Monfred Georg. one of the respor rsible editors of the Montags- lZeitung, a German newspaper, that by the British statements, England has won | the Jewish masses in America and Rus sia.
 sThe allies can now boast of another small nation under their protection" asserted Dr. Georg, 'sand the central powers again have lost great oppor- tlrnity which is of world significance. We ! r,,xI yiet rrrx ernnients 10 support Zionism and save what there is still to be saved of the situation
 But, the Zionists here say, Palestine is not at the disposal of Germany, nor have the Germans any love for the Zon-
 sts,
 To reconcile Jewish opposition. it isas- Serted, the German diplomats have un- dertaken to whipsaw Jewish public opin-
 ion. pretending friendship toward the Jewish movement in Palestine and at hold on the Polish kingdom, which the central powers promised to set up after the var.
 To win back Jewish sympathy in Palestine. it is claimed that Count Won Bernstorff former German ann bassador to the United States, ar ranged that Taalat Pasha, the Turk ish grand yizier, should grant an in- terview to the correspondent of the Berlin Vossiche zeitung in which the Turkish statesman asserted the Jew ish colonizing movement had Turkish good will and promised freedom of re- ligion, intellect and culture
 Subsequently, announcement was made that a bill granting Jewish au- tonomy in Palestine has been intro- duced in Turkish Parliament and the Zionists say that the German gov errment has announced that it ap- proves the Turkish declaration con- corning Palestine.
 Concerning the Jewish question in Poland it is claimed by the Zionists that the German diplomats have sup thodox Jews in Poland against the de- mand that the Jews shall have nation- al recognition and minority rights in Poland At the same time, the Zion ists asserted the German government has officially declared to the Jews that it stands for the granting of such rights. 4e 4s tS
 Zionists here believe that the Ger man Zionists have not been deceived by this Teutonic subtlety. As evidence of this they say that the Zionists in Germany recently adopted a resolu- ton thanking Great Britain for it's attitude toward their compatriots and number of Jewish bankers in Ger many are declared to have given mo- ticc to the German government that, hey will not aid in floating the next war loan unless Germany end Turkey cease their oppression of the Jews in Palestine.