Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-01
| WILL RECRUIT HERE
FOR ZIONIST ARMY
Editor From Palestine, With Turk.
ish Price on His Head, Rouses
Great Enthusiasm.

Wilmingtons Hebrews crowded the
| Majestic Theatre, last night, To hear a
message from Palestine, the cradle Of
their race, delivered with fiery impas-
stoned cloquencc by n man upon whose
head the Turkish government has set a
price because of his intense patriotic
activity for his race and it's fatherland
He was ittanar Ben Avi editor of n
Hebrew paper in Palestine, and before he
and his hearers had left the theatre he
had stirred them into eager, enthusiastic
action, which means that before long
America will be contributing fighting
men Of Hebrew blood To the cause Of
Zionist liberty Already no less than 5000
are bearing arms in the Hebrew Legion
fighting with the French and British in
Palestine and under n flag Of blue and
white, the Zionist colors. for the liberation
of the ancient home of the race from the
domination of Turkish tyranny. opprea-
sion and hlood-thirstness
LOUIS Topkls, chairman of last night s
meeting and president of the Zionist
organization IN this city. states that a.
recruiting office will hc opened for the
next ninety days nj Fourth and Orange
streets, under the direction of Norr =
ChaIkln. vico-prcsidcnt of the Whining
ton Zionist Society II is desirable that |
only those enlist for fighting IN Palestine |
under the jewish colors, who are not |
tul-iiCdgCd American citizens and the |
appeal was made particularly strong 10 |
the aliens An appeal was also made for |
membership IN the organization
asserting that the nitcd States Is |
fully ~ sympathy with the Zionist aims. /
tho restoration of the land to its original
owners, President Wilson and Secretaries
BAKER and Lane heartily lndorsing the /
and that tho only reason that
| nClc Sam docs not officially declare
tor the Zionist aims - the apparent pos |
Nhilty of dctachInR the Turks from tho
Central alliance, lttamar Bon Avi pald
his tribute "a the | ultcd States govern
ncnt from the unhlcmishcd purposes uf
us entry INTO tho war. and its declaration
for the sclf-dctcrmnation of nations
and the freedom of development for tho
natioualttIcs
Nddcd 10 the German crimes of tho
violation Of Belgium and the hrcrklng
u scraps ard paper are row the Gor
nan intrigue for world domination and
lie BoIlln-l'aEiad scheme AS II WAS
llaI nod and oNccrtcd through Turkey |
org before the war broke ont. rs those
imntcus schemes wcrc lad bare hy tho
'alostluau editor who because of hiS
icry opposition ~ tho movement has 4
orcc placed on his head ~ he Turkish
,ovprumcnt
Immediately after the VISIT Of kalscr
William to Palestine he said twenty
cars ago. AZ tho Same ,mn that Dr /,
Theodore llertzcl tho founder of the
q htioal movement for the restoration If
.urlm. visited the Holy Land aud
rceNcd his FIRST impression vt he glorious
disabilities Of jewish state, which he
alter embodied IN hl> \ dcnshtadt Ger
nan merchants aud German money began
q How into Palestine
w hcrpvor a Jewish colony was cs
ahlshcd H. continued there was
icrman competition - contend with
ILtIl nally the German ccrsul tricd to
{ be German laTglagr IA the
choolS III .Iudea This. the speaker SAID
The Jews resented and the FIRST battle
yun toy The Jews against the Germans, was
be victory o1 maintaining the Hebrew
lngiaEr, tho language OF the prophets
nj SccrS, IS the language ~ the schools
! Palestine. Now bic sald when vou ,
each the shores q Juifa the FIRST Palestine
urt ypu arc thrilled by tho sound of !
lchrcw a. Tho jewish children speak their
'di mother iQnC'Ic IN connection with
hc claims q " lddlsh 70 tho supremacy !
5 a jewish Language the speaker pointed t.,
~ how ridIculol, II IS 10 speak of
Iddish as a Language when II ls not hing
~; q gsrgon. q lanriagc of corrupt Ger
nan using the Hebrew alphahet ]
Dcporng the fact that he could not
1nvey hIs thoughts and feelings 10 his
rcthrcn IN their mother tongue. lest ,
" Will understand HIM and that he
ad to learn English IL order to speak
ofurc American audiences. lttama Bon
vi, ucvcrthc - delivered q most clo-
ncnt appeal io' Zlonlsrn cloSlrg his adj
TESS not with IA appeal for immediate
clip hut FOR moral support and possibly
her support when the time Is ripe