New-York tribune., 1918-01-08

heir to a great tradition, and possibly -.
harbinger OF message. Time of cour.s
will be required for such profound chano.
Difficulties will have to be overcome. and
every one who knows what it means to trans.
plant mass Of people and to create a ma.
tion will realize that the forty years of wan
dering in the wilderness is comparatively
short span of time. Much will depend on
the attitude Of the rest of the Jews. tbos.
who remain behind. The centuries which nv
people have spent among their Gentle neigh
bors have not passed without leaving deem
impression. They have created a confusion
in the minds Of many Jews, so much so that
not few had dispensed with any idea of q
return to the Holy Land. These Jews live
practically double life as Jews and non.
Jews They entirely oblivious of their
Jewishness and drift slowly and almost un.
consciously into Christianity Once thew
have left off the ceremonial religious life and
lost the consciousness Of ideals the racial
ties become frayed and frail.
Solving the Jewish Problem
With the realization of Jewish common
wealth in Palestine end will be made to
this duality of existence Jew will be a
Jew within and without. The feeling of un
certainty will disappear He will know ey
act]y where he belongs. and a powerfu,
weapon will be placed in his hands in every
part OF the world against all legal discrim
nations and all attempts ut oppression
man who knows where he belongs is safe
Wherever he goes, for. whatever may happen
he is aware that he is not dependent on the
good will of others to live a life of sufferancs
In his hands lies the decision as to where and
how he will live. Certainly, one cannot blink
the fact that there is Jewish problem in thu
world. Nor are Jews blind to the knowledge
that they often made the scapegoat for
other peoples blunders, or the lightning con-
ductor in political upheavas. We wish TO
put end to this state of affairs, and the
only way to Go it is by the establishment o,
Jewish commonwealth in the Holy Land But
not only the Jews will derive a benefit from
IL; in the larger aspect the benefit to the
world and mankind in general will be great.
particularly If gifted nation such as tho
Jews are, and 10 can deny this becomes
absolutely free to concentrate its energy and
activity upon inner Independent develop
ment. Once firmly established in the Holy
Land. Jewish commonwealth based on the
democratic principles of Holy Writ wo.d
create a new pattern of social and political
life
Europe and, for that matter. America are
stlll groaning under the burden bequeathed
to them from the Middle Ages. Feudalism
has only changed its name the relation he
'Ween capital and labor s still regulated on
the basis Of medieval institutions. The gov
ernment OF the state, administration Of char
lty. the care of the sick and the infrm, the
taxation OF land and the administration Of
justice must be readiusted. We hope to make
clean sweep Of all the shackles of European
thraldom, but, on the other hand, all that is
based on modern civilization viii be carried
b. the Jews to the East We are standing
on the threshold of the awakening of the ma,
tons of the East, and only the Jew can be
the mediator between East and West He has
gained knowledge of the West and will vim
the confidence of the East What has hap
pened once in Spain, will happen again. re-
versed. he Jew interpreted the wisdom Of
the Arabs to Latin Christianity; now he will
interpret in return the wisdom of Europe to
the wlstful sons OF Arabia. 1t is impossible
even to contemplate the potentialitics OF the
future without emotion. But all our homes
Will prove to be mere chimera-Nsclarinr
cut like a the-wisp the powers
that be know how to keep their hands of and
to place Judah the soil OF his fathers as q
free man in free land