Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-02
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Jewish Republic in the, iHoly I.aud
Seemss.assured,

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After 1000 years Of exile, 1T IS now
almost certain that a Jewish govern
ment will be estabhshediu Palesta7e.
When General Alleray, at die, heaa Of
his victorious! army, carried the Union
Jack int the Holy CitE last Decor
i,er, dream of twenty Centuries be
came possible. On the hills Of Zion
\ Jewish civilization with something
Of its old moral and intellectual yigor
may once fore come into Icing. The
Jews have seized their opportunity,
ard already all administrative COM
mission of Hebrews is al work testor-
;rg the country,for, that race. |, Il
This administrative commission has
a program. It's aim is TO bring hack
the life of Jewish colonies II Palcs-
tine to their fourislling pre-Har con-
ditions. 1t intends 70 furnish Ire re-
cessary educational, medical CA GEO.
nomic aid to all Jew TlU &c 6ack
TO the Holy Lard. One Of its most
Important projects is The immediate
founding of a Jewish uniy eraity. Along
the lines OF diplomacy, the commits
sion proposes to create Harmonious
relationships with the Arab and Ar
menian states which arg &c . its
neighbours.
All over the world, the tribes of
Israel have waited through tbe cen
turtles for this promised day, Their
poets have sing Of Il. The e7:ileS have
yearned for their p2t;72 lard. Great
Britain's military operations # la5t
winter have furnished CT opening
wedge for the realization OF lions
hopes. When Britain undertook the
rescue of Palestine, IN order to 5ttTlkc
g staggering blow at:. The; Tt: Che
ewes of Jewes every there watched the
progress of General AllcnbJJ7'55' army.
They saw that little arr7,,Jy foot by
foot and mile b. -:..le l-ii-1o l,2ck the
Turk and the Hun. Their joy g-cv as
they beheld it move forward from
GAIA to Bethlehem, from Bethlehem
to Jerusalem, from Jerusalem to Jeri-
cho. When Jerusalem fell, the delight
of the Jews was unbounded, for Bri-
tan had already gone OH record,
through the speech of Baliour, as
favoring the establishment in Pales-
tine of national homeland for the
Jews. H.,
Jews Migrate Back to, Palestine.
The story of the return to Palestine
Of the Jews during the last forty
years is as amazing as that Of our
Pilgrim fathers and in many ways
remarkable parallel to it. This
migration too was born Of persecu-
ton. The first great series Of massa-
cres Of Jews IN Russia began in 1882.
Scores of thousands of them fled to
America. A few burned toward
Palestine.
Every great movement of the Jewish
tribes has had It's prophets and lead
crs. The Moses of the modern Zion
list movement was : Theodor Herzl.
Herzl dreamed of national homeland
for his race. His pamphlet, "Ein
Judenstaat" GA jewish Staten, was
a call to. the Jewish people ito organ
i2e themselves on a national basis
and create for themselves q home,
state. Herzl spoke of that home state
vaguely as Cover There, He knew.
little of the history Of his, people and
he knew nothing IF what was trans
piring in Palestine. Still, SO remark
able was the, effect of his pamphlet
that inside Of year the frst'Zionist
Congress was held in Basel, switzer-
land.
The Joshua of the Jews today is
DR.. Chain Weizman; president Of the,
Administrative Commission: He is a :
chemist. He was born in Russia, but
later became British subject. Zeal
Gus in the cause of the Zionist move
Ment, he nevertheless has a strong
practical sense chat appeals to the /
British. Early in the war, Great Bri-
tain lacked a certain combination of
chemicals fer making. explosives. /
Weizman'in' his 1absratory'w out /;
that combination. 'HeFaeauired arepu- 9
tation and made influential friends.
Balfour was one Of them. Thus 7
the Jewish aspirations r
moved into the realm of practical poll a
les. 2. ]
Land Miracuiousiy Developed !,
The pioneers in Palestine in 1873 c
ound a land that. was arid barren, n
ull of miasma, ana SURROUNDED" by p
lostile tribes. These first immigrants s