Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-26
ZIONIST PROJECT IS
NOW IN JEOPARDY
Mussulmans and Christians in
Palestine Refuse to Sell
Land.
HAVE MODERATE PROGRAM
Promoters of Movement in Jeru-
salem Declare immigration
Must Be Gradual.
NV Universal seryice.1

is 10 be erected in Palestine. and that
the me only problem nov is To- popuiale it
Israel Zangwil and other celebrated
Zionists in Europe now. fear that the
promise Of Jewish nationality is not
to be fulfilled
is no; SO near realization as it was
when Mr.. Bal 'ur, British Foreign
Rothschild car in the war. lie bases
this fear upon ritish dispatches from
Jerusalem pointing out obstacles in
the path Of nationality.
These dispatches say that one of
the chief obstacles is the. opposition
Of other races TO surrcndering civil
control TO the Jews.
Palestine. which is now being ad-
ta;ns approximately 100000 Mussul-
mans. $1,000 Christians and 10000
barren as the Wilderness of Tcmpta-
II The old formula OF Of :? The e'I !and With
on, a people for the people withou,
submitted to examination. But this
difficulty Is slight az compared with
belief in Palestine that Great Britain
has pledged itself 10 provide the Jews
with privileged political position.
A Wartime Promise.
Language Of this kind was undoubt-
gone about the task Of constructing
a state with full confidence that. when
once erected, its government would be
was made in wartime. it was accepted
without Investigation. In Palestine
II was taken with a grain OF salt
as merely a political promise which
would be ignored as soon as the peace
seemed to lessen the political obliga-
tion' Now that 1t has seemed posi-
mas been some concern among the
natives.
British dispatches even go 80 far as
TO predict bloodshed If the thing
crystallizes. The small Jewish minor
lily now living there is pictured as in
d anger The DISPATCHES say, that the
Chris tians have been excited TO a high
pitch by this talk.
They have made common cause, and.
tered into covenants not to sell land
to the Jews. The same. British in
prefer to be ruled by Mussulman
majority than by Jewish minority.
These These Dispatches say that they would
AT the point of British bayonets.
Zionist Program Moderate.
me Lionists In Palestine have
very moderate program for thecselves-
assume that the British viii accent q
mandate from the peace conference for
he di5ectiGn Of affairs in Palestine
is not at all certain.
LORD Allcnby divided his command
mated by the points OF the compass.
The south area is administered BY
s sTdIsh Off oniIeials north and west BY
tration, with an element of British
supervision.
The south area has Egypt and the
sea for its southern and western boun-
daries and includes the Turkish adj
ministrative kazas OF Acre and Sated
south of the latter. on the east. These
encs are d or WI, for present conven
peace conference in settling future
boundaries.
British Proteetornte Likely.
uo oXer the srs south area. probably with
There will presumably be high high
sSo aws no,er, or Dr. resident: who Viii
I'VE heads OF the various departments
G 81 go,vernme1s: according to the British
q pa}sstih But 1t is also declared in
this position, tenable at present
The British dispatches declare tina.
Western World could be found capable
OF heading all administrative depart
ments. they could not obtain the neces-
the Inhabitants. But the Zionists in
Palestine do expect that an opportu-
I h.ty VIII be given TO such men in the
Tor instance. as public works. postal
d1 I'D Mini 6a,dGl etc. Clearly also
sioners o anSnn, ON nil, the h. high commits:
look after the interests OF Jewish
educa ton.
1t is this matter OF education that
is considered vital by Zionists in PAL
estine, whose present aims are cul-
tuTni and economic rather than
Majority Only in Jerusalem.
In To
a majority. Elsewhere in Palestine
they are greatly in the minority. but
mere mere are villages and some districts
Iionists in Palestine ask that these
lie allowed local autonomy somewhat
equivalent to that OF an English bor-
own taxes There is not 1ev EXPECTED sne to
be any difficulty in meeting such
, The outline given contains all that
the Zionists in Palestine who wish To
safeguard the Jews now living there
ask R,t in ,, their political program;
providin mere remains naa1dms, the he problem Of
Jews. The land as said, is already
owl Owned; AS things are now, the land
There are hundreds of thousands Of
Jews in Poland. the Ukrain and Rou-
mania: who would swarm into Pales-
there are more refugees there tina n
the Hfonists can properly support
Arab md Christian Fury.
How can they become sef-support-
ing they and those who will follow
them-,if the movement becomes great?
VIII they not run into the same dan
ger from which they fee-Dersecu-
ton. this time by Arabs and Chris
tians, whose fury Is now raging
against them since the knowledge be,
came general that great Zionist
exodus was expected to go that way?
Ztonists in Palestine, according TO |
British information. say:
Immigration will have to be care
fully controlled and selected ,immi-
grants allowed only as labor is re-
CURED or land becomes available.
We consider it vital that the Jews
should not arouse opposition by ac-
curing land privately Our desire lis
that the Jewish National Council
should acquire the land that ls for
sale, more especially uncultivated
land and the properties OF the former
Turkish government. We believe that
~ scientific irrigation. the use OF
water power and the DEVELOPMENT OF
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