The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-25

l 5eria have organized to proceed in body to Palestine instead of return ing to their native countries
 N. Farbstein, reporting for the Jewish National Council of Poland says: The persecution suffered by the Jews under the present political regime has given an immense impe- tus to the emigration movement The general political situation and fear | of pogroms on the one hand, and on | the other hand the absolute stagna- l ton of trade and industry, have com l bined with the Balfour Declaration and the fear of Bolshevism and con hscation to create an intense long ing for Palestine, so much so, that large groups, and in many casea whole Jewish communities have firm Iy resolved to leave Poland and emil grate to Palestine" 5000 Jewish families in Warsaw had registered by April 4th for an early migration to Palestine. The figures for the rest of Poland are not obtainable, but the in dications are that the registrations are in proportion to the size of the Jewish population in every town Of Poland
 The Palestine immigration move ment in West Galicia is even strong CT than in Poland. Here also large communities are in readiness to go, and the Jews of this country have fled strong protests against the plan 70 limit Palestine immigration to 50,- 900 a year. Pioneer groups have been organized in 20 towns in West Ga- licia, and the report from that coun- try says We are overwhelmed with applications from men of scientific and taChniPa1 tf-as irp vyhN fo follow their professions in Palestine From 5000 to 5000 engineers who were with Czecho- Slovak army, are anxious to join this migration, and the Jews of Galicia and Poland favor the organization of conscript labor army. because they believe that in this way 1t will be possible to move in large masses. The came thing is true of Western Galicia, Pennsylvania, Bu- kowfra, East Galicia and Hungary whose pioneer groups have been or sanized in 20 towns, In the last named country, 600 Jews in the rail- road service have sisnffed their in- tention of giving up their positions and migrating to Palestine. There are about 10000 Jews ready to leave Hungary
 Distinguished medical specialists are on the list of potential Palestine immigrants from Czecho-SlovalSia. Engineers, railway officials, lawyers administrators, agricultural workers
 number of merchants and manufac- turers, who are prepared to liquidate
 their property valued at some 2o,G00,-
 900 Kronen for transference to Pal estine. The report on Czecho- -S1o- valta says: Jewish young men, re-
 turning from the army, find them EpiveS nnaf11A n fhaf
 tions owing to the strong anti-Se1nitio feeling which has been aroused by certain interested circles to divert
 public attention from their own ex- tortions. Between October 1918 and
 February 1919, Jewish businesses were pi1faged in from 50 to 60 towns in Bohemia and Moravia- To avoid a | repetition of this experience which was quite new to them, the Jews are
 more anxious than ever to secure for | themselves a firm economic position
 in Palestine. In Jugoslavia, 150o Jews and Jewesses of every class
 even down to domestic workers have organied. 500 families in Salonica, | including artisans, traders, boatmen
 and fishermen are preparing to leave. and there Is a similar movement in | other parts of Greece, inclu ding VoIo, Jantna, and Corfu. Should Smyrna | fall under the domination of Greece, | there will be large Palestine mfera- | ton from that country. The Jews of | Bulgaria have just established a Bull | garian Palestine Bank with a capital
 of 1o.0o0.00o leva, one-haIf of this | sum, for the purchase of land in Pal | estine and the rest for promoting | commercial relations between Bull | Earia and Palestine.
 |
 especially among the 1000 Russian, Roumanian and Galician Jews, who | came there from Antwerp when the | war broke out. A large number of | Jewish refugees from Poland and Ukraine, had made their way through | Vienna, Triest and Rome in their in.- | patient rush to Palestine. University | students head the list from Germany. l Next to them, members of the pro- | fessional class and the commercial l world. All are prepared to give up
 their studies. their careers and thei. | social positions, and to train them
 selves in any occupation including
 farm laborer which may be of ser vice to the national work in Pales- tine, and they are all of them ready 10 relinquish imm mediately their civic rights in Germany with a view to be
 coming the citizensSof of Palestine if
 the full sense of the word.
 The large masses of Jewish refu gees from Russia and Poland who
 found their way into German-Aus tria at the beginning of the war are unwilling 10 remain in that country mainly because they are not allowed
 to acquire full civil rights, and they : are also unwilling to return to tn; countries whence they came. Theil favored objective is Palestine. Thu
 movement is augme ented by large numbers of native Jews oe German
 Austria Especially among the young CT members of the professional class
 es were formed numerous groups fo agricultural training and classes t,
 teach girls domestic economy, vege table growing, bee keeping, etc. /
 large number of wealthy persons ar prepared to iiquidate their propert,
 and transfer the proceeds to Pales