Evening star., 1919-08-17
|lSh Nation Will Be Formed in PALESTINE
ByEDWARD MARSHALL.
Correspondence Of The Star.

49," AOAeAN' august 10, 1919.
HAT Jewish nation certainly
will be one Of the things
which will come out Of the
great evil of the war is posi-
lively announced for the first time
by Judge Julian w. Mack, president
of the Zionist Organization of Amer
ica, in the following interview:
"Out of the peace conference, orr at
the latest. the first meeting of the
league of nations" said he to me last
evening. at the Harvard Club, New
York. "is coming Jewish common
wealth in Palestine. Or, to put 1t an
other way, the thing for which the
Jewish people have dreamed and
prayed and for 1000 years worked
for is coming true-before our very
eyes and in our own days. t
Great Britain is pledged to it;
America has given whole hearted ap-
proval to the great project; France
generously has assented to it, as have
Italy. Japan and Holland; bleeding
Serbia has blessed the Jewish aspira-
tion; Greece. China, Siam, Holland,
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have indorsed the approval of tho
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'"The Socialist Internationale, the
American League of Labor and De-
mocracy. the American Federation of
Labor and the British labor party
have placed themselves on record in
full approval of it; a majority Of both
houses of the United States Congress
of last year-the war Congress-ex-
pressed, over their own signatures,
a determination to vote for a resolu-
tion favoring the establishment of
Jewish homeland in Palestine should
a plan for one be presented for their
approval; nine American state legis-
latures petitioned the peace confer
ence in favor of the great idea. 1t
is one of the biggest things that
have come out Of the war, this eager
ness on the part of the world to
right monstrous wrong, and at last,
after many centuries. to do justice
to the Jew. 1t is the finger of God
that is pointing the way. 1t could :
not be otherwise.
1.-THE French revolution flxed for all
time the liberty of man; the great
war has fixed for all time the rights
Of the smaller nationalities to exist
ence. Zionism-to call the Jewish
national aspiration by it's familiar
name-typifies the Jewish quest for
liberty for all the smaller nationali-
ties. This is the platform on which.
1t has stood during the twenty years
of it's present political organizations:
For every people, however small, the
right to national existence on its
own soil. to develop its own culture.
For the Jewish people, Palestine!
ut is the finest exemplifcation of
what President Wilson had in mind
when in the fourteen points he spoke
Of the right Of even the smallest ma
tionality to live its own life. on its
own soil and develop its own cul-
ture. Now the Jewish people is to
come into possession of its own
land. Palestine will eventually be
predominantly Jewish land. with
Jewish people living a Jewish life
and developing a Jewish culture.
And the benefits Of this development
will be shared by all the inhabitants,
Moslem, Christian and Jewish alike,
and they will benefit the world.
Certain fundamental principles for
Palestine were embodied last year at
our convention in what is now we'll
known as the Pittsburgh program
Here are some of the planks Of the
program:
Political and civil equality irrespec-
tive Of race, sex or faith Of all the in
habitants Of the land.
ITO insure equality Of opportunity we
favor a policy which shall tend to es-
tablish the ownership and control Of the
land and Of an natural resources and Of
all public utilities by the whole people.
IAN land owned or controlled by the
whole people should be leased on such
conditions ast will Insure the fullest op-
portunity for development and continu-
ity Of possession.
'"The cooperative principle should be
applied as far as feasible in the or
ganization Of all agricultural, industrial,
commercial and financial undertakings.
"The fiscal policy shall be framed to
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