The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1919-09-17

are the problems of sanitation. water
pcwer, development Of The soil, house
buildings, railroads. bridges. schools.
Palestine needs man power; Il
needs big men. not men who will go
there to make themselves greater. but
men who will go there to make Pal
estihe greater. men who will make
sacrifices, not for profit but for
spiritual longing.
1T cannot be done suddenly II
must be a gradual work. We must
build slowly, for we must build we'll.
We are building not for decade. but
for all time. There must be unity of
thought and unity of efforr.'
During its sessions on Monday.
the convention accepted the platform
of the League of Nations, believing
that the League of Nations can an-
force equal rights already granted to
| the Jews by various treaties.
The convention also ADOPTED Il
resolution favoring an early recon-
~cning of the American Jewish Cong
ress. after the treaty shall have been
ratified.
Professor Felix Frankfurtcr pre-
spnted the official report of how the
claim of the Jewish people of the
world for Palestine was received at
the Peace conference at Versailles.
and the manner in which 1t was treat
I'd and adjusted by that body. Tie
report. which put the case of Iionism
views of Louis ID. Brandies. Justice
of the Supreme Court, Is probably the
most important document which will
lie presented to the convention.
Prof. Franl1furter's Report.
ITO emphasize, and almost to in
d,cate the cause. the Jewish case for
the first time in history was presented
before world court in rollOIuin!. in
living Hebrew Among members Of
the peace conference there was no dis
sent to the Zionist cause-thcrc can lc
no dissent. The Zionist cause has
been accepted by the peace conference
only the formality is lacking.
1--WE came to Paris with the BAL
four declaration. proclaimed by Gren!
britain and publicly as>,-nted to by
Ill the powers. But the Balfour dec
laratiOn was itself not the establish
nent, but merely the recognition of n
great spiritual fact. the persistent vi
tality of the Jewish people and the
worlds continued need of it. That
I spiritual fact, the peace conference
has accepted. That spiritual fact will
4 documents.
"The intensity of effort with which
the practical. problems that lie ahead
l in Palestine are being considered are
comforting assurances that we see in
I its proper perspective the deia! that
has been involved in the formal d"cn-
ments. The world. even the political
world cannot he re-mude over night.
and Paris has been engaged upon re-
ma king the. political worlu.
"The peace involve. four great
/ ,reaties and the treaties with Ger
many. with Austria and Turkey have
each to be disposed of before II liuui-
dation of the Turkish territory can he
made.
Palestine. of course, is part of the
Turkish settlement In due course.
the Turkish treaty will be concluded
and formally. the transfer Of Pales-
tine will be made to Great Britain as
mandatory, responsible TO the League
of Nations, with a government of Pal
estine dedicated TO the idea of jew
! ish homeland
1.-The task of Great Britain as man
latory will he a difficult and delicate
one. and difficult and delicate task
| it is to formulate the terms of the
mandate. for that document must con
slider the relations of the Jews to
Great Britain the relation of tile
Arabs and to others, and the relation
If Great Britain to the League of Nn'
tions. The central purpose in all
these things to he kept in mind is that
Palestine is dedicated to the idea of
! Jewish homeland
| Plans for rehabilitating Palestine
were discussed by leaders of the con
vention. Dr. Samuel Buschner. chair
man of the passport registration COM
mittee. was prepared TO enroll ap-
proximately 6,O00 Jews who desire to
20 to Palestine and aid in the estab-
lishment of the new government