Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-25

ton the ohl instinct for agricultural l life reawakened. The Jewish agricuI l tural colonies have done much toward !! re- establishing thee reputation of Pal | estine as productive land. They darin- ed the swanps. They watered the million trees. They introduced mod ern agricultural machinery and meth ods. They established, with the aid of the United States department Of agriculture, an agricultural eXpe/- ment station which has perfected a species of dry wheat of interest to ag- ricultural scientists the world over When the war began there were sixty Jewish colonies in Palestine.
 The establishment of Jewish commonwealth will naturally give a great impetus to agricultural develop ment, for it will result immediately in a considerable Jewish immigration to Palstine Zionist leaders esti- mate that upwards of half a million Jews will return to the old homeland during the next decade. No consid- erable immigration from the United States is expected. for the American Jew is bound to this republic by an- breakable ties of love and gratitude. But from countries where the lot of the Jew is not easy to bear there will be a constant flow of immigra- ton. In any event the United States 1 will contribute much to the new com . monwealth. The repatriates will go back with tractors and other modern l American farm machinery, with the most advanced agricultural methods, i with the American telephone and 1 electric power and hydraulic machin- 1 cry, and finally, American methods of 1 sanitation, disposal, etc. The Ameri- ! canmade trolley car will whizz 1 through the amazed streets Of Jerusa- i lem.
 The Jewish immigration of the past i 30 years brought modern educational methods to Palestine. Every one ot
 the 60 Jewish colonies has its 1 schools, with Hebrew as the basic lished by the Jews in the towns have become models through the Neal East, and the best Turkish and Arat families send their children to them l The Bezalel school of arts anG crafts in Jerusalem has attracted 1 wide atention among educational
 circles in Europe, and the technica institute recently established in HaifS
 will without doubt become a grea
 factor in educational progress afte
 the war. The diploma of the gym
 nasium at Jaffa is accepttd for ad
 mission to Columbia and othe
 American and European universities
 But there will be no need for yount Palestine to seek it's education
 abroad. A great Hebrew Universit,
 is to be established on the Mount 0
 Olives. The foundation has dread
 ben laid.
 Following the liberation of Jerusa lew the British government invite
 th' Zionist organization to send
 commission to Palestine to talk charge of the Jewish colonies, re store what had been destroyed b
 the ravages of war and to begin tn
 actual rebuilding of the Jewish com , monwealth
 A complete medical unit, with fort , physicians and nurses, and organize by the Zionist is now in Palstint
 caring for the suffering civilian popu , lation and improving the sanitar : conditions of the cities. The unit ha
 established a hospital with 100 bed , and conquered the mosquito plagu : in Jerusalem A Jewish military pc
 lice has been established for tn : lwhole country and the rudiments ( : a Jewish government begun.