The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-25

at once to the work projected of transferring to the
Promised Land those exiles desiring to return.
The statement seems very simple; but the work
to be compassed involves one of the most stupendous
undertakings the world has seen since return of the
Children of Israel from Egypt under Moses and
Aaron and the most interesting construction Of
working government ence the abortion of the Con-
stitution of the United States in 1887
Moses and Aaron led the Israelites out from the
Land # Egypt across Arabia and into Palestine.
distances COMPOSING more than 300 miles. t."
Twentieth Century, Woven,orGt will cary members OF
the race from all Darte of the world
BIT it will he the work of framing civil polity
that will attract the greatest attention American
Zionists have envolved plan of government which
will be presented at the London conference.
Among the achievements of Moses was an elab-
orate plan of government which may be found in the
Books credited the authorship OF the great leader
and lawgiver
A press account of arrival Of the American del
egation too gives an interesting resume of their
plans and DESIRES as follows:
american Zionists will make united effort to
have the Pittsburgh program, which they adopted
in 1913 as the guiding social principles for the Jew
ish Homeland approved by the World conference, in
the program it will formulate for the policy to be
carried out in Palestine. Mr. de Hass in the state
ment he gave out on the eve of what is cons:d the
most significant Jewish World Conference ever held
stressed tie progressive tenets of the Pittsburgh pro-
gram declaring:
"The Zionsts are not going to be satisfied with a
Palestine or land of Israel which will be mere du
plicate of the numerous states of Europe. or South
America They believe that 1900 years of suffer
ing ard marytyrdom of the wandering Jew has given
to our race wealth Of experience which, added to
the ancient heritage of the Jew can be made fruit
full in the creation of model settlement in ~ land
of our forefathers.
"The Pittsburgh platform may be summarized
fo11o of looH
operative commonwealth; 60 equal rights The first
is expressed in the phrases that the land of Palestine
shall be owned or controlled for the benefit If the
people of Palestine whole. The Zionists OF
America have resolved that the benefits which come
through increasing land values will not go into the
pockets of land SPECTATORS but will always remain
community values, which will go into the public
treasury.
''The second principle indicates that the Zonists
of America are resolved to encourage cooperative
enterprise to the largest extent possible so that
cooperative commonwealth may be gradually evolved
without, however, crushing individual initiative
There is no simple formula by which the cooperative
commonwealth can be achieved-it must be deve-
opment through struggle and experimentation. In
any event. we have set the goal"
1t is probable that some such program that
proposed by American Zonists, or > modification
thereof will be adopted Moses sought to avoid the
very evils of land monopoly that seems universal
tendency in all parts of the world Superior acquisi
tiveress allied with opportunity give in time large
tracts of lands to individuals, with their fellow
landless Moses provided that every fifty years
lands that had been alenated should return to the
original owners or their heirs. That was sort Of
application of the Socialist doctrine for division
all around The taunt is thrown out frequently that
were general division made it would not be fifty
years before property would accumulate in the hands
of few, with another general division necessary.
That seems an economic law that Moses unCC-1tOOQ
and provided for it's notification
The American Zionist plan provides that lands
shall be naonazed and that all acoretions in values
through Improvement pressure IF population etc,
shall accrue to the whole people. A plan to work
out the proposition may have to be provided
The American Zionist plan provides cooperative
operation of industry, SO far as possible. That is
another big undertaking. Should it be adopted it
will be watched with world wide interest.
How far the American proposition can be put
over will be matter of profound interest and it
is put over its operation will be most interesting 1t
will be the first great OppOrtuntv IN ann1v in concrete