New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-22
Justice Brandeis Swayed
London Conference From
Beautiful Dreaming. to
Some Practical Planning
New Executive Is Named
Old Palestine Commission
Is Abolished and World
Leaders Take Their Places
F-or, q Special Correspondent


tire.
2. The outlining Of q system for the
missing { the large funds that rehabil
itatioa o. Palestine will necessitate.
8. The election of new executive
capable Of coping With the great task
confronting the Jewish people.
4. The changing of the main activi-
ties OF the Zionist organization from
propaganda TO state building.
s. The estah.i TENT, possibly for all
time, of the Importance, if not the as
cendancy, OF American Israel in world
Jewish affairs.
The great opportunity the Jewish
people harl been waiting and strug-
Cling for has come. The San Reno de-
cision affecting Palestine is considered
BY Lord Robert Cecil, next to the ere
alton Of the League of Nations, as the
most important outcome of the war
and the Zionists are deeply grateful to
those who made this result possible.
But, as has been so often reiterated by
the responsible Zionist leaders, it is
nothing more than an opportunity
"The Balfour declaration concerning
Jewish nariona! hcme in Palestine"
said DR.. Wiegmann in his opening ad-
dress, watch IS now embodied in the
treaty with Turkey, AID thus has be-
come the law Of the ngt'ons, is as much
or as little as we (the Jewish people,
choose to make of it. demonstrating
Palestine IS therefore purely Zionist
or Jewish matter"
One difficulty II the program is the
element Of time. The necessity for I'M
mediate definite work is Imperative
1t is urgent because Great Britain, the
mandatory power. and the rest of the
governments expect 1t and require it
and primarily. because the Jews. and
particularly the hundreds of thousands
who are looking forward to relieving
their pcescn' misery by going to Pales-
tine demand IT,
Condition of Country Lamentable
Anotrer point that no plan lookinc
toward Palestine reconstruction can at
ford 10 overlook is the lamertabl con-
d!tion OF the country, particularly its
farm lands. This land, that once
"aowed with milk and honey" is to-day
without forests, is swamp infested and
ma.ar.a ridden And these are not all
the c-@'cu. les the problem OF Palcs-
tines upbulidng presents. The hui
man clement must be considered.
Not only viii it be necessary to build
- ne e*-".IEi L0' a'so we men WHO
49,, - = matter or common
A,aS .else IN al aue TO restr'ctlonary
. .r.f ~ ne 'G"s IN eastern %Ad cen.
Immigration Will come, were denied the
rgat OF engaging in agriculture, and
Consequently are ignorant of what is
destined TO be, ct least in the early
BEGINNING. the chief occupation of the
Jewish settlers II their ancient home
81 ne ere De'hg &nie by 'helr own
o.. = ~ s'S am t"e,hselVrS tney VIII
~ az 80 De aSlIcu4, urally educated.
~ an s-ese diAcuIo pfopiems the
.S.,-e.s..-' l~u 20 De l"lnaIuI IN De
e.ni'-.l-s upon Whao was IN reaNty Its
~. "otN. Sh;ce on me reconstruc-
..Sm pi@" auoi''eu eepenoe0 me whole
49, t,4'. - o. us aeiiDsr@llons, IAeAudlng
~ ~ i.e''eE raising.
brsf'- ms pan roughly II en-
r.. ope IONS:
f'rst-settling, through mass immi-
g gra zen. a1nae tae frs year Of forty
n c oo.,,.s ~. 'et3 on one stretch
VI VOuNtSY ne site, which for OBJ
| n,Ols reasons IS not lndlcated, 1t is
UNDERSTOOD is 10 he IN th&t section of
| NV lS'i "n,Fe mere are at present Wy
.-~l.y ~ 'Anabtants and therefore no
! y0SS'OilsY CT conflict with Arab hold
.ags' i the present plans materialize,
Mu 10 taree times that many will be
! settled during the second year, the
ssaS VI se1,lers increasing with
Second-Imn7oyinr and s+reno+ben-
1 ing the existino Jewish colonins DIV
! ing aarticllar a.tantio, Ia the 5ew
method Of intensive c,,l+iva+ion now
I practicod with succe,s in china Janan
y and certain nr~.c os Tho Irn;+oJ c+a.ns
\ Thyough thesa i'm nrovernen+s tbe co1o-
MES viii easily be able TO Accommodates
twice Their nrseent nr,,her If ;nbab;-
hoped. viii be nn6erta!-nn nv the lew.
sh Colon;7s.;o1 Ass@c l' ny ' so,n ~"
4 by the late Raron do E;rsrl The
Colonization association. which has it's
headquarters in Paris +hon,, in the
past It was rot N aa ~, 49, with ths
/ Zionist philosonhv always maintained
great interest !, paIes.;r;an colon;
zation.
i plsntino forastS b1ifdinrr ;r,;,.a+;on
systems a04 7sIs' DntiaarE lrf's@et tr
! bower Of the Jordan which will MO
vide rbe oo .ne yoIuan' Wnlcn WI pro.
A current for lis Goht heat and mower.
1 In view Of ,he far+ that Palesfine has
4 70 coal mines. and az far as it il
Ssown. no oil wells. and at present also
4 no timber. this last operation is
4 Prime necessity.
4 Eng;neers Wort o, power
II IT,
u ,owe~ OS1.1N OF supplying e4ecVrlc
4 n. ~ mas "s-R '"r some tilne ehgaS-
4 lmy;r~' . 'y'.ipA o. IlcAlst engineers
n ."s .'e idst year FlncuS NuttenDerg,