Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-04
Jews GLAD PALESTINE
is ASS|GNED TO ENGLAND
Action of Peace Conference Praised
in kilograms Sent to Zion
ORGANIZATION,

Local headquarters Of the Palestine
restoration fund CAMPAIGN announced
sanse. thi handrsas Nsx York
ceived by the Zionist Organization Of
America indicate that the Jews Of tho
United States are overjoyed that the
peace conference has awarded the
mandate over Palestine to Great Brit
ain. specifically for the purpose Of %.
tablishing there q Jewish homeland.
This action by the peace conference
stamps with success the Zionist move
ment. which was launched at Basic,
Switzerland, on August 81. 1897. for
the establishment in Palestine Of q
Jewish homeland recognised and pro.
tected By public law" Derided in the
the movement captured the imagina-
ton Of thousands Of Jews all over the
world. Under the Inspiration Of Zion.
ism. more than sixty Jewish agricul-
tural colonists have been established
in Palestine. The movement itself be-
Jewish life. and the recent wholesale
massacres of Jews which began with
the outbreak Of the war have caused
millions Of Jews throughout Europe
to turn to Palestine as their only
haven and refuge.
In the ports Of Odessa, CONSTANT
nople. Constance and Vladivostok hun
dreds of thousands Of Jews are wait.
ing opportunity to embark for the
land OF their desire. Thousands OF
Jews have ventured across the Med.
iterranean In unseaworthy fishing
smacks and hundreds have been
drowned in these mad attempts to
reach the Holy Land. Hundreds upon
hundreds have walked across Europe
to reach seaports near Palestine.
With the issuance Of the Balfour dec.
laration on November 2. 1917. by which
Great Britain pledged itself to aid the
Zionists to establish Jewish homeland
dorsed by President Wilson. all Of the
allied and many Of the neutral powers
the Zionist Organization Of America, Of
which Justice Louis d. Brandeis Of the
United States Supreme Court is honor
airy president. began series Of opera
tons to prepare Palestine for the vast
migration which win ensue now that the
political status Of the land has been
fixed. 1t has sent to Palestine the
American Zionist medical unit. which
has become the health department of
the land; 1t is preparing to SEND a corps
of engineers to investigate the natural
resources Of the land. to plan the build
ing OF harbOrs, hydroelectric plants, and
to create industries and opportunities in
land made desolate by the oppressive
rule Of the Turk. In all Of its plans the
Zionists have reckoned the Arab popu-
lation as equal beneficiaries Of the de-
velopment Of the country. BY the adop-
ton Of the pittsburgh program or
two years ago, the American Zionists
declared in favor Of state purchase of
the land and public ownership Of all
utilities and natural resources in Pales-
tine. To carry out the vast projects for
the development Of the Jewish home
land the Zionist Organization Of Amer
lea is raising $4,000. 600 as a first in
stallment.
The statement sent out by the Associ-
ated Press that by the terms OF the Bal
four declaration Jews may be citizens
Of Palestine and at the same time citi-
zens Of the lands in which they reside Is
incorrect. Only such Jews as actually
settle permanently in Palestine may be-
come citizens thereof. The Balfour
declaration specifically provides that the
political status OF the Jews Of other
lands shall remain unaffected by the es-
tablishment OF the Jewish homeland.