The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-10
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possible to issue government loan Without a
loan. many public works that would be directly or
indirectly remunerntive. cannot he executed.
1.-The financial conditions of eastern and central
Europe and Internal difficulties within the Zionist
organization in the United States have prevented
the Zionist movement from providing as yet any
large for enterprises of development col
oniznton-although indeed. several land purchases
have been completed and many preparations made
for the future. AS IL consequence. while there
has been much pressure to admit Jewish immi.
grants there has been comparatively little expan-
sion In opportunities for employment
1.-THE agricultural development of the country,
and indeed. Its urban development also. great
~ hnmpcred by the condition of confusion into
which the titles of ownership of land were allowed
to fall during the Turkish regime. There Is here
tange which will need years of patient effort to
unrnvel"
element numbers 10000, almost all of whom have
entered Palestine during the last forty years. The
success of the Jewish agricultural colonies at
tractcd the eager interest of the masses of the
Jewish people scattered throughout the world.
In many countries they were living under the
press,lrc of laws or customs which crnmpcd their
capacities and thwnrted their energies; they saw
In Palestine the prospect of II home in which they
might live at ease.
Profoundly disconnected, ms numbers of them
were with life of petty trade in crowded cities
they listened with ready to the call of Il
healthier and finer life MS producers on the land
Some among them. agrcultllrsts alrendy. saw in
Palestine the prospect Of ii soil not less fertile,
and an environment far more free, than those to
which they accustomed
Emigration of Jews to Palestine is increasing
rapidly in central and eastern Europe. and the new
Palestine Immigration regulations would allow
of n controlled immigration of about 1000 Zion
lists of the pioneer class during the coming
year, said S. Landnann secretary of the Zionist
organization in an interview.
Mr.. Landmann, who is now in Vienna on spe-
cia mission In connection with Jewish emgrnnts
TO Palestine, said the selection of the emigrants
is being made by the Zionist organization. which
has established Palestine offices in the important
Jewish ccnters Preference is given to young 'peo-
ple strong in body and determined in spirit who
have had actual experience in agriculture other
annual work. and who know Hebrew.
Several thousands of such pioneers-known by
the Hebrew name of ChnIitZm-hnve already left.
md others waiting in the large ccnicrs until
proper arrangements for their transport can be
made and until openings for employment In
Palestine are reported.
One of the features Of the pioneer movement
is that II includes fair proportion of girls Of we'll
to-do families. who have decided 10 devote their
lives the Palestine. They act land girls
and take cnre of the domestic arrangements In the
Jewish colonies.
Reviewing the whole field In "Zionism and World
Politics." DR. Horace Meyer Kallen concludes that
at least the cornerstone of the future Zionist edi
flee has been laid. And DIR. Kallen believes that
this is event Of profound and hopeful signlf-
canoe for the Jewish race. He feels that the
Jew hns too long been compelled to choose between
the unwecOme alternatives of sinking his rich
cultural and spiritual heritage In thoroughgoins
assimilation with the life of the country In which
he lives md Of leading the starved, unhappy ex.
stence Of a suspected outcast, man with DEF
mite racial consciousness but without a country.