The Denver Jewish news., 1922-07-26
Shall Jews Accept the
Mexican Offer?
Continued from Page one.)

llht -NuNlIuih uin' .N'" pio-
vides the best conditions for Jewish
Territorial negotiations. the Jews com
ing in not as beggars but rs represen-
tatives of the capital and labor neces-
sary to build up their peculiar pro-
vince, whose development will also en-
rich the country in general. 1t may
be said at once that if Mexico if real
ly willing TO set aside Il territory of
$1,000 square miles to be administered
by Jewish company. its demand that
the immigrants adopt Mexican nation
ality constitutes no contradiction to
the Territorialist Interpretation of
autonomous basis" The main func-
tion of this autonomous basis is to
secure the continuity of the immigra-
ton. If at any moment the immigra-
tion could be stopped by non-Jewish
authority, the whole scheme would be
bucket with n hole in it. Before
colonial tion .on so great scale is en-
tered upon. its whole future must be
assured and the country mt large must
acduiesce in and sympathiZe with the
idea that ultimately one of its prov
inces or states will he Il Jewish prov
ince or state. This point would have
to he embodied in n charter binding
all future Presidents or Parliaments
Whether, apart from MeSico's revolu.
tionary tendencies, such a charter can
N Nn<i.,nn CON IL
tuition. do not know. With Presi-
dent Diaz one was dealing practically
with an autocrat. and perhaps only
an actrocrat could make the world
safe for Jewish democracy. CThus,
Herzl was on solder ground in deal
ing with Abdul Hamid than Weiz-
mann in dealing with BalfourD l as
sumo that the group of prominent
Chicago Jews who are alleged TO be
proceeding to Mexico Ito look over the
ground will first of all assure them
selves that the ground is not political
" volcanic. Its physical qualities
come really second to this. for physical
qualities can be changed by irrigation.
canaliZation. etc But it is more diff
ficult to change n chanegnble Constitu-
tion to the necessary rigidity. The
situation of the new territory on the
borders of the United States is so
advantageous that it is obviously less
easy to exploit than other parts of
Mexico. otherwise it would not have
remained with so meagre II population
as $4,000. Even 5000 people are.
however. capable of causing consider
able friction and the amount and
nature of their vested interests should
be carefully reported on. What are
the vested interests?" was the first
question Winston Churchill ASKED me
wheR l discussed with him the East
Africa proposition. And Winston
Churchill was wise?) | imagine II good
many of the people possessing these
vested interests will he half-breeds.
It is gratifying to note that the Ter
ritorial idea has made such progress
as to seem no longer unnatural wheth-
or to Governments or to Jewish phil
anthropists. When after the pogroms
of the eighties, the first panicstrfckcn
streams began to pour into America,
one farseeing man. Judge Sulzbcrgcr.
cxhorted that the immigration instead
of being chaotic should be conducted
towards some definite territorial cen
ter His advice was disregnrdcd. but
had it been followed. there would by
now have grown up automatically n
Jewish aggregation which would have
'made one of the United States n Jew
ish state. The present generation of
philanthropists, as embodied in these
Chicago Jews. seems to have learnt
by experience. and to be unwilling to
encourage promiscuous and planless
sediment. The organization they pro
pose to form in the States must not
be n philanthropic one in the narrow
sense. The exploitation of Il great
stretch of territory affords II basis for
the foundation of financial territory
whose risks will be fully covered.
Cecil Rhodes founded Rhodesa with
less than IA million sterling. The trou-
bles of land companies everywhere
come from the dearth of labor. \
Jewish immigrating land company
would be provided with this asset
from the start. A Jewish labor force
turned upon any country is really IA
Pactolus-a stream of gold. American
Jews have noble collected Is million
dollars for the relief of Jews in the
stricken lands of Europe This can
not but have interfered with the con-
temporary collections for ZioniSm, also
on charity basis But sums obtain
ed from investors for constructive pur-
poses will not only not interfere with