The Washington times., 1922-04-30
N HE Palestinian problem hinges
upon the peculiar traditions
II and psychology of the Jew,

/" HE EPalestinian problem hinges
upon the peculiar traditions
u and psychology of the Jew,
and the Christian belief in Judaic
prophecy. The Jew has been a
wanderer and a cosmopolitan for
many generations. and yet he has
never ceased to be an exile. His
foot has found no home. but his
heart has never forgotten Jerusa-
lem. While he has been exem-
plary In carrying out his civil OBJ
legations, in his nnermost being
he has owned allegiance to no
State.
BY the outer wall of the desc
Grated Temple on Mount Moriah.
hour by hour day by day. and
generation by generation. can be
seen little groups of men and
women. praying, moaning, weep
ing, lighting pale candles, kissing
the stones that to them are dear.
They are the very picture of abject
misery clinging TO faith. They
wall for the restoration of Zion.
They are Israel. Their wall and
their hope are in every Jewish
heart.
Nothing is stronger for the blase
materialist and man Of the world
than to see how in recent years.
from every nation under the sun.
Jews-the proletariat from whom
has been crushed almost the last
remnant of national tradition and
religious belief. equally with the
bourgeoisie whose prosperity has
brought upon them a similar fate
have listened to this alluring
call, and their hearts have gone
back to Palestine.
ZIONISH ZEAL.
The Zionist movement is not this
exclusively, but from this 1t draws
its vitality. Israel. after many
generations, has turned towards
Palestine. as migrating birds obey
the call of the seasons. Physical
necessity has also applied its spur.
and so. when we invited the migra-
tion to begin, those who were not
ready to respond were in Russia,
Europe. Many of them were agri-
culturists, enough of them were
retained on farms and in agricul-
tural colleges to he leaders Of the
various settlements that were
formed; a good proportion were
college and university men quail
fled for one or other Of the pro-
fessions; all were willing to work
and to do heavy work. even. to-
stone-breaking, road-making, tree
planting, and swamp-draining. I
have seen them at such work.
They were in rough laborers' gar
ments, covered with mud and dust,
tanned, unshaven, hard-handed;
but no disguise was thick enough
to conceal a bearing. a tone OF
voice, a free expertness Of action
belonging to men whose heads had
been trained before their muscles.
Truly, this is ain immigration Of
the longing ones.
AMERICAN.EDUCATED YOUTH.
1 shall never forget a night 1
spent as their guests. We had
stuck in darkness and mud shortly
crossing the Jordan at Jacobs
bridge, and were thrown upon their
hands. After a score OF men
gathered round the tables of tho
common refectory. upon the floor
of which there was much mud; but
that could not be helped, as the
whole place was in the midst Of
mud. Otherwise 1t was beautifully
clean.
At the head OF the company was
one trained in an American agricul-
tural college. After supper we dis
cussed not only the work of the
settlement and Zionism, but
European and American politics,
literature. philosophy, art, and
religion, and the men were keenly
alert to everything going on in
the world. Their work was hard
and absorbing, but they were
happy.
Late in the evening We were
escorted through more mud to our
sleeping place, a large. airy room
with a stone floor. upon which we
had to deposit clay at every step,
containing two beds with spotless
sheets, upon which we slept In
sound comfort. In the morning
rose with the sun. While / was
dressing, a CHEEKY band of women
with hoes on their shoulders passed
my window on their way to work.
The little community was already
busy. Such is the jew who is GO
ing to Palestine. He is an idealist
and a worker. He has a vision
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