Evening star., 1922-05-01
CRITIC ANSWERED
BY RABBI ]. I. LOEB
Declares New Zion a World
Topic and Styles At
tackS FaIIacjeS.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
| In a letter to The Star of April IS.
| signed by one Frank'C. Sakran. there
| appears criticism of my statement
anent the Jewish Palestine plan. The
correspondent attempts to justify the
anti-Jewish propaganda carried on by
the Northcl1fe papers, together with
| the. Vaccinations of the so-called
Arab delegation at London. Like all
| the rest of the opponents of Zionism,
this critic talks of "Zionistic aggres-
sions." Jewish invasion" and dis
| Judgement of the present Palestine
population" all Of which is fallacy
| from beginning to end.
! usurping the place of the native
i Arabs. They are willing to go hand.
| Inland with the Arabic population
for mutual progress and peaceful en-:
deavor They have created, New Pal
1 estine, and they are ready to con-
| development and upbuilding of what
I they rightfully claim to be their own
| cherished fatherland.
l:tftst ~. Rosn for G00O. 900.
! There are at present about 100000
!, Arabs. 10000 Jews and $4,000 Euro
pean' Christians in Palestine. When
i Properly developed. the land will give
ronin for the fiying and working of
!: six million population; it is proven
scientifically, The Ruttenberg plan
/ of electrification now about to be in
!! troduced will greatly enhance the en-
terprises of the larger AGRICULTURAL
| and Industrial developments which
are in project. = -.'
| The newer Zionist activities have
/ proved to be of vast benefit to the
popuiace$ of Palestine. The poor work
ting Arabs have been furnished en-
! ployment. Arab peasants have been
/ able to sell their foodstuffs al their
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the former destitute phalachin have
amassed little fortunes Under the
New Palestine administration the
1 low-bred and sdown-trodden Arabs
have been raised up to a level of free
! citizens with equal opportunities for
Intellectual and social advancement.
| Their children are being educated in
the splendid public schools of the New
Zion administration; their sick are
given free treatment in the Jewish
dispensaries maintained by the
Hadassah Medical Unit. They are Civ
! en- every consideration under the gey-
ernment headed by Sir Samueis
Those who form the coterie Of prop
agandists and trouble makers are
none other than the old Turk effendis.
betide the Arab population that would
fall prey to their tyrannical rule
and be held in most ahject state of
serVility,' as they have been in times
past.
= On E4ual Footing.
Under the New Zion administration.
forming a free commonwealth. every
man is placed on an equal footing
| with the rest of the community. The
Jews from central Europe entering
, the land come there not as landowH-
ers, as freehoiders, or indolent char
latans. grasping and gloating over
| large tracts OF idle lands tas the OPP
ponents would make the public be-
! lieve). but they are there as pioneers.
| workmen. toi ilsome Aaborers. breaking
/ the stones, removing the sands. inn
, proving the lands and cuitivating the
soil. and thus transforming many
| barren ground into fertile soil. grain
growing and fruit producing farm
| land. Every bit of economic inn
provement thus effected is a direct
asset to the whole country. Every
| section of barren land reclaimed and
| put under cultivation by the noble
| pioneers is enhancing the value of
all the property round about. And
| for every piece of landed property
| purchased under the Zionist admins
| tration they are paying with best
coin. ofttimes involving fabulous
prices, such as were never dreamed
| of by the former landowners.
| 1t is remarkable how the opponents
i of Zionism are so strangely silent
| about what the Jews have done for
/ Palestine; while recounting the sad
ness and sorrows of the Holy Land
| they have not a a-word to say of the
| brighter side of the situation, the New
; Palestine. the land reclaimed by the
, devoted hands of Jewish labor and
untiring effort.
| Arabs Given Recognition.
! There were known TO be under the
| old Turk regime about 100000
Arabs. They have now been given
| fun recognition. with both the Meso-
potamian government, headed by
Feisal of the old Arab reigning dynas-
ty. and another special Arabian body
| polite under his son, in what is
/ known as the HedjaZ government.
There is an abundance of land in all
! of those regions. including the valley
of Fadi El Arisb. the Sinai peninsula
! and the whole of Arabia. enough for
| the habitation of 400,000.009 people.
! The Arabs can have their native
homes. or .haunts, as preferred (for
many of them would not give up their
nomadc state in exchange for any
thing under the sun of civiliZation).
| There is only a fraction of the Arab
population in Palestine. and the anti
Jewish propagandists do not propose
to crowd the many millions of Arabs