Evening journal., 1922-06-26
zIONISTS START
SILVER JUBILEE
President Harding Wires
Members He Is Interested
in Cause
HOPES CENTERED
IN PALESTINE
Special to The Evening Journal.

Organization of America, at I
Broad Street Theatre, this eli
Cables, kilograms and messag
commencing the leaders of t
movement for their efforts to crea
a homeland for Jews in Palesti
came from all parts of the wor
and from people high in public lii
President Harding in a message, r
GREETED that because of offici
duties at Washington. he was Ii
able to convey his sympathies to Il
cause in person. He wrote:
"a long time interest. both
sentimental and practical in the
Zionist movement causes me to
wish that 1 might meet the
members of the organization and
express the concern which 1
feel in behalf of their great
movement"
"All the venom that was eve
poured out on the Jewish people
now concentrated against the poss
BILE triumph of zionism." wrote d
Chain Weizmann, president of til
World Zionist Organization, in h
message of greetings to the silvC
jubilee of the Zionist organization
His message follows.
twenty-five years ago there
reached us in Europe the first
vague rumors of your Zionist
activities-rumors of an OBJ
scure and strengthless move
ment lost, 1t seemed, in the tu-
mutt of an Indifferent world.
Today when you, the Zionists of
America, hold your convention,
fifteen million Jews the world
over turn towards you. and wait
with bated breath for the out
come of your deliberations. In
a single generation you have
sprung from obscurity to illus
trious strength. When l was in
your midst, a year ago, I began
to understand what driving
power there was behind your
achievements. And in the face
of much encouragement l fore
told your triumph. and I have
lived to see its fulfllment.
You have followed. without
fiinching, a path strewn with
boulders and beset with thOrns.
And you have emerged, as you
have deserved. crowned with
victory. You have enlisted in
open sympathy with our cher
ished ideal the sentiment OF the
American government and peo-
pie. whose words carry to the
ends of the earth. And beyond
this you have demonstrated that
neither dissension within nor
enmity without can arrest your
march.
Yet. this tribute paid, let me
say that this is not a time for
rhapsodies. These days are too
solemn. too full of anxiety. our
political successes have spurred
our enemies to furious effort. All
the venom that was ever poured
out on the Jewish people is now
concentrated against the pos
sible triumph of zionism.
You who have been so stead
fast will yield neither to I'M
guarded exaltation nor to fear.
Remember that we stand firm
on the double foundation of our
rights and the unalterable
promises of England, backed by
the opinion of her enlightened
people and OF the worlds great
est nations. on this our politi-
cal future is built. There will
be no retracting, no receding.
we are waiting only for the
ratification of the mandate over
Palestine. When the seal of the
nations will have been set on
the mandate. our political work
will have been crowned with
complete triumph. Then. with
you. the Zionists of America, in
the vanguard, we will begin the
last stretch OF our tremendous
march,"
A message was also received from
Richard Gottheil, of Co
lmbia University, who was the first
resident OF the Federation of Amer
IAN zionists.
Nahum Sokolow. chairman of the
xecutive committee of the World
ionist Organization, and head of a
ionist delegation, which has been
)uring the United States in the in
crest of the Palestine Foundation
ind. brought greetings in the name
f the World Zionist Organization.
e recounted his impressions of the
nited States and urged upon the
merican Zionists to play a leading
lie in the development of the Jew
h Homeland in Palestine. He ex-
ressed confidence in the readiness
: American Jewry to bring forward
Ie necessary finances and paid spe-
al tribute to the American people |
I'd government for the moral sup
)rt which the cause has received |
ON the Lodge resolution unani-
ously passed by the United States !
mate. He expressed the hope that
thin the next few days this resolu-
IN will receive the approval of the
over House and the signature of |
e President.
Judge Bernard A. Rosenblatt. of
ew York, brought the delegates |
message from Palestine from
here he returned the previous week
ter a stay of about six months as a
ember Of the World Zionist Exec
i've with offices in Jerusalem. He
ported on the progress he had
ted in the development of Pales-
lie. and declared that the principal
ctor in this development was the
onies contributed by American
WIS through the Keren Hayesod
, expressed confidence that in a
ort time the Arabs would realize
at their interests conceded with
ose of the Jewish people, and that
e two races would work harmon
lsly together for the development