The Denver Jewish news., 1923-10-04

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Summary Of Sir Alfred Address
After recomting the circumstances,
''in tile darkest period Of the war;"
| which led to the issuance of the Bal
four Declaration. Sir Alfred decried all
former differences among Jews on the
subject of Palestine, declaring that he
asked no ones views, inquired into
on ones affiliations. at is only neces-
| sary that Jew be lover of Pal
estine. The responsibility is exceed
ingly great, but the prestige of the
Jewish people is involved and the Jews
would be eternally disgraced if they
| failed"
He had gone to Palestine. said Sir
| Alfred, in order to see for himself If
| the proposition was sound or u mere
| will-o-the-wisp. He found n land full
of great opportunities, but, neglected,
and requiring labor and capital to be-
come again land of milk and honey.
Sir Alfred spoke enthusiastically of the
spirit of the workers, saying that the
Jewish people can capitalize that spirit
would be left in Palestine is Jewish
achievement were removed American
| Jews. he said, should go there and see
the land. They would fall under Its
| spell and be eager to work for it.
Work Of keren Hayes0d
With regard to the Arabs Sir Alfred
is convinced that the problem will solve
itself when the Arabs come to realize,
| ns they must, that whnt the Jews nre
doing in Palestine will bring salvation
| to them us well as to the Jews. The
development of land settlements is of
special Importance. in the view of Sir
Alfred 1t is work which must have
| assistance in order to succeed. The
British Government had appropriated
| $25,OOO.O 900 for similar work in its
tlominions. Tie Keren Hayesod. de-
clnred Sir Alfred, must do in Palestine
| the work which. in other countries, is
heing done by the government.
Palestine a Link for Jewish People
Sir Alfred made n particularly deep
impression when he spoke of the spirit
ial significance of Palestine us n link
| which unites all Jewry. He had met
in Jerusalem Jews who had come from
every corner of the globe. unable to un
derstand each others language, with
different cultural and social back
grounds, but all united in their eager
ness to work for Palestine. a move
ment like this. Sir Alfred exclaimed
cnnnot possibly perish. No human force
can stand against it. These who come
| into the work late will not be asked
why they did not come earlier. but let
them not come in too late, because they
| will find it source of eternal regret
that they had contributed nothing to
the good cause. Declaring then that
his opinion as businessman and gov
| criment administrator should carry
some weight, he stated it as his solemn
| opinion that the reconstruction of the
Jewish Homeland in Palestine is en-
.frely feasible and practical.
Sir Alfred decided the fear of those
Jews who are afraid of being charg-
I'd with double allegiance for helping
| the Jewish restoration in Palestine. He
| said the fear rs bogcy which should
| he laid at rest. He then characterized
DIR. Woizmann not only us II great Jew
but as one of the greatest men of
any race and any time. 1t was the
confidence and affection that DIR. Weiz-
| man inspired in the members of the
British Government that was respOns-
| ible for the British Palestine policy,
| Sir Alfred asserted. He told his audi
| ence not to be afraid of any rumors
of reversal of British policy. There
| can be no reversals and there will be
none. Moreover Great Britain is re-
sponsible for this policy not to her
self but to the League of Nations.
For Union Of East and West
| Sir Alfred then dwclt on the broad
er world aspects of the Jewish restor-
nticn. He expressed the conviction that
it would have the effect of averting the
threatened conflict between the East
and the West. since it would bring up
on the threshold of the East the peo-
Pile best capable of acting as inter
prefer and mediator between them. He
|
ish legionaircs who fought in Pal
estine during the World War and con-
cIuded with an impressive appeal to
| the audience to see to it that those
| sacrifices shall not have been made in