The Denver Jewish news., 1924-07-31

! correspondent for many leading news
papers aud magazines.
The unique position Of bcing scnti-
mentally nS well us politically un Am
baSsndOr to his own country Is that Of
Col. Frederick II. Kisch. the political
representative In Palestine uf the
World Zionist Organization Born into
Zionism and British Ccloninl service.
the son Of IN English Zionist with u
record in Indian Civil Service. Col
Kisch was not free to follow his Zirn-
list inclinutious until after the War
Previous to his present appointment
Col. Kisch was otherwise engaged E"
As II youth Of 10 he was holder Of n
commission as Second Lieutenant In the
Royal Engineers. He saw live years
service in India and on the outbreak
of the War was ordered to France
where he was twice wounded Trans.
ferred on recovery to Mcsopotamin he
was severely wounded there and thence
forth employed first at the War ONCE
| London, and then with the British
| Delegation of the Peace Conference.
and later with the British Embassy in
connection with the elaboration ana
, execution of the Peace Treaties
The Youthful Colonel the is only 3Gl
is entitled to place after his name the
initials c. Il. +. Commander of the
British Empirel for his work in con
ncctiOn with the Peace Treaty: ID. s.
O. distinguished Service Order) for
his services in the War. while the
French have conferred upon him the
CroiX lie Guerre. later making him an
officer Of In Legion dHonneur.
| ing with men Of all classes, ns well as
| military science in the Theoretical sense
coupled with II knowledge of intcr-na-
| tional prohlcmS-theSe We're the gifts
Col. Kisch brought to his Zionlst duties
in November 1D22 when he was invited
by unanimous vote of the Zionist Exc
eutive in London. to take over the
control Of the Organizations political
department in Palestine
After eighteen months ms Zionist
plenipCtentinry, Col. Kisch permitted
himself to look back. at the inSstencc
Of the writer and summarize for him
the Jewish achievements In Palestine in
the political as well as the economic
spheres during the period under re
view ..
Towards the end of the interview. the
first that he has ever granted to an
American journalist. Col. Kisch was re-
Quested TO say what, in his opinion. the
Jews of the world might do TO help him
and his colleagues in speeding the recon
struction task in which they are cnglg
ed.
"TO take full advantage of ths situa-
tion we need not only men hut means"
was the Colonel's reply, and | would
urge all those whom these words reach,
to consider whether they have done all
they can do for the Kercn uayesod.
The Keren Hayesod is the straw for
our bricks, the fuel for our furnaces
let all those Jews whose spirit rises at
the thought of the revival of the Ma
| tiOnal Home. see to it that materials
are not lacking for the building, and
that the builders have the means TO
live and work"
In according to the interviewers re-
quest and in patiently answering his
questions, Col. Kisch showed he is II
great believer in the maximum of pub
| licity for what the ZiOnistS are doing
He believes II publicity not only ms
means for spreading information, but
also as II method of obtaining helpful
criticism and suggestions. The Press.
he is convinced, has great and val
liable role and he feels it is the duty
OF the Zionist officials to help it to play
Is part
Position Stronger After IS Months
Consolidation
From the point of view of the ne
! tivities to which Col. Kisch has ma inly
devoted himself the last eighteen
months can be characterised as a pc.
riOd Of consolidation. reorganization
and preparation. The result of all this
has been" Col. Kisch declared, that
in general way our position is far
stronger than il was year and II half
ngo Attacks upon it are less frequent,
and favorable prospects have been
established for more rapid progress in
the future We have just emerged
from bad period as regards immi-