The Denver Jewish news., 1925-02-26

most loiuhllt uilV ltdNl lhlh'u VI
chapters /. that Of the pioneers Of long
uro. the pioneers who went to a barren
land suffering from Turkish mlsrulc,
FOR aud more years ago. without great
hopes for their personal bcttcrmcnt
hut with a mighty passion to Identify
themselves with the soil Of Israel
There Is much to be said Of these fore
runners Of the modern Chaluzim, who
went 10 Palestine with no Zionist Or
eauizatlon In bnck of them. with no
England to protect them, with no nm
dcrstanding of or from the Arab, TO
make flower in desert and wilder
ness the lnnd which their fcrcfathcrs
had owned.
Their place in history win he graci-
Ously granted hy time. The influence
Of their action on the issuance of the
Balfour Declaration and the concur
renee Of the powers TO the establish
ment of Jewish Homeland in Pal
cstine will he conceded by the years.
They have no desire now for credit of
that sort; serious problem is facing
them that must he solved and their eff
forts are bent in the direction of that
most important matter
The Problem of the Sons
For these men who went to Pal
estine to raise generation OF Jews
to be born upon the soil are now faced
with the question of what to do with
these sons. The problem of the farm
er'S son Is the same the world over.
Yet in Palestine there is a vital differ
ence due to the very nature of the men
who are building up an ideal, not II
personal ambition.
pusually when n farmer has more
than one son he lets his eldest cult
vate part of his farm which he in
hcrits upon his death. The other sons
20 to town. work In mills and fac
tories. become bootblacks or newsboys
and later millionnires-we in America
know very well how the thing is done.
Or they become doctors or lawyers,
superior to the stock from which they
sprang The same thing could, n
course happen in Palestine; there
would bc room Ia the towns for these
sons. Except for one reason. They
don't want to.
Succcss-and how often this is for
gotten-is n matter of values. They
have no desire FOR the success Of money
and tn" success of fame. Being their
fathers sons. their ambition has been
transferred " yhc country to the de
y.lslWgE ai , ucw land there. They
have no desire to leave the soil which
their fathers are trying to recreate, to
make blossom again. They want to
stay there and revitaliZe it. The land
is theirs for the asking there is more
than enough 10 he cultivated. But the
means are lacking. To develop land,
implements are needed; to procure i'm
plements, money is needed.
The peculiar fitness of these sons for
the land should be enough to make the
Jews of the Whole world help them set
tie there. This is the first generation
of Jews. since the exile, born on the
land, without any of the Galuth in
,tTith ,f tl. f,ulpth 1ifn
behind them, without any of the
Galuih fears and prosecutions. After
all, the present Chaluzim are still exile
Jews. This is generation of Jews
brought up on the land, accustomed to
the land, in whom was bred an intense
devotion tO and affection for the land.
This is the first generation of Jews TO
know the Arabs. to speak their Ian
cuage to know their customs, to write
their language better than they them
selves cnn. Is this n generation that
should he kept on the soil?
At first glance one might suppose
that the Zionist Organization is the
logical source of help to them. But
these old settlers are not the concern
of the Zionist Organization, the busi,
ness Of which is, chiefly, to settle rs
many more people ms possible In fact
helping them seems TO he nobody :
business but their own.
Credit Is Scarce
Until one day, two years ago, Mrs
Mary Fcls went TO Palestine. There is
probably no Jewish movement of any
consequence, either here or abroad. that
has not in some way, received either
moral nr financial encouragement from
Mrs. Fcls There is probably no jew.
ish household TINT does not know her
name, that has not been moved to uf.
fection and respect for the noble eN.
ample of Jewish wdmauhood she typi,
ficy.
With her usual happy faculty Ci
finding the place where She was most
needed. Mrs Fols becnmc acquainted
with the problem Of these new-old