The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
Chain Weizmann, Dep0sed, Still Commands Regard
 In English Circles
BY MILTON BONNER NEA Service Writer

London.-Some in Flu rope there sits breeding man who was a veritable King of Israel and who has been dethroned-Dr Chain Weizmann. His downfall came at Basic when the Zionist Congress accepted his resignation from the headship of Jewish activ- ities and elected another in his place.
 He had toiled and sweated for Israel but his sceptre was broken and his crown dissolved into dust and ashes. He had in former years known heartfelt cheers. Now he was to know glacial silence. IL was history repeating itself all over again-Old Testament history the story of the menf who rose to leadership in Israel and then were toppled from their place of power and authority.
 Trained in Science
 In all the world there Is no more romantic figure than this same Dr Weizmann. He was born in 1874 in the province of Grodno in Russia. He studied science at the Universities of Berlin and Freiburg and afterwards became A. lecturer on chemistry at Geneva. Then he moved to Germany for a while and finally settled in Eng land. By 1908 he had become professor in bio-chemistry at the University of Manchester.
 When the war broke out he ln- vented a method of preparing on a commercial scale one of the chiel ingredients used in the making of high explosives. He did not seek to cash in on it. He placed his discovery in the hands of the gov ern,nent of land he had learned to lave and admire. The British promptly made him the director of the admiralty laboratory and there he toiled without cease from 1916 to. 1919.
 But while he superintended the means of making explosives that would help the allies win the war. he carried within his heart and brain dream-the old dream that go many dreamers or the ghetto have carried with them. Israel was a scattered people. All over the world there were Jews, a great people without a. homeland. From their ancient abiding place in Palestine they had been driven by the Roman conquerors and aft erwards by the Moslem hordes' Back to Palestine it was obvious that those who felt themselves homeless should yearn to go.
 A Dream Materialized
 When Weizmann was not in his laboratory with his test tubes, he was in the offices of British states men with his papers and his fiery eloauence. When the statesmen talked of rewarding him for his work, he said simply that he de- sired nothing for himsellf. He de- sired something for Israel.
 The result was the famous Bal four declaration that. If the allies won the war, Palestine should be made a home for the Jews. Presi. dent Wilson accepted the prin- ciple of it. General Allenby made 1t more than theoretical when ht conquered the Holy Land ant drove the Turks out. In the mak' ing of the peace, Great Britain ac' cepted the Mandate with all 1t! implications brought on by thu Balfour declaration.
 Weizmann became head of thu Zionist Organization and of thu Jewish agency which was to hell the government carry out the Bal four promise. It was hard worl much harder than handling tes tubes in a laboratory. Money wa needed and he had to get 1t. Brit ish officials in, Palestine wer prejudiced, and he had to over come their feeling. The Arabs wer