THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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London Jewry Renews Oath of 3,000 Years Ago

Enthusiastic Audience Addressed By Cabinet Officers and
Jewish Leaders—Repeats Ancient Oath— If I Forget Thee,
0 Jerusalem, May My Right Hand Wither. "

audience to control itself sufficiently
for the speakers to proceed with the
addresses, all of which were filled with

ane&yeint— i

bonda g e.

But the great moment of this his-
toric mass meeting occurred when
Prof. Chaim Weitzman, the hero of
extraordinarily enthusias- ist leader, Hr. Moses (,aster; the lead- the occasion, approached the speakers'
The most
1 1 Rabbis of London; the •tantl, holding a Bible in his hand.
tic mass meeting ever held in the
Ilistory of London Jewry, occurred Zionist Ambassador-at•arge, Dr. Na- Placing the Bible before him, and
on Sunday night, December 2nd, at hunt Sokolow; the man who did most resting his hand upon it, his voice
the Opera House, where thousands to win the British Declaration. Prof. choking with enlot•iiii and his rtes

filled the magnificent auditorium and Chaim Weitzman, President of the
overflowed into an adjoining hall, English Federation of Zionists; the
ernor of the Jewish Colonial Bank.
where the thrilling scenes of the main go ■
meeting were duplicated. According Joseph Cowen, a delegation represent-
to the cabled description of the cor- ing the United Armenian Societies,
respondent of the Jewish Morning headed by Muftidshian Christian; and
headed by .\h-
Journal, London Jewry was aflame a delegation of Arabs
with Zion's hope and the prospect of duleki l'afarvaini. In addition to
an early restoration of the national those named, there were many mem-
home in Palestine. hers of Parliament, Bishop of the Es-
representative audience tablished Church amt representatives
It was a
that filled all the seats front pit to of all of the political parties.
Messages of congratulation were
dome and clinked the aisles. Every
element of English Jewry, every so- received front James Bryce, Former

Continues Their

brimming Mel% he elltinciated that

CLEARANCE

Oath Willett the JeWS swore 5511111! Jc-

was yet in flames and they
being driven forth into exile.
"If I Forget Thee, () Jerusalem. May
Nly Right Hand Wither and My Ton-
gin. Ideate t ,, the Roof of NI y Month "
The great audience rose en mass" and
it, trembling accents, repeat. .1 the
oath after Prof Weitzman, their

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voices gaining strength until at the
end a mighty chorus of determination

ga, double emphasis to the signifi-
(Alice of the words. Tear, .ddeamed

h an

tiler Jewish Cabinet hl ember, Mr. Zionist Federation; and the following
Herbert Samuel; the great literary cablegram from the Provisional Zion-

genius, Israel Zangwill; the Chief ist Committee "f Amerea•
American Zionist Greetings.
Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Dr,
"'Ile hearts of millions I.1 our peopli.
Herman Hertz; the Chief Rabbi of
the Sephardic Communities and Zion- are tilled with joy. The declaration
' of the British Government approving
the establishment in Palestine of a
national home for the Jewish people
is epochal. "lhe wise and high-mind-
ed declaration of the British Govern-
inent that His Majesty's go‘ernment
...
will use its best endeavors to faun-
.
tate the achievement of the Zionist
aims is in consonance with the troth-
'boost policy of the British nation re.
spading the Jews, and the liberation
and protection of small nationalities
which our countries have determined
shall prevail throughout the world.
The declaration is the beginning of
the fulfillment of the centuries old
to re-establish the
aspiration to

Jewish homeland. We feel justified in
a , suring you that the united Jewry of

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vial strata, from the highest to the Ambassador to the United States: down the faces it thous•l;.l.. le
humblest, every Jewish organization Arthur James Balfour, who signed the heads were raised high in pride and
of whatever kind' or description, had historic letter to Lord Rothschild, exultation.
"L'shonah Haboh B'Yerushalem."
their quotas in the vast mass. Nor which conveyed the news that. "His
Lord Robert Cecil. Minister of
was the audience composed of Jews Majesty's Go‘ernment s'ew with favor
alone. Hundreds of the leading Chris- the establishment in Palestine of a Blockade, congratulated the Zionist
national home for the Jewish people leaders on the successful termination
tiaras of London attended.
Distinguished Leaders on Platform. and will use its lbest endeavors to la of their long efforts to realize the r
the hope for an
. achievement .of this id,-
ss
i i leal, and expressed
.
The platform, also filled to over- cilitate the
f a re-established
early realizati on
flowing, held the most representative ject." Sir Edward (trey. hornier Min- early
.
n Affairs• Lord Crewe, Jewish People side-by-stele with the
te . .
in- in r f Forei
men and women of Great lir
d t h e A ra t,,...E iig i ati d . ..
n
eluding the Chairman, Lord Walter Lord Selhortl: ‘Villiant liende"" • Arme s
Lionel Rothschild, the Minister of Ilead of the Labor Party; Sir W'altet said Lord Cecil, "wishes wth all Ott
Blockade, Lord Robert Cecil; the for. Long; Nathan Straus, The Canadian heart for one thing, and that to that

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justice shall gain dominance o5er the
■ vorld." The former Jewish Cabinet
Member, Herbert Samuel, stated in
his address that he had been 41eVOtnig,
his best efforts for the last three year;
to help the Zionists achieve their 'stir-
pose and expressed the hope that the
,
old
Jewisu prayer "L'shonah nabob
„ Jewish
II'Verushalem" (next year in Jerusa-
lent) shall he speedily realized. Lord
Rothschibt expressed his con , iction
that the J^ws -•' ;;alestitie will trotter
guiSh thet..seives agriculturally, eco-
nomically, and politically, and that
they will erect a nation that will be a
model nation; and at the same time
the Jews of the whole world will at-
min full liberty in all of the lands
;
„,
,.
where
liberty is now denied them; but
the centre of the Jewish People will
be Palesthie. Addresses were also
delivered by Sir 111arce Sykes and
Capt. Gar, during which they suggest'
ed the wisdom of promptly establish-
ing a community of interest between
the Jews, Arabs and Armenians. This ,
was hailed by the representatives of
the last two nationalities, both of :
whom delivered enthusiastic address-

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