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"Warm ihr willt 1st es kein maer-

"If you will it, it is no fairy tale."
The entire Zionist problem can be
boiled down to this formula. Balfour
and Lloyd George knew it at Sar i
Remo in 1920 when they told Weiz-
mann and Sokolow:
Jew. Must Do Their Share.
"We have now done our share in
It in for the Jews to do
Palestine.
It will not be our fault if
theirs.
Palestine will not be rehabilitated in
accordance with our declaration."
The Ziontst leaders' reply at the
time was that the Jews will not fail,
but greater proof iv yet to be shown
by the Jewish people themsleves. Re-
gardless of the strength of the argu-
ment that Palestine must eventually
become Jewish, because only the Jew-
ish spirit can again make the holy
Land flow with milk and honey, it is
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ nevertheless true that the present
moment is the most important one.
The acceptance, at San Remo, on the press and the general public as The Hebrew sage, in exclaiming: "If
or
I am not for myself, who will
unimportant.
April 25, 1920, of the Mandate for
But the debate of March 0 aroused me?" did not forget to add, If not
Palestine to Great Britain, and the
discussion
in
many
circles
and
is
con-
now,
when?"
incorporation in the Turkish treaty
To establish the vines and the lig
of the Balfour Declaration, calling sidered of sufficient miportance by
for the establishment in Palestine friends of Jewish nationalism to be trees under which the Jewish people
a sign of staunch friend- shall once and for all time find shade
of a national home for the Jewish taken as
leading pas- from the heat of cruel persecutions
people," placed a certain responsi- ship on the part of Vie
• and hatreds, in it home of their own,
bility on the entire Jewish people liticul parties in Great Britain.
it is necessary that a concerted et-
All Parties Favor Jews.
which only a few understood, and a
March
0
was
par,
fort be made fur actual gigantic
of
The
debate
great many since forgot.
practical work, sincere and ideal co-
. In recognizing the Zionist Organiz- ticipated in by leaders of practically
1111(1 the only instrument
alum as the body that is to co-opt•r- every political party in the empire. operation,
ate with Great Britain
in carrying The Unionists, the Coalition Liberals, that gives the Jew of today a chance
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to do Labor:
that is the Keren ayesod.
and
the
i
out the terms of the mandate, the Independent Liberals
active part in the disc again introducing the ancient prin.
world powers granted to the Jewish ites tuck MI
of the Man s" - th e t ithe - the
people the rights craved fur during cussions, and the sentiments ex- ende
than heartening. self-taxation principle that gives the
the past 18 centuries, not by offering pressed Were mare
general, Palestine fared well, Jew a chance to rise to heights which
the opportunity of rebuilding Pales- In
tine to "Zionists," but by giving the Jewish hopes and aspirations were it has not been his fortune to ascend
power of Jewish reconstruction over treated with the utmost respect and in 18 centuries, the Keren Divest.'
to the Jewish Agency," by which the pledge that Great Britain had became the one and only test of feel.
name the Zionist Organization of the given in favor of a Jewish National ing the Jewish pulses and ascertain-
ing whether the Jewish people are
World is held responsible for the Homeland was held as sacred.
In addition to Mr. Churchill, who, bent upon following it spiritual life
things it is expected to carry out.
pwra b t ,, o f of secret diplomacy —whereby they
In view of the conditions that were with Mr. Balfour, arc
brought about by the world powers' the conservative element in British bury secretly :old deep down in their
recognition of the "historic connec- politics, there took part in the debate hearts their desires for national re-
li t i on Lib . juv•nation, while openly failing to
non of the Jews with Palestine," it Major Ormsby-Gore, c oa
offer all what should be their leant
was expected that the question of crab; Coloto•I Wedgwood. Laborite.

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Debate in Parliament Reveals Sentiment of All
Political Parties in England; Palestine's
Reconstruction as Jewish Homeland
Solely up to Jewish People

Jewish rejuvenation and Palestinian L'Estrange Malone, Laborite. and 11: offering for reconstruction of their
homeland; or whether they will prove
reconstruction would become a mat- 11. Asquith, Independent Liberal.
Major Ormsby-Gore and Colonel themsel•cs sinet•r• in their prayers
ter of concern for all Jewry, that the
ques-
Wedgwood
have
long
been
listed
as
that
"their eyes may behold a return
disunion that was rife on the
tion of national rebirth would be friends of the Zionist idea and have unto Zion with merey."
Disraeli. Prophecy.
b . eaten out of Jewish hearts and that on numerous occasions defended the
!
of remaining a party ques- Jewish settlement in Palestine against One if the most poetic modern
In
Lion, Palestine would become a prob- the lies and misrepresentations of prophecies on Jewish national rebirth
was that of Benjamin Disraeli, who
Lem uppermost in the interest of it of Jewish enemies. On this occasion
wrote it half century ago, long before
united Israel. they again gave proof of their friend-
the present political Zionist move-
Marshall First to Declare Himself. ship for the Jew. The latter, par•
, ,
Ocularly, rose in defense of the Chit- meat rune into h,elo g.' ,..
"The vineyaros 01 Israel have
was
a
dale-
Louis Marshall, who
lutrim the pioneers among whom, he
.
..
ceased to exist, but the eternal law
.:111 . to the Peace Conference reOre-
said, he found it "far larger propor-
Sal
eoins
e
thehildren
c
of
I
srael
still to
the American Jewish Con.
lion of college-bred men than among
njebrateth
vintag e. A race that
crcss,
.
was MOM: the first to recog- - the proletariat of any other country. ,, cel
persists in celebrating their vintage,
nize the truth of this. In welcom
Colonel Wt•dgwood also denied in his
although the have no fruits to •poll-
ing Or. Chaim Weizmann, president
the Jews 's Palestine had
er, will reffacn their vineyards. What
I
of the World Zionist Organization, to s Peech that
anyth ing to do with Bolshevism. Ile
sublime inexorability in the law! But
to this country, during the latter's
declared that they were among the '
what indomitable spirit in the poi-
visit, Mr. Marshall said to a vast au-
opponents of Bolshevism i e- pier ,
,lience that filled the New York Met- bitterest
cause they had seen something of h
are words that express the
ropolitan Opera house, on Aprli 10,
Mr. Malone's Speech.
philosophy of Jewish life throughout
1921:
Mr. Malone, the other Laborite the ages, but they will remain poetry
"Whatever our views have been in
tee mist, no Jew who loves his peo. who took part in the discussion,
unless and until the Jewish people
pie 111111 is proud of their history can Played a dell) knowledge of the en ,- prepares itself to answer at ow c and
remain indifferent now. The great •stinian question and was insistent prae ti ca ll y th e qta , st i„ ti ,
on• . are not for ourselves, who
nations of the world have spo k en. that the Balfour Declaration must be
The opportunity has come for the carried out to the letter and his coun- will be for as
And if not now,
when?"
Jews to realize their dreams. Pales- try must not go back on its word.
tine can be made again the home of Mr. Malone's statement in Parlia-
prophetism. It was from there that ment a•as significant in that it con-
THIS WILL
the fiery words of prophecy wen t twined a refutation to certain of the

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forth and the world learned the arguments of the members of the
meaning of justice, love and mercy. Arab delegation in Great Britain and

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J All the Jews should help to build denounced said delegation as misrep-
It. L. Jones, 422 Lightner building,
up Palestnie, not only as a home for resenting the Arabs of Palestine. Ile local dealer for Liggett & Myers, to-
homeless Jews, but as a religious, as declared that the Arab delegation bateau concern, announces to cigaret
, a spiritual and a cultural center. You alai not represent the best Moslem dealers that he will be glad to co-
ri
, cannot build up a land by enthusi. opinion in Palestine, that it only rep- operate with them in dressing their',
• ism. Action is necessary and liber- resented one or two Moslem societies I ! windos with Fatima, Chesterfield
1 ality, generosity and s acrifice are and that the Moslem societies of and Piedmont cigarets. Mr. Jones
necessriry, and above all unity in Is- standing did not associate themselves
rael is necessary. I feel that in all with the activities of the delegation. can be reached by calling Main 1518.
Denouncing the Arab cry against
these the Jews of Ameria will not
the so-called "Jewish peril" as being ELLMANN SAYS HIS
be wanting."
But the Jews of America have "a clumsy and malevolent forgery,"
DEFEAT IS DUE TO
been found wanting. A year has Mr. Malone said there were Zionists
FORD MOTOR CO. AD
elapsed since the Keren Ilayesod . who were over-ardent, but there was
proclamation was made in this coon- not it single trace of evidence in any
J d r: .lames
c es I. Ellmann, defeated
try by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, and of statement by the extreme Zionists
the $9,000,000 asked of American thilt the administration of Palestine e ttpurd'a e a , r maiyor . of Highland
Jews as a subscription by Jan. 1, was not doing justice to the Arabs.
m a post-e ect ion statement,
1923, as a self-taxation for Pales- Continuing, the speaker declared that . says that he was defeated by the '
tine's reconstruction, only $1,500,- for a great many generations a es- Ford Motor Company, and states that
000 has been collected in cash so far. tine had been the lodestar of Jewish if a racial issue had not been made
idealism,
it was
the the
interest'
the new and
world
order in that
dis- . of his candidacy he would have been 13 cm,
We have learned from recent prac- of
1
tices in Jewish relief and other drives
that pledges don't count, and the $4,- cord in the Jewish soul should be elected. Ellmann tells of the meth-
Ford
000,000 that are outstanding in resolved, and that the Hebrew genius, ode
fli"h.;(d
s. defeat.
thain
Ile says l e that
promises will be converted into noble restored to Hebrew soil, should have ; sacking
deeds for a noble cause, when pledges an assured opportunity of once more workers at Ford's were threatened
will finally be translated into acts making its characteristic contribution with expulsion from their jobs if they
and the actual cash transmitted to its to the common stock. It would be voted for Ellman. For days the corn-
destination in Palestine. a terrible blow, he said, if they went piny distributed cards among the
back one jot or one tittle from the workers telling them to vote for
Present Administration Results.
Insurance Counsellors
It must be said in justice to the declaration which Sir Arthur Bal-
the opponent of the Jewish
candidate.
Keren Ilayesod and Zionist workers four gore them in November, 1917. Down,
In answering the Ford Motor in-
Asquith for Declaration.
,
in this country—for we are after all
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Of perhaps far greater importance terests to their paid advertisement
concerned with accomplishments in
212 Majestic Bldg.
America more than in any other part during the discussion that took place against his candidacy, Judge Ellmann
of the world—that the cash contri- was the statement made by Mr. As- said among others:
"Ilow do you reconcile your present
butions made to the cause during the quith, leader of the Independent Lib-
past few months are the largest ever orals. Mr. Asquith was among the course with the American tradition
received in the history of the move- parliamentary leaders whose position of a free and untrammeled expres-
meat. Numerous examples can be in regards to Palestine was consul- sion of the ballot box from every
■■■■•■■•■••• N cited where the response has recently ered doubtful, and it was therefore man and woman, irrespective of the
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become greater, with signs that that a most encouraging sign that British. wishes of their employers? Do you
interest is increasing. ers of honor will never allow their question the intelligence, the patriot-
It seems evident, however, that the country to break the solemn pledge ism and the independence of thought
cause for the failure to get propor- to the Jewish people when Asquith and action of every person other
tionately heartier responses to the stated on the floor of the House of than yourself?
The next time you have occasion to hire an automobile, use
"For several years Senator New-
plea for laying the foundation for Commons:
Ford Sedan. We furnish them with driver at $2.00 per hour
•
"I
will
not
say
what
I
think
of
berry
has
been
hounded
because
of
A Palestine lies in the numerous at-
for Pleasure, Riding, Business Calls, Househunting.
expenditures in
I tacks that have recently been launch. Palestine—I never have said it, and claimed excessive
Call
rd in various parts of the world I do not propose to say it now. I gaining public office. What can my
p against the Zionist movement, end quite agree that in Palestine there is fellow citizens do to answer to a cor-
a
separate
obligation
arising
from
poration
that
abuses
its
tremendous
the insidious and internecine prone-
' ramie that is being carried out in a commitments from which we cannot prestige and power to injure a condi-
most bitter anti-Jewish fashion. Add- recede, whether we think they were date fighting alone and unassisted
ed to these are the threats of mur- right or wrong, about the construe- financially by any person or group?
der and violence, rape and outrage tion of a National Home for the I am sure the people of Highland
Park will know how to resent in a
# that are being made by a handful of Jews "
In the aforementioned parliamen- decisive manner this attempt at
1 Arab propagandists in England and
Express. Baggage and Messenger Serves in Connection
elsewhere—a handful that represent Lary discussion, there were two anti-.domination."
none but the few Effendi land own- Jewish speeches made, but, accord- Judge Ellmann carried four of the
• ers in Palestine and make their ing to the parliamentary correspon- 14 districts.
threats sometimes openly and at dent of the London Jewish Chronicle,
A other times by veiling them with "neither of these gentlemen, who are ADCRAFT WILL HEAR
charges of Bolshevism against the , the principal licensed humorists of
JOHN HOWIE WRIGHT
noblest of Jewish men and women, the House, carry any weight."
Political Road Bright.
the Chalutzim, whose very life ideal .
The
political
road
towards
Zionist
is in direct contradiction to Soviet-
John Howie Wright, editor of
success, although still beset with Postage Magazine and National Ad-
many
obstacles,
looks
bright,
and
Is-
vertising,
two of the most powerful
Mr. Churchill's Statement.
In view of these unfortunate con- rael s hope is now more than ever on magazines in their respective fields,
ditions that continued to place ob- the verge of realization. Although will address the members of the Ad-
r, stades in the way of Jewish rejuven- the mandate is yet to be ratified, it craft Club, the students in the Ad- -
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the
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;
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