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Plans and Hopes Of Zionism
Disclosed By Zion Leader's
•
both sides and satisfying neither."
"now do you view the proposals of
the Revisionists?" I enquired.
"Zionism has taught me to use the
international language," seas Mr. Lev-
in's comments
and help to - rebuild Palestine—our marked that in order to understand a Igested that a Reform Temple should
success and our wealth.
thing you must understand with pas- I be built in Palestine. What does
The Eastern European Jews still sion. We understood with passion. t h e s) t , sahro ew , ? 1,, Does it not prove that
have an inferiority complex. But they We erred at times but we 'always I their hearts are in Palestine even if
action. It
Wail US
Mese money, they have culture, and erred on the-side of passion. That mo l
Iproves that they still cling to Pales-
they have. proved that they under- we erred on the right side.
tine as the ,piritual seat of their
stared
world
politics
potter
than
the
'the
Reform
Jews,
the
German
The international language is not
'bat realization of the
o
a o.. Frw
West European Jews, When the West Jews, the %Vest European Jews of
(Continued From Page One.)
From Poland came many who the same as the language of the na- European Jews of America one that America and elsewhere must come in i spiritual Zis .-111 to political and eco-
tion. You might compare it to the
„,
brought
with
them
certain
business
"The difference between the begging
w silly a step. And I
we can get along without them they'll ultimately. Even if they don't conie1110111le Zi0111,
meanings that may be found in mus-
of nadoves and the levying of volun- assets---a little capital. But suddenly
in we' will build Palesti • anyway.1 think they o ill ultimately take that
ic. Mendelsohn, for example, wrote, hop on the bandwagon • "
came
the
Polish
crisis
and
caused
the
tary taxation is a big one, "declared
This was the view expressed by But we want their help an d I do be-su
cessation of this variety of inunigra- "songs without words." And Klein-
.
—
Mr. Levin. "We are not schnorers.
here they will conic ill."
Ab Goldberg:
In my opinion, one of the greatest tion. Building was halted in the cit- paul has even written a book called
"No :coulitry c• ,s ever built by
"Sprache
ohne
Worts"
Reviewing briefly the main cur-
"To our great regret, the German-
achievements of Zionism has been the ies of Palestine and unemployment
'.
A country can
's
ire
I
"
,
s. philanthropie
Nations cannot use the same lan- Jew, the Reform Jew, the West Euro- rents of Jeiwish, steery sincet
accumulation of moral power that has ensued. Lately, however, conditions
Persian o , Nr Goldberg showed hoes' begin with , leen lo., but it must soon
made it possible to persuade the Jew- have improved. The latest reports guages used for home consumption pean Jew brought up not on Hebrew
develop
into.
hso.
eons."
With these
every port of Jewry has had its mis- ,
ish people to be willingly and freely give a total unemployment of about while regulating internationl relations but on the Aryan languages, has come
'ion tee perform. "Once the Sephardic words Judgo Ito:, ,rd A. Rosenblatt,
ns hi
and solving international problems. U, think of nationality as c itizep.
taxed without the instruments of gov- 3000."
,
.,tine
Securities,
f P..'
Ile thinks t hat Jewish nationa li sm 'Jew had his part to play in history. president o
ernment. It was achieved solely
"Do you regard building as an in- Through the needs of Zionism we
Inc., and os , ,, , ,, , ,c expert of the
Jews too were forced to study the in- means a dual citizenship. As a neat- i Then the German Jew did his share
through educational work. That is dustry?" I asked.
ternational language. It is my deep- ter of fact it does meant a dual a ll e -I—emancipation, philanthropy. Even
the great wonder accomplished by the
"Building is an industry," replied
est conviction that the acquirement of glance but that doe's not necessarily their assimilation turned out to be
Koren Ilayesod."
Mr. Levin. "In America, building is
the international language is one of mean a dual citizenship. The Jew of ' right—it gave the. culture of Europe
Questioned concerning the reported one of the most valuable of all indus-
the biggest achievements of the Zion- Americo is, first of all, a citizen of to the Jew, I hat ivies emancipation
unemployment in the cities of Pales- tries."
.1merica. But he ire also a Jew by from without. Now essnes the emanci-
ist Movement.
tine Mr. Levin replied with an anal-
"What," I asked, "do you think
pation-from within the auto-eman-
Now comes the so-called Revision- nationality.
ogy.
should be the attitude of the Angles
'The Christian often has such a dual cipation. And the chief actor in this
ists. They have no posegram that
t
"People who are not acquainted Jewish press towards Zionism and
he drama es the East Euro-
allegiance. Ile may be' all Anwrivan
would
justify
us
in
looking
upon
them
love,
with astronomy are tilled with wonder Zionist affairs?"
Jew. The emancipation of the
citizen and yet he too may love
"A fair attitude," was his reply. as a different group in the Zionist or-
when they witness an eclipse of the
estine—or
Greece
or
Rome.
There
Jew
by
the
Jew has proved t tee be the
ganization.
And
their
entire,
antago-
job of East European Jewry.
sun or the moon. They wonder that "The AnglosIewish press should re-
nism to the executive is not because is no conflict between his American- .
such a thing should happen. Now the alize that see are not asking charity.
Once
the
East European Jew was
ism
and
his
other
allegiance."
of differenees; in principles but exclu-
wonder really is that it doesn't happen Zionism means the up-building of a
Although there are twee kinds of in the leackground, but things' have.
sively in the difference eef the lan-
every day and not just once in a long national home. If they will accept
hammiest
to
bring him tee the front.
Zionism—spiritual
and
political—
this basic point of view they have the guage they arc using,
political Zionism is necessary ice or- In America he has thrived and made
Tin' Revisionists, most of them not
whi l.li 'L.wise in Palestine, the wonder foundation for a fair alt>ude. You
eler that spiritual Zionism may have money. There is now enough money
is not that there is unemployment but rail have a fair attitude without be- ripe, mature men, would like to re- a center where it can come to the in the hands of East European Jews,
turn to the vocabulary of their res-
that there is so little unemployment. ing a Zionist.
surface, declared Mr. Goldberg. "The in America tie build Palestine.
What we all desire, of course, is a
"Just the same I believe that such pective national languages because Jews hunt spiritual centers for rentu-
The IVest European Jews have ha
hunt
self-supporting Jewish Palestine. But a thing HS neutrality towards ideas they reconnect adapt themselves tee the ries in
n the ghettos eof Europe. But it emancipatioen for a century. What
we should not forget that Palestine is connected with :life and social and na- international language which demands was a submerged spirituality. In Pal- are the results? Their temples are
now in a transitional period.. Just as tional problems does not exist. Even categorically that you remain within estine
is afforded an opportunity to empty.
here are their poets, where
when building a house you must reck- in pure mathematics it is wrong to the limits eef politeness even when you thrive openly and healthfully.
are their musicians, where is their
on with the kind of stones you have speak of A 11 or C, you must say are insistent in your practical de-
The
German
Jews, assimilated to a learning and their art? Where are
to use, see in building a nation you minus A or plus A, minus 13 or plus mands.
great extent, dell not understand po- their Geigers, their Zunzs, their Ila-
When you have tee choose between
reckon with the people. And the peo- 11, minus C or plus C.
litical Zionism. They did not believe Iskys? When they want teachers for
ple with whom we are building Pales-
'"The press which aims tee serve. all strong action and strong language it was politically possible to acquire their seminaries where do they go?
tine are East European Jews—Jews Do different shades of a community some elements are name easily cap- a homeland again in Palestine. I hey To the East European Jews, Reform
tured
by
the
language
than
by
the
ac-
from Poland, from Russia and other can choose the diagonal of existing
must admit now that they were mis- Judaism has been the burial of Jew-
JUDGE B. A. ROSENBLATT
places. They come from ninny differ- currents—and that I call a fair atti- lien."
taken. They called political Zionism ish culture for them. The elder Mr.
--- -
ent backgrounds. They are filled with tude..
a dream just as they now call Zion- Sehiff, speaking to a group of arch- Zionist Organization, prefaced his
AB GOLDBERG.
various ideas and they believe in a va-
"We must bear in mind that every
ist colonization a dream.
assimilationists once said to them, remarks on the economic background
riety of different remedies—political, press organ which like.; to remain fair
"There are two reasons why the
But who understood poltics better, 'Look at your children and tell me of the Palestine colonization, in an
social and economic.
is always risking misunderstanding by West European Jew will conk' in they or we- Saint Simon once re- what will your children's children be interview at the convention of the
like? They are already leaving, if Zionist Organization of America in
not through the front door of indif- Buffalo early this week.
ference they are leaving through the
"I did not approach Palestine
back door of ethical culture—to Uni- primarily as a business man,” de-
tarianism and the Episcopal church. clared Judge Rosenblatt. "I was,
So we see, the West European and still am, interested primarily in
Jews were wrong on the spiritual side social philosophy. There are some
and on the political side. It can be interesting experiments in
social
shown that they are now also wrong philosophy going on in Palestine.
on the economic side. They are rich, There is socialism. There is the Jew-
many of them. They know their bus- ish National Fund. In fact, our so-
inesses. They know how to make cial philosophy is ahead of our bus-
goods and how to sell goods. But they iness in Palestine. already. The bus-
know nothing about colonization. Of iness side is now the essential thing
course, we knew nothing about col- in Palestine. I am convinced that
onization when we started but we, the time has come to enlist the bus-
are learning and we had understand- iness elements on a business basis in
ing with passion from the beginning. the upbuilding of l'alestine.
We know that not all the Jews in
Three years ago I brought the Tel
the world can or will come to Pales-
Aviv bonds to this country. Bear in
tine. But there are in Europe 150,-
mind
that Tel Aviv is the first Jewish
000 Jews who must emigrate each
year. Palestine cannot accommodate city since the destruction of Jerusa-
lem. And the Tel Aviv bonds were
all these just now; the land is not
the first Jewish city bonds ever of-
prepared. We must have a seaport.
Without a port the country is like a fered to the public. And we dis-
house without a door. We must have posed of them in a few months. The
hydro-electric power for light and skeptics asked us how we were go-
motive energy. Palestine is centrally ing to pay interest: on the bonds.
located, It possesses a vast hinter- Well, through the Guarantee Trust
land as far as Bagdad and India. We Company of New York, the Tel Aviv
need refrigeration and shipping fa- bonds have been paying interest reg-
cilities. We have already accomplished ularly on the first of January and the
much without all these things. first of July since 1923. That is-
Imagine what we could accomplish if sue totalled $350,000. We are now
thinking about a larger issue for the
we had all these things.
We can grow oranges, almonds, to- united Jewish municipalities. We are
working toward that end."
bacco; we can produce the best table
''flow," I enquired, "does the an-
wine in the world. And l'alestine
could grow cotton."
nual income of the municipality eef
Asked if England would be likely Tel Aviv compare with its bonded
to encourage the textile industries indebtedness"
"The total indebtedness," replied
in l'alestine in view of her own large
textiles interests Mr. Goldberg re- Judge Rosenblatt, "is less than one-
plied: "England will possibly not half of the annual income of Tel
encourage industries that would be Aviv. All that is required to pay off
likely to compete on favorable terms the indebtedness each year is op-
with her own manufacturers. But we proximately i:,,000. That is only a
are working hand-in-glove with Eng- small part of the yearly budget
land. We do not need to conflict with which now reaches a total of £75,000,
British interests.
Judge Rosbenlatt then went on to
We can manufacture rough ar- describe the rendition of the build-
ticles for the native population. And ing industry in Tel Aviv.
"Recently, we were confrontes1 by
we can also manufacture many spe-
cial testicles that require skill and ar- this fact, :33,000 immigrants entered
tistic taste. We can get our raw ma- Palestine. Immediately there was a
terials from other countries and fin- housing shortage. Four or five thou-
ish them in Palestine. We have sugar. sand people are living in tents.
We have papyrus for the manufac- meet this shortage it is necessary to
ture of paper. We have many vari- release some mortgage money for
eties! of trees—the eucalyptus is suit. building purposes. If you have suf.
able for the manufacture of fund- ficient money to build houses you
ture•.
can give Work to the newcomers and
IS e have minerals—oils, phos- eliminate unemployment.
Now the fact is that 90 per cent
phates. We can make glass, beads
—Venice has a large group of people of the houses eef Tel Aviv arc free
who make a livelihood on beads and and clear. That doesn't mean that
leather objects alone. We have sheep. lie Tel Aviv houseo•ner doesn't
Our dairy products are among the. want or need mortgages. It means
finest in the world. One authority has that he can't get mortgages. Real es-
declarde that we could surpass( the tate assets are• estimate() at $15,000,-
Scandinavian countries in the pro- 000 in Tel Aviv, Not $500,000 is
duction of dairy products, cheese, etc. loaned against this sum today. If
Not the least of our advantages the full mortgage value of the build-
is the tourist business. Palestine is ing property of Tel Aviv could be
an ideal country for the tourist. raised today and put into first mort-
There is much to attract the traveler. gages the owners would be able to
There is great religious interest, his- build more houses and so meet the
toric interest and scenic interest. housing shortage. The building ac-
Our nearness to Egypt, the Mecca of tivity would give employment to those
the world's tourists, is to our advan- now out of work.
age. There is no reason why the
"A second and more important re-
15,000,000 Jews of the world should sult would be this: It would release
not be a vast source of revenue as large sums eef money for trade and
tourinsts in Palestine.
industry. The Jew of Eastern Eu-
In view of all these things it seems rope is a manufacturer as distin-
to me ridiculous to say that Pales- guished from th
extern European
tine could not support 11,001.000 Jews wbo is chic
a trader. East-
Jews. The. surplus eef Europe', 150,- ern Europe is providing the manual
000 Jews must emigrate. There labor and the manufacturing skill to
must he an open door for them in Palestine. given capital these people
Palestine•. And let us remember in could go into industry.
this connection that we have not
"Take the textile industry, for ex-
taken into consideration Trans-Jor- ample. Lodz was until the economic
dania.
breakdown of Poland, the second
Another interesting point is this: largest textile center in the world.
The fellahin are absolutely of Jew- Many of its weavers and other tex-
ish descent. A wise policy could tile workers are now in Palestine.
bring them into Judaism. There are Palestine can now gets its raw cot-
No Handling Charges
500,000 fellahin.
ton from Egypt duty free. Port Said
Plus Government Tar
I do not say that Palestine is big. on the Suez Canal is a great world
But I do say that Palestine is big port. Ships passing through the Suez
enough for our needs.
Canal carry all the raw materials
Regarding the Jewish Agency Mr. that are needed for any industry.
INCORPORATED
Goldberg remarked: "I am for the These materials can be consigned to
JEFFERSON AT CHENE
WOODWARD AT MARTIN PLACE
Agency because I think the victor Port Said and transported to Pales-
should be generous. VI e should say tine. Machinery can be imported
EDGEWOOD 4460
6LENDALE 7117
to the West European Jew, 'Come, from abroad. Skilled labor is cheaper
Highland Park Motor Co., 16123 Woodward.Arl. 3710
share with us!' That has been my in Tel Aviv than in Manchester to-
Hergenroeder, Inc., 14615 E. Jefferson.._ _Lenox 4400
Merrie• Motor Sales & Service, 4426 Chene..Mel. 6667
Hiles Auto Service, 122)7 Twelfth
attitude all the time. I would be day. Let money be released through
Hem 4297
Norwoodward Motor Co., 9115 Woodward Emp. 6980
Midwest Motor Co., 9111 Grand River
. willing to give them not 48 per cent first mortgages on Tel Aviv property
Gar. 7100
Bucknell-Knowlson Co., 2445 Michigan. _. Glen. 9588
Dix-Western Motor Co., 3950 Dix
but even 52 per cent representation today and money for industry will
Lad 1601
Northeast Motor Co., 8564 Jon. Campau ..Emp. 4083
Gratiot Motor Co 8126 Gratiot
in the Agency. I am not afraid of be available.
Lin. 1172
Colonial Motor Sales, 6834-40 Michigan__ Cedar 3118
Fairview Auto Sales, 10940 Mack
their assimilation.
There are in Palestine today many
Lenox 0707°
Mosul Central Motor Co., 8517 Linwood.. Euclid 1880
Delray Motor Sales, 7132-34 W. Jefferson ,Cedar 3132
Schmarya I.evin is not of the same industries—shirts, socks, soap, per-
opinion. Ile has raised the cry, The fumes, tooth paste, shoes. Some suc-
Philistines are upon you But I say ceed, some fail—business in Palestine
we have nothing to fear from their is subject to the same hazard as bus-
assimilation. God is on our Ride. iness anywhere else. But one success
Their assimilation is bankrupt. We is worth 10 failures. Liquid capital
can say to the West European Jew: is needed in Palestine. VI e have now
What have you achieved with our after some dofficulty, succeeded in
emancipation? Where. are your poets? getting mortgages in Tel Aviv re-
Where. are your thinkers? Where are corded and issued in dollars. That
your statesmen'. Let them organize, was absolutely essentials.
"The largest industry in Pales-
I am not opposed to the settlement
in Crimea. Why should not the Rus- tine," Judge Rosenblatt revealed, "is
sian Jews settle on the land? Many the cement industry. It represents
Jews have settled on the land in an investment. of $1,250,000, $500,-
America too. What we are fighting /00 of which Was invested by Michael
is not their land settlement but their Pollock. a Russian Jew, Baron de
ideology. They are not to think Rothschild has given some backing
that Russian colonization is ■ salva- 'es the cement industry as well as to
tion for the Jew.
.he in: ing and baking industry.
Recently a Reform Jew has sug-
milling industry, which not
1
More Dependable
Than Ever A
..*•;*.-
Dodge Brothers, Inc., achieved third place
in world production this Spring because
they have been able—WITHOUT SAC-
RIFICING FUNDAMENTALS—stead-
ily to improve the smartness, comfort and
smoothness of their product.
Owners and engineers know well that
mechanically the car is sturdier than ever
—cost of upkeep lower—and performance
more dependable.
To
to
Refinements and lowti prices have been
made ptssible by spectacular increases in
sales. Not by violating the basic tenet of
Dodge Brothers success: NEVER TO
LOWER QUALITY IN A SINGLE
DETAIL.
Touring Car . '795
Roadster . . 795
it
Coupe . . '845
Sedan . . 895
THOMAS J. DOYLE
13131:16E- BROTHERS
MOTOR CARS
The 1
only mills the flour but turns out bak-
ing produCts such as bread and mat-
zos, obtains its wheat from Galilee
and sells its output in Palestine. Its
matzos have also been sold in.America
through Manishesitz.
Then there is a considerable in-
dustry in silica products. Bricks are
manufactured in Tel Aviv on a large
scale. And Lodsia, manufacturing
men's socks and shirts, represents an es
investment of $300,000."
In the field eef agriculture the
orange is the principle product ac-
cording to Judge Rosenliblatt. "The
(orange creep last year was marketed
in the city of Liverpool by the co-
operative association of Palestinian
orange growers. It yielded an in-
come ecf $6,000,000.
Petek Tikvah is the largest orange
growing colony. This colony together
with the scattered orange groves to-
tsels about I,000 families. The ave-
rage income from oranges was, there-
fore, about $6,000 per grower. Five
acres of oranges can provide a liveli-
hood for a family. %Vith this income
last year the Orange grower has been
paying off a portion of his indebted-
ness and increasing his acreag•." As
Questioned concerning the indebt-
edness of the orange growers, Judge
Rosenblatt imparted the information
that the total indebtedness of • the
orange growers was $180,000. Told
about Ale Cahan's assertion upon his In
return from Palestine last that not
a single colony was self-supporting
and that they were partial vegeta-
rians, but because they couldn't af-
ford meat, Judge Rosenblatt was in-
clined to question the authenticity of
Mr. Cshan's sources of information.
"When you go to Palestine and
talk with the growers and the farm-
ers," he explained, "many eef them
will tell you a tale of woe. They will
tell you their income is not big
enough and the banks are insistent
and the bankers greedy. If you talk
with the tankers they will tell you
that the growers are making enough
money to be able to pay their debts,
and yet are continually asking for
time. In order to really learn the
truth about the situation it is nec-
essary to look into .the actual figures.
When you question them a little far-
ther you learn that the growers are
really making a livelihood and the
bankers are getting all they should
expect. l'eople who go to l'alestine
and study it by conversation—on the
outside—are apt to come away with
a false picture of the economic con-
ditions."
Returning to the subject of horti-
culture, Judge Rosenblatt pointed out
that the land suitable for the CUM-
venni] of oranges was a strip along
the sea coast 'JO miles long and 20
miles wide-1,800 square miles--
11,152,000 acres or 4,008,000 du-
!lams). Only a small part of this area
is now under cultivation. Imagine the
value of the derange creep alone if all
this Ian() was under cultivation!"
Palestine now has the largest im-
migration in the world. The yearly
immigration of Palestine is nearly
one-third of the total population of
the country, "In view of this fact,"
Judge Rosenblatt declared: "I'ales-
tine must become primarily an indus-
trial country. Agriculture, settling
on the lane), is too slow a process to
absorb the largest immigration in the
world. There is bound to be a large
city population and l'alestine is an
ideal country for the growth of cities.
Ilaifa may easily hold 500,000 peo-
ple in the near future. A Jewish pono
ulation of 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 is
quite possible."
The unemployment figures have
fallen in the last six months. Judge
Rosenblatt disclosed, from 6,000 to
3,000.
JOHAN J. SMERTENKO.
Johan J. Smertenko co-editor of
"The Zionist" and; owing to the
absence. of Vladimir Jabnetinsky, the
chief spokesman of Revisionism pres-
ent at the Convention of the Zionist
Organization of America at Buffalo
this week, mode the following com-
ments on Palestinian affairs.
"The situation in Palestine is crit-
ical," declared Mr. Smertenko. "It
is critical because the Arab effendis
(the• large landholders) are opposed
to Zionism. Their hostility is due 1,118
th 'fact that since the beginning of
Palestinians colonization the incom-
ing of the Jews has raised the status
of the Arab workingman and they can
no longer exploit him in the Oriental
fashion.
A tremendous propaganda has been
• stituted by these effendi stressing
the usual popular cries of patriotism
and playing upon national feeling.
The British government and the Zion-
ist executive have been timid about
these matters. Until there is a ris-
ing tide eef indignation among the
Jews that will show the effendi that
they cannot trifle with prejudice.,
these. Arab leaders will become more
and more impudent in their propa-
ganda.
This is the volcano which Jewish
timidity has itself created. The mo-
ment that we show that we mean
business, that we are determined to
carry out the terms of the Mandate
according to the promisees made to us
by Britain and confirmed by all the
great nations of the world and the
League of Nations, their primitive
minds will realize that they cannot
trifle with us. Until we take such
measures we shall find that the ef-
fendi are becoming worse and worse
in their agitation and an outbreak
such as the massacre in Jerusalem
and the riots in Ilaifa is ruse to fol-
low."
Ansv.sering the charge that the Re-
visionist program contains nothing
new in policy Mr. Smertenko re-
marked: "It is true that we are urg-
ing what every Zionist wants--but
they have been too timid to present
these aims to Great Britain and the
world at large. The representatives
of the British government said to the
League of Nations that they had nev-
er received these demands. They
were not asked. It is no wonder that
the Zionist leaders are complaining
about the attitude of subordinates in
the British government, They are
having altogether too much to do
with subordinates. They have been
too timid to approach the men of real
influence and power.
"The fact is that England has late-
ly been playing for the favor of the
Arab. France and England are en-
gaged in • bitter rivalry for the polit-
ical and economic control of Asiatic
Turkey, especially Syria and Meso-
potamia. Just now the relations be-
tween France and the native popula-
tion of the Near East are strained.
That has made V advisable for Eng-
land to win the goodwill of the Arabs.
That is why the Foreign Office ha,
been making concessions to the Arabs
and turning a neutral ear to the
Jews. At every point the hopes raised
by the Balfour Declaration and the
Mandate have been disappointed by
usual events. Nothing can cope with
this condition except energetic polit-