TEL AVIV, - (JTA)—The pos-
sibility that the Soviet Union
may soon permit Jews to im-
migrate to Israel .was indicated
here by Dr. Nahum Goldmann
at a meeting of members of the
World Jewish Congress, of
which he is president. -
"Although I have no informa-
tion, I have a feeling that the
day is near when the Russians
will open their gates for im-
migration to Israel," he said. A
similar possibility was predicted
by Israel Premier David Ben-
Gurion at a public gathering
here.
Dr. Goldmann reported that
negotiations are now being con-
ducted for the reaffiliation of
Polish Jewry with the World
Congress and that contact has
been • established between the
WJC and Jewish communities
in Hungary.
The situation in Romania and
Czechoslovakia remains un-..
changed. Jewish communities
there are completely isolated
from the rest of the Jewish
world, - but efforts are being
made to send a World Jewish
Congress mission to Romania,
Dr. Goldmann told' the meeting.
He did not indicate whether
similar steps were being taken
regarding, Czechoslovakia.
The Congress president said
he has learned' from reliable
sources that the situation of the
Jews in Egypt has improved. No
more Jews are being detained
there. and all Jewish communq
buildings which • were confis-
cated during the post-sinai cam-
paign—some of which had been
turned into concentration camps,
—have been returned to the
community. The community, Dr.
Goldmann reported, is consider-
ing the sale of these buildings
in view of the reduced number
of Jews remaining in Egypt.
Dr. Goldmann also reported
that Jews are no longer being
forced to quit their jobs in
Egypt, and that_ attempts have
been made to even persuade the
Jews, mainly those who are
wealthy, not to leave the coun-
try and not to liquidate their
enterprises.
Nevertheless, about 10,000
more Jews are expected to leave
Egypt shortly in addition to the
17,000 who -have already de-
parted.

* * *

Slate London Conference
of World Jewish Congress

Jewish • leaders from com-
munities throughout the world
will gather in London April 29
for the opening of the four-day
conference of the World Jewish
Congress Executive. Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, WJC president, will
preside.
Dr. Israel - Goldstein, chair-
man of the WJC's Western
Hemisphere Executive, will
head a 16-man North and South
American delegation, including
leaders from the United States,
C a n a d a, Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay.

IN HONOR OF

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KEDEM

Story of Ferdinand de Lesseps

Disraeli, Rothschild Roles in
Planning for the. Suez Canal

There was . a'lot of financial
maneuvering in France to se-
cure the' funds necessary to
build the Canal. Beatty de-
scribes the private speculations
and En_gland's anxiety "for an
article which had been in the
world's shop window for years
—since 1854." • Then came the
Disraeli act and his triumph
was described in his letter of
Nov. 24, 1875, to Queen Vic-
toria:
"It is just Settled. You have_
it, Madam: the Freneh Gov-
ernment has been outgen-
eralled..They tried too much,
offering loans at a usurious
rate which would have vir-
tually given them the gov-
ernment of. Egypt. The Khe-
dive in despair and disgust
offered Your Majesty's Gov-
ernment to purchase his
shares outright: he would
never listen to such a propo-
sition before:"
In a letter written the next
day to Lady Blandford, Dis-
raeli wrote, admitting being
"egotistical in this matter": "I
have purchased for England
the Khedive of Egypt's interest
in - the Suez Canal. We have
had all the gamblers, capital-
ists, fifianciers of the world, or-
ganized and platooned in bands
of plunder, arrayed against us
. . . and have baffled them all,
and have never been sus-
pected."
Then there was the role of
the Rothschilds. Baron James
de Rothschild at the outset
offered his services. There were
negotiations, t h e Rothschilds
asked "the usual five per cent"
commission and were told: "For
200,000,000 that means
10,-
000,000! Ten million francs of
my _shareholders' money for
your devious channels! Thank
you very much. Stick to your
counters. Our issue will bye
made without you."
Thus doubts arose whether
the project could be attained
without the Rothschildian help.
In the course of the delibera-
tions, "Lesseps' high - handed
waving aside of the Rothschild
offer, aggravated by his fre-
quent Licisrns of the whole
system of international finance,
especially as applied to Egypt,
resulted in the Company cre-
ating round itself a financial
vacuum."
The eventual success of the
project nevertheless elevated De
Lesseps to a position of hero-1
ism of France. The story of
his life is a truly exciting one,
and its link with the events of
our time serve to revive inter-
est in the man and his time.
De Lesseps spoke at the in-
—International Radiophot.os auguration of the Statue of
on Bedloe Island, New
shows t h e Liberty
Upper
York, in 1886.
original 80-foot s t at u e of
He was famous for many
Ferdinand de Lesseps in Port acts, and he is especially highly
Said. Lower photo shows the regarded now for a motto:
statue toppling groundward "Open the world to the peo-
after Egyptians had placed ex- ple!"

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