• • Dr. Theodor Herd and the Vatican 1899. During his journey to Pales- Pius X. He, however, refused to tine in 1898, Herzl dreamt of a intervene. * * * new Jerusalem, whereas the Old The audience with the Pope . ac- City would become "Lourdes, tually materialized as a result of Mecca and Jerushalayim." In "Altneuland," written in a casual meeting between Herzl 1902, Herzl treats once more of and Count Lippy, painter at the the problem of the Holy Places: Vatican on Jan. 19 at the Bier Hall "Roman Law has a concept which of the Batter Hotel in Venice. With- applies very well here: res sacrae out previous announcement, Lippy extra commercium. This was the took Herzel to the secretary of safest, in fact the only way to state, Merry del Val on Jan. 22. "The wait," writes Herzl, "was make them the common property far from tedious. There was con- of all believers forever." Herzl desired to establish di- tinuous entertainment in the com- rect contact with the Pope on the ings and goings of the guards, occasion of his visit to Rome to chamberlains, prelates and the see the King of Italy. This jour- flunkeys in their red damask-silk ney was first planned in August liveries. All the colours were mar- 1903, during the 6th Zionist Con- vellously blended: the world's gress, and was undertaken only greatest artists had collaborated with the tailors . . . Ladies gowned Happy New Year To All "g in January 1904. in black, and ribboned and roset- In the correspondence between ted gentlemen in swallow-tails, * Our Friends and Customers Herzl and Dr. Felice Ravenna, the emerged from the second ante- president of the Italian Zionist chamber, where I caught a Federation, the proposed audience glimpse of a red carpet. They Carry Out Service with the Pope occupies an impor- were coming from the Pope. 18140 W. Seven Mile tant place. "I must see the Pope "It all had the unmistakable air KE 4-9290 as soon as possible," Herzl wrote Y********************* kef to Ravenna on September 5, 1903. of a great court." "And the crucified one, pitiable In a further letter, dated Sept. 10, and suffering, the image of human 1903, he defined the purpose of the New Year Greetings audience with the Pope thus: "We misery, looked down from his MORRIS CHADWICK want only the profane land in bronze form upon the marble walls Palestine. We entertain no idea of and the court life that thrives here & BARNEY ZATKOF infringing on the Holy Places; in his name — and has thriven Junkshop these have to be internationalized; these many countries. If he could We Specialize in Waste Paper res sacrae extra commercium. I have foreseen it all when he cried Rags, Metal, Scrap Iron Quick Pick-Up Service want this proposal to be accepted from the cross, "Eli, Eli!" would 1345 Brewster TE 2-5798 and supported by the Pope, as the it have made his death easier or spirtual Sovereign respected and harder?" The Secretary of State told recognized even by the Christians Herzl that he could not see how of the other Churches." New Year Best Wishes De Ravenna did his best to the Vatican could take any initia- secure the audience for Herzl but tive in the matter. The Jews "per- CADILLAC FENCE did not succeed. In this connection sist in denying the divinity of he hoped to use the good offices Christ. H6w, then, short of aban- & SUPPLY CO. of a Jewish M. P., Signor Deene doning our own highest principles, 13675 Plymouth Romanin Jacur, later under-secre- can we agree to their regaining WE 3-8755 tary to the Home Office, who was possession of the Holy Land? . . . very well connected with Pope The History of Israel is our own history, it is our foundation. But in order that we should come out for the Jewish people in the way you Happy New Year desire, they would first have to ac- cept conversion." In the end the Cardinal "promised the prize en consideration, of my request. 13631 W. 9 Mile Road On January 25, 1904, Herzl was at Coolidge, Oak Park received by Pope Pius X, again LI 6-8200 through the medium of Count Lippy. The Pope was kind in form, but shrewd in the content of his an- swers: The Vatican could not fav- SEASON GREETINGS or the Zionist movement. "The Jews have not recognized our Lord and we cannot recognize the Jewish people . . . Either the Jews maintain their ancient faith and 13510 W. 7 Mile continue to await the Messiah, who we believe has already appeared, UN 4-9793 in which case they are damping the divinity of Jesus and we can- not assist them or else they go there with no religion whatever, and then we can have nothing to do with them." The Pope expressed his benev- olence toward the Jews as individ- duals. "There are other bonds than those of religion: social inter- course, for example, and phil- anthropy. Such bonds we do not refuse to maintain with the Jews." But on the question of the Jews' return to Palestine, Pius X was persistent: "If you come to Palestine and settle your people there, we will be ready with Churches and priests to baptize all of you." Herzl's audience with the Pope was his last with a Head of State and one of his last with political leaders. Before leaving Rome, on January 26, 1904, Herzl was re- ceeived by the Italian Foreign Minister Tomaso Tittoni, and on April 30, 1904, a few days before leaving Vienna, never to return there, Herzl was received by the Austrian Foreign Minister Baron Goluchovsky. This took place two months before he died. By DR. S. U. NAHON The problem of the Holy Places in Palestine and the connections between Zionism and the Roman Church occupied Theodore Herzl's mind from the very beginning of his Zionist work. A reference to the Holy Places is to be found in his "The Jewish State" where he suggested a kind of extra-territoriality guaranteed by international law for such holy sites. 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