Show nu DH ZI Dr Theodore Theodoro Is Iii dead Zionists Zion lit II will mourn mount him deeply for tor a n I prince In Israel lamel has hns Indeed departed And yet ot the he cause calico of ot which ho was wan the champion will continue continuo to live For when Moses IB let II taken AW ay there will always bo III found iv n 1 Joshua to 10 take the thead Ind II ad lid In the providence of ot lad Clod there xi In Is II an Ellsha Upon which tho the mantle of 01 Elijah cnn can fall fail when tho the tat lat tatter later ter er Is IR removed to another sphere Dr did not nol tiro lIvo to see uce Israel gath cath gathered ered cred but bul ho created create l a II Jewish con mn Kieff giess IlIe and tint that remains n n nucleus around which the Interests of ot the peo pee tile ilo will revolve until tho the solidification cation takes i place and anil the dreams of Zionism rn are realized Dr floral Hont lived for tor hue his race nee Though he lie was wealthy and antI ills lla his hll thoughts were for tor tin tho poor icor null unfortunate brethren of ot Ilus Hus sla la 10 anti and there thero was wall no more rest relit for tor him after lifter he hc had hall ed his hl panacea And he h per with his plan In tn spite of At the most tremendous opposition for tor ho had harl faith In the tho future of his people Theodore The lore Henzl was born In 1862 In n At t limn tho age ago of at ten ton when he of ot fame tame ho conceived he llie th Idea Iden of ot piercing pl the tho Panama lath nus mue but he soon loon had other things on his ils mind Later he ho studied law anti and wrote roto plIs and a traveled 1 a n good doal doat Iame came ell III 0 to him through his book look Die Dlo or The Tho Jewish State This was IU written In 1395 1895 5 In III Parts while the author was the cor of tho the Noue Neue Frele PreNe Iii lm it this thin took book lie ho outlined his Ideas of ot Zionism which have been joyfully tic acv by so 10 o many of ot his brethren Tho rho story of or this remarkable kable book In III tell ell worth rending In a biographical sketch ketch Dr Herd harsh says say salI a aI I do not recollect over ever having writ ten anything In ht ouch nueh an elevated frame of ot mind as IU that book Heine Holne says that he ho heard time the wings wing of oC an nn eagle b beat at eat over the bis head while writing certain verses I 1 du do believe b that something beat bent above my InY head while I 1 wrote that book beak I 1 worked at lit It tt every ev every e eer ery er day until I was W II completely ex exhausted hausted my only relaxation In the lite eve ee evening evening ning consisted In lm listening to Wagners music Wore mort especially to er which opera I went to o hoar as often ortell as ns asIt asit It was Will performed Only Only on tho thou those eve ove ninga when hen there at the opera I felt doubts about the correctness of at my thoughts At first I had the thi Idea Idell to write my pamphlet concerning the solution of the Jewish question for tor private vale rate circulation only amity among my friends Tie The publication of ot these views did not enter Into Inlo my plan pion until later Inter I did not flat Intend to 10 commence a n 1 per personal onal agi agitation tation lation h for tor the Ih Jewish count cause toRt Must people will viii be he surprised at present whoa when they tho hear of ot this former resolution l 1 I considered the whole mat matter matter ter tor ns as only fit t to 10 be bo noted acted on and amid not nol notto notto to bo tip talked about Public Ill bill agitation should only he Ito heron ron come llImo my any ultima ratio If It rny my fn private advice t uis CIS ns not listened to or not obey obeyed obeyed 00 ed cd When I hail had my book hook I asked one of ot my nay oldest and best bl t friends to read the he a fir While reading it ho suddenly commenced to cry ory I found this emotion quite quill natural as lie h was wai a n Jew Jaw and I also al o cried several Union while writing the he look hook limit Hut BUlto to my may m dismay rna I found that he gave ve quite a different calico O for tor his hla tears He the thought that I ens gone mud mad and be bO being her herhag hag ing my In friend my misfortune matte made him vor very er sad lind Ho Un ran rail away alM without another word ward After n a steeples sleepless night he carne came back bock to me the next morning and be besought sought nought me nie to ho leave the matter clone alone alonea a as aM everybody would consider mo me crazy craz He lie was excited to Chili a degree that I 1 promised him everything to 10 calm his feelings r l Ho ito then advised mo to con unit suit as na to whether my III plan plant was the conception of ot a n responsible per norm con I shall ask aal nobody was leas my lilY re reply reply rePly ply If Jt my Ideas make male thAt effect upon a 11 cultivated and devoted friend of ot mine I abandon my plan tol I then through a n very 11 serious I pan can only enl compare It to the throwing of ot n a body hotl In cold wn wa water tor ter Of at course If It that thai body holy happens to 10 be Iron It becomes ste sled tc J by the pro process process cess ooze My M friend of ot whom I spoke above ind hail to make up my may accounts for tor tale tele gram Kram disbursements When he gave mo me the account consisting of or an Im lam monso menee array arrn of ot figures I saw Rf at Rl a glance lanco that he lied had east cast rR 1 up the sums incorrectly t r drew huts attention to that fact and ho commenced to do th rim I sums over again Only after a n third or fourth effort his sums agreed with mine This ThIH fact tact gave lne me mo hack back my ron hence dence In myself If It I was WaR able ahle to do sums more correctly than he ho my ran ren ranson eon son could not have left letl ma me completely On that lint day my troubles with the lime I commenced During the tho I two wo years and more since Mince that time I had experienced ninny many many sad Aad days I and I am nm afraid many more sail sad days will still follow roll ow owIn In 1895 I 1 began to keep a II diary five stout volumes have h c been bren tiled filed already Should I ever publish them tho the world worM will bp be surprised to 10 learn what I had to endure win who were the enemies of ot my plan and on the other hand who stood stoOl by b mo me Dr Herzy y never had brad any an doubts as asio asto asto to io the lasting character of ot his hi work Zionism ho he used usell to say sa will never die |