| Show deadJEWISH COLONIES They Will be Established in the Argentine Republic First Baron Hirsch Says the Reason for This i the Superiority of the Soil for Agricultural Purposes Special t THE HERATD Examiner Dispatch L NEW YORK April 2STho Herald Paris correspondent telegraphs A report having been published in certain papers that Baron De Hirsch had arranged for the establishment establish-ment of a Jewish colony in Pennsy ania I called upon the baron toda Pennslania to an inquiry a to the Pennsylvania colony col-ony he said That is a mistake I have justsent a commission to the Argentine republic and have decided t establish my first colony there but later onas the movement move-ment develops I shall send colonists to t Brazil countries La Plata and other South American I Whyihave you chosen the Argentine republic Because the commission has reported that there is excellent agricultural land there I want none but the best farming soil and we can get any quantity of it there Already we have 400 families established there and they are doing very well The first year we shall send 1000 the next year 2000 the third year 3000 They will receive assistance at first but of course every attempt will be made that the colonies shall become sbal selfsupporting as soon as possible You have read some articles in the newspapers concerning the Jews in Russia Russia stating they lived upon the Slavs 1 All thatis pure fanaticism it i the work of the synod They would act in the same manner toward Protestants if they dared The head of tho orthodox church went to I the Czar saying You have 5000030 Jews and 85000000 orthodox 500OJO 800000 subjects One I or the other must go Thus it was the Jews were cruelly driven away from all L al trades and isolated in districts where they could not live There are thousands and I thousands of them simply striving and in I abject misery Such a condition of affairs could not exist in any other country but I Russia The baron added reflectively I suppose I shall spend all my money in this movement but after all what is the use of money unless you do some good with it And with these simple words I the conversation ended |
