Show ZIONISTS MAY SHUN PALESTINE Jewish Territorial Organization V Leaders Oppose Placing Limitation on Field SULTANS ATTITUDE FATAL LEGAL CONTEST OVER ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION London Aug 18 After two years yer of ot investigation of ot the possibilities of ot Jew Jewish JewIsh ish mb colonization In every continent the ever British Sectional Council Counci of the Territorial Organization founded on Aug 1 1905 1906 10 has ha drawn up its It report for fo private pr private vate presentation to the geographical commission which Is finally to advise upon the territory All Al former forer state statements statements ments meets as to the locality of the projected colonization have been be unfounded The report which is unanimous Is 18 signed by many of the most distinguished hed English Jews including the Right Hon Ho Arthur cohen pohen ohen Lucien Wolf Vol Solomon J Solomon R B A Alfred Sutro Professor Profesor V Meldola Lionel Abrahams Abraham financial see sec secretary tec rotary of the India office Mr Edward H Langdon president of ot the Manchester chamber of commerce commerce Herman M 31 Kisch C S I I Sir Isadora Isadore and the president Israel as well wail wel as Major General Sir Alfred Afred Turner the V Vonly only member It I will be remembered that it I Is de desired desIred desired sired by the te Zionist trust to limit coloni colont colonization to Palestine The men who wh op opposed opposed opposed posed last Tuesday the petition for the th tb alteration of the trusts articles article of ot as association association included Mr and ind Cle CIa Clement Clement ment Salaman who however laid stress on the fact that they opposed merely on personal grounds and not as a representing the territorial organization Affidavits have been presented by Da Ba David David vid of Cologne Germany German chairman of the council counci of the Jewish Jewsh Colonial Trust and one of cf the leaders leders or of orthe orthe the Zionist movement Henry Newman o o London secretary of the company M II S of Russia E B E W WL V L of ot New York I L L Gold Goldberg Gl Goldberg berg of Wilna V ilna lna Russia and S Goldrich of Johannesburg all al shareholders of the bank Among other things thing Mr Ir Zangwill stated in his affidavit I r was wa a close coe personal pernal friend of ot the tho late Dr Theodor Theor Herzl Herd the founder of the movement and familiar with his views and opinions In his work on The he Jewish State which initiated the Zion Zionist Zionist 1st movement Dr Herzl Herl left It an open question whether the suggested coloni colont colonization should take place in Palestine or 01 orIn orin In the Argentine The of his negotiations with wit the sultan sulan led him t to desire delre the full ful use of all al the powers given in the memorandum for colonization gen genIn else elsewhere elsewhere where and for any ay purposes that might carry car out the large aims expressed It lt Is my firm opinion that It I would b b most Inimical to the interests of the Jew Jev Jewish Jewish ish race were the colonization operations of the trust to be bE limited to those cone coun countries cun tries trie of the east est from the ruler of which the Zionist leaders have never neer yet yet after some ten years yer of work work obtained the slightest concession It I would cut ct away from our people all al other possibilities without In any way securing colonization in the said countries The vote of the Zionist congress of 1906 19 represented hut but bt a temporary majority obtained at an af ex cx exceptionally chaotic moment in Zionism due to the th death deth of Dr Herzl HerzlIn Herl HerlIn In the course coure of his hi affidavit Mr Zang Zangwill Zangwill will wi further said sid sidI It 11 I is not the case cs I believe belMe that thA th the general trend tren of opinion among amog Unite I States State Zionists Zionist and shareholders ef e th company cm pO and among the te South SoU African Afcan Zionists Zionist Is i ir Jr II favor of a limitation f r the objects of the company compy now DW pro proposed proposed posed The upshot of the legal proceedings proceeding on the petition is that the tle case cl has bs been b adjourned ad adjourned adjourned until April 7 1 and during the th In Interim Interim the th truit tt is i to advertise In various now newspapers presumably with wih the Ue object of obtaining the th views vw of Individual shareholders of powers powel on th th the proposed Jr limitation n |