Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-19 | Page 1 | Homes in Palestine in Sight for Jews

HOMES IN PALESTINE IN SIGHT FOR JEWS LONDON Feb 19 The The leaders of the Zionist movement anticipate important important import Import- ant developments as a a 8 result of the visit of Dr Theodore Herzel of Vienna president of the Zionist congress recently held at Basle BasIc Switzerland to Con- Con Dr Herzel was summoned t to the Yildiz palace by a special telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram from the the Sultan and Is negotiating with the Sultan fO for the acquisition of concessions in Palestine permitting of the unimpeded immigration and settlement settlement settlement set set- of Jews there D Dr Herzel's demands Include a charter granting a simple form of home rule and opening opening- the opening the Sultans Sultan's crown lands to Jewish col col- col- col 1 I IA A representative e of the the- Jewish sh Colonization C asso association lation which was en endowed endowed endowed en- en dowed by the late Baron Hirsch with a large sum o of ot money Is also at Gon- Gon st which h is taken to signify th that t the trustees of the Baron Hirsch fund are about to Lo concentrate their resources resources upon Palestine