| Show THE THRE great POWERS AND rA LESTINE PALESTINE EVENTS SHOWING THE lna inq fulfillment fulfilment OF THE PRO PEO we live ilvo in a fast age and even history is manufactured at a greater speed wars used to last decades of years civilization advanced slowly communication between nations and consequent mutual benefit proceeded correspondingly tardily now the map of a continent is changed in a week what Is ia invented in one country is known forthwith thousands ol of miles away and the whole world can profit simultaneously by the invention nota hota bly in politics is the spirit of haste evident States statesmen mens schemes once required generations for completion now the boldest plans are carried out by tho the planners if peton feton the great r were ere era alive today to day constantinople would be busbia russia tomorrow to morrow how quickly events march and history is created is evident with special cle cie clearnes arnem in the magnetic eastern question for england to have appropriated egypt yearb years ago as easily gw as bhe ehe has hab done dore in the last few months would have been Impo impossible isible somme bome power would have turned her out and would never meven lel iel let iet the conquest be completed even as england actually treated napoleon 1 I and hib his annexation s for the samo bamo power to have acquired cyprus so swiftly would also have been impossible a few years ago long negotiations followed by a war would have resulted how to account for this thia is difficult Th epowers are just as jealous and watchful of each other as ever it is explained however on one supposition which indeed finds favor with careful historical students this supposition is that there to is a tacit under understanding stan ding as to which part of the Turk turkish ishEm empire shall be appropriated by eaon of the great powers interested jn in turkeys turkey destructs destruct i n these are chiefly russia and austria both de elious of ports porta or outlets for t their h eln ein commerce france especially i just now burning with fever for ac acquisition q ul and adorning such cradit traditions on as harmonize with par tant pour la syrie byrle and england fearful for indias andias safety in the very midst of the scene of conflicting lies palestine dear to jew christian and 11 mohammedan ohain the statesman bays says it Js is the key to the position and lookin n to his country mens advantage ho be declares that in view of its wonderful fertility which of old supported million its ita grand possibilities for 1 commerce which in former days madla madia HB its eem bea ee ports apoita beenes ot activity and wealth wh wah h have rendered tyre and sidon bidon proverbial to this day in view of its being at the junction of europe and asia and in locations location there therefore forey torey mon moa admira ble the pol poi evasion of palestine is to bie his patriotic heart most desirable fihe the historian says sass the first international episode on record was the invasion of palestine from that day t to this it has been a centre of interest therefore he be on his part is concern ed for Pale stines suture future the re cannot nind find words worda to express the interest which he from nis his point of view takes in what he calls the holy land for tor ulna uina every stone is an epic epie every tree a finona pr tho eho shrewd commercial man fj fb ine int t I 1 wh h diw efm railway pa astern stem is built up as built up it v vill ill lii be as boon soon as aa B table stable government is established the geographical position of Palest palestine lue ine will make made it the state to which the great railway lines will converge to carry the productions of asia to european and american markets and vice versa for as the commerce of three continents met jn in its borders in the days of solomon so BO will the future commerce of jhb same continent flow again to that favored spot nor will he abate his hopes in the least degree because their i realization seems distant hamem bering the swift growth of a chicago or a san ban francisco the rapid turning of wastes into populous states he simply remarks events follow quickly nowadays now a days daye and waits while however the great christian powers stand with mall mail clad hands to gro grasp sp the coveted and tempting bit when the moribund 1 turk lots go his hold a historic figure steps forward and declares the tho land la Is minel mine and when the powers turn to look at the speaker they recognize the jew the child of the patriarch who lived in palea palestine tine tlde when it ana waa vas first invaded and who would himself fain be present tore to receive it sa as his own when its possession is dis disputed buted thirty six centuries after what a wonderful coincidence gnot not so says the jew it is not a coincidence it is my destiny let us now briefly glance at the position ol of the jew in this question of the f future of palestine nations are born from ideas from the idea of german unity grow the german empire into actual fact proclaimed to the world in versailles with french cannon to answer amen to german prayer for its ita welfare from the cryor cry of egl egi talla talia Irr identa was born the new italy of today to day whose thunder will again wake mediterranean shores from the tradition of ancient greece the modern greece was created so bo christians understand how the long cherished aspirations of the jew may yet yei be realized and while they fully concede that while to the jew above all belongs to palestine while he above all Is specially qualified to develop the future of that teeming country while his of it would solve the fears ol of the jealous powers the establishment of the jew in it would be an act of i justlee justice uz tice and a worthy atonement tur tor for fur the fearful wroligh perpetrated upon him the martyr of history As for sor or the jews lews themselves to say how they long for restoration la is hardy nece emary Enary on the day edw corn mem orated last sunday the kh of their month ab they tasted fasted for tor forth tie tib destruction of their temples and the tbt th national calamities attending those events there Is a not a morningto morn ingo evening but what they mor tor gather us together from thet theao theto uta corners of tho the earth restore ou oa people as of old dwell choik the midst of jerusalem 12 and tilts thea words are uttered in every clit d where the jew is found foun d thai that memi reila throughout the world such cor coc staney stancy is almost beyond belief then patriotism is beyond all bounds tad end 11 to t this thib Is day tho the spanish jewila lands even in this thid distant 6 country nto put mine some of the dust of part palatine or llerna bauta banta as they call the eyes of their dead a poetic ki pathetic evidence of their ibl lit lova the sacred boll lii xii tit tig when the railway reach neach iJen salem balem messiah coi col comes nes mes mia cla alcad t isaiah ixil 20 where the prices ids tei in his bis vision sees the ekl eki leai il iz ing by all manner of con eon voca vyca among them what he callej calls gaii sj roth sl the herslo nt lates it swift beasts 21 ahio it course too tco indefinite or feb tea 1 I which im ia certainly incomes are nut wanting ahr wh oh rive the word from kar kear goa furnis furdis and karkan karkar to away abbet abbed that the prophet bought sought thus to aj a word for what was shown giriat him i bis bib atrain attain in rapid when Rich bich nicholas olais relaus comes is in allusion to lebi lebl 4 from which verse heba ests evolve by what they tera tell tashe deboth 11 th sentence al AB judah shall hear and behold lle lib fall of nicholas emperor omos of mus covy on account of the we oppression of the tho children of jugh vand land after happening our fall will uva coul r real redemption and mar la hanu hand for the children cn on ildren of judah willbe the good tidings of the phet 11 these and such finch as important insomuch as they nial ll cato cate jewish thought though t ZV Y |
