| Show organization AND disintegration THE people of this generation are favored or otherwise with the privilege of living in times that have no parallel in human history they exist in an epoch that can only be described bya by a paradoxical expression a time of organization and disintegration this may seem to be a contradictory term as organization usually signifies concentration of interests and forces while disintegration means breaking up dividing or dis sol these days social and political organisms are formed to obtain power an and d to get gain when the objects seem to be achieved the associations ciati ons split and its fragments in order to make war upon upon each other for possession of the spoils this is where organization dis organizes in fact some extensive compacts are entered into for the purpose of creating disintegration such for instance is the purpose of the nihilists nihilisms lists and the votaries vot aries of extreme socialism when one contemplates the state of the world from this standpoint he is filled with wonder and with no small degree of sadness as it takes no great amount of foresight to anticipate the natural result of the tendency of the times riot confusion bloodshed and strife such as the earth never has before witnessed there is scarcely a subject now into which the combination s spirit P irit does not enter or that does not have the disintegrating result as its philosophical outcome the only comfort one can draw from the aspect of affairs is that out of the future chaos will come a more perfect organization permanent pence peace i and prosperity than have ever yet blessed the world in the midst of the proposed combinations bi is one that is novel from every aspect it is inspired by the latest movement in russia sia against the jewish residents of that country which practically threatens them because of the ban u ander ver which it is proposed to place them now comes a proposal for a combination of the hebrews throughout the balance of the world in their strong tr financial capacity to boycott the dominion of the czar unless more humane treatment be accorded their brethren this is indeed a unique proposition but should it be put in operation its result would doubtless be the opposite to the one desired in making it such a boycott would cause distress in portions of russia whose industries would be crippled by the inauguration of the adverse movement on the part ot ibe the jews throughout the earth what whatever of disaster was thus precipitated would arouse popular rage and bring about a popular assault against the hebrews in that country that would cause their brethren to wish they had never taken the step to exasperate the te I 1 people of the czar against the remnants of the ancient people of god there is hardly any evil that is wholly unmixed with good who is able to say that the inimical attitude of the czar and his subjects toward the jews will not be a factor in hastening the time when the latter will be glad to return to theland the land of their fathers begin to establish themselves as an individualized nationality and rebuild jerusalem on its former site the time is at hand band when that marvelous work must begin on au ah extensive scale and the signs seem to be distinctly pointing in that direction one feature of the proposed hebrew boycott of russia is somewhat suggestive it shows that even in their scattered con condition the jews area are a power in the world this is necessarily the case because they have a strong pull pill on the purse strings of the earth As gold is the god of the world the world is necessarily influenced by those who possess to a remarkable extent the deity at whose eb shrine rine they worship the very proposition to assume the attitude referred to in regard to russia is an evidence of the power within the grasp of the jews as a people |
