| Show PALESTINE FOR A JEWISH NATION william E blackstone has baa visited the president in company with secretary blaine and presented a remarkable petition begging the president to use his hie influence to secure the holding at an early date of an international congress with all the countries of eur europe to consider the condition of the israe israelites X ite in hussla and their claims to palestine their ancient home the petition is very diplomatically prepared so as not in any way to antal antagonize russia but russia as Is well known is determined to drive jews out from her borders europe as mr blackstone points out 1 iq 13 3 at already overcrowded it would take years and immeasurable fortunes to move these people to america and settle them here so that they would be pelf supporting mr blackstone therefore proposes that as an international congress gave bulgaria to the bulgarians Bulga rians and servia to the serviano ians another congress shall aso assemble emble and give palestine to the jews for over seventeen centuries says the memorial toe the jews have patiently waited for such a privileged opportunity they have not become agriculturists elsewhere because they have believed they were mere sojourn era in the various nations and were yet to return to palestine and till their own land whatever vestes vested rights by possession may have accrued to turkey can be easily compensated possibly by the jews assuming an equitable portion of the national debt the tion concludes with the elo quent statement that this Is the appropriate time for the christian nations to show kindness to israel A million of exiles it submits by their terrible sufferings are piteously appealing to our sympathy justice and humanity let us now restore them to the land of which they were so cruelly ly by our roman ancestors this proposition to restore these wanderers to their native homes contains not only j justice ustice for the jews but for other nations almost without doubt it is to america that these two million with all the marks of centuries of oppression on them would come trained to distrust their rulers they would almost against their will retain in america the attitude of mind which they have in russia and would also increase the frightful labor congestion which already begins to torment this country but conscious of creating their own autonomy as they would be if they returned to palestine and of being again a free nation with a free country to call their own that marvelous aptitude for industry for art and for lawmaking law making might make them once more an important factor among the nations of the world mr BI jacksto nos idea is almost identical with the plan which george elliot put in the mouth of her character daniel deronda and it appeals not only to our natural sense of j justice ustice but to tb our good judgment omaha world herald berald |
