OCR Text |
Show THE REDEMPTION OF PALESTINE. I mong th many projecto to do something with Palestine now cornea n wrltei in L.vir)bodya Magazine Jlr Aitluir Mm die) Greon who wants Christendom t buy tho laul He Iocs not make an) estimate of Iho amount of mone) that w mid to required for till purjioae nn does ho explain what oit of tt gov -nment he woul 1 set up there, i i hoi lhat govt riiment would be inulntalnid ll refeis to tho glo rlou hlstor) t nd t idltlons of tho hoi) Ian I to Its woiidnful lichen und thinnglng population mieleut Huus In 11H Rreat rurt u tho wrrlda history na tho sconn nf tin mightiest leeds mid drumaa of mm kind Hates Its dee lire and tho drcaiirul tragedies thinugh which It has itxr I until It lay prns-trnte prns-trnte mil demit nd nt tho foot of tho Moslem Its i is t condltlni Is lu-detd lu-detd llllalla conn ired Willi lis Ids-toilc Ids-toilc giuiulctii but It Is ulso truo that iidemiillnn has 1 gun, in the Ihrlvint, Zionist inbuilti. whi li howevci huvo no nulll. I nt KUiiiuiiio fiom plunder and ruviikt h IhI tin Mr Urccn u i rtcutts the Idea of con- quest he preaches a crusade of money which shall buy and pa) for the land bought (nil impracticable chen e ot ourse for 'he Sultan would not part wilh the sovereignty) What then" What oi er would guarantee! Its Independence" Inde-pendence" ould not Its ver) help Icssness be nn Incentive to all the fereut nations of Duiope to war for Its master)? mas-ter)? Hut If llio realty mcrel) weie jurclasel the- soverelrnt) being left In tho sultan the people would be tho victims of Turkish blackmail and ex-nctlors ex-nctlors such as woull Impoverish Christendom ilch ns It In Anothei thing ihlch fhows that Mr Oren has not given the matter ma-luic ma-luic eonaldervtlon Is where he sa)s that the Christiana have the first nnd sttnngest claim on the lehnbllllatlon and occupation of the hoi) Ian I This Is en obviously erroreous that a mere statement of fact refutes It The Jews the seed of Abraham have the un-quemlanel un-quemlanel first light nf redemption of the Ian 1 of their fathers lhey ait ptoccedlng to exercise that right un ler such ; ledges an 1 guainntecs is ire tosslble undei the rule of the Turk The toloi leu I lantcd lu the old 1 in 1 b) the Zionist movement have not been unlforml) successful although tncoui-ngement tncoui-ngement In ever) radical wo) was glieii them At bent tho attempt to form an illen slate of soclet) semi Independent or Mho!!) indepeilent In the midst of a dominant people familial famil-ial to the last degree and strong In the habit of renuiiles of unllsputel awn) must be In it latge degice n failure fail-ure vA hat vei of success Is popelblo un ler suih ce millions the Jews nn) lie depciidel Lion lo renllzc for Chris-tnns Chris-tnns th" lttenuit is tttttrl) hopeless |