Show THE JEWS AND MM PALESTINE the tile bible is filled with plain predictions pointing to the gathering of the jews to the hol holy land among them is thus saith the lord god behold I will take the children of israel from among the heathen whether they are gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land the latter day saints are look ing with implicit confidence for the fulfillment of this precious promise to the joseph smith announced fifty years agot ago bat the return of the jews one of the precursory events of the coming of christ would occur in this generation There were people living when lie uttered the prophesy who would remain in life until the marvelous event had occurred we have heretofore expressed our conviction that the present persecution directed against the jews was but a means in the hands of omnipotence ru ni to turn the attention of that race to the inheritance of their fathers other journals aro are now express aing a belief that these oppressive measures arc are having that effect the following from the new york sim sun on oil the subject will doubtless be highly interesting to many ot 01 our readers the idea of an extensive jewish colonization in pale palestine stine lias has not been viewed with much favor heretofore by the wealthy and enlightened representatives of the race in in the civilized countries of the world th they n bave evinced doubts of the wisdom aa as well as of the practicability of such a scheme and have given no substantial support to the movements looking in that direction the desire to seethe the jews re ess tab lishco as an independent nat nation ion in tho the land that belonged to them thern twenty centuries ago and the hope of tri bringing nging that consummation about have been cherished apparently much more by others like george eliot who arc are not of the race than by those who are it is true that the large body of jews jew s of orthodox faith in which nearly all of those who live in the rest of the world are to be counted pray for their restoration in the flo holy land and make it a doctrine of their belief that this event will some day through divine interposition 11 t ter r cioll cume come to pass but this is is ra rather a or a vague ue religious doctrine than thana a matter of belief belie and fand desire by which practical everyday every day life is influenced fluen ced while the reformed jews have gone so far as to strike the prayer for national restoration from their ritual within the past two years how ever over the view taken of this idea appears rears t to have undertone undergone a cha change g e the rb e ou outrages t rages upon t the c jews in russia us sla and germany and their hard lot in morocco and roumania and to some extent in bohemia and hungary have forcibly suggested the question whether the scheme of colonizing colo colonizing on a large scale in palestine would on fd not be the best way that can now be devised to secure them against such wrongs and such an art unfortunate condition in the future in germany where the government is able to enforce the law whenever it desires boand where the assaults upon alie jews have been merely part ota opa political plan their troubles ies are probably nearly over but in the other countries where they are most numerous and most oppressed the prospect docs does not present so favorable an appearance even were the governments there well disposed toward them it is questionable how far they aro are able effectually to protect them under these circumstances it is not strange that the wealth wealthy representatives ye senta ives tives of the race should ae in inclined to look at the palestine with a dif different Terent eye from what they have done heretofore extensive colonization iu in other countries is not so feasible as there the scheme of founding agricultural colonies in the united states can call at it best provide for only a very small number although a free country w here where law and order prevail would undoubtedly bo be the most desirable the various movements of which we hear bear to obtain allotments of land from the turkish government for colonizing purposes are therefore being regarded by the hebrews themselves with more practical interest than formerly such projects in ia the past being viewed as the well meant efforts of persons laboring under a delusion the alliance israelite Uni verselle lias has long iono busied itself with agricultural and an other school schools in palestine and the labors expended there might lit now return good fruits and prove useful for larger ends the readiness on the part of wealthy jen jews to t give liberal support por to I such a purpose if evidences of probable aie are forthcoming cannot be doubted large amounts that have been to aid ai d the tale proposed apicultural agi agricultural cultural colonies in in the united states would probably be equally available to promote colonization in palestine THE news says christiancy cares more for his lost jewels than for his lost wife his problem is how to get the former ard how to get rid of the latter THE TIIE CHICAGO inter ocean says president arthur must contemplate the future with considerable dread |