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Heaviest Crops in Palestine It is said th a t this year’s crops in Palestine are the heaviest known to the oldest inhabitants of the land. The in creasing fertility and productiveness of the land is prophesied in the Word for the last days. Agricultural loans made to cultivators, vast supplies of seed im ported into the country and exceptional rains account for the heavy crops. A Remarkable Confession Dear Sir: In a recent number of both Jewish World and Jewish Chron icle, the following striking words from the pen of the editor occur: “To cru cify the Jew so as to gain popularity is no new thing. They did it ‘down in Judee’ 1900 years ago. And it is as mean and dir.ty a crime now as then.” Surely this is a most remarkable con fession. Coming from such a source, it is most suggestive, and clearly indi cates a vital change in the attitude of the modern Jew toward Jesus. Truly “the fig tree ripens” and “putteth forth her green figs,” sure portent of the im minence of our Lord’s return. Preparing for Tourist Rush The British government is about to open Egypt and Palestine to tourists. These lands have been closed since the beginning of the war. The people are preparing to receive.thousands of visi tors. Many believe that the holy land will be even more attractive to tourists when the Jewish home land is estab lished. Zionism Is Representative There can be no doubt th a t the Zion ist organization is truly representative of the Jewish people. Dr. Hantke of the Zionist Executive Council reports that there are over 1,000,000 organized Zion ists. Putting aside the 3,000,000 Jews of South Russia who are not in a posi tion to organize, this means that a quar ter of the Jewish males of the world are under the Zionist banner. Back to Mosaic Plans The Jews in Palestine will return to the principles announced in Lev. 25:23, as to the buying and selling of land. “The land shall not be sold forever.” Under the provisions of th a t law, specu lation will be impossible, the productive
use of the land is guaranteed, and the development of a dispossessed and de pendent class prevented. According to report Sir Herbert Samuel has an nounced that the purchase of land will not carry with it the right to sell. Title may be conveyed to heirs and land may remain in a family from generation to generation. Perhaps ere long. He whose right it is to reign, will come and lay out His own program. Attitude Toward Christian Missions In the April number of The Macca- bean, “The Zionist Monthly,” Dr. Max Nordau has an interesting article under the caption. “Interconfessional Ques tions in Palestine.” In it the w riter di lates on the multitude of problems that will confront the Jews in Palestine. The greatest of all problems' and one that is pregnant with trouble, he be lieves to be th a t of the Missionaries. Here are his words: “The Protestant Missions in Palestine are avowedly in tended for the turning away of Jews from their faith. They rarely, if ever, undertake to convert Mohammedans. The chosen field of their activity is the Jewish community. They fish for Jew ish souls. They bring to bear their art and industry, their seductions and ma terial enticements on Jews, whom they do their best to induce to deny their faith, their traditions, their people, their national solidarity. If they only em ployed spiritual means, we could meet them with the same means; it would be a fair fight with' equal weapons. But the Missions ask for special privileges. They have been able to introduce in the draft of the Mandate an article granting them expressly the right of ac quiring land for schools, hospitals, as sembly halls, etc., necessary or useful for their purposes, and of practicing freely their converting activity.” “This,” the writer continues, “is a humiliation th a t we can not suffer. In our own land we can have no privileged adversaries holding an international brief for com bating and debasing our faith and for teaching our children to have contempt for their parents and brothers. If they desire to live among us, they are free to do so. But no special privileges for them. This is inadmissible.”
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