last row, and the value of the stamps is charged against the central office. Ten books, we will say, from No. I to No. X, Series A I, contain the rows from No. 1 to No. 3000, 3001 to 6000, etc, in all 30,000 rows, or 300,000 stamps. Fifteen books, from I to XV, Series Ed I. contain the rows from 1 to 3000, from 3001 to 6000, etc., in all 45,000 rows, or 45,000 stamps and so on.
In order to verify the correctness of the entries at any moment, and, at the same time, obtain knowledge of the actual condition of the National Fund in the various countries, it is necessary to ascertain only the number of the row up to which stamps have been sold in a given series, and to compare this with the records in the books, and the last statements to the auditors. Every month the central office must send a report to the Actions Committee of the state of each series. The Actions Committee will appoint three auditors to control the books and all the documents of the National Fund. The auditors must report to the Actions Committee.
ADMINISTRATION.
The smaller Actions Committee is to undertake the administration of the National Fund as
a whole, and is to control the treasury and the books. It will devolve upon it to determine the conditions under which the Bank becomes the central depot, and to arrange for the proper investment of the moneys.
vestment of the moneys.The Actions Committee of the Zionist Congress is the body which is to decide whether theconditions justifying the purchase of land by theNational Fund have come about, and, also, whatlands are to be bought.
The system which has just been unfolded is to be the chief source of the Jewish National Fund, though not the exclusive means for obtaining it. Another stamp system has been devised similar to this one, in which the stamps will each have several times the value of the other stamps, in order to provide receipts for larger sums of money by means of a fewer number of stamps.
In addition to the stamp systems, a golden book will be kept by the Actions Committee to record all families or persons that have contributed at least £10 to the National Fund. Again, journals friendly to our cause may collect for the National Fund. For all sums delivered by them to the centre, they will receive a corresponding number of stamps which will not be salable.
The Land of Promise
AN ALLEGORICAL TALE
THE good prophet and poet was winding his way through the Valley. The ground was wet with the tears of the weak and the weary, and red with the lifestream of the vanquished.
"When, oh, when," he cried, despairing, "will Right rule Might, and the Kingdom of Justice come?" — "Come!" answered an echo, and the prophet went out at the sound of the voice.
And he came to the shore of a mighty river: it was the river that flows from eternity to eternity, which separates the Valley of Tears from the Promised Land.
"If I could but lead the dwellers of the Valley," mused the prophet, "if I could but lead them over the river into the Happy Land of Promise !"
But the river was stormy, and the dwellers of the Valley were afraid to approach it, for its bank were of sharp rocks and thorns. The
Strong and the Unjust were loath to leave, for they knew not what to expect in the Unknown Land. Besides, their outfit—Lust and Pelf—was so heavy, that they could not possibly cross the river without considerable danger to life and limb; and they would not discard their outfit for they came to consider it a part of themselves.
As for the Weak and the Weary, they had neither strength nor courage to venture to cross the river.
Some of those who believed only in their own senses, and worshipped at the shrine of the idol whom they called the great god Fact, urged the good prophet to attempt the journey for himself, so that upon his return he might enlighten them all.
So the prophet set out on his lonely journey. He was compelled to swim, for there were no ships, and if there had been any, no crew was brave enough to man them.