aimed to establish a national bank. They aim to win the sympathy of the world.They desire to open negotiations with the Sultan. The Colonial Bank is established, if not with entire amount, at least with a working capital. No nation hasopenly declared their disapproval of the Zionist platform. Germany, America,England, if not officially, have through their press, encouraged our effort. Thegate of the Porte has been opened and the Sultan is as earnest in selling Palestine as we are in buying it. Zionism cannot leap by a single bound to its goal.A movement must be firm in its foundations, cemented by a public opinion. Thenthe next step is organization. To organize societies scattered in all parts of theworld into a federation whose animus is spiritual, is one of the gigantic tasks ofman. There must be a passion amounting to enthusiasm to keep the societiesscattered over the world in one bond. To awake the Zionist idea in the Jews ofall countries against the counter-ideas and prejudices from all sides has been thework of Zionism.
To strengthen the faith already established, to reassure the doubtful, to make the federated Zionists of the world as one body ready for prompt action—this is the work that Zionism has accomplished. Zionism has already passed from the abstract into a concrete organism, supported and nourished by the soul of the Jewish race. We can take America as an example. We commenced with twenty loosely organized societies. Within three years, our number has increased to 200 societies, not only in name, but a part of the Federation of American Zionists. These societies, for their social influence, are powers of immense good in uniting the Jewish communities. Also these societies, through Zionist pamphlets and Jewish literature, are educating thousands hitherto uninformed about anything pertaining to Judaism. Zionism in America is but a miniature of the greater activity in the outside world—England, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Roumania.
Zionism has accomplished this: It has given to the world a clearly defined policy. It has federated the Jewish people in union for action. It has created a public opinion for colonization in Palestine by proving the futility of other colonizing experiments. It has gained the attention and sympathy of the entire world. It has proved the Sultan to be our ally.
“ E Pluribus Unum ”
O H beautiful motto! In the most glaring letters of living light do your beautiful words ring out; it has made the hearts of eighty million people sing the song of liberty and equality. May not your beautiful teachings fill the heart with song of him who has for the past two thousand years been known as the Wandering Jew?
Since the fall of Jerusalem, Israel has been the target of bigotry and persecution. He has felt the misery that springs from dependence, he has felt, too, that as the possibilities and privileges go with the majority, Israel stood but a poor chance in liberty and justice.