gether. Carefully he whetted his knife so that not the slightest nick remained on it. He seized the wind-pipe of the ox and cried in a loud voice:
"Praised be thou, our God, who hastsanctified us by thy commandments andgiven us the commandment of slaughtering!"
One stroke of the blood spurted in a copious stream. But out of the air came sounds as of aeolian harps and the words:
"Hail to thee! Thou hast saved me! Thy death too shall be easy, and thou shalt enter into the habitations of the blessed!"
Eight days later my great-grandfather was a corpse. He had been found insensible in the slaughter-house, where there had been, strangely, no trace of blood. He told his story, barely having regained consciousness. The doctor shrugged his shoulders, and thought he had caught a cold. All the medical resources at the doctor's command were tried, but in vain; and when the last hope was gone, he declared that it had been apparent at the outset that recovery could not be expected in a case of such complete organic disturbance.
... Translated from the German by ...Abram Lipsky.
Nordau on the Present Situation
Dr. Max Nordau was interviewed by a German journalist a few weeks ago on the state of affairs in Zionism. He said in part:
"The Zionists in Turkey must stand above parties and must not mix themselves up in the internal affairs of the country nor take an active part in them. This was the reason that even before the revolution, when an open letter against the President of the Turkish Gov-
ernment, Ahmed Riza, appeared in the French paper, L'Independent, and when I learned that this had been written by a Constantinople member of our party, I at once called the attention of the Smaller Actions Committee to the matter, and expressed the wish that such a thing should not occur again, as open interference in internal Turkish affairs must do Zionism a great deal of harm."
In the further course of the conversation Dr. Nordau declared that in opposition to the present feeling among Zionists he was no special friend of colonization in Palestine. In a lecture, Dr. Nordau had said: "We have in Palestine but one colony, and that is the Jewish land, and we have only one body of immigrants to send there: the Jewish poeple." On the other hand, Dr. Nordau spoke in favor of the establishment of as many schools in Palestine as possible, as these were in a position to harmonize the old and the new generations. In view of the many complaints which, especially in the Austrian Zionist Press, are being made against the central direction that at the present moment they have no plan of operations, Dr. Nordau said: "Such complaints are becoming more frequent, but I do not agree with them. The leaders of the movement know very well what they desire, and if Herr Wolffsohn is at present on a two months' visit to Constantinople it is not with the object of seeking amuse- mens which he could not find in Cologne, but solely for the purpose of getting in touch with the authorities and of ascertaining on the spot in what way the Zionist programme can be carried through. If, nevertheless, complaints are raised on many sides against the leaders of the movement, this is nothing new in Judaism. The Jewish people is great in hopes, in fears, and in desires, but it is very small in support and gifts when its own objects are affected."