that it complied with the provisions of the Organization Statutes. Mr. Joseph Cowen, President of the English Zionists Federation, opposed the application on the ground that it would harm the interests of English Zionism and because the Order did not represent any special views.
Dr. Hantke declared that the Order must be recognized as it actually possessed nearly all the powers appertaining to a Federation and one could not alter a position already long recognized. A definite decision was necessary. Objections were raised from various sides against recognition because it was not quite clear whether the Order actually represented particular views. Herr Motzkin and Herr Fischer maintained that no Federation could be recognized, whose statutes were not public and this case seemed to apply to the Order of Ancient Maccabaeans. Herr Fischer inquired whether according to the Statutes of the Zionists Organization such societies could be recognized, and asked that the question should be reported in the protocol. The debate upon this point was postponed as the necessary material for deciding the question was not at hand. The great majority of the Actions Committee was of the opinion which was also shared by the I.A.C. that an endeavor must be made to bring about a friendly co-operation of the two existing groups in English Zionism. Thereupon the following resolution was adopted:
"The Order of Ancient Maccabaeans
shall be recognized as a Separate Union (Sonder Verband) as soon as the I. A. C. has received both from the Order and from the English Zionist Federation a written declaration that both will appoint a joint Council, which shall act as the representative of English Zionism within the Organization and which shall communicate with the I. A. C.
The question of the recognition of the Order Knights of Zion was adjourned in accordance with the motion of the I. A. C. as the necessary material for elucidating the matter must first be obtained.
Upon the motion of the I. A. C., authority was granted to it by the G. A. C. to draft a statute for the Board of the Organization.
A number of suggestions were made in regard to organization and propaganda, and Heerr Motzkin urged the necessity of supporting the Organization for the Hebrew Language and Culture. The I. A. C. communicated the schemes it intended carrying out in the immediate future for the extension of propaganda.
The Central Committee of Russian Zionists expressed the wish that the Hebrew Zionist weekly "Haolam" should be transferred to Berlin. The A. C. resolved to grant 2000 mark for the dissemination of the Hebrew language, the allocation to be left to the I. A. C. The meeting was closed on Tuesday evening with a few concluding words by the Chairman Professor Warburg.
Practical Zionism: A Letter to the Editor
Your editorial in November's issue impels me to write this letter. I am seeking for information and enlightenment on several points touched by you therein.
You state that owing to the forcing of practical work to the foreground both by Russian and American Zionists (the latter you term thoughtless workers) there is danger to the political ideal of the movement.
If it is true that by doing practical work we retard and endanger autonomy, then please point out how, and I feel convinced that even the hardest practical worker will
cease his activities rather than stand in the way of Jewish Nationality and Autonomy.
However, before the masses of our comrades can accept your position they have to be enlightened and mainly on the one point which is being asked over and over again both by Zionists, anti's and would-be's viz:- "How do you propose to work for the attainment of your object?" This question must be answered clearly without any equqivocation. We want to establish the Jews as an autonomous nationality in Palestine; a country under Turkish rule having a population of half a million of whom a fifth are Jews.
The Turkish Parliament is the sole au-