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11il eal thy, the land fertile, and the Arabsthenot so troublesome as have been remi1ported. A successful colony of Protsir*estant Christians from Wurtemberg,evlt;1that is settled there, is pointed to aslt;Dlt;••proof of the truth of these representaChTtions.curNor do we hear only of argumentthi•and advice. Practical steps appear to20have been taken by wealthy and influtin•Jential citizens of Germany and Engcitaland, who have applied to the Sultanthisfor a grant of land in Syria, and whoeospropose to construct roads and railwaysuneand to establish colonies around theho*stations. Any profits which may beupsrealized beyond what are necessary tosaethe success of the project are to beOiFpaid to the Turkish Government. Thisof[yDproposal is said to be viewed favorablyfu-by the Sultan’s Ministers. The JewsWIof Constantinople are also said to havenn,1drawn up a memorial to the Porte onTl,tthe subject.fe:dThe fact cannot be disguised thatli\ethis project is encompassed by difficulsiteties. An unruly surrounding populaofgtion, a scanty water supply, the lacka lt;i*.4of an orderly government and of wisenayand well-executed laws, must be faced;teeyet, with the influence that the promiPr/ fnent Hebrews of the world can comtoirmand, the resources and facilities thattv1they can supply, and possibly withinISsome form of foreign protectorate,Witethese obstacles can be overcome, andmIsthe land that once was described asreflowing with milk and honey can bebeLSmade to bloom and prosper again. Atta)fall events, it is certain that no othergj1-field is open to colonization on a largeS€5-»scale that offers better conditions.mjrThe efforts of the Alliance Israeliteai38Universelle in sending refugees fromfceRussia to the United States haveTisnecessarily been confined to very retls-stricted limits. A few hundred faminlt;inlies, and those not the more distressed0and needy ones, are all that are likelyPn-to arrive here this year. Practicallydythis is no relief at all to the two ortliythree million Jewish inhabitants of thetld-Russian empire. Something on aI 1 15!S-much larger scale is needed. Some oftiesthe Russian refugees are said to havetlcegone to Switzerland, but there istneither room nor cheap land there foretoany large number. The ArgentineiyRepublic is said to have invited Jewb;t-ish immigrants to its broad and fineagterritory; but that is too far away, andI f‘Wthe transportation of a large number ofrofsettlers would be too expensive and troublesome; nor is it likely that manysinwould be willing to go there.c:X-Syria, where land can be obtained1 • 1enfree or at a trifling cost, where a largengpart of the Jewish race would settletwillingly, and to which they can be removed in large numbers easily and ateno great expense, is unquestionablyiid,*■* t 'v»the bcsl land that can be selected byrthem. If the Alliance Israelite Uni\ng1 o nverselle should decide, as it is perhapsfLcioonpnnot unlikely to do, in favor of making the experiment there, the movementt' C vi»pnwould receive an impetus that would' c u %at once carry it far on the way to prac»ttical realization.\ar■i
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Plymouth Restitution
Plymouth, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 09, 1881
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