WILL ASK AID
FOR PALESTINE
Zionist Organization Will
Launch Campaign For
Fund of $10,000,000
New York, Dec. 22. —Ten million !
dollars Is the minimum which the \
Zionist organization of America will
endeavor to raise in this country
beginning January 18, by an appeal
to Jews and non-Jews alike, for the
purchase of large tracts of land in
Palestine and the preparation of the
country in every way for the masses j
of Jews who, according to authori- !
tative reports, are eager to migrate ;
thither from Russia. Poland, Ga- ]
licia, Rumania and other pogrom- j
ridden countries of Eastern Europe. ;
The mass-desire on the part of the
Jews to escape to Palestine from i
lands of persecution everywhere, be- j
fore that country is prepared to re
ceive them, is so intense as to make ;
the task of restraining the impend- i
ing immigration a most difficult ,
problem for the Zionist organization. ,
The executive committee of the
Zionist organization of America an- !
nounced that it has every reason for ;
confidence that Great Britain will
assume the mandate over Palestine
for the specific purpose of establish- !
ing there a national homeland for
the Jewish people. This purpose
was announced by Great Britain on
November 2, 1917, in what is known i
as the "Balfour Declaration" and !
was reiterated on November 2 of j
this year, by Lord Curzon, the pres- j
ent British Foreign Secretary, who
stated that the policy of Great Brit
ain toward Palestine as announced
two years by Arthur J. Balfour re
mains unchanged.
Development Needed
The Zionist Organization of Amer
ica feels, in view of Lord Curzon's
statement, and the fact that the
treaty with Turkey is to be taken up
by the Allies at an early date, that
the time has arrived for beginning
a program of construction and re
construction in Palestine. This pro
gram includes not only the acquire- I
ment of large tracts of land, but
also water conservation and the de
velopment of water power; sanita
tion and drainage in cities and
towns; irrigation, afforestation, sur
vey and development of natural re- |
sources and the establishment of i
technical laboratories for agricul
tural purposes.
Large sums will also be needed
for the maintenance and develop
ment of work already launched in
Palestine by the Zionists. These in
clude a school system ranging from
kindergartens to a university, loans
to agricultural and industrial or
ganizations and groups, rehabilita
tion of Jewish colonies devastated
during the war, maintenance of the ,
American Zionist Medical Unit, its
three hospitals and two nurses'
training schools, an antimalaria
campaign and improvement in the
housing conditions of Jerusalem,
Jaffa and other cities. Other items
to be met by this fund include the
care of Jewish legionaires and their
dependants; supplies for hospitals
and institutions in Palestine, and a
Palestine information bureau, as
well as the maintenance and admin
istration of the Zionist organization
through which these enormous tasks
are to be carried out.
All of the resources of the Zion
ist districts in the United States will
b e utilized for the purposes of this
campaign, whcli will be conducted
by a national committee headed by
JaOga Julian W. Mack.
Harvard Endowment Fund
on the Twelfth Million:
New York. Dec. 22.—With the
$12,000,000 figure in sight, workers
lor the Harvard endowment fund
of $15,250,000 reported a total of
$11,057,518 for the week, according
to a report issued at headquarters
here to-day. The gain for the week
represents more than $250,000. Near- j
ly 15,000 of 36,000 living Harvard i
graduates have thus far subscribed I
to the fund.
Boston among all districts has a |
firm hold upon first place with a \
lotal of $4,425,560, while New York
takes second place with $3,851,351
to her credit.
France leads the foreign countries
with $28,000. Hawaii, with sixty- i
two Harvard men. has sent forty- |
nine individual subscriptions for a I
total of near $31,000.
Blind Are Following
Many Vocationsj
About 75 soldiers, sailors, and !
marines who have been totally or
partially blinded during the war are
new taking vocational retraining at
the Red Cross Institute for the Blind
at Baltimore, through the Federal
Board of Vocational Education.
It is interesting to note that poul- j
try raising and dairy farming, store
keeping, and salesmanship are among
the vocations in which these men be
come proficient.
It is explained by the experts that
the men develop a sort of sixth
sense which, if properly trained, en- i
sbles them to 'see" better than a|
good many whose eyesight has not I
been impaired in the slightest de
gree.
Philippine Hats Will Be
Brought Here to Aid Drive
New York, Dec. 22. Philippine '
hats may become the fashion in
women's millinery for the coming ,
spring. The Smith College Club of j
our Oriental possession is sending
hats made of native materials of the t
islands, and these will be sold in this j
country, the profits going to the
$4,000,000 endowment fund of the
College at Northampton, Mass.
Mrs. George C. Bartter, a gradu- |
ate of Smith in 1901, is now chair
man of the fund committee for the
Philippines. She writes that the nine |
alumnae in the islands are anxious
to assist in the drive for $4,000,000.
CO-OPERATION IN
WHALE FISHING
The Twofold bay whale hunters tell j
that when the Antarctic whales, on
their way to northern waters foi |
calving, appear off Twofold bay with I
them come the "killers"—a fierce |
species of grampus whale, which is;
the greatest enemy of the true whale, J
and that these killers have learned I
to herd the whales into the bay for j
the human hunters to deal with. |
Man wants from the whale only j
the blubber, the whalebone (frornt
the roof of the mouth), and, when it!
Is present, the ambergls. The rest j
of the carcass is left to bo devoured. |
It Is said that the killers—the same j
killers come year after year to the]
bay—have learned that to co-operate j
with man Is the easiest way to si \
feast of whale fish nnd so conepsi- j
trate their energies on driving a vic
tim toward the whaling lv>nts a
docs drive slicco.—London Morning
Tost,
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DECEMBER 22, 1919.
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