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Sunday Morning, Nov. 5, 1911. ESCANABA MORNING PRESS. Sunday Morning, Nov. 5, 1911.

OLDER NATIONS Young Halt That to Secure Holy Land by Muit Be of By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. all the nationalistic within the breaats of men today, the most romantic Is the longing of devout Jews to get back for themselves the land of Abraham and David. AH Christendom is Interested In this project. Some schools of Christian theology stake vast prophetic Issues upon 1L Statesmen of Europe are Interested In It as one solution of the question of what to do with the Jew, who has been made unwelcome In all their lands.

Whatever be the reason for the well-nigh universal sympathy with the Zionlstic aspiration. the news has doubtless been received with regret that the Young Turks have formally and officially announced that the immigration of Jews into Palestine must cease, Moreover, it is intimated that those already here must go. That la the latest development in Zionism: but it must be remembered that Zionism la part and parcel of all high politics, and the end is not yet. It is not at all impossible that the for this recent adverse pronouncement Is nothing lesa than the failure of the French loan to Turkey. Let nobody think that the Sflonlsts are merely a company of pioua Jewish expatriates, sighing for the land of their fathers They are the bankers of Europe and the men who often say the deciding word in affairs of nations I have reason to believe that Zionism haa been an important fartor In the recent hidden politics of the Turkish Empire.

Some of the leaders of the Committee of Union and Progress are Jews, and Salonika, the headquarters of the Young Turk party, is the home of an influential body of Jewa who, several generations ago. embraced the Moslem faith, although they are commonly regarded as being better Jews than Moslems. In most unexpected places the Zionist cause has allies, and one trained observer of events at Constantinople said to me, will never get hold of the true Inwardness of this Turkish situation until you unravel the relation of Zion Ism to it" Zionism and Abdul Hamid. For the present, the Jews have lost Whatever their influence with the Young Turk leaders, they have, on the whole, preferred the regime of Abdul Hamid. A member of the central Zionist committee told me in Berlin that Zionists would rather have the old order than the new.

His was the first downright defence of the deposed monarch I had ever heard. The rea- aons given were, first, that the Turks have ever been kindlier to the Jews than have the Christians; and. secondly, that Abdul Hamid permitted the Jews to aettle In Palestine, and to acquire Isn'i Legally, no Jew Is permitted to live In Palestine longer than three months. Upon entering the country he is obliged to surrender his passport, and receive a temporary red passport. As for acquiring property, that also la and long has been Interdicted Hut one well-informed Jewish leader at Jaffa merely shrugged his shoulders when 1 brought up this subject, and aaid, "We have a golden key that can unlock any door in Turkey Practically.

we have found no difference be tween the old days and the new. In either cane we have to get what we by Theoretically, there are no Jews In Turkey; practically, there are more than a hundred thousand In the Promised I In the paat flve years the number has Increased fifty per cent. When the constitutional party came into power, with Its avoaals of com nlete religious and racial liberty, the hearts of devout Jems and their friends everywhere leaped with exultation; this meant the advent of the long expected day the Children of Israel should be free once more to aettle in the land of their fathers Zionism's heralded day had dawned. Now these hopes have once more been dashed As of yore, every Jew who enters Palestine must do so by bribery and stealth. Those without passports must buy them; and common report haa it that there used to be a lively traffic in American passports in this country That has been almost.

If not altogether, broken up by the vigilance of the consuls, and the requirement that every American citizen aecuring a red passport shall deposit the original one at the con aulate. Each nation must look after its own nationals in Turkey, and, un fortunately, there la no one nation to atand back of the Jews, as France standa back of the Homan Catholics. Russia back of the Greek church, and America and Great Britain back of the Protestant a Will Jews Be Driven Out? In apite of the late vigoroua pronouncement from Constantinople there ia little likelihood that the Jews now in Paleatine will be driven out Tbeir consuls will protect them in their property rlgbta. However these rights may been obtained, their preaent legality cannot be questioned It will be strange to all who know Turkey, and the common methods of bringing tblugs to here, if the number of Jewtah colonials does not steadily Increase. As one said to me.

rather cynically, "There Is as much bribery as ever In Turkey, only the prices come This I hasten to explain, at least in part, on the ground that the Young Turks are obliged to work with the tools that they find ready to their bands. The natural increase of the Jewish population of Palestine must be comparatively small, as so large a percentage of the colonists are old people who have come here to end their days. These are the more religious element, and they are largely Spanish and Russian and German Jews. The number of old persons to be scon in Jerusalem Is a sight full of Hgnlflcance and pathos. Jewish and Paupers.

That religious zeal is a prime factor In the of Palestine is evident at a glance. men wear a distinctive garb, of which the round felt hat. worn in the hottest weather, with a white cap underneath, Is the most characteristic feature. This la also worn by the boys. Even more striking is the curl in front of the ear, which la In compliance with a rabbinical teaching against trimming the hair.

It must be confessed that this gives a decidedly other-worldly appearance to the male Jews, especially since they generally affect the long cloak or gaberdine. Most of these persons depend upon aid from outside of Palestine for their maintenance. It Is a very small allowance, and so most of them live In very meager style. The statement has been repeatedly made to me In the Holy Land that Zionism has pauperized the Jews. Certainly their physiognomy does not reveal the traits of alertness and aggressiveness which characterize the American Jew.

If It be true, as commonly stated, that every Jew here receives his from abroad, the effect haa been manifestly deleterious. Able to subsist on a pittance, the Incentive to Independent labor Is removed, with the result the stones of the old wall of the temple. Successful Jewish Colonies. Both the Zionist movement and the Jewish Colonization Society have es- tabllshed colonies In various parts of Palestine. Their contention that some- what of the ancient fertility and prosperity of the land may be restored la doubtless correct.

Better government, and better agricultural methods will revolutionize conditions here, as elsewhere throughout Turkey. But thus far there has been no conspicuous success attending the purely agricultural colonies. The Jew has been too long away from the soil for that. In the best of the farm settlements, near Jaffa, the colonists make use of Arab labor. Their own aptitude is for trade.

At Zamarlne, In Galilee, one of the old Jewish settlements, which has been In existence for more than twenty years, the people, mostly ians, are on a basis of self-support, except for some slight assistance for the school. Their Industry Is making They have quite an European community In the midst of Syria. The order and cleanliness Is in sharp contrast with the conditions In T1 berlas. religious, whereas one old Hebrew told me that the Zamarlne colonists have no religion. Surely, though, there wan nothing less than a rellg- i lotia motive back of the words of the village druggist as he told me that the people made a modest living; "not so good as we could make In America, but then, we are In the Promised I Land, you There are now about two-score of Jewish colonies In Palestine, not to mention those in adjacent lands.

The most successful of all is In the Island of Cyprus. The leaders are giving more and more attention to the crea- Get Glimpse of French Soldiers in New Togs. Color Is Something Between Khaki and Sage Green to Blend With Give Much Invisibility as Possible. about the Gare de the other day, had their first glimpse of French soldiers dressed In the new uniform, when a number oi privates came from their to exhibit themselves. They bad obtained a leave of absence of 25 hours in order to parade about the streets and advertise the Innovation In military fashions.

The uniform Is known us "l'unl- frome the color being something between khaki and sage green. The purpose of the color is to biend the hue of a regiment with that ot lsi march- Ing or fighting, thus adding a new French arm to strategy and endeavor- and If possible to reduce the number of wounded and killed by rendering the soldiers Invisible to scouts The dull yellowish rose and green of the mignonette have wrought the color of the new dress When the soldiers drill upon a green or yellowish place In the full light of the sun, the Illusion of invis iblllty is said to be marvelous. When I the sun Is behind them the illusion disappears. A similar innovation worked well In the caae of armies other than those tlon of self supporting bodies, In an France. During the war In the effort to restrict the hurtful effects of Transvaal, the English discarded their Indiscriminate charity.

These leaders ornate dress and put on khaki, which are too powerful to have all that they rolor blended with the sandy country. This assured them a nearly complete Invisibility at times. The purpose of HIS DURBAR YACHT Salt from My Attic JOHN A. SHEDD la York Cbriatlaa 3 StElSin A THIN a short time King George and his party will sail from England for India, where the imperial durbar will be held at Delhi in December. The and O.

liner Medina has been chartered for the royal party and will be added to the navy for the time and manned by navy officers and crew. During her commission she will be one of the smartest and most graceful ships on the ocean She will be painted white, with a ribbon of royal blue and gold, and a third mast is to be stepped amidships, from which the royal standard will be flown. In these respects the Medina will differ considerably from her sister ship, the Maloja, which la taking distinguished visitors to the durbar, for the Maloja will be painted black with a white ribbon, and have only two masta. The vessels are of 20.000 tons displacement. the reseda uniform Is to blend well with both yellowish and green landscapes The helmet Is a tiny thing and fits close to the head.

There Is a Jacket that extends half way to the knees. Long heavy trousers of the same width at the bottom as at the top of the leg, are confined about the ankle and calf by puttees of coarse cloth. The heavy, unwieldy ping straps that crossed the chest and supported his knapsack and canteen across his back, have been discarded for a simple affair that crosses In the back, and fastens In front to a single strap, down the cen- ter of the coat To this hang hla knapsack and canteen. There Is a strap that goes about the waist, which is fastened to the upper arrangement The whole may be put on with a single movement. FORM TOMATO LINE Evanston Has Procession That Gets Vegetables Free.

St. Stephens Gate, Jerusalem. that nowhere In Palestine, outside of exclusively Jewish colonies, are the leading business men Jews. There is xncro successful among Hebrews of any one of a hundred streets In New York than in all of Palestine. One reason for the bitter complaints of the Syrians at the presence of the Jews is that the latter are not dependent upon their labors for a livelihood, and are also able to extat on a very low scale, and so are able greatly to undersell the natives in their little shops.

Ghettoes In Jerusalfm. The crowding of the colonists Into ghettoes ouUide of Jerusalem Is an interesting example of the force of habit. There is no need here for over- rowded quarters; each family could have Its own vine and flg tree by extending the Jewish quarter a little further outside the city. Generations of congested living In the ghettoes of Europe, together with the necessity for crowding close together for mutual protection, are hard to escape. So the Holy Land today contains a state of affairs such as It never before witnessed in ita long history.

Nor are the Jewish quarters of the cities of Palestine such as would Incline one to optimism concerning a Jewish state. Tiberias, for example. Is predominantly Jewish, yet It is one of the dirtiest and least attractive towns In all the land. Thia la not a racial fact, but rather an illustration of the statement that It is the eccles last it ally earnest, and the aged and the sorely stricken, who have fled to the haven of the Promised In Galilee 1 heard the lament that most ambitious of the youug men are leaving Palestine to go to Amer lea, that other Promised of all the world. The younger generation, I WHS also told, have not the intereat of their fathers in religion.

The most representative Jew I have met here, from the American standpoint, was a traveler from New York City. At Jaffa he ran across an old woman who was having trouble with her transportation. He took her In hand, with gentle insistence, saw her aboard her boat, chang. her third-class ticket for a flrst, and had her put In a cabin alongside his own. In all respects caring for her as tenderly as a wealthy son could do Yet she was of a different laud, race and religion from himself.

1 prefer to regard him as typical of the future of his race, rather than the 111-fed, strangely-clad sealota uhom one may see any Friday have gained thus far sacrificed to Turkish politics. The Jew Is in Palestine to stay, even though the present re- Col. Henry M. Kidder Is the Giver and He Also Contributes Flowers From His One of Beneficiariea. has no for there Is no Institution to which the poor may line up with baskets as they do every night around a certain group of Chicago restaurants maintained by a charitable management that gives away bushels of bread and cake and rolls at the close.

What Evanston has, though, and It Is even more unique, Is a "tomato Col. Henry M. Kidder la the owner of which distributes tomatoes gratia. So far as he knows his la the only recognized and regularly operated free tomato dispensary extant. Its beneficiaries number scores of families of the poor of Evanston proper and North Evanston, besides many less impecunious ones who accept turns wih a hunch of fresh cut posies as well.

Colonel Kidder Is over seventy yesrs of age. Erect, white haired and wearing a goatee, he would be set down anywhere as a colonel of the old school, He Is a southerner In appearance and manner only, though, for be was reared In Evanston and bis father, Rev. Dr. Kidder, a professor In the Garrett Biblical Institute, was one of the pioneers of the north shore town. PLAY STAGED BY CONVICTS WO thousand years ago tho 1 world's greatest Life waa smothered by a kiss; today I have seen principles amlled to the death.

For reverence some God In a book, and then for ence they lose the book. Have you lost a book? Few men ever shake the world. But a grand thing for a young man to try. Genius is unique, and so is impossible of comparison; that Is why It should be an utter stranger to Envy. Would you have your children healthy? See that they are clean and rested every morning, dirty and tired every evening.

The Arabs have a thousand for the sword. An American general rolled them all into one when he said: "War Is Oceans of water could not drown Noah; a few draughts of wine did. As Idle gold makee no Interest, so Idle grace earns no goodness. We never can get into glory until we get out of ourselves Thank God for sunshine and for clouds, for rainstorm as well as hear weather, for dew and for snow; It Is mixed weather only that brings a full harvest of wheat or mind or land or soul. There Is but one prescription for all the diseases of this world and society; It always cures when faithfully taken and It was given by the great SHIFTS A HEART clan Sometimes we are poor by what we suits of Zionism have not fully justl- gifts from the distributer In considers fled all hopes.

(Copyright. by TI. Bowies.) Pseudonyms of Women Writers. The preference of many women writers for a male pseudonym Is doubtless a survival of the old superstition that to engage In the task of tlon of his plea that the vegetables will spoil on the vines unless housewives contrive to convert large quantities into pickle, piccalilli, catchup, chili sauce and allied concoctions. As a result of hiB Invitation there are dally pilgrimages to that quarter of North Evanston where the Kidder authorship was The homestead Is situated, and children Bronte sisters set the fashion In ap- foriu a larKe proportion of the basket pearlng as urrer, Acton and Ellis bearers who go to get the tomatoes.

Bell respectively. Thetr example was followed by George Eliot. But George Is a name to which the distressed lady novelist flies ss to a city of refuge. A charity hospital for convalescents In North Evanston also shares bountl- fullj In the distribution. Colonel Kidder supplies the hospital with flowers goes with her basket for tomatoes re- PROUD OF CORN EARS We have had George Egerton, George and almost every little girl who Fleming, George Paston and a host of others.

Then, too, there have been John Oliver Hobbes. Ralp Iron, Frank Hamel and Frank Dauby. On the other hand Mr. Oliver Madox llueffer shares with the late William Sharp the distinction of a feminine disguise, for he whh known to the novel reading public uutll quite recently as Jane Wardle. San Quentin Prisonera Erect Structure and Make Properties for a Dramatic Performance.

San Quentin. the shadow of of the state penitentiary and with convicts in stripes, both men snd women, as an audience, a dramatic performance has been given on a stage erected by the convicts In the prison yard. The play so iected waa one dealing with the struggles toward honesty of a reformed sale cracker. Stage properties lor the most part were manufactured by the convicts, who threw themselves into the work of preparation in a way that rivaled their reception of the play Itself. Among the audience were men serving life terms.

Some of these figured in the prison band, which supplied the music for the piece. Fluid In the Left Pleural Cavity Had Pushed It Puts It In Place Again. hla heart In the right place again, Harry Baylles of Bloomfield, N. left the Mountain- aide hospital, Montclair. The boy.

son of Pollcc Sergeant John R. Baylles. entered the hospital a few weeks ago The ulstory of his case was not clear. The surgeons found that much fluid had accumulated In the cavity that contains his left lung; Ita pressure bad pushed his heart out of Its normal position and to the right, so that Harry would have had to lay his band over bis breastbone If be wanted to make love with appropriate gestures. The Burgeons tapped left pleural cavity very much In the same way and with the same kind of instrument as a nurse taps a bottle of champagne to draw off one glass for tae patient.

But the surgeons drew all the liquid from the cavity. Then heart, being relieved from pressure, returned to its proper position and resumed pumping at the same old stand. Literally, Harry breathed freer, but that bad not so much to do lth bis heart aa with his left lung; there waa more room for air in It after the fluid was removed. The surgeons advised Harry to keep as quiet as possible, else the fluid may accumulate again. But If it does they will draw It olf.

War on Plague Squirrels. Stockton, thousand farmers, representing 80,000 acres, have Imposed a tax of flve cents per acre on themselves to exterminate ground squirrels in San Joaquin county, which are said to be infected with bubonic piague. Increased Price of Platinum. New has been advancing rapidly in prices recently and now it is quoted in Maiden lane at $47.50 an ounce. This Is the highest price on record and Indicates an advance of $5 an ounce since the flrst of the year.

Local dealers predict a iurther Increase. At the present quotation platinum Is worth nearly two (aid a half times as much as gold. have and rich by what we lack. Prayer and Work. The beat prayers have a bit of work before them and a lot afterwards.

Doing great deedB Is denied most of ns, but we can all have great thoughts for our dally companions If we will. Much of the so-called spiritual peaco 1 laziness In a religious gown. He who defies Pharisees as "an ancient and extinct says too mttch; they are ancient. Kings of men or of movements must have kingly heads, princely hearts, and royal souls, or they are a nuisance. The conquer (Hahnemann to the contrary I.

Strong drink weakens men. while from the weakest drink comes greatest strength. The truth may be a solo, while a chorus may be false. How we shade down sin by sweet synonyms! We ssy, "She Is arttfl- is "She is "He is I can tell you to be honest and save many words; Just call them by the name God has christened them. are There ia no denying that weeds art weeds; but when a weed doea a weed's work, it is not useless.

God created the weed as well as the rose. About halfway the huts of Beggartown and the palaces of the city of Toorleh Is a happy village called Content; but the signboards on roads are A. Shedd, In 4 New York Christian Advocate. The Bright Side. we must always look on the bright side." ssld Mayor Grice of Fort Wayne, dlacusalng a party Betback.

must all take a lesson from Hiram Husk. "HI Husk, you know, visited Long Island laat week, and had hla pocket picked at a side show. should his wife anesred, on his return home, have a purty poor opinion of Coney arter robbed of your purse like that's ssld Husk; I come out better some folks did. Why, Marla, the old wsrd In the piece beautiful Thais, had all her Jools swiped, and the banker's wife throwed vltrol In his face durln' the same act I had my wallet afternoon at the walling by 1 get a more expensive An Intimate Acquaintance. Mabel I am sure he must have loved her very dearly.

should say so. He married her In spite of the fact that he had been out In th. rain with her all one afternoon, was seasick with her, and saw her unexiMMicdly at home the morning after a Selling the Opportunity. Crsbshaw -If you ini-ist on this new gown I'll have to it on credit. Mrs.

long aa It's going to be charged, 1 may as Grown by Pennaylvanla Is One of Most Interesting Products at Falra. Harrisburg. of corn grown by corn-raising clubs snd sons of farmers have formed one of the most interesting displays at every county fair and agricultural exhibition visited thla declared A. L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, today Mr.

Martin la In charge of the supervision of county fairs, and haa visited most of those held in thia state so far. He saya the corn showa are among the most valuable adjuncta to the agriculture of Pennsylvania was atruck with the quality and the size of the exhlbtta made by boya at the various county falra, and marked the keen rivalry between clubs representing townships or districts and between boys In tbe same neighborhood. The exhibits were well presented. and in some esses histories of the corn were given. There Is no question; these corn cluba are proving a stimulus to agriculture and inculcating In the boys greater interest in tbe This Justice Needs Scales Missouri Divorce Suit Haa So Many Angles Judge Haa Hard Time in Solving Difficult Problema.

Geta Relic of Washington. Dedham, notes from which Washington delivered his farewell address are bequeathed to Miss Llrzle Faxon of this city by the will of her grandmother, filed for pro bate here Faxon is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and has a valuable collection of Jefferson and pa St. deciding a divorce suit at Clayton. Judge McElhlnney Is having to measure Justice with a yard stick and weigh testimony In the terms of pounds and ounces. These two problema have been offered for his consideration: 1.

Can a man. who weighs 140 pounda, knock down his wife, who weighs 200 pounds, twice on Sunday and aeveral times during the week? 2 Can a man who Is only 4 feet 10 IncbeB tall kick hla wife in the shoulder without getting on a chair, when she is standing up and 1 5 feet 10 inches tall? The prlnclpala In the case are Mrs Julia Haemmerele and William Haem- mereie of Unlveralty City. The two problems Indicate their conflicting testimony In the caae Other testimony had to do with stories of quarrels In the Haemmerele home Tbe wife denied she once broke some of her ribs with a nightstick after be had been arrested tor breaking some of her fruit jars with an ax. In reply to a bartender, who said Mrs Haemmerele had come to his place dally to buy liquor, the wife said her husband sent her because If he went himself he might have to buy somebody a drink. There was much other testimony of the same sort which kept the court- room in a titter and provoked a re i monstrance from the ney.

who declared the case was being made a travesty. Be Good at Home. One'B Influence is likely to be strongest at home. Away from home one is "on the real haracter always more or less concealed, the influence of that character more or less diverted by the effort to muke better self prominent. In the home we are our true, unaffected selves, and our real influence upon others haa fullest play.

And It Is In the house that we are with those who are dearest to us. and upon whom we would like our Influence always to be for the Yet how often do we let our unworthiest selves crop out there, at home we are loved and SURPRISE FOR POLICE JUDGE and we our faults -------------------------------------will be overlooked and forgiven! Certain Magiatrate, Name Not Men- Which is true enough; but that fact tloned, Starts Out to Buy Suspenders, Finda Watch. Baltimore, so fell out that In the city of Baltimore, In the atate of Maryland, on or about this date, a certain police magistrate, whose name la withheld, as It would make him a marked man In his profeaalon, after the toll and heat of admlniater- ing Justice to tbe public, had betaken bimaelf to the bualness section for the purpose of purchasing the wherewithal to maintain, aupport and uphold his dignity, both as a Jurist aud a man, towit: A p-r of s-ap-nd-ra. And as be wended hiB way through the crowded streets what abould hla eye behold but an object far more valuable even than that of which be waa In search, yes, even more costly than a p-r of gold watch. Now comes the truly wonderful paprt fit all.

Albeit this man was a police magistrate, he forsook his quest, and. retracing hla steps to tbe ststlons be had JuBt quitted, delivered the aforesaid watch to the police, from whom the owner ahortly after recovered It. And If any doubt this tale, but cbauce to know the Justice referred to, let him seek the station and behold the squire wearing the new p-r of s-sp-nd-ra which he bought after returning the watck. does not undo the harm, and the Influence these failures are sure to work. The place where we can leaat afford to let down from our highest endeavor Is in the midst of those closest and dearest to us.

Our home deserves our best. Our home life ought to be our highest Church Record. Marriage. Think of marriage as a vocation. A woman may be either a Bister, unmarried, or a wife; a man may be either a monk, unmarried or a husband.

accepting a man, before asking a woman, pray for light as to God's will. Make the engagement wills It, and then money, social tion, moral worth, good looks, are a help and H. P. Dyer, Episcopalian, Philadelphia. Ambition.

All ambitions may In a general way be classified into two claBaes: the genuine and the counterfeit. It Is not the part of wisdom and religion to cast aside all ambition. We should make a distinction, where there Is really a difference, and help all persons, especially the young, to become Inspired of a genuine ambition. L. R.

Dyott, Portland, Ore..