NEW LAND OF PROMISE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 110, 25 September 1912, Page 6

NEW LAND OF PROMISE.

THE JEWISH SCHEMES. - . . Those Jews who dissent from the Zionist movement, with Mr. Israel Zangwill at their head, have now, according to a Vienna correspondent, found two new countries where Hebrew- settlers could form a majority and so secure an autonomous administration. The advantages of these latest Lands of Promise are now under l consideration. <Dn£ of them is the (Portuguese colony of An L gola, in South-west Africa, atld' the' othera Central American State, which is not mentioned, as negotiations-are' still in progreg*. ' ' •'' '''■'' In this connection, continues the; tiorre-' spondent, a congress of the' Jewish Territorial Organisation, with Mr. .Zangwill in the chair, sat here recently with closed doors. I learn that Mr. ZangvVnT pointed out the great difficulties that had been encountered in finding it suitable country. In 1907, Turkey, fearing an Italian occupation, offered' th'em Barca (or Cjrenaica), the eastern division of Tripoli, but this proved unsuitable owing to the lack of, wate£. ; ■, ,' An attempt to get land in, Australia' failed owing to what ;Mr. Zpngwill de : scribed as the narrow-mindedness ; of the' Labor Party there. Offers" in Mexico and Paraguay had to be rejected, owing to the unsettled state of political affairs in those countries. The • proposal tcwork some concessions of a Brazilian railway company also fell through, owing to the concession proving insufficient. There remained but Angola, a rich and fertile country under the i Portuguese flag, and a certain -Central American State. The organisation had passed a vote" of thanks ' to the Portuguese Chamber, and a committee was . formed to study'the merits of the, two projects together with the London Council of the Jewish Territorial Organisa--tion. A Land Mortgage and Agricultural Bank, with a capital of two- million pounds sterling, will be established in London.