JEWISH COLONISATION

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 25 (Supplement)

JEWISH COLONISATION

WORK IN PALESTINE FIVE MILLION MARK Enemies of Great Britain and the Jews caused the Arabs in Palestine to riot. A hundred thousand Jewish young men would be prepared to give their lives that Palestine should remain part and parcel of the British Empire. Five million Jews, over a quarter of the total Jewish population of the wii de world, would, it was hoped, eventually live in a colony of their 'i -esc* wo-re the major points of an interview g \vn in Christchurch by Dr. Reiuiou Fhein. representative of the nist Movement of .1 •• •' : ; —.a’• rn. who is i'ii a world lecture Object of Tour "Ti:e • • nr." he said. Oi the pe..pic uj the world

generally, and particularly about the colonisation of Palestine." A medical man practising in Jerusalem and carrying out research work at the Hebrew University there, Dr. Shein is now on his second world lecture tour in five years. He has already covered India. 'Penang. Singapore, Java, and Australia, and after his New Zealand tour is completed he will leave on January 2 4 for the United States and Great Britain. A brief history of the /ion .-' Movement was given by Dr Shein. It began in 1 897, he said, when the first congress was h< id in Switzerland. Thobject was to colonise Palestine. Up to the time of the Great War. the work had been carried out only on a small scale. "In 1917 Great Britain issued a dc-

aseist. This was known as the Balfour declaration. Tran "In 1922 the mandate was ratified by the League of Nations and the | Balfour declaration was embodied. ! After that, colonisation was started on j a larger scale. Since the Great War | about four hundred thousand Jews ! have entered Palestine and have dei V'-loped all kinds of activities. They j first concentrated on agriculture." ; They had found a country greatly j neglected, with swamp lands that were a menace to the population because of j tiie infection of malaria. The Jews bought this swamp land, concentrated ion making il productive. Eucalyptus • trees were planted, soon the swamps . disappeared, and the land was ready ‘ for cultivation. ! Tw ' hundred and thirty-flve villages sprang up where, eighteen years b ; re, there had be.mi -:r, \ iMc.w

• furtivatran, with gmOtog village* ttd ooatented people. Hand to hand wfth agriculture* activities went the development ef secondary industries. New cities, goeh as the model Tel-Aviv, had been built, old crities. like Jerusalem and Halts, had been renovated. “Peace WTII Come* **Afl the time the Jews had Bred with friendship and harmony with the Arabs." declared Dr. The Arabs were only too pleased at the coming i• f t b they were paining much and losing ■ "Unfortunately, the mutual enemies of Great Britain and the Jews began to incite the religious feelings of the Arabs. That was the cau»*e of all the Mrife in Palestine. That was the cause ■ f the riots which broke .>ut two years a- .. But eventually there will he , , .. i.lid the Jews rid the Arabs i will live iu harmony again.”