APPEAL TO PALESTINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 156, 5 July 1927, Page 5

APPEAL TO PALESTINE.

• DR. GOLDSTEIN ARRIVES j REIfAKING AN OLD LAND. ARRIVAL IX AC'< KI.AND TO-DAY. I HOW XKW ZKAI.AXD l> HELPIXi:. The iirriv.il !■>' i\\>' Mahciio i..-.!.iy j ■ .if Dr. Alexander <;.iM-vin. the eminent , Zioni-r envoy, i< n; -;■,>.-i:il interest i;.it j ' only to the .lew* of th . Dominion, but | ; j also to all Xew Zi':i!.u!.ii r- in .-o tar a> ■ (Jreat Britain i- the mandatory Power ■ for Pali\-tii>p. a nil ihe N'ew Zealand ' Mount-.1 RirW played a prominent part ' in freeini the La-.'! of 1.-rael from the ; thra!>iiT.i of tile Turk. ! ,

On meeting- Dr. Goldstein nn board the Muiieiiu. one wa- immediately atruek by hi- charming and gonial personality. His cheerfulne-.s was in n> way marred by the slight accident of a .-prained ankle, with whivh he met while ascending the gangway in i>vdnev. The Man and His Work The w-itor i- , ;:e ..f rli.' lead:npr in the wor'.d-wiilc movement for the rebuilding nf the Jewi-h Homeland in He In.- made hi- mark both in literature and journalism, and has made a deep im;.rt — !■ -n l.y lu- brilliant oratory. ( Dr. (cold*ii-in leu Jerusalem in Janu.iy last (ii a tuiir of Briti-h India, China, i Dutrh In,iie-. Aii-rr;i'.;.i. and New Zealand. His e.\[-r # !r-i- have been many and varied. frith anions the Jew ,-h and the Ihri-ti.ui imputation ho has. been de'i-ht.'d wiin the .-puntaniety of his welcome 11,. H.i- !,,.. n received by the leader-! of the various Governments, and h.i- Uhmi given civic receptions in many ciiic! I:i Sydney he wa- particularly ,i--united with the receptiun extended tn him at a Pre.-by-terian Church meeting, when, at the conclusion of hi* addre.-s. at the call of the minister, the whole congregation ro # e and [.rayed for the future progress of the reviving Jewish Homeland in Pale-tine. Among Dr. Goldstein's experience- was that of being shipwrecked for a week in the -Warner Tasman in the Torre- Strait- early in Mav. Process of Palestine. •Withy a full of difficulties arising from hi-iory. climate and racial ditferei-.-es. Dr. Goldstein »p.-»ke progreaa made in Pale-tine. At the'end of the war there were only 6~>.nnn Jews in Palestine, and this number ha* been increased by immigration to 1">O.INX). The immigrants, though not rich in material resources, are gifted with ability. ' character, and the spiritual endowment winch would make them an asset to any country. Their intellectual capa- i city is of a high order. They feel tliat they are the representatives! ami in a sense, the agent- of the whole of Jewry, that the daily work in which they arc engaged is in touch with the prophesies of old. and with the prayers of millions to-day. Groups of agricultural colonies numbering over a hundred, of which lifty have lieen established since the War. are a tribute to their labours. l The colonists have conver* "d their land ' into fruitful agricultural settlements, ' rich with vines, olives. fruit trees, grapes and other products. Tobacco pro- £ duction. though in its initial stages, has ' been attended with great success. t Dr. Goldstein said that the Palestine ? Electric Corporation, of whk'h Lord r Reading is chairman, has raised one • million sterling from private sources for ' the electrification of Palestine. The ' Dead Sea. beinir below sea level, formed the basis of the scheme which is bein ,l, carried into effect by harnessing the * waters of the Jordan both for the purposes of irrigation and electric supply. * Baron Esmond de Rothschild, of Paris. c who is the father of Jewish colonisation I in Palestine, has contributed £100.000 c for this purpose. { Dr. Goldstein paid a tribute to the ; work of the Xew Zealand Women's * Zionist Society, which, under the presi- } deney of ilrs. David L. Nathan, of Auck- i land, has played a prominent part in the organisation of health for the children of Palestine of all denominations. *

Auckland Programme. Dr. Goldstein was met on board the Maheno by Messrs. L. Phillips (who represented Xew Zealand at the InterAllied Conference which met in London in 1019 to settle in conjunction with the British Foreign Office the Zionist proposals with regard to Palestine at the Peace Conference), I. Meltzer. honorary secretary of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation. Mr. Max Robinson, honorary secretary of the Auckland Zionist Society, who. with Mr. Meltzpr. is joint secretary for the organising committee. He was met at the wharf by Rev. S. A. Goldstein, ■ president of the Auckland Zionist J ■

Society, Mr. X. Alfred Xathan, president ■if tin- Atickiiind Hebrew Congregation, ! .Mr. David L. Xathan. and other promiI nenc Jewish citizens. Dr. Ckddstein will i :>i; extended a civic nf.'ption in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall at IJ.l"> to-morrow. an<l he will addre-.-meetinys of the Jewish community tomorrow evening and on Sunday evening. He u al.-o to address a meeting of ladies on Thursday afternoon, and a public meeting in Scots Hall on Tuesday evenin-, at whi.-h the Hon. George Vowlds I will preside.