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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 23, 22 March 1918, Page 8

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The huge Carnegie Hall in New York was packed with Jews on the evening of December 23 in commemoration of the British occupation of Jerusalem and the prospect of the restoration of Palestine to the Jewish people. Crowds in the street were unable to gain admission, The meeting evoked tremendous enthusiasm. American, British, and Zionist flags were intertwined, and Hebrew songs alternated with speeches in English and Yiddish. Speaking in Yiddish, Dr. Levin said that the British achievement added another chapter to fho Bible, a modern chapter by which the Jews of to-day could link something of their own time to the story of the old Jewish kingdom. The Bev. Otis Glasbrook, the late American Consul at Jerusalem, when he said, "It is the duty of every Jew who loves Palestine, who fosters the hope of the restoration of Israel, to use his influence, his material wealth, and his life to see that England and the Alies win this war."

Rabbi Stephen Wise said that Zionists were rejoicing over what was only a scrap of paper, "but the scrap of paper," he added, "is written in English; it is signed by the British Government, and thus is sacred and inviolable. It represents not the unconsidered policy of a temporary Government, for all the great political parties of England are united in giving their adherence to this declaration. It is true to the finest traditions of the British people and a symbol of the will of the Allies to right wrongs, however ancient, to undo injustice, however hoary, to supplant the Prussian ideal of rule by might with the true principle of justice and right." One speaker, a grey-haired old man, declared:-—"This promise of England has made me young again. All Jews are young now, and we shall make our old country flow with milk and honey. >