The Jews in Turkey.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12772, 20 April 1910, Page 2

The Jews in Turkey.

The Jewish question is now facing the Constitutional Government 'in Turkey as it never has done before. Although the admission of Jewish colonists from Eussia, the Balkan States, Austria, and Persia seems to | be sanctioned by constitutional principles, still self-preservation is a motive more potent than equality. The inhabitants of Palestine are beginning to see tho reason why Russia has shown such intolerance of the descendants of Abraham. Thousands and tens of thousands of Jewish colonists are already settled on the fairest lands of Palestine. Helped by rich capitalists in Europe, they build comi fortable. homes and establish flourishing colonies. Large portions of land round Lake Tiberias have been bought up from poor natives, and converted into prosperous domains. The Plain of Sharon, between Jaffa and Lydda, is one vast garden, owned and tended by- Jewish skill and labour. The Hauran, one of the most^fertile wheat districts in the world, is being gradually sold to Jewish syndicates. The Ghor (Valley- of the Jordan), which two years ago belongejd to Abdul Hamid, who was in communication with Jewish capitalists' for its sale when his dethronement took place, is now being bargained for, and will soon become Jewish property. To say that Jaffa and Jerusalem are Jewish towns is only saying the bare truth. Towns like '■ Ramoth-Gile'ad, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Gaza, where a few years ago no Jew dared show his face, have now their Jewish quarters and synagogues. Zionism in Europe lias, indeed, been working with a will.