September 26, 1898. El Áncora, year II, number 349, page 2.
Delegates of the 5 or 6 million Jews, five sixths of whom inhabit Russia, Poland, Galicia [Eastern Europe] and Romania, have attended the second Zionist Congress and decided to create an international Jewish bank with an initial capital of 50 millions [currency unspecified] to procure the colonization of Palestine and Syria. The base of operations will be in London.
August 30, 1899. El Diario de Pontevedra, year XVI, number 4589, page 1.
Our readers will already know that the Jews are trying to obtain from the Sultan of Turkey territories in Palestine and Syria for colonization.
It is really no easy matter.
Some dignitaries of Yildiz Palace appear favourably disposed to the Zionist plan and have pointed out to the sovereign the major economic benefits which the State would reap from said colonization.
In order to improve their chances the Zionists have excluded the city of Jerusalem and its environs from their petition, for these have a very sacred character for Christians and their inclusion could stir scruples in the Sultan's mind who does not want to vex those foreign powers bent on preserving Jerusalem's traditional significance.
However other counsellors of the Turkish sovereign oppose the plan of the Jews and do not leave off affirming that a restoration of the ancient Jewish kingdom poses a serious threat to the empire. These counsellors apparently hold sway in Yildiz.
The Zionists also pretend to colonize the Island of Cyprus.
The British government will not oppose the idea if the Island accepts it, i.e., if the Cypriots do not oppose Jewish immigration. Otherwise disorders could break out, a prospect that the government of London wishes to avert at all costs.
Antisemitism is as unknown in Cyprus as it is in Greece where Jews enjoy complete freedom and live in perfect equality with their fellow Christian citizens.
Hence the Cypriots will probably accept the influx of some thousands of Jews, but it is inconceivable that they will tolerate a massive influx because the Jews together with the Muslims might completely erase the present character of the Island, which is essentially Greek.
February 14, 1900. El Diario de Pontevedra, year XVII, number 4797, page 2.
The number of Jews in Palestine is eighty thousand; their standard of living is miserable. They make up half the population of Jerusalem. They earn a humble living from selling their handicrafts. That income is supplemented with the alms of European donors.
The Jews own twenty-five agricultural colonies covering some 25,000 hectares (97 square miles) sustaining five thousand individuals. They attend primary and adult schools that outwardly resemble European schools.
Libraries, public conferences, concerts and staged plays nurture an intellectual culture. Three Hebrew newspapers published in Jerusalem instruct settlers on farming techniques.
Hebrew is spoken in the Jewish colonies. French is also spoken very widely.
June 6, 1900. Gaceta de Galicia, year XXX, number 123, page 1.
The trip to Jerusalem made not long ago [October 1898] by the German emperor is bearing the expected fruits, i.e., the expansion of German interests in Palestine. To start off, a German Post Office has been erected without express sanction of the Ottoman government.
August 30, 1900. El Diario de Pontevedra, year XVII, number 4887, pages 1-2.
The [Fourth] Zionist Congress opened a few days ago in London with two thousand people in attendance and with the participation of six hundred delegates from all nations, particularly Russia.
Speakers Herzl and Max-Nordau delivered outstanding speeches.
Max-Nordau made the apology of [German] Emperor Wilhelm II as a protector of Judaism.
The Zionist objective is to create a Jewish society through legal immigration and also to transform its economic profile, i.e., to mold a hardworking population engaged in farming and industry out of an aggregate of merchants dispersed all over the world.
Zionists do not conform a political party. One may be a Zionist and enroll in any political party; Zionism embraces all factions.
As a rule Zionists are impoverished, oppressed or inspired by Judaism.
What gave rise to this kind of modern religion?
Prominent Zionist figures explain it this way,
The Jewish people have not forgotten their ancient fatherland, evidence of earlier greatness and might. The memories of Jerusalem and of Zion's mountains embody the bedrock of their faith. Around 1860 to 1870 Israel inclined to renounce its past when several European nations granted Israel's children the rights accorded the rest of the citizenry. But antisemitism erupted, full of threats, and this impelled Israel to mind the ancient traditions once more and to recognize the error of not having established a bastion or a center 1,800 years ago, of not having earned the trust and respect of all other nations.
"This historical error must be amended," said several Jews. But how? By returning to the land, by retaking the forsaken fatherland. This is what Zionists want to accomplish.
They have spread out and taken root in Austria, England, North America, the Balkans, Gemany, France and Switzerland, and they rely on more than thirty periodicals to expound their ideals.
The prime movers and shakers of the Zionist movement are the aforementioned doctors Theodor Herzl and Max-Nordau. Both convened the first Congress at Basle in August 1897, the second which met at the same location in 1898 and the current one in London.
The movement has since grown. Societies were founded, newspapers started. Countless subscriptions arrive continually at the National Bank of Vienna. Subscribers pay a monthly fee of one Hebrew coin [shekel] worth one French Franc.
The balance of these subscriptions goes to amass a target capital of 250 million Francs, the price fixed by Turkey for cession of Palestine to the Zionists.
A Zionist is a sort of modern Mason without the extravagant ceremonies. It is an undeniable fact that he grows stronger with each passing day.
With that fact in mind and given the primacy of the Semite problem in Europe we saw fit to write the present article.