THE DANGER OF UNCONTROLLED ZIONISM.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—Mr. Lewis's letter in your issue of the 30th ult. in no way "proves a few errors" in mine of March 16th, and is, in fact, beside the mark. Dr. Weizmann's and Mr. Goldberg's names still "betray the probable origin of their owners," and even if they are naturalized as British subjects, it does not alter the fact that the Jews are a religious body, and not a nation. That the teachers and pupils of the Jewish schools in Palestine went "on strike" because they were required to learn German has nothing whatever to do with the fact that the trade, finance, and hotels of Palestine are in the hands of the Germans. It rather strengthens my con- tention as showing how Germany, by trying to make the learning of her language compulsory—to the exclusion of Hebrew—is forcing herself upon Palestine. The German Jews are naturally anxious to leave the Fatherland, and the German Government, having failed to obtain Palestine by military force, are now determined to do so by "peaceful penetration." The demand made to the German Government by the Jews of the " unrestricted right " of emigration into Palestine, if acceded to, is therefore likely to prove a danger to Great Britain unless carefully safeguarded, and, as I said in my letter, to further "an unlimited Zionist movement" is certain to further German aims in the Near East. My letter did not deal with Jewish colonists already settled in Palestine, so that Mr. Lewis's quotation from the "Times" History is not to the point under discussion. Mr. Lewis wishes to correct my "errors," but he should first of all quote my letter accurately. I did not accuse Zionists of being "Pan-Germans under a subtle disguise." My whole contention is that to) the Jews are not a nation, but a religious body, and (b) that "uncontrolled Zionism" does consti- tute a danger to the British Empire.—I am, Sir, die.,
M. BRODRICK.
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