One hundred years ago
THE Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, in a letter to Friday's Times, gives some facts which show that the Jews are pour- ing into Palestine. About one hundred thousand Jews have entered the Holy Land during the last few years, and "the arrival of a vaster host is imminent." "No one," he goes on, "can possibly forecast the next seven years of Jewish immigration." If the Bishop's view of what is going on is correct, we are face to face with a fact that may revolu- tionise the politics of Mediterranean Asia. Already the railways are opening up the country between the coast and Jerusalem and Damascus, and if a Jew- ish immigration on a large scale is added to this, Syria may become once more one of the most important places in the East. The idea of the Jews again possessing a country is a very curious one.
The Spectator 14 April 1 894
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