two territories come under
consideration, Palestine and Argentine. In both countries important
experiments in colonization have been made, though on the mistaken principle
of a gradual infiltration of Jews. An infiltration is bound to end badly. It
continues till the inevitable moment when the native population feels itself
threatened, and forces the Government to stop a further influx of Jews.
Immigration is consequently futile unless we have the sovereign right to
continue such immigration.
The Society of Jews will treat with the present masters of
the land, putting itself under the protectorate of the European Powers, if
they prove friendly to the plan. We could offer the present possessors of the
land enormous advantages, assume part of the public debt, build new roads for
traffic, which our presence in the country would render necessary, and do many
other things. The creation of our State would be beneficial to adjacent
countries, because the cultivation of a strip of land increases the value of
its surrounding districts in innumerable ways