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WEIZMANN DEFEND
HIS POLICY
Resigns Formally in Farewell Address, But Implies i, > n * vat
Interview That He May Accept Draftmg—Jabotinsky [ftark
Zionist Administration and Demands Vote of Lack of Coni 'nee in
Weizmann—Ussishkin Warns Weizmann Not to Abandon /
Labor and Revisionist Delegates Clash—Stephen S. Wise I rtrd t
Political Committee—-Felix Warburg and Dr. Cyrus Adi, Pack
Weizmann Policy.
By JACOB FISHMAN
Editor. Jewish Morning Journal
Staff Correspondent, Seven Arts-Worldwide Service
BASLE (WNS)—The 17th Zionist
Congress, heralded as the most epo
chal of the series, provided all the
diama that had been expected of it.
The outstanding incident of the first
part of the sessions was the “fare
well” address of Dr. Chaim Weiz
mann, who not only reviewed the
events of the past two years but also
Zionist history since 1917.
Speaking for three hours, with but
a brief rest for his throat, which had
recently undergone an operation,
Weizmann made what is conceded to
be the most masterly address of his
career.
Some of the highlights of his re
marks were: That only political par
ity in Palestine could solve the Arab-
Jewish problem; that the Basle Pro
gram never referred to a Jewish
State and that the Balfour Declara
tion provides more than Herzl had
expected; that Jews themselves did
not perform their full duty toward re
building Palestine; that what the
Jews did contribute could have ac
complished far more if the Palestine
Government had not been indifferent
and even hostile to Jewish efforts;
that the MacDonald letter effectively
invalidates the Passfield White Pa
per; that Arabs must be made to
feel, by word and deed, that Jews
mean to live in peace and harmony
with them; that the Keren Hayesod
and the Jewish National Fund must
be provided with larger funds; that
the emphasis on “business methods”
in Palestine is premature and likely
to be dangerous to the best Jewish
interests if pursued without any re
gard to the national funds; that the
Jewish Agency ought to be built up
on a more comprehensive basis.
The official report by the Congress
Credentials Committee shows that
255 delegates are in attendance. Of
these 82 are General Zionists, 76 La
bor ites, 51 Revisionists, 36 Mizrachi,
8 Radicals, 2 Russians. Four Canadi
an delegates had come here but were
definitely excluded by the Committee,
which ruled that they had been ille
gally elected.
Launching into a general debate,
after Dr. Selig Brodetsky had en
larged upon Dr. Weizmann’s political
report, and after Menahem Ussishkin,
Jewish National Fund President, had
urged more land purchases in Pales
tine and assailed the Zionist leader
ship for its indifference to this fun
damental issue, the Congress heard
Dav d Ben Gurion, Palestine labor
leader, \ ladimir Jabotinsky, Revision
ist leader, Berl Locker and Chaim
Arlosoroff, Poale Zion and Zere Zion
notables, Dr. M. Eder and Dr. Isaac
Gruenbaum.
The dormant antagonism between
the Laborites and the Revisionists
bioke out in full force as a result of
remarks made by Berl Locker. The
uproar became so great that the Con-
giess had to be adjourned tor an hour.
During criticism of Ussishkin’s at
tack upon the Zionist leadership Berl
Locker heard one of the Revisionists
brand him as a Marxian. “That re
mark is in the style of Adolph Hitler”
Locker retorted. Whereupon the Re
visionists started to shout for an
apology. When the session was re
sumed Locker apologized. In the
meantime, however, he had put
across his comparison between the
Revisionists and the Hitlerites, add
ing that the former had left the Asse-
fat Hanivcharim in Palestine at the
same time that the latter had aban
doned the German Reichstag.
Not to be outdone by Weizmann.
Jabotinsky spoke for two hours in
an excoriating attack on the adminis
tration of Dr. Weizmann. He denied
that the MacDonald letter provided
any basis for co-operation wdth the
British Government. He asserted that
what the Jews demand in Palestine is
not political parity but an autonomous
Jewish State, with a Jewish majority
on both sides of the Jordan. Jabotin
sky also charged that the British
Government intends to set up the leg
islative council, which was not men
tioned in the MacDonald letter, and
that restrictions on Jewish land pur
chases in Palestine are already being
put into effect. The Revisionist lead
er also assailed the accuracy of Dr.
Weizmann, who had said that Nordau
and Herzl had given up their ideas of
a Jewish State. Jabotinsky cited the
position of Nordau in 1920, when he
had demanded that a half million
Jews be brought into Palestine at
once. He declared that the British
Cabinet had been aware, when the
Balfour Declaration was issued, tu
what they were offering was a Jewish
State in Palestine. He called for a
vote of non-confidence in Weizmann.
Ussishkin’s address was just a* 11
;er a condemnation of Weizmann. s
serting that the Zionist President ua
aermitting himself to give up '- 1 "
fundamentals, Ussishkin pointed ^
;hat when Herzl had thought of D* 11
ng on basic Zionist points Ussis u
vas the first to say that bet^ee
Herzl and Palestine the Jews rr\n>
jhoose Palestine. He was referr
;o the famous Uganda issue, dur
vhich Ussishkin was Herzl's chie i
3onent. “If you abandon Zionism
shall abandon you,” Ussishkin t re
med, pointing at Weizmann. s '~
cin concluded with the ass non
lews should insist on a nmximun
Dolitical demands in Palest ne.
Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff outlined^*
Droject of an internation:. ' an * ,
iciently large to cover c
jolonization of at least 2
mnually. Dr .Arlosoroff
:hat the Keren Hayesod an
Jewish funds were not i
:o finance such an undei
;hat the creation of an
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