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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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An English society journal reports negotiations between the Rothschild family, Sir Moses Montefiore, and the Ottoman Government for the cession of the Holy Land to establish a Jewish state, amid the Empire's financial woes. Arrangements are nearly complete, evoking biblical prophecies and literary themes.
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An English society journal says: "A negotiation is on foot between members of the house of Rothschild and the venerable Sir Moses Montefiore on the one hand, and the Ottoman Government on the other, for the cession, under certain conditions, of the Holy Land. The Ottoman Empire is almost at its last gasp for want of ready money. The Jewish race wish a habitat of their own. As the Greeks, though a scattered people, living for the most part in Turkey, have a Greek kingdom, so the Jews wish to have a Hebrew kingdom. This, it will be remembered, is the leading idea of George Eliot's 'Daniel Deronda.' Few persons, I fancy, and probably the gifted authoress herself not more than others, imagined that the dream of the Mordecai of those pages was in the least degree likely so soon to be realized. I am not possessed of any information as to the nature of the new Jewish State—whether it is to be Theocratic or Royal—but I am told the arrangements with reference to it are all but completed. Prophecies have a way of fulfilling themselves, more especially when those who believe in them are possessed of the sinews of government. The day, 'when the dispersed of Israel shall be gathered into one' is confidently looked forward to, not only by Hebrews, but by multitudes of Christians, and it seems at hand. Lord Beaconsfield, the author of 'Alroy,' would be gathered to his fathers in greater peace were he permitted, under his administration, to see this day and be glad."
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Holy Land
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arrangements with reference to it are all but completed
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A negotiation is on foot between members of the house of Rothschild and the venerable Sir Moses Montefiore on the one hand, and the Ottoman Government on the other, for the cession, under certain conditions, of the Holy Land. The Ottoman Empire is almost at its last gasp for want of ready money. The Jewish race wish a habitat of their own. As the Greeks, though a scattered people, living for the most part in Turkey, have a Greek kingdom, so the Jews wish to have a Hebrew kingdom. This, it will be remembered, is the leading idea of George Eliot's 'Daniel Deronda.' Few persons, I fancy, and probably the gifted authoress herself not more than others, imagined that the dream of the Mordecai of those pages was in the least degree likely so soon to be realized. I am not possessed of any information as to the nature of the new Jewish State—whether it is to be Theocratic or Royal—but I am told the arrangements with reference to it are all but completed. Prophecies have a way of fulfilling themselves, more especially when those who believe in them are possessed of the sinews of government. The day, 'when the dispersed of Israel shall be gathered into one' is confidently looked forward to, not only by Hebrews, but by multitudes of Christians, and it seems at hand. Lord Beaconsfield, the author of 'Alroy,' would be gathered to his fathers in greater peace were he permitted, under his administration, to see this day and be glad.