The _Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums_ dealt with this matter on the 19th September, 1840, and admitted with regard to the articles in the _Globe_, which it described as “a London Ministerial newspaper,” that “the plans may all be classed among the things devoutly to be desired.” On the other hand, this paper quotes from the _Courier Français_ of August 26th, 1840, a comparison between _M._ A. M. L. de P. de Lamartine (1790‒1869) (the poet, and at that time Deputy) and Lord Palmerston in the following words:―― “M. de Lamartine intends to form a Christian kingdom at the sources of the _Jordan_, and at the foot of _Mount Lebanon_; if only _Jerusalem_, the Holy City, came into the power of France, he would gladly leave the rest of the world to England and Russia. But what is odd in the whole affair is that Lord Palmerston has chosen the same spot. Where the celebrated Deputy dreams of a Christian state, Lord Palmerston projects a Jewish Republic.” This jest caused the _Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums_ to “protest against the project in question,” and “to warn the young people.” All we learn from this pronouncement is that the Jewish youth was at the time inclined to listen to the Zionist idea. CHAPTER XXV. RESTORATION AND PROTECTION A new Memorandum――The “Balance of Power”――Palestine and “Rights” in other countries――A “Memorial of the Church of Scotland”――Protection for the Jews in the East. SOME time afterwards a new Memorandum appeared in the press, which may be considered one of the highest eulogies of Zionism ever written (Appendix lv). It combines religious conviction with an appreciation of political realism. The writers――this article being the expression of the opinions of a group of statesmen――deal with political problems which were then of the highest interest and importance, and indicate with sufficient clearness a probable solution, emphasizing the view that “the cause of the Restoration of the Jews to Palestine is one essentially generous and noble.” They do not fail to realize the complexity of the problem and the many cross-currents and jealousies, but arrive at the conclusion that there is a remedy for all these conflicts in the colonization of Palestine by the Jews. They even go much further than this, for they point out that “it would be a crowning-point in the glory of England to bring about such an event.” The writer of an article entitled “A Regard for the Jews,”¹ drew the following historical parallel:―― ¹ _Globe_, August 14, 1840.