“Zionism is, from one point of view, the effort of the Jewish spirit to establish a firm ground for its own continuance and development in a changed world, which threatens by degrees to overwhelm it. Such a movement was bound to come so soon as danger threatened a race-life so tough and enduring, and a spirit so distinctive and powerful, and it is, like other spiritual things, essentially independent of material means. But for the early realization of its immediate purpose material means are necessary, and the future of Palestine thus becomes for the Zionist a matter of pressing and capital importance.” _The Manchester Guardian_, in a leading article on “The Future of Palestine,” in its issue of October 1st, 1917, asks:―― “How can we as champions of the cause of nationality, refuse our sympathy to the attempt to end age-long exile of the Jewish people from their political home in Palestine?” _The Liverpool Courier_ of April 24th, 1917, in a leading article, “Rebuilding Zion,” said:―― “A British Palestine must be a Jewish Palestine.... Given the protection of the British flag, and the self-governing system of the British Empire, Palestine might soon become a new and living Zion. Such a consummation would be a triumph of the British spirit. It would be a worthy object to strive for in the great war, for it would fulfil a deep national aspiration among a disinherited people of extraordinary genius, and to that extent would add to the number and the weight of the blows we should deliver against anti-national Prussianism.” _The Liverpool Courier_ of June 15th, 1917, on “The Future of Palestine”:―― “The Jews could make Palestine once more a land flowing with milk and honey. The country has enormous economic possibilities. “... It must be the business of the Allies, in pursuance of their policy of liberation, to restore to Palestine its liberties, and to provide a centre of nationhood for the Jewish race.” In a leading article on “The Land of Promise,” _The Liverpool Courier_――October 19th, 1917――again dealt with the Jewish claims to Palestine, and says:―― “We may be as certain of a loyal Anglo-Jewry with a Jewish Homeland reconstituted, as we are to-day. Britain has always taken kindly to the idea of the Jewish Resettlement, and the moment seems now at hand when an ideal――cherished both by Britain and by Jewry――is not unlikely to find realization.” _The Glasgow Herald_, May 29th, 1917, in an article on “_Zion_ Re-edified,” dealt fully with the anti-Zionist manifesto, and said of the Zionists:―― “They are looking forward now not to a re-edified Zion which the breath of a Turkish Sultan could tumble into ruin, but to the establishment of a Jewish State, under the suzerainty of some strong Christian power.