“1. That the Central Committee establish a special Palestine Office, to gather information and material with respect to the present situation in Palestine and with respect to the possibilities for work after the war. “2. That it elaborate this material and spread it within wide circles. Further, it has to organize pioneer groups, who are willing to go to Palestine, as well as to work out a scheme for the preparation of these pioneers.” _September, 1916._ _Russia._ “_Poalei Zion_” Conference――the first since the outbreak of the war. Resolution passed:―― “That we agitate among the Jewish masses instructing them the only solution for the Jewish problem is the creation of a Jewish Home in Palestine.” _September 18th, 1916._ Conference of Zionist speakers, held at New York. _Bohemia._ The Annual Conference of Bohemian Zionists was held at Prague on November 1st. _America._ Zionist Students’ Organization of America held its Second Annual Conference, November, 1916. _November 14th‒19th._ _America._ “_Poalei Zion_” Conference at Boston. Attended by one hundred and nine delegates from the United States and Canada. (During the year two thousand new members had been enrolled. Juvenile Societies, with eighteen branches and over one thousand members, had been formed.) _1916._ _England._ On December 24th and 25th the Order of Ancient _Maccabeans_ held their Annual Grand Beacon Meeting in Manchester. Resolution:―― “That this Grand Beacon Meeting reiterates its loyalty to the Zionist programme, as endorsed from Congress to Congress, and expresses the hope that the time may not be far distant when our brethren will be accorded full civil and political rights all over the world, and that the order co-operate with bodies that strive for the above objects.” _1916._ _Holland._ The Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Dutch Zionist Federation was held at the Hague on December 24th and 25th, 1916. About one hundred and twenty delegates were present, including representatives of the “_Poalei Zion_” and the Belgian Zionist Federation. The Dutch Federation comprises twenty-six societies, with a total membership of one thousand six hundred and sixty. Collections: Palestine Fund, 11,453 _fl._; Central Fund, 913 _fl._; National Fund, 10,709 _fl._ _1917._ _Poland._ The Annual Meeting of the Warsaw Zionists, held on January 11th, attended by a thousand _shekel_ payers. _1917._ _America._ In March, a Conference of Jewish Socialist Workers was held in New York, and attended by four hundred delegates. The Basle programme was adopted. _1917._