_England._ Union of Jewish Friendly Societies, comprising fifty thousand members, adopt the Basle programme. Conference of the Order of Ancient _Maccabeans_, held at Manchester, July 17th. Membership of the Order 2200. _1917._ _Canada._ The Fifteenth Annual Conference of Canadian Zionists took place at Winnipeg in July. Delegates from seventy-seven towns, of three hundred and fourteen Jewish organizations, attended. The Governor of Manitoba came to the Conference, and expressed his sympathy with Zionism. _1917._ _Russia._ _Poalei Zion._ Conference in Kiew――September 8th. More than one hundred and sixty delegates attended. _1917._ _Greece._ _Salonica._ Great Meeting, attended by three thousand persons at Salonica, on 9th of _Ab_. _1917._ _America._ The “_Mizrachi_” in America celebrated in August the Six-hundred-and-fiftieth Anniversary of the First Settlement in Palestine by _R’_ Moses _ben_ Nachman (_Ramban_). The “_Mizrachi_” started a Fund of 100,000 dollars, to aid Colonization and Industrial Development in Palestine. _1917._ _Poland._ The Third Delegates’ Conference of the Zionist Organization in Poland was opened in Warsaw on October 28th, 1917. More than three hundred and sixty delegates attended, representing forty thousand shekel payers. _1917._ _Poland._ Fifth Conference of the “_Poalei Zion_” of Poland, was held in Warsaw. Over forty-four delegates, representing twenty-six towns, participated in the Conference. The Organization had forty-six district groups, with a membership of eight thousand. _1917._ _America._ September 5th. Conference of _Rabbis_ resolved to appeal to various powers, particularly President Wilson, asking them to give their consideration to the question of the Restoration of Palestine to the Jewish people. _1917._ _England._ In October, Zionist Demonstrations took place all over the country. In seventy-one synagogues, one hundred and twenty-three lodges and associations, and in fifty-four Zionist societies, resolutions were passed requesting the British Government to use its best endeavours to bring about a Restoration of Palestine as a National Home for the Jewish people. _1917._ _Holland._ Congress of Jews resident in the Netherlands, held in Amsterdam on November 18th, for considering emancipation of Jews, recognition of national rights in national States, and national concentration of the Jewish people in Palestine.