Palestine is about the size of Belgium. which has a population of 7.600.000. If the plans of Ruttenberg for the redemption of the barren and waste places of the country around Jerusalem.. through electrification and irrigation. by utilizing the waters of the Jordan and the Yarmuk are successful. and there is no earthly reason to believe that these plans will not succeed. then Palestine should be able to sustain a population as large as that of Belgium. A successful culmination of the Zionist movement would probably realize. in time. an emigration of 7.000.000 Jews from other lands. as the innate love of the average Jew for the cradleland of his race. coupled with glorious and thrilling memories of long ago. and the hard lot :of misery and grinding toil now endured by many of -them in different parts of the world. would be a powerful incentive to join the new settlements in the East. The tide of emigration is already beginning to flow strongly that way. and many flourishing Jewish colonies already exist in Palestine. There is no reason from a physical viewpoint why Jerusalem and the surrounding country should not become the seat of a prosperous and successful State. The popular notion that Palestine is altogether a barren country. not capable of yielding rich harvests. is a mistaken one.
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