A Private Hour with Dr. Herzl
Bluestone, Joseph
A PRIVATE HOUR WITH DR. HERZL An excerpt from the extraordinary unpublished memoirs of one of the founding fathers of the American-Jewish community JOSEPH BLUESTONE Once the United Zionists...
...1 found one...
...I assure you that both organizations will lead directly to Zion...
...That is precisely what we are doing in New York...
...It is only because of a certain incident that I cannot join with the Federation...
...Suddenly a commotion was heard...
...1 also revived a friendship of my youth, with Max Op-penheim, who had once suggested that we study together—he medicine and I pharmacy...
...De Haas and his friend left...
...Herzl would not care to interest himself in my acceptance as a delegate if he were to see that Trietsch and I were friendly...
...Just then De Haas passed by and Gottheil called to him, "Jake, see who is here...
...The ship, which crossed the English Channel from New Haven to Dieppe, had difficulty in sailing the turbulent waters...
...Nordau to the hotel...
...Bodenheimer, the brothers Alexander and Oscar Marmorek, among others...
...Halpern, a dentist from Chicago, and Mr...
...I did not sleep that night because I distrusted the guide...
...Nordau for the purpose of re-establishing peace among us...
...I Joseph Isaac Milestone (1860-1934) emigrated to the U.S...
...Many delegates marched out of the hall singing the "Hatikvah" lustily...
...You won't have any difficulty locating him...
...He lived in New York City, where he became a prominent physician as well as a founder of the Zionist movement in America...
...All Mizrachists were in its favor...
...He asked for information concerning several books published in America that he wanted for his library in Jerusalem...
...In one room a caucus of all "Negatives" was being held...
...Herzl...
...This, however, was the first time I had heard him cough...
...In attendance were many of the finest Jews in New York...
...Klein promised to remind everyone to pay...
...We went to Switzerland via Champagne...
...The gates were open to him...
...In the meantime he asked that we advance the sum necessary to reach the 5.000 mark...
...All passengers were cordial to each other...
...Nordau sent a messenger, asking me to come to his room...
...I also inquired as to the reason the subject of taxes arose...
...Herzl announced that the Congress had decided to recognize me and he then called for the next order of business...
...Inasmuch as he was well acquainted with Paris 1 thought it best that we remain together until I reached Basle...
...I said, "as a delegate of the United Zionists, to fight the Federation...
...The halls were crowded with discussants holding postmortems...
...Theodore Herzl to the effect that we were contemplating the formation of a new and distinct organization of 5,000 shekel-payers, in accordance with the Zionist constitution...
...I had few English coins with me and so offered him an American half-dollar as a tip...
...Herzl stood erect and proclaimed, "For Palestine the Jewish people have love which is worth more than millions...
...we retired...
...After services he went to his hotel, The Three Kings...
...The weather was beautiful, and the sea was calm...
...He was an English student travelling to Switzerland to attend a bicycle Olympiad...
...He introduced me to his young children, but not to his wife, my wife's cousin, who, I understand, was not a presentable person...
...As long as the Zionist flag flutters above the casino and the Shield of David over the entrance, we have no right to deliberate over another land...
...The man gave me his card...
...Today it is being published and everyone knows what occurred...
...Didn't you ever study geography...
...1 visited my friend, Davis Trietsch, with whom I had become acquainted when he was in America...
...asked if there was a jewelry store in the vicinity and he replied in the affirmative...
...He replied characteristically, "A train travelling to Paris has three classes of accommodations because different classes of persons do not associate well together...
...Israel Zangwill, especially, was in favor of Uganda...
...Upon reaching the river he suggested bathing but 1 refused, saying, "He who bathes here goes insane...
...Among ourselves we spoke English...
...I doubt if the shawl was ever returned...
...He was also a respected Hebraic scholar and one of the organizers of the Machzike Talmud Torah, the first Hebrew school in New York City...
...Klein's Agudat HaKehillot L'Zion was in arrears...
...come along and we will have our pictures taken...
...I replied...
...Our members all paid their share: only Dr...
...That language is very dear to me...
...Gottheil about the situation and then sent a messenger to me, asking that I meet with them in another room to discuss matters...
...the train will arrive at the same destination...
...Those who knew of Dr...
...The officials and several members pledged to pay 200 dollars each toward the necessary expenses for the delegate and toward securing the notes in the bank...
...He believed that we should ask England for permission to colonize Cyprus, which was near Palestine, until such time as we could obtain legal recognition for a homeland in Palestine...
...my friends, why not converse in the language of our fathers...
...The immigrants were not yet fully compatible with the full-fledged Americans...
...The entire American delegation held its own little conference...
...Jacob Saphirstein appointed me his press representative, requesting that I send reports of the deliberations to him by telegraph and that articles be sent at his expense, irrespective of cost...
...we arrived in Mulhausen, Alsace, where we had to change trains...
...Several of us at our hotel indulged in some fine cholent, as God commanded, and sang zemirot...
...The convention was a brilliant success...
...I'm running to telegraph the news to the Tageblatt," he replied...
...Herzl asked for the report of the Credentials Committee...
...The United Zionists worked hard to raise the necessary 5,000 shekolim...
...What a man...
...maduah lo nidabber b'sfai avoteinuV ("Yes, yes...
...1 visited the Jewish districts in Whitehall and Petticoat Lane, where kosher restaurants were located...
...HERZL An excerpt from the extraordinary unpublished memoirs of one of the founding fathers of the American-Jewish community JOSEPH BLUESTONE Once the United Zionists became fully organized as an alternative to the Federation of Amerjcan Zionists, it was decided that a convention of all New York constituent branches should be convened in order to select a delegate for the Sixth Zionist Congress in Basle...
...The younger Zionists did not think well of him...
...On Friday, elections were held...
...I saw such a young man and inquired whether he was Dr...
...My guide, who knew the innkeepers, arranged for a room for both of us at the Hotel Simplon...
...I told him and he cried out in bewilderment, "As far away as America...
...Herzl is coming...
...At this point the crowd below became restless again...
...Once during the discussions everyone stopped talking because at that moment a woman passed through the room...
...My cabin was full of flowers...
...They accompanied me to the Congress, where they introduced themselves to Dr...
...The black-bearded leader stood in the crowded synagogue wearing an opera hat and a silk prayer shawl...
...The session was adjourned amid pandemonium...
...Karl Lippe, the prominent Roumanian and Gali-cian communal worker who had presided at the First Zionist Congress, in 1897...
...There I met w ith Gottheil and De Haas...
...They hadn't expected to see me...
...from Lithuania at the age of 19...
...no others could gain entrance...
...A commotion ensued until Dr...
...I cried out...
...The Committee, nevertheless, recommends acceptance of the delegate's credentials...
...We toured the city, I following his lead...
...The meeting had been called by Dr...
...I had noticed during the Congress that every so often he left the hall for a few moments at a time in order to relieve his spasms...
...On Thursday morning all delegates were present at the meeting, including all the "Negatives," so great was Herzl's influence...
...The Sixth Zionist Congress opened on Sunday, August 23, 1903, with a grand celebration...
...Have you any more such American money...
...He took me to the railroad station and procured a suitable seat for me on a train to London...
...Uganda, as a site for colonization, as proposed by England, was too far away...
...After breakfast in Dieppe we travelled to Paris and registered there at a fine hotel...
...We requested recognition and a message of greeting from him, to read at our convention...
...Herzl announced that unless there was an objection, the delegate was declared recognized...
...He refused to accept a foreign coin, contenting himself with a thrupence— six cents...
...Cyprus was far more suitable...
...Richard Gottheil (president of the Federation) saw me and cordially greeted me...
...Dramatically Dr...
...He suggested that I keep my distance from him because Dr...
...Yes," he sighed, "how great is the dream for which both of us travelled the circle of the earth in order to stand together on one platform...
...Herzl who, then and there, won them over to Zionism...
...Before adjournment I sent my card to Dr...
...My friends and the entire organization honored me with a farewell dinner in a restaurant...
...Zangwill, Nordau, Vladimir Temkin and others tried to enter, but in vain...
...In the left wing was Dr...
...Thereupon Dr...
...were heard through the window...
...I proved to him that I had none...
...If only Mr...
...De Haas, who must have been a bit slow in his response, jumped up and raised his objections, but Dr...
...I was honored with the chairmanship...
...During our conversation Herzl coughed several times...
...As far away as Tashkent...
...That way, we would be close at hand and ready to move, once Turkey recognized our right to the land...
...I explained that the issue was not a personal one...
...He approached me and inquired about the location of the registration desk...
...Herzl s telegram...
...I did not realize that I would never see Herzl again...
...At dinner time I accompanied Dr...
...Herzl's meager finances made a motion that he be paid a salary...
...Herzl and requested the courtesy of an audience prior to my departure for America...
...He immediately brought his baggage to my compartment and we became fast friends...
...One can imagine how difficult it was for me to leave my responsibilities at Beth Israel Hospital as well as my own office for two months—a luxury for a doctor with a practice...
...Aaron Kaminko of Vienna, a noted Hebrew poet who was an enemy of Dr...
...He also promised to give him my address, the City Casino, which was the headquarters of the Congress...
...De Haas is aware of my grievance and can rectify matters...
...I called Dr...
...I have loved it all my life...
...Everyone applauded...
...And where do you come from...
...While standing by the door of the ca sino I saw a coach draw up and a handsome man with a coat on his arm alight...
...Two hours later I arrived in London, where I registered at a hotel...
...The group sought my vote for Uganda...
...Despite their being strictly Orthodox, they could not join hands with the Mizrachi, which was too fanatical for them...
...He inquired about the quarrel between the Federation and the United Zionists...
...After riding a long time the train stopped and an officer boarded...
...So, so,"said I, "and I always thought that Edward VII represents England...
...Tell me," I hesitatingly asked, "where is this Uganda that England is offering as a homeland...
...I contracted a cold while standing in the depot in Wilna...
...To this day I regret my humbleness...
...We made merry together and then strolled over to the Hotel Boyer where several friends, Lewin-Epstein, Leon Zolotkoff and others, were registered...
...No, miss," I turned around to reply, "I am not responsible for my vote...
...No pen can adequately describe the excitement and tumult in the auditorium when it was announced that the Uganda proposal had been accepted by a large majority...
...It was my opinion that "there will be no refusal on my part to do my share for the establishment of harmonious relationships...
...The great leader, very pale, ascended the stairs slowly, greeted all of us very cordially, nodded and went directly into the caucus...
...Save yourself the trouble," I told him, "the Jewish Morning Journal received the results of the vote yesterday...
...All is in order," the chairman reported, "but there is exception to one delegate by his national organization...
...I was coerced into accepting the honor...
...Well," I smiled, "if you put your foot in, won't you be in Seine...
...I warned him not to tarry, as the train would not wait for him...
...There were only Frenchmen in my compartment on the train...
...I indicated the desk inside...
...He was very happy to see me...
...From London I rode to New Haven where I embarked for the voyage to France...
...I asked him whom he represented and he replied at once, "England...
...It was, therefore, not possible for me to accept leadership of a right wing and thus open the way for a skirmish with the Mizrachi...
...Harris, a lawyer from Boston, visited me...
...He invited me to attend a caucus of his organization and I did so...
...Many reports were given in which delegates criticized Dr...
...To this day I have not heard from him nor from the Englishman...
...Yes," 1 smiled, "I have, but I know well enough that a five-dollar gold piece is worth more than an English pound...
...When my name was reached on the roll call I saw Dr...
...Herzl then said to me, "Surely you appreciate the fact that people such as Gottheil can be of service and ought to be encouraged...
...he said rather seriously...
...At noon he sent for me...
...I then sent a dispatch to the Jewish Morning Journal in New York City to the effect that the "United Zionists" had been recognized by the Congress and that the Uganda proposal was being passed—a commission being appointed to go there—notwithstanding the antagonism of a large group that would never agree to such a proposal and vowed "Zion or Nothing...
...they wanted to form a right wing...
...1 asked...
...Herzl turned to me and said, "The Russian group wants to be photographed with me...
...They had followers but no leader, because no representative of one country trusted the other...
...They pleaded that I reconsider and then left...
...Gottheil, who graciously acknowledged my presence...
...Morris Rosenfeld referred to me as the grandfather of American Zionism...
...On Saturday night Aaron Marcus and two others, a Roumanian and a Hungarian, visited me at the Hotel Simplon...
...I also fraternized with Dr...
...Let everyone choose the class in which he feels most comfortable...
...I also met Dr...
...Herzl's black eyes staring at me and I thoughtlessly said, "Aye...
...Most passengers suffered from seasickness but I didn't mind the roughness...
...It turned out that they were touring Switzerland on vacation and were interested in the Congress...
...They asked that I reconsider and departed...
...I entered his private chambers, where he instructed his secretary not to disturb us until he gave permission to do so...
...Nordau followed with a marvelous oration...
...I gave my will and testament to my executor, Louis Cohen, for safekeeping...
...The guide told me that he, also, was going to the Olympiad...
...The United Zionists can work together with the Federation in harmony...
...He introduced me to the prominent leaders of the Congress, Nahum Sokolow, Dr...
...We spent several days together as very close friends...
...I explained, "I came here as a representative for Palestine and not for Uganda...
...After noon Dr...
...The gentleman was a native of Alsace who was representing Paris at the Congress...
...No," he confessed, "I come from Janowe in the state of Kovna...
...Chaim Weizmann, who in later years became leader...
...Because of the El Arish and Cyprus questions, these two leaders had become estranged...
...Everyone was elated...
...I believe that if we had inquired into the birthplaces of all the representatives to the Congress, we would have found that the group was one big conglomeration of Lithuanians, Poles, Galicians, et al, just as I, who represent America, was born in Lithuania...
...From afar we saw the casino aglitter...
...Published courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society...
...Rabbi Reines told me that he had heard of me and that he had received letters from American rabbis and friends, who praised me highly...
...He was honored with an aliyah but he had difficulty pronouncing the blessings...
...Herzl...
...At a table near ours sat a distinguished gentleman, conversing with others in German...
...I don't care to see him," he grunted...
...Leon Zolotkoff, who sat near me when the vote was taken, jumped to his feet and hurried to the exit...
...I gave the messenger my hotel address, saying that if they wanted to see me they should exert themselves and come to see me personally...
...The audience applauded vociferously...
...I met the officials of the Jewish Colonial Trust at their office...
...We communicated with Dr...
...At nine p.m...
...We could have swom he was a native of France...
...he, also, was a delegate to the Congress...
...In spite of that," he replied, "I would rather eat bread and herring in my city than eat roast in America...
...Towards evening 1 was visited by an English delegation, led by Carmel Goldsmith...
...I told him I had many patients in New York who were his compatriots—possibly more than he had in all of Bialystock...
...We prearranged to share expenses equally...
...Shortly after, a man and woman approached him and engaged him in a conversation in French...
...I still remembered my voyage 23 years earlier and was terrified...
...On the seventh morning we arrived at Southampton where I had a porter take my baggage for inspection by custom officials...
...The priest fraternized with me, possibly because 1 had a bottle of cognac with which 1 honored him several times...
...My friend...
...Why are you talking nonsense...
...Louis Cohen, and I borrowed 400 dollars from the bank, on our own paper, for the 1.600 shekolim we needed...
...The convention elected officials and an executive committee...
...At that moment I learned the difference between an American gentleman and an English parvenu...
...While walking to the first floor of the casino...
...Verily that Congress was an ingathering of exiles...
...It upset me considerably...
...When I returned from the hotel I saw a large map on the platform of the auditorium with Uganda properly and clearly marked...
...We drank tea and then amused ourselves...
...He, however, refused to accept the motion...
...I agreed to accompany him...
...I told him that I had asked the conductor to tell me when we reached the casino...
...I told him it was all I had and he thanked me profusely...
...Herzl arrived in Basle on Friday and I saw him for the first time when he was on his way to the synagogue...
...We conversed a few moments more...
...My companion alighted at a station where the train made a two-minute stop...
...I noticed several white hairs in his long black beard so I commented, "You are becoming gray, my dear doctor...
...Jacob De Haas and another representative of the American Federation came as a committee to inform us that our organization would never be recognized by the Congress without the consent of the national body...
...he asked...
...But because my friends strongly urged that I go, I had to yield...
...I suggested that we would arrive at an amicable understanding...
...We spent some time together and he took me sightseeing around the city...
...Carmel Goldsmith...
...I saw a Jew sitting in the car and I asked him how long before we reached the City Casino...
...Trietsch advanced the Cyprus question...
...Nordau requested that upon return to America we arrange a conference of both organizations for the purpose of arriving at a satisfactory solution of our difficulties...
...I told them it was a simple procedure to obtain admission cards...
...almost all guides are liars and swindlers...
...They smiled...
...We decided to go over and investigate...
...Two Jews in Caucasian dress stood near him...
...We strolled on deck from morning until night...
...How relieved I was when I learned from the innkeeper that he had paid his bill and when I found none of my effects missing...
...1 instructed the secretary to read Dr...
...In our compartment was a French guide who spoke English and German well...
...And where will you obtain the millions necessary for colonization in Palestine...
...And so it was...
...Shmaryah Levin...
...Naturally he had excellent dinners while 1 subsisted on dairy dishes...
...With pleasure," he said and immediately exchanged it...
...In answer...
...Well," I nonchalantly remarked, "they are really insane...
...adonai...
...It was during these dinner hours that I became acquainted with the noted Hasid and philosopher, Aaron Marcus of Podgorze, Krakow...
...further, in my favor, I was Orthodox...
...in fact, they prefer to be separated...
...While they preferred to be in their own environment, they were prepared to go along with the Federation...
...Miss Carmel Goldsmith patted me on the head...
...The press carried items pertaining to my departure for the Congress...
...He was a sorry sight...
...they neither prayed with everyone else at the city synagogue nor did they join the festive board with the others...
...Were you born there...
...He answered as I expected: "The Seine River...
...I asked nonchalantly...
...He planned to go to America after the Congress...
...The Mizrachists, however, kept to themselves...
...it proved to be a fine group gathering...
...Herzl calmed everyone down, saying that the Congress was a democratic organization and that every delegate could vote as he pleased...
...He said to me...
...He showed me a 20-dollargold piece that he had had for a long time and which he considered a souvenir...
...Unfortunately, however, he did not return and the train departed without him...
...The professor immediately concurred and De Haas was forced to follow suit...
...we were like one large family...
...In the interim I sounded out the leaders regarding Uganda...
...We spent many hours together, until well nigh midnight, when I accompanied them to their hotel...
...De Haas desires it, there need be no quarrels...
...On the first day in England's great metropolis I asked my hotelkeeper to exchange a five-dollar gold coin for an English pound but he refused, saying that he had no use for American coins...
...Good, very good," she smiled...
...They proposed that I take over the leadership because I came from a country in which the Jewish population was polyglot...
...In the casino I was introduced to Col...
...Judging from his fluency he must have been a native of Germany...
...Herzl...
...We introduced ourselves to one another...
...We took many strolls together during the Congress, discussing history and Zionism as we walked...
...At one a.m...
...Oh, yes, I did," I admitted, "but much to my regret, I've forgotten it...
...Trietsch retorted...
...Would I accept the honor...
...Suddenly shouts of "Herzl...
...What...
...Max Nordau and Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines, leader of the Mizrachi...
...I did so at once...
...Herzl...
...I took the train into Basle and asked the conductor to notify me when we reached the City Casino...
...Early in the morning he left...
...I am clearly in accord with you...
...My dear doctor," Nordau naively answered, "I don't remember either...
...he hardly earned a satisfactory living...
...Yes," he said, "I am under a doctor's care...
...his youjig daughter...
...The English delegation argued that we should not reject England's offer without satisfactory reasons and that we should send a commission to survey the land...
...I was particularly anxious to go so that I could gain a victory over De Haas, who once had threatened to fight our delegate on the floor of the Congress, so that we would not gain recognition...
...Mein herrlieber doktor...
...I came...
...Herzl asked him, "Where will you, Herr Trietsch, obtain the millions necessary for colonization in Cyprus...
...He then talked with me as a friend, not as a leader...
...1 declined to accept office but promised to assist in whatever way would be deemed necessary...
...Levin...
...Chazanowicz did not realize, poor man, that eventually he would be driven out of the city and forced to roam throughout Russia during the World War...
...On Tuesday the sessions were full of dynamite anent the Uganda question...
...You are absolutely right, my dear doctor," I hastened to assure him, and then asked, "Why do you permit different groups to exist in the World Organization...
...Joseph Chazanowicz of Bialystock...
...and others...
...Two left-wing delegates were opposed to Dr...
...I explained that I was much too young for such an honor and that I still had to wage the fight for recognition...
...in fact, they were bitter enemies...
...He called Mrs...
...I gave him the package, but, having no time to talk to me, he ran off...
...He escorted me to the place, where 1 asked the owner if he would be willing to give me an English pound for a five-dollar gold piece...
...I told him that he ought to be under a physician's care because he had a bad cold...
...Herzl's promise of recognition to the attention of Oscar Marmorek and he assured me that I would be seated with full rights and privileges...
...Rabbi Reines asked me to assist in the organization of a Mizrachi group in America...
...Now I was a doctor and he owned an antique shop which was none too profitable...
...He did not dream that he would die in an asylum, forgotten by friends and acquaintances...
...1 did not care to make any further exchanges...
...I also met Dr...
...I was aware of the Englishman's failure to see the joke so 1 asked him, "What is the name of this river...
...A New York couple, the Sulzberger, came to the hotel...
...He politely enlightened me to the effect that I should have tipped the conductor and that nothing is ever accomplished without a tip...
...He asked if the passengers had any taxable baggage...
...On Wednesday night my American • friends, Dr...
...Unwilling to air our differences in the presence of a stranger I suggested to my colleagues...
...Let us converse in Hebrew...
...He was very devout and would not carry even a handkerchief on the Sabbath...
...Here he was a different Herzl, an ordinary mortal...
...Lewin-Epstein introduced me to the Hebrew poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik, a bashful young man...
...We commented on the fact that he was three months my junior...
...He assured me that he would return at once...
...The man then broke into the conversation, saying in a perfect Hebrew, "Kein...
...On Monday the business sessions began...
...It was the result of Herzl's eyes...
...His name was Abraham Elijah Lubarsky...
...Kein...
...women wept unashamedly and it was rumored that Miss Rabinowitz, a daughter of Saul Phineas Rabinowitz, swooned...
...I took another car back to the casino where I registered as a delegate and met the other representatives attending the Congress...
...Nidabber ivrit...
...Next to me sat a Jew who vociferously applauded Zangwill...
...Among his other activities, Bluestone was editor ofShulamith (the first periodical in the United States devoted to Jewish nationalism), founder of the first American Chov'vei Zion society, three times the grand master of the Order of the Sons of Zion and the first vice president of the Zionist Organization of America...
...he replied in amazement...
...the only Russian word he knew...
...However, instead of sitting near him I remained in the background...
...Most of the delegates fraternized during the dinner hours at the Hotel Braunschweig, where meals were served under the supervision of Rabbi Kohn of Basle...
...He asked me if I, also, was a delegate to the Congress and which country I represented...
...He is a dark young man w ho is constantly on the qui vive, always busy...
...Knowing that I would have to fight to be recognized as a delegate, I tried to meet as many leaders as possible...
...He opened it and cried out, "Tishe\" ("Quiet...
...Every delegate had to vote Aye or Nay...
...De Haas conferred with Dr...
...Herzl said to me, "in the last two years I have lived a lifetime...
...However, since I need small change, 1 am forced to lose the difference...
...He volunteered to locate our friend and return to him the silk shawl that he had inadvertently left behind...
...A large throng escorted me to the pier...
...There were three others with me in the one stateroom: a Catholic priest, a Protestant merchant and an atheist...
...I come from Tashkent, Siberia," he answered...
...He informed me that we had crossed the Swiss border and were entering the city of Baden...
...I sought an Englishman and lo...
...After midnight we arrived in Basle...
...These reminiscences of his trip to the Sixth Zionist Congress in Basle are taken from the papers of Joseph Isaac Bluestone (translated by Harry Bluestone in 1938), housed in the archives of the American Jewish Historical Society...
...Before 1 left New York City for Basle, a druggist gave me a parcel with a request that I deliver it to his friend...
...At the Hotel Boyer we again held postmortems...
...A band of Polish Jews followed him, shouting cheers...
...When I informed him that I did not belong to their group he said, "Come along anyhow and be my personal guest...
...Mr...
...The question of a delegate to the International Congress was discussed and I was unanimously chosen to represent the United Zionists, expenses to be borne by the organization...
...Where are you running, Zolotkoff...
...Our people want you to remain young because there are many years of hard work ahead of you...
...Don't you see many persons bathing...
...Edward Albert Goldsmith and his daughter...
...As a physician I surmised that he was suffering from tuberculosis...
...On Wednesday the vote on Uganda was taken...
...1 applied for a passport and bought a ticket, second class, on an English boat...
...Herzl read his message and Dr...
...The man became interested in our conversation and joined with us in a perfect English...
...He tried to elude them by takjng a circuitous route, but in vain...
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