(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A message to American Jewry was sent by Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew poet, who is on his way to the United States to assist the $5,000,000 United Palestine Appeal. In reply to a congratulatory message from Judge Julian W. Mack, chairman of the Bialik Reception Committee, Mr. Bialik cabled from the steamer.
The message, which was in Hebrew, read: “My deepest thanks for your cordial greetings. I hope that the new and creative Palestine will not only for its own sake but for the sake of Judaism as a whole give us the strength of inspiration to influcnce our people not to lose track of its historic development but to chose the path of light for our own good and that of the generations which will follow.
“Up to the present we offered only thanksgiving. The time has arrived when we are expected to bring the ‘Korban Ha’Tomid’ (Permanent Sacrifice) in order to crect and complete the everlasting structure of palestine. May your hands be strengthened and may the God of Zion be your aid.”
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