Unwilling as he was to speak about his new “field theory,” Prof. Albert Einstein spoke eagerly about his relation to the Zionist movement and what he considers to be the duty of the Jewish people toward the rebuilding of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations mandate as granted to Great Britain.
Deploming the world wide publicity given his new fire-page manuscript and i(##)ed over the clamor of newspapermen of all languages to obtain from him elucidation of his theory in advance of his paper’s publication, Dr. Finstein smillingly gave to the come spondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the following statement on his attitude toward Zionism. He insisted, however, that the statement be published in full. The English translation of the text follows:
“Jewry is like an animal which was beheaded two thousand years ago. Jerusalem, with its Temple, was its read. It was God’s miracle that it remained alive for so long a period without a head. The second miracle occurred when the body grown (##), several scones of years ago decided that it must have a head, and has already formed a (##) head in Palestine. However, this head is still too small, too thin and too weak for such a image body. See to it that it grows into a full sized head, as befits the body.”
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