y by leaving in the country
businesses which we have built up by means of Jewish acumen and Jewish
industry, by letting our Christian fellow-citizens move into our
evacuated positions, and by this facilitating the rise of numbers of
people to greater prosperity so peaceably and in so unparallelled a
manner. The French Revolution had a somewhat similar result, on a
small scale, but it was brought about by bloodshed on the guillotine
in every province of France, and on the battlefields of Europe.
Moreover, inherited and acquired rights were destroyed, and only
cunning buyers enriched themselves by the purchase of State
properties.
The Jewish Company will offer to the States that come within its
sphere of activity direct as well as indirect advantages. It will give
Governments the first offer of abandoned Jewish property, and allow
buyers most favorable conditions. Governments, again, will be able to
make use of this friendly appropriation of land for the purpose of
certain social improvements.
The Jewish Company will give every assistance to Governments and
Parliaments in their efforts to direct the inner migration of
Christian citizens.
The Jewish Company will also pay heavy taxes. Its central office will
be in London, so as to be under the legal protection of a power which
is not at present Anti-Semitic. But the Company, if it is supported
officially and semi-officially, will everywhere provide a broad basis
of taxation. To this end, it will establish taxable branch offices
everywhere. Further, it will pay double duties on the two-fold
transfer of goods which it accomplishes. Even in transactions where
the Company is really nothing more than a real estate agency, it will
temporarily appear as a purchaser, and will be set down as the
momentary possessor in the register of landed property.
These are, of course, purely calculable matters. It will have to be
considered and decided in each place how far the Company can go
without running any risks of failure. And the Company itself will
confer freely with Finance Ministers on the various points at issue.
Ministers will recognize the friendly spirit of our enterprise, and
will consequently offer every facility in their power necessary for
the successful achievement of the great undertaking.
Further and direct profit will accrue to Governments from the
transport of passengers and goods, and where railways are State
property the returns will be immediately recogniza
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