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No. 21. | Vienna, May 23, 1901. | Fifth Year
Telegraphic Correspondence from Constantinople.
From our correspondent in Constantinople we receive the following telegraphic communication:
Constantinople, May 22, 1901.
At the beginning of last week the news spread among the Jews of Constantinople that Dr. Theodor Herzl, accompanied by the member of the Zionist Actions Committee, the architect Oscar Marmorek, and by the director of the "Jewish Colonial Bank," D. Wolffsohn, had arrived in Constantinople.
With eager expectation we awaited the events that seemed to be impending, since we could readily imagine that these gentlemen would hardly be in Constantinople without some particular occasion.
On Friday the 17th we learned, then, to our great satisfaction and joy, that Dr. Herzl had attended the Selamlik (that is, the solemn progress of the Sultan to the Friday divine service) in the pavilion reserved for the imperial guests; that after the Selamlik an imperial adjutant bade Dr. Herzl come to the Palace, where he was received by His Majesty the Sultan in an audience of the unusual duration of 2¼ hours, and thereafter received from His Majesty the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Medjidie, one of the highest distinctions which the Turkish monarch has to bestow.
All the Jews of Constantinople felt themselves highly honoured by the distinction that had fallen to Dr. Herzl, and densely thronged, accordingly, on Friday evening was the German-Austrian synagogue in Galata, whither Dr. Herzl, the architect Marmorek and D. Wolffsohn had promised to come for divine service. At the entrance of the trim, newly built temple the entire board, headed by its president, awaited the guests, after whose arrival the solemn service began after the ancient Jewish manner.
The next morning Dr. Herzl was summoned to the Yildiz Kiosk, where he remained from half-past ten in the forenoon until four in the afternoon.
The departure of the gentlemen by the Orient Express had been fixed for Monday. It had, however, to be postponed, since Dr. Herzl and Mr. Wolffsohn, who had betaken themselves to the Palace at nine in the morning, remained there until five in the afternoon.
Before his departure Dr. Herzl had received a fresh token of imperial favour in the form of a magnificent diamond pin.
On Tuesday morning the gentlemen left Constantinople by the steamer for Constanza.
We Jews of Constantinople, and doubtless the Jews of the whole world, look forward with great expectation to the results of this memorable visit. For the present we have the wish and the hope of soon seeing our dear guests again.
J. S.