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It is said that the Jewish population of Russia doubles its numbers in thirty years, while the native population doubles only in ninety years, and the population of Europe only in one hundred and fifty years. The Russians therefore fear the time when they will be outnumbered.

The Jews who are being driven by persecution to Palestine, although unable to understand each other’s language, have all some knowledge of Hebrew, which, it is said, is rapidly becoming a living tongue in the Holy Land.

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— September, 1891 —