Excerpt from Theodor Herzl, Founder of Political Zionism Herzl in Basle - The First Zionist Congress - The Basle Pro gram - Founding of Zionist Organization - Herzl elected Presi dent The delegates from Russia Ahad Ha-am's opposition Prophecy of Jewish State - Reactions in press and Papal circles - Planning creation of a bank - Efforts to reach the Kaiser Production of Das Neue Ghetto - Visit to Berlin Proposed transfer of Presidency to N ordau Spread of movement Feder ations in England and America - Decisions of conference in Vienna Renewed efforts to reach Kaiser Efforts to found bank - Second Congress - Decision to establish Jewish Colonial Trust. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.