“Sir,—I am directed by the Earl of Rosebery to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst., forwarding a number of petitions, addressed to the Sultan, by the ‘Lovers of Zion’ in favour of the colonization of certain lands on the East of the Jordan by Jewish emigrants.
“His Lordship will enquire of Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople whether the fact of these petitions being sent in through the British Embassy would be likely to lead to a relaxation of the regulations affecting immigration to Syria.
“I am, Sir,
“Your most obedient, humble servant,
“(Signed) T. V. Lister.[¹]
“Samuel Montagu, Esq.”
[¹] Palæstina, The Chovevé Zion Quarterly, No. 3, 1893, p. 7.
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(1) Chovevé Zion and Zionist Workers