NYTimes Reporting on Jabotinsky in 1923

SAYS ZIONISM DECLINES.

Jabotinsky Declares Jewish Army Must Defend Palestine.By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
 RIGA. Nov. 21.—The well-known Zionist, Vladimir Jabotinsky, who held a commission in the British Army and served in Palestine during 1918, is touring the Baltic States lecturing on Zionism. Jabotinsky declares that during the last five years Zionism has considerably declined in consequence of the present British policy in Palestine and considers the proposed Immigration commission is a danger to the success of Zionism in Palestine.  In his Riga lecture Jabotinsky stated that while formerly a great part of the British press had been enthusiastically in favor of Zionism, now three-quarters of it was hostile, because Zionism made it necessary to keep extra British forces in Palestine. The British soldier was always willing to defend British interests, but they did not understand the necessity for defending Jews against Arabs. It would be necessary, therefore, to organize Jewish forces under the British Government so that Jewish soldiers could defend Palestine. If Zionism was worth anything, Jews must be willing to organize themselves, to train and to submit to proper discipline in order to be able to defend Zionism themselves. The garrison of Palestine must consist exclusively of Jewish soldiers. 

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