At Vienna

Zionism's 14th Congress (TIME, Aug. 24) survived another Viennese week of rioting. Its environment was described by a distinguished delegate, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of Manhattan:

"From every point of view, it is lamentable that the Zionist Congress should require special police protection. It is hardly pleasant to attend a meeting patrolled by police, mounted and afoot, and to find one's sole interest personal security, because of the threats of the rowdies and hooligans, stimulated by liquor and fortified by the hope of plunder."

The result of the outside distractions, however, was to make the sessions of the Congress more harmonious than was expected, for there is a marked difference of opinion among Zionists as to the best course to pursue, and it was thought that a break might occur. On the one hand was Dr. Chain Weizmann, onetime President of the World Zionist Organization, who has the backing of American Jewry. His program has been for colonization of Palestine with sound business or "capitalistic" methods. Opposed to him was a fiery Jewish Fascist, Vladimir Jabotinsky, inhabitant of Paris. He wants all the land of Palestine to be taken from its present owners and to be given to hundreds of thousands of Jews whom he would have quickly imported.

Owing to this opposition, Dr. Weizmann was not reelected, but the Congress remained favorable to colonization without communistic confiscation.

Occurrences of the week:

P:Nahum Sokolov, member of the Executive Committee, was chosen to succeed Dr. Weizmann as President.

P:Criticism of British rule of Palestine ranged from mild objections of Mr. Lipsky, head of the U. S. delegation, to deadly hatred from M. Jabotinsky. Great Britain is accused of favoring the Arabs and of being indifferent to and inactive in Jewish Colonization. Anticipating these attacks on his Government, Sir Herbert Samuel, until recently British Commissioner, did not attend.

P:The Third Conference of Zionist Women opened.

P:Woodrow Wilson was called to mind as a prophet of Zionism. The Congress rose, bowed its head, to honor him.

P:Anti-Semitism spent itself in a monster parade of Hackenkreutzer, and became, for the nonce, quiescent. It was widely believed that the rioting and demonstrations were not really directed against the Zionists, but were merely attempts to embarrass the present Austrian Government with a view to effecting a coup d'etat in favor of Chancellor Seipel, Catholic priest, former Premier.