CHAPTER XXXV

.

END OF THE CENTURY. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. ZIONISM.

Jews in the Spanish-American war――Commissioned and non-commissioned officers, privates and “Rough Riders”――Jews in the Navy: Simon Cook, Joseph Strauss and Edward David Taussig―― The career of Rear-Admiral Adolph Marix――His part in the Inquiry about the “Maine” and in the war――The significance of the Dreyfus Affair――Its influence on the spread of Zionism――The American press almost as pro-Dreyfus as the Jewish――The Zionist movement in America――The rank and file consists of immigrants from Slavic countries, under the leadership of Americans.

## PART VII.

=THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. PRESENT CONDITIONS.=

##