Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff. (On the second yahrzeit.)
The day after tomorrow, the 22nd of Sivan, it will be two years since the Zionist leader, the loyal labour leader and brilliant Jewish statesman Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff, of blessed memory, fell by a murderer's hand.
The tragic manner of the young Arlosoroff's death and the especially sad circumstances in which he perished so stirred up the Jewish people that they, the circumstances and causes of the murder, were placed at the centre of the event. The Jewish people followed with agitation and tension the gruesome traces of the spilled blood, which led to a dangerous bandits' den of political intrigues and wildly unrestrained party fanatics. This terrible spectre stretched out fearsomely and, like an evil shadow, obscured the great national misfortune in and of itself...
With Arlosoroff's death a great light was extinguished, one that had risen together with our national revival. Arlosoroff was young and embodied the new young Jew who awakens to deeds and to independent creation of Jewish history. His young, sharp, yet also experienced gaze marked out a path for us. Jewish youth will follow his light boldly and proudly, not letting itself be frightened by the evil, black shadows...