A contemporary, writing with reference to the reform movement in Turkey, says: “One of the most extraordinary proofs of the tremendous change which in a few brief weeks has passed over the Ottoman world is found in the fact that the question of the rebuilding of the Temple on Mount Moriah has been seriously raised. It is reported from Jerusalem that the chief rabbi of a Gallician town has addressed to King Edward a memorial, soliciting his good offices in securing the permission of the Sultan to undertake the work. This is moving on, indeed.”