Theodor Herzl travels to Paris, where he holds a meeting with Max Nordau and Alexander Marmorek. He then appoints Leopold Kessler as the commission’s leader, tasked with exploring the possibility of settlements in the northern Sinai Peninsula. In Vienna, Herzl collaborates with the Actions Committee to outline a Charter, intending to deliver it to Leopold Kessler in Cairo.
He reaches out to Lord Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, providing a detailed report on the commission’s progress and requesting a meeting in Paris, and communicates with the Grand Vizier with a Ottoman pound loan proposal.
Herzl then dispatches a proposal to Sultan Abdel Hamid II, outlining a plan for colonization in the Sanjak of Acre in exchange for a guaranteed annual payment of 100,000 Ottoman Pounds. He contemplates the potential of Jewish colonization in Africa. However, he decides to make one more attempt with the Ottoman Empire by meeting with Dr. Abdullah Djevdet Bey, who offers assistance with Constantinople. Despite these efforts, Leopold Greenberg reports that obtaining a charter will be impossible. Amid the dialogue, Herzl receives favorable reports from the expedition, indicating positive developments in the envisioned settlements.
