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At the same time Joseph Chamberlain floated the idea of a Jewish Colony in what is now Kenya. The plan became known as the "[[British Uganda Program|Uganda Project]]" and Herzl presented it to the [[Sixth Zionist Congress]] (Basel, August 1903), where a majority (295:178, 98 abstentions) agreed to investigating this offer. The proposal faced strong opposition particularly from the Russian delegation who stormed out of the meeting.<ref>Laqueur, Walter. The History of Zionism. London: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2003. p. 111</ref> In 1905 the 7th Zionist Congress, after investigations, decided to decline the British offer and firmly committed itself to a Jewish homeland in Palestine.<ref>Schneer, pp. 113–14</ref> A ''Heimstatte''—a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine secured by public law.<ref>David Vital, A People and a State (1999), p. 448</ref>
On 26 January 1904, Herzl was received in audience by [[Pope Pius X]] at the [[Holy See]] in [[Rome]], in the hope of convincing the Vatican at supporting the Zionist movement. Pius X was kind to Herzl, but resolutely refused to support Zionism in any way.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herzl |first=Theodor |date=1904-01-26 |title=THEODOR HERZL: Audience with Pope Pius X (1904) |url=https://ccjr.us/dialogika-resources/primary-texts-from-the-history-of-the-relationship/herzl1904 |access-date= |website=Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Death and burial==
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