, 1883-11-24
sEw ROUTE 70 INDIA.


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healthy that no European ear iire thsre,
cxeep. for tBo Goptb, Of the year. Il il
nesrl; desolats osiag 20 this sna io
the Bsdouins ~ho prosi sbout there
Some ssy that By proper draining it could
be rendered healthy. as IL tie eiEas 0:
Herod the Great.
Oa the other hand yor would by 90
sTamping it give access TO the lands Of
Moab and Amrnon. and s,eo - vsst fer
tiis binds which lie between the Jordan
and Dead sea and the Eaphrstss, which
by maps sre said net 10 bs desert, bu,
fertile and, not badly watercd. You also
gain access to Lake Aulch, wh:cn Ia only
ssven fsss below tho ocean and thus get
ships t, within ffty r.iles # Dsrnsscus.
The following Scripture .ites you'd 10
ost: Bethssids, Capernaum, Tberias,
Plain Of Genneseret, Jericho and Jordan
river. But I do not think yorreeessarily
lose Engsdi, on which by Ezekiel xiyii:l0,
nets VIII be spread (which are used to
catch the fish ct the Dead sea, which are
to 90 the game es tie fish OF the Mediter-
ranean. II is difficult to see how these
fish viii ge. there unless the Mediterrsne-
sn joins the Dead sea-
1t should be remembered tha. alcng
this valley .hero are no monasteries or
religious institutions At Tiberias there
are tomos OF the holy Jew rabbis, and
possibly capitalists Ike the Rothsch,!ds,
for instance, who have the coin for works
OF this kind, may object to move he rab-
biz tG highsr level As far as l can
learn the Greek church cares but little for
these sites, except perhaps the jordan,
where the priests go to baths. 1msy al
so remark that many of the Lords mira
Cles were performed away from tho low
lands. and in fact, 1t is not By anymsans
certain where they were performed.
TIE Jordan fresh water sources could
he utilized, think, FOR the water supply
of all Pslesiins, even if the Jordan valley
was swamped, for the main source at b.
nais Is $50 feet sbsve the sea, and now.
a-days a hinge pipe or pipes could e:ing
down water under the canal where it is
narrow, between Halfa and the Jordan
valley. At any rate, il could be led
down the eas. side of the new sea for tbs
sapply OF shipping.
The population Of Palestine inclosed ~
the canal would be 133, 900; area, I0,O0o
square miles, not counting the Sinai part
which is desert; revenue, sSo0,0eO, OF
which s45O,O00 goes to Sta.nbcui as
''back,hscsh."
By The cana, you would ISOLATE Psles-
sine, md render 1t easy i0l La powers
who vii let no single power annex ito
arrange for neutral SORT OF state. More
over, the canal would CIT Of thoss hordes
Of Bedouins, who are the curse OF the
country.
Tas canal vould be so wide that it new
a. could become stopped. except between
H:Iia and he Jordan valley, q distance
Of only txsntyEg miles. No epidemic
could eifec. the passage through, ard no
nsiives could interfere with it except be-
txeea Hslfs and the jordan valley. Ow-
ing 70 the accumulation Of refuse lie Su-
ez canal has become go fcui that when an
chors a-e taken up ths men are made
sick. and fever is prevalent owinS TO the
want Of current. This could not happen
with tie Palestine canal. for the vide IL
lard sea would BY Winds Cause current.
Ii Is remarkable that the plain near
sseiem, half way land to the south) be-
tween Half. and the Jordan valley, is the
ate of Msgedde. and is generally acesPt-
ed as the Armsgedion of Ezekiel, where
the final grsa. battle will be fought
against Gcg Plirce Of RIBS, Mashsch'
and Tubsl Now this word "6hos Is
pat "a .'chiet" in CUR Bible But ihe
Septuagiut has Rhuc, which Is CONSIDERED
the base of the word Russia. And II is
remarked By commentators as Inc only
instance Of a modern nation being alluded
10 in the Old Testament. Nov, If this
canal ia made. and il Russia ever did ad-
vance. shs could not cross the huge m
land sea IN her advance on Palestine,
but would be- forced 20 60 70 hepart De-
,Uesn Hslfa and .'orien, and then must
come down on Armageddon- This q Gu
r;,,,s when We consider the inevitable I'D
v.,ss of Ru.sis OF Disbur snd Dalnss-
Gus.
7 calculate that tho cost would be;
Fer osnai between Hal. AID Jor. o a.,
asa lLai. a 5,ecc.o 600
Far canal b.tSeen AkahshsEd An -oo a.,
Ghs.unpel ferty miies..----.-.. SN',goS 's,a'1o',
2 srs E. Akshah -'o''V''
Composition t. psaR-s Of JorcAn ooo ooo
s,jt.., 900, co.
o., S5f, so, ,vcG
The quantity of water required to n
Nd ia s2o cubic inilea 1t would tAEe
nine months to run from beth ends' ana
t~ics thas If run frosa oae end 'h'o'ga
o.ns:e sixty yard. Side 1t tos boiiem she
th-se Yards deep. Asfcr srap1s'i9a. .
soon As the level Of the SEA is rssef ed
his .ould be no mere .taa n the sisc,-
tsr-snsAa. The hesd ct SAT, s9Gif
m,As ssc,hts.s tl.e cutting Siea onec
vou ge. = email CIT through rs
| .,;l .: the Ak.b.h valley is r'ari and az;
,,ck Tia. st tie sid.sslon plan L 81.
iuy;al Tie gull Of AkAbsh has 20 feet
| depth close 70 .ks shore
The IT" RAJ.
| r. ssTus r.;l ncv universally cEet o1