The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-19
LIFE IN MODERN PALESTINE.
Eshe Ds6erent Races Guistsa'1nG tie SOIL OF
sss.arcn-A Tufs<ish War LsEacy.

Mae Dt6ercnt Races duiNvnuoG Use S"si "
assaren-A T"fs<ish War Lrs"cy.
HAIFA, Sept. 1,.-One OF tie finest tracts Oh
land in western Palestine In to DO found IN thc
northwestern slopes Of the range commonly
known as the hills OF Samarin The more
travel over this country and examine its agti-
cultural resources the more convinced do iecl
that 1t only needs the introduction Of capital
and enterprise IT, mako II again. ~ II was ~
limos OF old. as productive. IN proportion 10 lts
area. rs any OF tho most favored regions oi tho
curths surface. 1t 80 happens ;hat tn" roads
which lead tho tourist TO The srcts which sie'
CHILLY attract him pass through It's least fertile
and most forbidding districts. but even
these could hc made to blossom a.
the ros, with mn ordinnry expenditure,
Of labor aud capital. while the greater rart OF
out OF tho bcnt"n track. astonishe- you with
its capabilities. in rcspOci 81 sollund other ma
iurai ,ad,an,ases, kl",s for is,anc" at MI Mi
ourselves IN the centre ct rich but spnrsoly
WITH an ssG H"iY a 70 tho .ea rom "
which 1t IL distant about III miles. aud OF which
It command a fun view, 1t Snloys : ca r ana
mantle valleys by which tho village Is surround
ed are thckiy planted viii, DIV. groves whlcl,
great source II revenue. White too far from
tho vilnae for the protection Of any crop the
hill sides and SUNNI - arc clothed with A. dense
underground of scrub onk. tcr"binfi!. and other
shrubs. Which are emily prevented from, ir-
but their quick growth tesiics to TIN rchn.ss
IF the soil; To tho north the rnnge eAtendr tor
lfecn niles to the base of Carmel. The wood
land disappears. and is succeeded by rolling
chalk downs HffordlnE magnificent pa-turaEc
from it's tompern;e aid healthy climate 10 called
thu breezy lund.'
tween. and there is room for large pcpuin-
s but Sas ncsa .smpE ana s :" =" the - .ns
where the oak troSs whcn are Scattered over
the PASTURES and cornlelds attain u large
growth. and tho country presents tho appcnr.
point OF view the woods and the farm lands
are 80 Combined MS tn form tho most perfectly
diversified sconcry. Just where the rolling
sharon. L, was across this country that
objective point. first through the thick
copse Of the upper Valleys: and so out upon the
WAS out in tho fields gathering tho crors.
which strings OF camois wero conveying to tho
village thrcshing floors. Here and there was
money lender from Acre or Bryrout suuatting
under an umbrclla to sco thni the pensantry did
with these gentry, who nre the bloodsuckers OF
the feliahin. to whom they advance money at
In revenge. resor, to svery eomeaiSnbio device
to conceal from them the real extent 2i M
crop; and to make The proportion coming to
At one viilnse called Aruroh found three old
Roman arches. a fine traEtnent of column
and some rock cut tomhs, which seem hitherto
to have escaped observation. The remains n-
dictate, that 1t must have been place OF con
able to identify It. Thc plain Of Sharon, where
we struck 1t. Ia being by degrees brought int,
Bosnian, and partiy by native capitalists: The
peasHntry themselves AFRO rnpidiy losing al
against the exactions OF the Government tax
| Gatherer on the one hand and OF the usurous
yearly b.coning more impoverished and de-
pendent. the wealth of the country is steadily
rs a mmttsr Of course. though. in accnrannc.
with the tondenci"s of modern civilization. II
will be 81 the eSp3nse Of Pit tho masses
magnatcs. Hr was IL Turk and spoke Turk
ish IN preference to Arabic He had. may
| their condition WINS by no means improved by
the other hand, thoy sooner would have intro
duced tho, civilized iron ponGns with which
His farm house was q large, struggling.
| isolatod building, which, stood or a hill
HOUSES and doa aa n Sae Unlike o the
residences OF Southern plantor; viii 10 .curious!y
consisted Of Afrca1 negroes located in a VII.
lage hard by. hut he had non" OF the lavish hos
pitality which characterized the landed propri-
| A ride OF an hour. over part Of the plain
exclusively devoted TO tho growth Of wafer
| melons. hitherto the sole export OF the little
Although the r"mainS OF III. old port hnv" he.n
| used as II harbor for consting craft. these ruins
have not heon Inhabited since they, wore evacu-
| ated by the Crusaders ut tho end Of the tlIir-
| teenth CENTURY. Indeed there ia n curious pre-.
| diciion connected with them tn the eflsct that
diately prerede II great disaster to Islam. 1t
has beer IN ron-canenc" of this rs have I'M
/ on all the thor cru>uding ruins on the coust
this on" alone has remained nn'ennnted.
! for about six months ago the first INSTRUMENT
of n band OF refugees, from bosnia and Here
ruin aud the lands surrounding it by the Gov
ernmrDt as tho nucleus Of a now colony
tensive ruins must ever have from nn anti
! quarinn point Of view. wns anxious to visit
omsar.n to Judge for myr,lf Of the prospects of
Of emiGrnnts. Moreover as the new town is to
dent that | should never have another chance
OF seeing what these were like. They, have
already IN the last twenty years served ns II
stones, cut originally by IIsrod the Great when
ed in tho Gus of Loaf loads ' to Acre
Hna Jnn ., The ruins have therefore
is described in tho records Of travellers
| In the early pnrt Of the present century. In u
peared s"Sehsr The %
( nres. whatever they may he. will. however.
Strn uss w md hsrs the s n 81
crssiye epochs of civilization. On the top no
I will find the ruins of the stone houses of the
| Bosnans and HcrZ.govinians, now in process
| of erection hollow them the foundations of the
great great, c r fortress. Mnd below them
1
| period beneath them. traces Of the byzantine
| period and NJ the bottom. the tesseilated pave
| mants. the fragments OF carved marble. the
I stntuHry. and the coins Of tho Roman period.
Meantime IT. ~ u singular fact that the strip
/ of coast from iHin to cnSaren seems It. have
/ become "a centre OF influx of coionists and
| strangers of the most diverse races. The now
| immigrants to Ca'sarea nre Slavs, Some OF
! them speak little Turkish. Arabic is an I'M
/ known tongue to them. which they are learn
! ing Their own language IL a Siav dialect.
! When tho troubles in the provinces Of Bosnia
! and Herzegovina first broke out which led to
the Russo Turkish war u howl Of indignation
/ went up from the philanthropists on both sides
| of tho Atlantic. but especially from the Radical
! party in England. against the Turkish Gov
eminent. for it's persecution OF the Slav popu-
! tttion Of the Danubian provinces. Nor do !!
/ think that the general public have vet realized
the fact. that OF these Saws more
than half were Moslem. and that tho
! Turkish Government were not persecuting
! Thorn moro than they we're prosecuting an y
| other oi their subjects. but that the persccu-
! tors OF the Slav p0aSantry. who wers Christian.
were the SIav arisfocracy. who were Moslem.
/ II WAS, in fact. not Il question OF an oppressed
! nationality but strictly Aerarinn uup St inn