The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-30
A JERUSALEM RABnL
DY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

Jerusalem.
The Jews are rapidly coming into
their own. This Holy city now con-
tains more than 10000 OF them, and
they form over two-thirds OF its whole
population. BY tho now constitution Of
Turkey they have acquired the right
TO own land In Palestine, and they can
come and go as they please. This has
not been the cause Until now. Jewish
immigration has been prohibited. and
such Jews as bought real estate have
had to purchase and hold 1t under other
names. This was so not only here,
hut all over the country. But. notwith-
standing they acquired land, and am
Told that some OF the best farming
properties of the plains OF Sharon are
in their lands. and that they own the
most valuable business sites OF Jernsa-
lem. The new constitution gives them
other advantages. and 1t is probable
that they will rapidly increase in num-
Der and wealth.
, The Jews OF the Holy Land.
The Jews OF Palestine are not like
+ those OF America. They have cos
tune OF their own. and come from SO
many different localities that 1t is not
always possible to tell who they are
Among them are Parsians. SpaniarGS
Russians. Bohemians. Poles and Ger
mans. There are many Algerlans and
Moors, and l have seen some from
Abyssinia and Egypt.
They speak forty different languages,
and there are many whom the others
cannot understand. In the main there
Arc three different classes. First Is
The ashkenazini, made up OF Jews from
Eussia, Poland, Austria and Germany.
These people are much like the lower
,f.. f,f A OF
mon languages Is Yiddish. The second
class Is the Ssptiariim They are Span
aish Jews. defendants OF those who
came here centuries ago. and jew
ish. The third class is the eastern
Jews made up of Israelities from
Z Syria. Persia. Arabia and cen-
tral Asia. They sneak Arabic and
look much Hike Moslems.
American Gitixennhip ClcnIS for Fraud.
AS TO the American Jews. they are
comparatively few, and tits seldom that
you meet one that has been born in
America. Those who claim TO be such
are chiefly natives. who have gone to the
United States TO get their. naturaliza-
ton papers, and then returned here
TO live Many OF the latter are frauds,
and our consul believes that some OF
them have bought their naturalization
nepers and have never peen out OF
the country. American citizenship Is
a valuable badge OF protection in the
lands OF the Sultan; and FOR this rea-
son naturalization papers have been
sold by returned Jews who have again
left this country. Said our consul to
ma:
Our citizenship has been used to
carry on frauds. When ! hrst camo
hero I found 1t serving as cloak
( for crime One man who claimed to
be an American was acting as receiver
OF stolen cattle, and selling them OPEN
{ ~. He carried on big. business, and
although the officials were aware Of
Ills criminal practices they could not
arrest him. This was so because OF
difference between our government and
that OF Turkey. 8
THE treaties provide that the or
enses Of Americans against Turks may
be punished only by the American con-
y sui. and we contend that this gave US
the right Of trial in such cases. The
Turkish government contended that
all such offenders must be tried sinsl