Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-04-17

~ estine. The decision of Nathan
Straus of New York to devote
the remainder of his life to the uplift
of Palestine has stimulated interest
among the class OF Jews who have,
until now, kept aloof from any work
In connection with the Holy Land.
Again, the conflict that Is proceed
Ing In Palestine between the advo-
Gates of the use of Hebrew as the
medium OF instruction in the schools
and the representatives of the "Hilfs-
verein der Deutches Juden," who IA
vor the German language. has created
desire to acquire an accurate knowl-
edge of what is going on in the Holy
Land.
Traveller Revislts Holy City.
A famous traveller, who has just re-
turned from visit which he paid to
Jerusalem, after an absence from that
city of 10 years, writes as follows:
SLOW Is the progress Of the train
from Jaffa to Jerusalem. The dis.
tance between the two cities is but
So miles, but 1t takes three and q
half hours to cover 1t. One who is
accustomed to express trains in Eu-
rope, or even to fast trains In Tur-
key. is likely to forget he is In train
at all. Nevertheless, the journey is
not monotonous; there are compen-
sations In panoramic views that meet
the eye.
1T was one of those afternoons
that is encountered only in Palestine.
Over hill and dale, over the wide and
far-extended fields studded with null
tifarious flowers and aromatic herb
age. transparent blue sky, Illuminated
by majestic sun, shedding its warm
and brilliant rays. AS / looked
through the open window my thoughts
were carried to the city where was
born and where lived the happiest
years Of my life.
Nineteen years had elapsed since
1 left the sacred city. How would It
appear after. that period? In Con.
stantinople and in Egypt I had met
with many Jerusalemite. All had
the one story for me. You will not
recognize the city; It is a new Jeru-
salem. new in every respect. new in.
ternally and externally /. did not
give much credence to this statement
l am not unacquainted with Oriental
exaggeration. What Interested me
most was not the appearance Of the
place, but the life within.
Had the life changed? Had the
old fanaticism died out? What was
the character OF the new generation
that had grown up within those
years7 What were the present pros
poets Of livelihood?
About 5 p. m. the train reached
Jerusalem. In an hour It would b,
dark, and, not to lose time, took {
cab and hastened to see that part o
the city situated without the ancien
walls. / did not recognize It. Durini
my 10 years absence It had complete
ly changed. There Is no empty space
and II is all built up. In place Of tn,
, old, dilapidated novels that disfig
. ured the approach to the Jaffa gate,
I found on both sides OF the road larg
y modern stores and magnificent Euro
pean hotels. A little farther on Their
was fenced space with a number o
trees-very much neglected-knowl
as the park and adjacent to the "a
! nous enclosure containing the Rus
sian Hospice, more beautiful thai
ever.
Mansions Replace Hovels.
For miles the long JANA road J
flanked north and south with innr
merable buildings and streets bearin
Hebrew names. Many OF the larg
buildings are new institutions, other
y are the old ones which In my tim
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