The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-12-13
JERUSALEM R ] |! t|,E;M GAP
TURED,By BRlElSH.
FALL OF HOLY CITY is CONSID-
Erred BIG BLOW TO THE
KAISER.
BETHLEHEM BY CHRISTMAS
THE TURKS, CAPITULATE AFTER.
ABSOLUTE CONTROL FOR
CENTURIES.

London, Dec. 11,-Jerusalem, the
Holy City, which for L. 200 years has
been in possession of the Moslems, has
surrendered. Over the city, whose
history, mystic and terrible, dates
back to the Egyptian records of 140O
b. c., last night fiuttered the white
flag Of surrender: Today it will be
replaced by the Union Jack, the Tri-
Color and the Italian emblem. For to-
day General Allenby's Christian army
will enter the city v-hv.e MoEarEe-
dams have held sway for hundreds of
years.
Bethlem, the cradle of Christianity,
will also be in Christian hands this
coming Christmas.
Jerusalem, after being surrounded
on all sides, has surrendered"
A shout that Numbered joyous
"Amen" straight from the heart Of
civilized mankind, went up in the
House of Commons as Bonar Law
made this announcement yesterday.
General Allenby reported capture
or determination of $4,000 Turkish
soldiers as a result of the Palestine
campaign"
With swiftness of execution and a
genius of generalship that puts into
shade the greatest feats of this war
from Tanneberg to Bagdad, Allenby,
"the BULL" as the army knows him,
has completed his brilliant campaign.
Britain and her allies hail him as the
Twentieth Century crusader.
Except for two brief intervals, Jeru-
salem has been in Monammedan hands
for more than 1900 years. Through
5000 years it has been almost continu-
ally bloody battle-ground. 1t has
| been more often. captured and recap
tured, destroyed and rebuilt, than any
other place on earth.
Greater than the universal Joy over
the capture is that over the>fact that
the Holy City has been spared from
bombardment and possible destruc-
ton. A decisive battle for Jerusalem
had been looked for here as certain
ty. General Maurice, spokesman Of
the war office, recently declared it
seemed inevitable.
Chancellor Law told the Commons
that the Holy places would be safe
| guarded by British, French and Ma
hommedan officials who are now on
the way to Jerusalem. General Allen
by, he said, is expected to make for
NAL entry today, together with the
commanders of the French and Italian
contingents fighting with his army.
The enlightenment of the city was eff
fected when one portion of Allenby's
army, advancing from the direction OF
Bethlehem, attacked and drove back
the Turks and cut the railroad leading
I from Jerusalem to Jericho, where
Christ spent the last night before his
crucifxtiof,. While this operation was
under way to the east of the city, an
other part of General Allenby's force
launched a concerted attack upon the
: Turkish position to the west and
northwest of Jerusalem. The Otto
mans hit back furiously. Their po-
z sitions were strong. But their lines
soon crumbled and the British gained
and held a foot-hold astride the
Jerusalem-Sheehem road. That was
the end of all chances for the Turks
to hold the Holy City.
Hailed as Greatest British Feat.
The victory is hailed by Britain a.
!, the greatest feat of British arms i
! this war;. for its consequences botI
military and moral are Of transcend
emit importance. The fall Of Jerusa
Hem from military standpoint means
/. The initial step toward the pro
!. lection Of the Suez CANAL and Egypt
: against the off-heralded Turco-Ge
II man Drive. -. @-,-.-ss:;.. y !. ia
: ia 2. A vital threat against the' Tsttk
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! From a moral standpoint: +
II 1. Admiration and gratitude Of III
world. ~:
! 2.A A tremendous blow to the pres
: tige Of both the sultan and the kaise
: with the .Mohammedans and CORES
11fponding increase Of British prestig,
stth the Islam. .s.'..4sl !,
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on IN importance % this part. Of n
II Turkish empire only to DamAscua
ut From the Holy City the British, q