The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-23
Famous Foe of Gideon
Now Fighting With
the Righteous
AND
ARABIA LINE UP
Tribes Which Harried
Israel Turn Against
the TeutOn
81 TIE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER

lI' lfINIf hIN"" Nih'Nhf NJ Nh Nl'"
tho Midianilcs Ills successes as
older and his little band and IT'S
battle cry, "The sword OF the Lord
is Gideon" are "a part of all litera-
me Now. In one Of the romantic
revcrsals OF tho accepted order or
things which this war has effected.
these same Midianitos are the pres
emit allies of the United States or
America, OF Great Britain. France
and the other Allied powers
II is strange. but true. that all
these famous foes OF The children
of Israel, about whom most OF as
have been hearing since our infant
days in Sunday school. are now iinea
up with the Allies against the Tur
coTeutonic powers There IS moth
ing fanciful about the fact that the
Midlauitcs Amalekites. lshmaelites.
Edomites. Ammonites. Hagarites,
Nabataeens and the rest OF the
'ites." who pestered the chosen peo-
Pile 40 sorely In Old Testament
times. are now effectively serving
The cause which Is likewise colncl
cent with the goal OF Zionists.
This war has invaded the remot-
est past as well as the uttermost
part Of the earth, Geography and
chronology have been telescoped by
IT'S marvels Arabia. the silent des-
ert home Of a people Of romance, IS
now a center Of The war and a real
factor In It's operations The Arabs
themselves. whom we best know
by the names cited above. which
wero given 20 divisions OF them in
Bible times. are really being count
"a upon IN both grand strategy and
In such minor details as succor for
The Armenians.
Arabia was tho land thru which
The children OF Israel had 10 pass
before they arrived az Canaanand
IL was tho Arab who made no little
trouble for them by the way. The
sinai peninsula is part of Arabia
So SIS the land lying east Of Pales-
tine. n stretches clear down, In
PENINSULA between the Persian gult,
tho Indian ocean and the Red sen.
The Queen Of Sheba came from Ara
bia. While most OF this land ls q
waterless waste. yet on i's borders
is the most fertile soil on earth
While the war has played havoc
With the king business generally it
has none the less created q new
king IN Arabia lie IFS Hussein lbn
Ai. aud until ne assumed crown
and sceptre he was Grand Shereef
of Mecca. being descendant Of the
prophet, Mohammed. and present
head NJ The tribe OF Koreish, OF
which the prophet was member.
The Arabs are essentially relig
ious. whereas. on the contrary me
Young Turks are VIGOROUSLY Glib
oral" and arc looked upon by their
more devout co-religionists as little
better than infdols The Young
Turk party in power az Constant
NOBLE harriod The Arabs, arrested
religious leaders. and 20 Tho PFC.
tests of thc pious Arab moslems
sent insolent replies.
The answer came by way Of rifles
and cannon Aided and allotted by
Britain. the Arabs threw of the
Turkish yoke. and have now asked
that America and the other powers
recognize them as an independent
Nncdom
Whatever plans tho Jews may
ravo Tor Palestine, they VIII not
}encelorth be subject 10 the depre-
fations OF the lawless Arabs of tht
r.et. The nov KINGDOM Of Arabia
viii be friendly TO Zionism lnditid
uaI Arabs will be- In greater mum
bor than. heretofore. tillcrs OF the
OH for the Jewish settlers New
channels Of TRADE viii be opened
with Palestine from The east. even
as I'm the days Of Arahia's glory,
The king ~ Arabia has captured
Tho cities Of Jidda and Mecca and
Medina. Akaba. whore solomon
huiit Ihc ships for his navy. and
which was called Elath I'm solo
mons day may again become %
rreat eaport Tor thc Gulf OF Aka
ha offers rare harhor for even Che
1cat' ships
arhe east" has become safe. Mos
icm and Christian may make pil
crimare 20 g. Some mis- jonory
lenders who have specialized ON Is
lam look forward 20 the day when
even Mecca itself may Doe The scene
of Christian preaching by men Who
re. undlsruisedly, followers Of the
N8f8rcnC
Allied With the question ~ The
new Arabian kingdom is chat OF ihe
future of Palestine Among tho
many suggestions that have been
presented. ono of The most interest
ing rs that advanced by thc mixer
~ BIhlo maps. J g. Rarthoiomew
OF Edinburgh. who has written out