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land became probability. Some emil
nent Hebrews have been charged with
lack of sympathy with the Zion move
ment, because they believe that it is
scattered people. Others have been
charged with being Missionaries. because
they believe that the restoration. COM
plete and uncompromisng, of the old
orthodox religion in Palestine is at
hand
leaders Of the race who rejoice that
the qualification of deep racial and
religious sentiment is now in sight. but
who realize that there are limitations
to the commonwealth that is to be
created. Some of these are sentimental
Henry Morgenthau. recently ambassa-
dor to Constantinople, sounded a eau
ton short time ago in letter to the
newspapers. He pointed out that no
large number of Jews in the United
States are likely to give up their
American citizenship and return to
live permanently in the land of their
ancestors. To become citizens of the
Jewish state, of course would mean
ceasing to be citizens of the United
States.
Israel Zangwill, the author, and one
of the early protagonists of the Zion
ist movement, as well as one of its
keenest controversialists, in an inter
view in London said that 10000
Jews throughout the world look to
Jerusalem as the Holy city restored
but his plan would not be to bring to
Jerusalem the Jews who have pros
pered throughout the world. Rather,
he would have drawn to 1t the OPP
pressed Jews of other nations. and he
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again will be able to establish a pale
and to prosecute the Jews. The over
throw of autocracy ended the period
of relentless persecution. 1t was this
persecution which caused the large
number of Russian Jews to seek
refuge in Jerusalem, even under
Turkish rule. The mass of Jews who
were there at the outbreak of HOSTILE
ties were Russians
Not unlikely the new nation will be
the land of the oppressed but it also
will be the land of those who, from
deep religious motives, want to end
their days in the land of their fore
fathers. This will mean prosperous as
well as oppressed Jews though the
representation of the younger genera
ton is not apt to be large.
Some rosy prospects have been held
out about the inviting opportunities of
a material character, which Palestine
offers. but the holy land today is what
It was 1000 years ago. 1t is not an
inviting land for extensive settlement
or colonization.
Palestine. as commonly understood.
and as distinguished from Syria on the
north, is about as large as the state of
Maryland. The biblical palestine, in
the Oxford Bible is given length of
1S5 miles. and an average breadth of
rs miles. The coast line is formed by
the Mediterranean. the great sea of the
ancients. The River Jordan and the
Dead sea form the principal line of the
eastern boundary. Beyond them are the
sandy deserts of Arabia.
geographically and geographically
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his imperfectly closed hut and covered
his beard
'.snow-nothing but snow" he muir
INJURED.
Nevertheless. his Young blood still
pulsed powerfully, splendidly rewarmed,
as pulses the generous blood Of the well
coated beasts After the fusillade the
cannon began again to count the seconds
of a new day OF battle, and the soldier
unconsciously filed his lungs and clenched
his fists. breathing like a bear. One OF
the comrades who had come up from the
underground dugouts to the plain fell.
and the soldier ground his teeth with
a ferocious smilye, like the martens
He took up his gun, dashed out of the hut
and ran. He was so warm that he felt in
running like throwing off all his miserable
wooden clothes. He ran. delivered from
al fear. He ran carrying upon him the
gift Of that marvellous night-his new
and savage courage. brought to him by
the beasts on Christmas eve.
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of machine gun bullets. as some boche
gunner butted in on the concert. We
ducked and returned to our dugout.
The men were all tired out and soon
rasping shores could be heard from
under the cover of blankets and over
coats. The next day was Christmas.
and we eagerly awaited the mail which
was to be brought up by the ration
party at noon.
Not a shot or she'll had been fred
ali morning. The sun had come out
and. although the trenches were slip
perry with mud. still it was warm, and
we felt the Christmas spirit running
through our veins. We all turned in
and cleaned up the dugout. Making
refectors out of ammunition tins.
sticking them into the walls of the
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skin. coat to run in. to fight in. to
sleep warm in2'
Warm in repeated the soldier.
Warm in. All. to be warm inr'
Look around you" commanded the
marten. and choose.
A shaggy colt appeared from no one
knows where. Gathering softly with
his unshod hoofs. He showed his fiat
MED to the soldier.
You want hide? Take my hide
my good hide. II is solid. n little
homely, but it will never wear out
which is not as good as mine.'
bleated gray she goat Poor man,
born absolutely naked. take my goats
skin and don't listen to this uncombed
colt! How about it?''
She squinted in manner almost de-
moniacal and began to chew. as if by
inadvertence. a piece of newspaper in
which a handful OF loose tobacco was
wrapped up.
falsetto voice. from distance. a woolly
bear, who passed on a rolling food
seated comfortably on his little iceberg
Il say no more. There are better
ones"
The food receded and the bear sailed
on like an enormous shadow. Before
the soldier was able to answer soft
dark little animal grazed his leg and
he bent over toward an otter, which
the marshes, of towering rushes and
reeds. 1t turned on its side. the better
to show the shimmering velvet of its
robe. the icy pearls hanging from its
stim mustaches. Nand said. in a voice
slightly roughened by the mists of the
pools:
You see me. all dripping. all gilt
terin2 with ice2 Touch me and you
will feel. little by little. my warmth
pass into your fingers. my good steady
warmth. the warmth of my offers
blood. well protected against the water,
the chill east wind, the streams which
carry the ice cakes. Would you like to
have my beautiful pelt?'
1t was still talking when its voice
sniffiings and babblings of a four
footed host, whose multi-colored backs
whitened under the moon like hillocks
of silver, like n spindle shaped cloud
setting under the lowest stars +-e.s
And we, and we, we thousands of
rabDits-biue rabbits black rabbits
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was to act as cook on the following
day
Just then Lance Corporal Hall came into
the dugout and. warming his hands
over the fire bucket, said:
IF you blokes want to hear some
thing that Will take you home TO
blghty come up into the fire trench a
minute"
was too comfortable. After much coax
ing Sailor Bill. key Honey and my
self followed Hall out Of the dugout
and up into the fire trench. dead
silence reigned. and we started to re-
turn. Hall blocked our way and wills
pered:
Just a minute. boys. and listen
Pretty soon, from the darkness out
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in front we heard the strains of a Ger
man cornet playing IT'S a Long. Long
Trail We're Winding" We stood en-
tranced till the last note died out.
After about a four or five minute wait
the strains of THE Suwanee River"
were waited Iacross no mans land
toward us. I felt lonely and homesick.
Out of the darkness from the fire
bay on our left Welsh voice started
singing it's Long, Long Trail" 1t
was beautiful. The German cornet
player must have heard it, because he
picked up the tune and accompanied
the singer on his cornet. / had never
heard anything so beautiful in my life
before. The music from the German
trench suddenly ceased and in the air
overhead came the sharp Crack! Crack,
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tie of champagne. which had cost me
francs at a French estaminet.
This report was received with a
cheer. key Honey was next in or
der. He proudly stated that he had
saved his rum issue for the last eleven
days, and consequently was able to
donate to the Feast his water bottle
three-fourths full of rum. This would
help out In making brandy sauce for
the plum pudding. Sailor Bill informed
that he had a fruit cake. a bottle Of
picked walnuts and two tins of
deviled ham which had been sent out
little list of the articles opposite
the name of the person donating them
and turned the list over to Bill, who
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white rabbits and red rabhits-all we
rabbits. without malice. well clothed
and warm -hearted? Would you. rough
soldier. like to have the ski Of good
rabbit"
Having said this they became all at
once silent, out of Difference to Her who
now approached. And the startled sol
der believed that the moon herself was
like a descending fleece. settled down on
his bed covers. Trembling softly, she
emitted sort Of crystalline purr and on
her coat played the vague. pale coors Of
the rainbow which aigrettes Of spun
glass imprison. She spoke in tones like
those Of the violin. III few words, broken
by effective pauses.
rThe snow--the swan-hemmed cloth
of silver-the thistledoHn floating in the
wind-the dove and the ermine-the neck
Of thy beloved under a ribbon Of black
velvet-none OF those is white as !.
Tell me, am not beautiful"
oh Very beautiful murinured the
soldier. He spoke In a low voice. full
of fear as 10 a woman.
She fixed on him her green eyes. which
wavered not at all. and he felt an i'm
pulse to touch with his fingers her little
nostrils, so regular and roSecolored
pass your hand over my back the
cat continued. "A sparkle Of fire win
follow your palm. Thus the phospheores-
cent wake shows the path of passersby at
night on the surface of the waters"
He coveted the robe and the white
cat herself He would have liked TO make
her a princess in his hut. But his closed
arms retained only a white fleece empty
but still warm with a miraculous pres
ence
The report of a gun, dry and clear.
awakened the sleeping soldier. who felt
strike on his astonished eyes the first
reddish rays OF winter sunrise on
his breast. on his cheeks, covering his
blond beard. was a fleece without blem-
ish. glistening like mica. prodigious
fur. the fur he had dreamed of.
why. yes" he, said to himself, lit is
my fur. II is the one which the White
Cat gave me"
voley much nearer made him sit
up and reach for his rife. Still oc-
cupied with his thoughts. Jproud OF his
coat without equal he Sprang to his
the rst step aq he i saw 'h ne IKE uf
tering down. the snow (which. during
the hours of the night. Nd sifted into
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7T was Christmas eve. and cold not
the kind of cold which sends the
red blood tingling through your
= veins and makes you want TO be
'up and at en- but that misera-
BILE damp kind that eats into the mar
- ,, -
ers UP anu uo"ii Soui sp'i'ai
gives you fee1nS OF dread ana lonell-
ness
TIE tbrae of ne "r,nrlv- "IIanpy'.
..5;,, .,a 80
anu ihS scr We s's'iuiiie g
ner of Yankee avenue and fiddlsh
street" waiting for the word. stand
~ :, mon which We we're to mount our
-, L, 49, ,,ro-.+ .,i % an
i'idchiue ~ - ~ 80
watch Tor Two hours' WIN our hedas
sticking over the top.
yankee avenue" was the name of
the fire trench. while "Yiddish street"
was the communication trench leading
TO the rear. We were occupying ~
sector of the front line of our brigade.
! X
Tba trench VS. muddy ana in some
III. -. t.,i,-
- 49,
ning 70 form around me cages q the
pucdles.
We had uranped our feet and legs
,,.;.h ar,nt,- sapd baqs and Looked like
~
snow sh"Neis's OF on AVENUE Wy
teeth We're chattering with the cold
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would cali it the Republic of Judea or
of Israel. Zangwill's idea is of an
autonomous separate nation. under the
protectorate of some great world
power, or perhaps all the allies COM
bined. That there will be a protec-
torate is already determined. That
will be a necessity, but it will not mean
any limitation on the development of
a real Jewish nation.
The sentiment that it should become
the refuge of the oppressed Jews of
other nations is not one that meets
with unqualified support among many
leading Hebrews. One consequence of
the war is that there will be fewer
nations depressing the Jews. Ru-
mania. for example, if the allies are
able to extricate her from her plight
caused by the treachery of the Rus
sian dark forces, will not be able to
continue her policy of discrimination
against the Jews.
Russia, whatever may be the out
come of the reigning anarchy, never
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NAPOLEON Ill and the Letter s.

VIZ HEN Napoleon III was an infant
w his mother. Queen Hortense of
Holland. being a firm believer in for
tune telling. consulted an aged negress
relative to the future of her adored
SOM She was told the following:
THAT child is destined to reach the
pinnacle Of earthly glories, but he must
be on his guard in connection with the
letter s. which will play an important
role in lis life"
History shows that the following
names were Of great Importance in the
life Of Napoleon III: Strasburg. Sc
bastopol, Solferino. Sadowa and Sedan.
At the latter place. in 1870, he capt.
hlated while at the head of 100000
men.
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Her One Sorrow.
VoHN MITCHELL, chairman of tn

VoHN MITCHELL, chairman of the
~ food commission of New York. told
a reporter a Christmas slum story.
Il visited a hall in Pittsburgh one
Christmas he said. where 200 chill
dren from the poorest quarter were fed
on turkey. cranberry sauce and mince
pie.
TWO scrawny little girls attracted
my attention and / halted near them to
hear how they We're enjoying them
selves. This is the dialogue / heard:
Say, Name, amt this grand"
You bet it is. Only I'm sorry for
one thing, Lizzie
What are you sorry for, Manner
I'm sorry l went and got me cor
sets mended.''
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Palestine is mass of mountain
ranges with narrow valleys. The
Plain of Esdraleon extends across this
mountain mass from the Mediterranean
at Haifa to the Jordan.
shepherds and goatherds still tend
their focks on the bare hills of Judea.
II the modern Ruths do not now CLEAN
the fields after modern Boazs. it is only
because agriculture is a little more
advanced than it was 5000 years ago.
and there is not much grain left for
the CLEANER to CLEAN.
The products of Palestine are both
those of the tropics and of the tenn
perate zone. In the spring the slopes
Of the Judean hills are scarlet with
wild flowers and green with wheat and
barley. The orange groves and olive
orchards the plains of Sharon merge
with the grain fields. The fig trees and
the vineyards mingle with the barley.
In the valley of Jericho. spreading off
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$1,000 + + + + + T !. r !. - ~
BY Sergt. Arthur Guy Empey
+ I i t i 1

parcels and letter. still unopened. were
on his pack He was now haif hour
overdue.
Sailor Bill, noting our esgerness to
begin. held up his hand and said:
Now, boys we're ali shipmAtes to-
gether. Don't you think IT would be
better to wait a few minutes moro Tor
Smith -"
We all assented. but in our hearts we
were cursing him for his delay.
Ten minutes passed-hfteen-then
twenty. All eyes were turned in Sailor
Bits direction He answered our looks
with:
Go to II, boys, We can't wait for
Smith / don't know what's keeping
him, but you know his name is in or
ders for leave nd perhaps he is so
tickled that he's going to see his wife
and three little nippers in aiighty
that he's lost hts bearings and has
run aground
a few minutes. Then there would be
an uncomfortable pause and all eyes
would be turned in the direction or
the vacant place.
Tneasness seemed to prevail.
Suddenly the entrance TO the dugout
was darkened and a form came stun.
bling down. With one accord we all
shouted:
Come on. Smith, you're missing ono
of the best Christmas dinners of your
life"
our sergeant entered the dugout-
One look at his face was enough. We
knew he was the bearer Of i'll tidfngs.
With tears in his eyes and a catch In
his voice. he asked:
Which is Smiths pack We all
solemnly nodded our heads in the di-
.f bs.. ~ n
word the sergeant picked up the letters.
parcels and pack and started TO leave
the dugout.
Sailor Bin could stand it no longer.
and just as the sergeant was about to
leave he asked;
out with it. sergeant. what's hap
pened?"
The sergeant turned around. and. in
a choking voice. said:
Boys, Smiths gone west. Some
bloody German sniper got him through
the NAPIER as he was passing thai
bashed-in part in Iiddish street.
Sailor Bill calculated:
Poor old Smith. gone west" Then
he paused and sobbed out: My God.
think of his wife and three little NIP
pers waiting in blighty for him TO
come home for the Christmas holidays"
j believe that right at that moment a
solemn VOW of vengeance registered IT.
self in every heart around that festive
circle.
The next day we buried poor Smith In
a little cemetery behind the lines
While standing around his grave our
artillery suddenly opened up with an
intense bombardment on the German
lines. and as every she'll passed, screams
ing overhead, we sent a prayer Of ven-
geauce with it.
As the grave was filed in 1 imag-
ined a huge rainbow embracing the
graves in that cemetery. on which. in
letters of fire. was written. Peace on
earth. good will toward men,"
But such is war.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.b
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Each man in the dugout received from
one to four parcels. There was still one
left / could feel .n<e eyes sympathiz-
ing with me.
Sailor Bill whispered something to
the sergeant that I could not get The
sergeant turned to me and said:
why. bime me, Yank. l must be
goin' baImy I left your parcel up in
the trench. I'll be right back"
He returned in a few minutes with
a large parcel addressed to me. Gag
erly took the parcel and looked for
the post mark. It was from London.
Another pang of disappointment pass
ed through me. l knew no one IN
London.
Then It all flashed over me in an in
slant. About two weeks before ! had
noticed collection being taken up in
the section and at the time thought IL
very strange that I was not asked to
donate The boys had all Clipped in 10
make sure that I would not be forgot
ten on Christmas. They eagerly Grove
ed around me ] opened the parcel
it contained nearly everything under
the sun, including some American ciga-
rettes.
Tears of gratitude came to my eyes,
but some way or other / managed not
to betray myself Those Tommies GER
of delight as 1 removed each article.
Out of the corner of my eye could see
them nudging each other
A man named Smith in our section had
been detailed as runner to our cap
tain and was not present at the dis
tribution of the mail. Three parcels
and five letters were placed on his pack
so he would receive them on his return
to the dugout.
In about ten minutes a man came
from the trench loaded down with
small oblong boxes Each Tommy. IN
Guiding myself. received one. They
were presents from the Queen of Eng
land, and each box contained small
plum pudding, cigarettes. a couple OF
cigars, matches and chocolate. Every
soldier in the British army received
one Of these boxes on Christmas day:
At last Sailor Bill announced that
Christmas dinner was ready and we
lost no time in getting to our respect
i've packs, sitting around in a circle.
Smith was the only absentee, and his
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against my ribs, I waited for some
thing to develop.
Sure enough. l could make out a
slight movement. Happy must have
seen il at the same time, because he
carefully eased his rife over the top.
ready for instant use. My rife was al
ready in position. Curly was milling
with the flare pistol. Suddenly, ''plop."
he pulled the trigger, and a red
streak shot up into the air as the star
shell described an arc out in front. 1t
hit the ground and burst, throwing out
white. ghostly light A frightened
''meouw and a cat, with speed clutcis
open. darted from the wire in front of
US. jumped over our gun and dtsap-
peared into the blackness of the
TRENCH Curly ducked his head, and
Happy let out a weak. squeaky laugh.
/ was frozen stiff with fear. Pretty
soon the pump action OF my heart was
resumed and once more l looked out
into no mans land
For the remainder of our two hours
on guard nothing happened. Then we
turned over to the second relief and,
half frozen. wendell our way through
the icy mud to the entrance of our dug
out.
From the depths of the earth came
the notes of a harmonica playing Pack
Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit
Bag. and Smile. Smile, Smile"
Stumbling down the muddy steps we
entered the dugout. About eight boys
of our section. sitting on their packs.
had formed "a circle around wooden
box. In an old ammunition tin six
candles were burning. / inwardly
shuddered at this extravaganza. but
suddenly remembered that it was
Christmas eve. Sailor Bill was max
ing cocoa over the flames of Tom
my's cooker" while '1key" Honey was
toasting bread in front of a trench fire
bucket, the fumes from which nearly
choked us
AS soon as we made our appearance
in the dugout the circle stood up. and,
as is usual with the English, made
room for US to get around the fire
bucket to thaw out our stiffened
joints. In about twenty minutes or SO
the cold of the trench was forgotten
and we Joined in the merriment. The
musician put his harmonica away,
bursting with Importance. Sailor Bill
addressed US:
Gentlemen: 1t is now time for this
ships company 10 report progress as
to what they have done for the Christ
mas feed which is to be held tomorrow
at eight bells. Yank. let's hear yours"
1 reported one dozen eggs, two bot
ties of white wine. one bottle of red
wine, eight packets of Gold Flake
flags" (cigarettes) and one quart bot
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CHRISTMAS IN A DUGOUT--

in
-
nd Long.L
and n Feas-When westrThe
sPrayers of Vcngca
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dugout, we placed a lighted candle on
each. the rays from which turned night
into day.
Bill was hustling about preparing
the Christmas spread. He placed
waterproof sheet on the floor. and. add
ing three blankets. ne spread another
waterproof sheet over the top for a
tablecloth and arranged tho mems
packs around the edges for chairs.
Presently the welcome voice of our
sergeant came from the entrance of the
dugout:
Come on. me lads. lend a hand with
the mail.
There was mad rush for the en-
trance. In a couple of minutes or so the
boys returned, staggering under a load
of parcels. AS each name was read off
a parcel would be thrown over TO the
expectant Tommy. My heart was beat
ing with eaEerness as the sergeant
picked up each parcel; then a pang of
disappointment as the name was read
off.
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BY CHARLES N. PEPPER.

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T the door of a shack made OF
IN earth pIastered over branches
N\ and lathing a soldier stood
q ~ gazing out into the night He
The Dermott news., 1917-08-09
Sociahlc.

An orderly chosen from among the student officers at Fort Harrison sits daily outside Brig. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn's office door. A different man Is chosen each day, and the other day the post fell to the lot of Charles F.. Shafe of Indianapolis. says the Indian apolis News. Shafe went on an CT rand for the general. and returned just after the general had wished to speak 10 an officer In one of the other rooms and there being no orderly to summon him. had gone after the man himself
 By George" Shafe commented to the camp adjutant's orderly, n Tenth infantryman. fresh from five years in Pa anna, "the general did some of my wt K for me"
 "Yeh. ain't that nice. now :" the ad- tutant's orderly returned. "Why don't you go In there now and do some of his work for him. just to he soeiable?"