The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-10
British Success There Es-
se--ial to An Enduring
Peace.
AMERICANS WERE BEATEN
Germans Participated in
Turkish Brutalities in
Jewish Colonies.
~ HERMAN BERNSTEIN
Editor Of The American Hebrew.
(copyrisht, 1917, by the Newspaper
A. Enterprise Assoelation.)

Enterprise Assoelation.)
A recent cablegram from Alexan.
tria. Egypt, stated that refugees from
Palestine report that the Turks. In CO.
operation with the Germans, are COM
hitting fearful atrocities upon Jewish
colonies In Palestine.
During October all the leading men
Of the Jewish colony at Jaffa were &C.
cused Of espionage, and on false evil.
Gcnce, or on confession extorted by
torture, were convicted by German
court martial and hanged with many
members OF their families.
To extort confessions, many men
and women, including some American
7 citizens. were stripped and beaten in
public so severely as to cause death.
But the end Of this reign Of terror is in
sight
The triumphal onward sweep in Pal
estine Of the British, under General
Allenby, has already resulted in the
capture Of Jaffa, the principal Medi.
terranean seaport of the Holy Land,
and with 1t the Jaffa.Jerusalem rail-
road, which brings the allied forces
almost to the very gates OF Jerusalem.
Another force Is holding Beersheba,
where Abraham rested, and at the
proper moment will move forward to
Hebron, gateway to the Holy City
from the southeast. [Since this was
written Hebron has been taken.-Ed.l
Thus, the British army will be In po.
sition to operate against Jerusalem.
either for attack or siege, and Christ
mas may see the birthplace of the
three dominating religions-Christian.
ity. Judaism and Mohammedanism-
wrested from the hands of the Turks
and a beginning made toward ending
these German-Turkish atrocities.
The brilliant operations of Allenby's
army has attracted the attention Of
the whole civilized world, which, while
watching them with sentimental re
card, has been not little mystified by
the enormous expenditure o: nen and
maitary equipment 81 a war-theatre. so
far removed from the western fl.:nt
It i not generally rea led tina. the
Palestine operations are no mere side
venture Of the part of Grea. Britain
hut that they have tremendous hear
ing on the ultimate result of tile war.
As matter Of fact. there can be no
enduring peace unless Palestine and
Mesopotamia shall be torn frnm Tur.
key and its master ally, Germany.
Anything short Of tfis wcIid mean
that, even though Germany Is com.
lletely defeated in Europe. her pretcn.
t'ous Bagdad-to-Be scheme would
remain intact to menace the world,
with its everlasting THREAT against the
Hasz Canal, Egypt and India.
None have realized this better
thsn this Germans themselves, who are
thoroughly alarmed over the success
of.the British arms.
They have always realized the great
importance Of Palestine in connection
With their own plans for the military
domination Of the world, and Germa.
publicists have given a steat deal OF
attention to The Near East" question.
The over-e.ficien. Dr. Paul Rchr.
bach. writing for the education OF the
German mini and in r:ti aratIou for
the launching of the Mittel Europe pro.
ject, pointed out that direct attack
t1PSa 4Sh6hi4Iut dGttIsS Tue JNOTIu SSI,
was utterly out Of the question. An.
ether combination which would st.ike
England at its mast v,ilnc, able D int,
was needed, and this combination, he
revealed, existed in Germany's rela.
tons to Turkey. 1t was to create Just
these relations that. Wilhelm visited
Scnstantinople and Jerusalem, that he
worshipped at the shrine Of Moham.
ned, that he played the role OF protec-
tor Of Turkey against all Europe.
ENGLAND can be attacked and NOR.
tally wounded by land from Europe
only in one place-Egypt. The loss Of
Egypt would mean for England not
only the END Of her dominion over the
Sucz Canal and OF her connections
With India and the far east, but would
mean aiso the loss of her possessions
In Contra! and East Africa. The con.
quest Of Egypt by a Mohammedan
power. like Turkey, would also i'm.
peril Snh' and's hold over her sixty mil
Ton Hcis.arsdan subjects in India,
besides pre:rdicing her relations with
AfGt.1i.tan and Persia"
Hers va. have the explanation of