New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Fruitful Palestine
A Land Flowing With Milk and
Honey
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Again, for the seventh time in tie
past centuries, Jerusalem has fallen, and tbs
time a Christian nation is conqueror and
has promised 70 make it once again a Jewisk
capital and Palestine an autonomous ,oun.sy
and the fulfilling to the Jews Of psorheey
and of their historical claim as a race.
My forty-fve precious days in the Hsy
Land years ago cause me now 70 rejoic> VIII
the Zionists at this great opportunity fr The
development of Hebraic civilization AMI ts
opening of this land so full of sacred hitsy
to all the students of ChristendOm. Tbs
forty-fve Jewish colonies already we'll essb-
lished there will now be freed from TIE psst
injustices Of Turkish rule and will blszei he
way, under the wise rule Of an internstisss
commission. toward the successful regsns -
ton of land left desolate for twenty m
turtles. believe this will again be lss@
Glowing with milk and honey" and refisa
coveted By many on account Of its fertility
And | believe all this for the following m
sons: Its innumerable springs and streams
mentioned in the Bible still flow, the rainfall
is sufficient, and the ancient eisterns IN
which it was formerly stored can easily be re-
paired. In fact, this is being done even nov
and the land is being drained in places o0'
no. on as large a scale as is necessary
GAIA, now in the hands of the Englisn'
grows the best of barley; the plain Of sharon.
where ! picked the beautiful rose Oh
Sharon" is land of orchards and yineysroh
and from the plains of Esdraelon and Bessn
come sesame and wheat. The so-called Dese"
of Judea supports focks of sheep and gos''
When ! reached the Choir and the Dead ,ss'
methought no good thing can come out Of NV
desolation; but now know that the Je''AA
Valley, being far below the sea level, is eap''
bic Of supporting luxuriant tropical SessS'
ton. Every true jew must read win w
how great are the agricultural possiol'.'"'
of the Holy Land, even to the extent OF i's'
crops year, of the grains and fruits OF '''-
England and Italy.
Then there are all those uplands with msn,
groves of oak that we found so pleassns :.
the land Of Mohab, east of the Jordan -
that even so far as the Houran could be n's'
TO produce the finest of wheat.
To sum up in sentence the sgrieui'''',
and fruit growing possibilities Of Psies''ne
can say this: Here can be grown sOe's,,s
fully, not only apples, pears, cherries ~,
cots, peaches, plums, ounces, wainu,s' -"
berries and blackberries, but also the DAM.
mandarin, lemon. citron and orange 'ne -.
medlar, locust bean, pineapple, vans 'h's,
cucumbers. asparagus and melon also
cane, fax, cotton, rice, camphor, iaui,'
papyrus could be grown here, and '00 go
both the Latakia and Jebelee. OF sAes..
quality. The first We used only IN 'ne ~.
pipes or chibooks, and found II mos. a..
full, while The second, mountain tooas,Y,
used only in cigarettes, and found u m"'
pleasant. an
But your space forbids my telling s's" ~
of the story. Enough. however, Is ns .,.s i
to show any Jew who declares his un0, 80 -
tho prophecy as to the return OF tns NJ
OF "His chosen people" to Palestine, .seri
har before him not a bleak. but nvw sy
and inviting prospect J. c. PuAr1
New York, Dec. l2, 1911.