The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19


Taxed for a moment, and early
Ilieved the liberation of Jerusale
thought their deliverance was
up in almost every house that
cessful.
At 8 o'clock in the morning the
mayor of the city and the chief of po-
| lice came out under a flag of truce.
The mayor, who holds his high civic
position as a member of the Hussein
family, which possesses documentary
proof of direct descent from Moham-
med through the Prophets daughter,
offered to surrender the city. Formal
surrender was arranged for at noon
on the 8th.
Between the offer to surrender and
the formal acceptance there was
sharp fighting in the outskirts of Jer-
usalem, the Turks fighting more stub
bornly than at any period of these
operations, and meeting bayonet with
bayonet. London troops were sent to
the north of the city. AS they de-
bouched from defile they were
heavily attacked by Turks lining the
Ridge of the Mount of Olives, and
strong machine-gun-fire was poured
into them.
The ridge was carried by a superb
bayonet charge, and by noon the
Turks were pushed back so far thai
the British occupied ground 1000
yards north of the city walls.
Picturesque Scenes
Through the suburbs the people
fIocked into the highway and Weicom'
ed the Commander Chiefs repre-.
sentative by time-immeH1oria
method of c1apping hands while ole
women and girls threw flowers ant
palm leaves on the road.
The ceremony of surrendering the
city was very brief. The General gave
the mayor instructions for the main
tenance of order, and had guards
placed over the public buildings QUE
side the Holy City, but no soldier o
the King passed within the walls tina,
day. Though the sound of guns hat
hardly ceased the people felt secur'
and happy.
1t was picturesque throng. From
the outskirts CT Jerusalem, the Jaffs
load was crowded with people, VIII
flocked westward to greet the con
quering general Sombre-c1ad youths
of all nationalities, Armenians, ant
Greeks stood side by side with Mos
lens dressed in the brighter ratmen
y of the East. The predominance o
the tarbush in the streets added t.
, the brightness of the scene. 1t wa
Obvious that all regarded the day a
an important occasion, for they wor
! their best robes, and I saw many o
them abandon their natural reserv
, and join in vocal expressions OF wei
come. Their faces, too, lighted u
with pleasure at the generals ap
Lroach. This relaxation of the Arab
usually stolid, immobile expression
; was significant. Flat-topped roof
and balconies held many people, cry
ing aloud a genuine welcome.
But it was in the streets, where
cosmopolitan crowd had assembled
> that one looked for and obtained tn
real feeling of all the peoples. VIVA
astonished me were the cries of BRA
. vol" and "Hurrah!" uttered by me
E who could have hardly spoken tn
D words before. That the welcome wa
D not artificial or manufactured I ca
= testify, for quite close to the Jaff
j gate I saw three old Mohammedan
e with tears of joy coursing down thei
cheeks. They clapped their hands
: their hearts were too full to ute
words.
o Simple Ceremonies
General Allenby entered the tow
y On foot. Outside the Jaffa gate h
u was received by the Military Cover
L nor and a guard of honor formed b
men who have done their full shar
in the campaign. Drawn up on tn
right of the gate were men from EnE
Iish, Scottish, Irish and Welsh cour
ties who were fighting yesterday. OF
posite them were SO men afoot, rel
resenting Australian and New Zes
land horsemen, who have been engae
y ed in the Empires work in the Sin:
u desert and Palestine almost since tt
g war burst upon the world. Inside tt
. walls were 20 French and 20 Italia
,, soldiers from attachments sent
IL their countries to take part in tt
Palestine operations.
&c Close by the Jaffa gate, whose ire
L. doors are rarely opened, is vic
II breach made in old walls to perm
IT the Kaiser's entry when visiting Jerl
II salem in 1898. This was not ust
for this historic procession, Gener
l. Allenby entering by the ancient ga
i which is known to Arabs as ''Tl
'e Friend" Inside the walls was a crow
, more densely packed in mario
streets than outside.
The procession turned to the rig
into Mount Zion, and halted at FL K
la citadel. On the steps at the ba
n, of the Tower of David, which w
i standing when Christ was in Jerus
Id terms of the proclamation promis,
Ill was read in four languages in t.
ou presence of the Commandments
a and many notables of the city. T
r. +trms of the proclamation promis
ut that every person could pursue /
es lawful business without interruptio
1t and that every sacred building, mon
a 1nent, holy spot. shrine. tradition
We site, endowment, pious bequest.
s. customary PLACE of prayer of whs
le. lsoevcl form of the great religions