Evening star., 1918-11-23
RESCUE Of HOLY LAND
THEME Of DR.. FINLEY
Gen. Allenby Compared to Joshua
in Geographic Society Lecture.
Ex-Kaiser's Hospice Criticised.

DR.. John H. Finley, who returned
to the United States few days ago.
after spending four months in Pa1es-
tine at the head of the American Red
Cross work there, inaugurated the
National Geographic Society's thirty
first annual series of lectures when
he spoke on 1.-THE Rescue Of the Holy
Land" the auditorium Of New Ma
sonic Temple, yesterday afternoon
and evening.
Dr. Finley told vivid story Of his
saunterings through Palestine from
the first of June to the last OF Sep
tember. Working in cooperation
ley had an excellent opportunity to
study the manner in which the twen-
tieth century crusaders are admin
istering the Holy Land. What he saw
has prompted him to characterize
Gen. Allenby, the commander-in-chie
of the British, as "a warrior and a
statesman who deserves to take his
place in history with Joshua"
No Flag Flying in Palestine.
mo nations flag now flies in Pales-
tine" said DR.. Finley. "for Gen. AL
lenby is holding the land for all peo-
pies, and not for any one country.
In fact, the only banner to be seen in
Jerusalem today is the flag Of hu.
maity-the banner Of the Red Cross"
DR.. Finley also paid a high tribute
to Col. Donald Storrs, military gov
ernor Of Jerusalem.
Water and Ford Car Factors.
1.-TWO factors were vital in the con-
quest of Palestine" continued DIR.
Finley. "The first was water, which
the British first brought from the Nile
in Egypt, a distance of las miles, and
the second was the Ford car. Without
either the campaign Of the twentieth
century crusaders would have failed.
There was q tradition in Palestine
that not until the waters Of the Nile
should flow into the Holy Land would
the Turk be banished. That prophecy
has today literally come to pass. for
the water from the Nile is flowing
through pipes to the ancient city on
the hill, and the Turk has been BAN
ished."
TO demonstrate the small size Of
the Holy Land. DR.. Finley told Of a
trip which he made on foot from
Joppa to Jericho. the entire width Of
ELAPSED time (nineteen hours actual
walkins), a distance Of sixty-two
miles. He travelled from Egypt (Port
Said) to Jerusalem by airplane in two
and one-half hours, a journey which
it took the children Of Israel forty
years to accomplish.
Ex-Kaiser's Hospice Criticised.
The hospice which the ex-kaiser
caused to be erected on the crest Of
the Mount of Olives some years ago
DR.. Finley described as an archi-
tectural offense. with an interior
which is a blasphemy. He told Of
one mural painting which represented
the Savior. while the adjoining panel
depicted the kaiser in the same atti-
tude, bestowing blessings In an
other painting King David is repre-
, sented with upt"rned mustache. and
in a niche in the wall there is a
statue of the kaiser in the robes Of
a crusader.
TIE lantern slides with which the
lecture was illustrated showed the
many types Of refugees whom the
J! Red Cross is befriending, as well as
many points of interest in the Holy
Land.
The next lecture win be on 'Ttaly's
Share in Winning the War;" by P Of.
Charles Epson Clark of the American
Academy in Rome.