The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-23
PROCLAMAT|ONS
OF BRITISH AND
GERMAN OFFICERS
A Study in Comparative Culture.

A Study in Comparative Culture.
The two documents below form a
. striking contrast. One is the Off
cial proclamation of General Allenby,
, the British commander in chief in
J Palestine, upon the occasion of the
British entry into Jerusalem; the
other is the Official proclamation is
sued by the headquarters of the Ger
man military government to the in
habitants in the conquered Italian
territory.
If fresh proof is needed of the
different manner in which Great
Briain and Germany wage war, it
can be found in a perusal of the
procalmations side by side
PROCLAMATION of General AL
lenby read to the inhabitants of Je-
rusalem from the steps of the Citadel
in Arabic, Hebrew, English, French,
Italian, Greek and Russian.
To the inhabitants of Jerusalem the
Blessed and the people dwelling
in the vicinity:
The defeat inflicted upon the
Turks by the troops under my COM
mand has resulted in the occupa-
tion of your city by my forces. I,
therefore, here and now, proclaim it
to be under martial law. under which
form of administration it will re-
main so long as military considera-
tons make it necessary. However,
lest any of you should be alarmed
by reason of your experience at the
hands of the enemy who has re-
tired, hereby inform you that it is
my desire that every person should
pursue his lawful business without
fear of interruption.
| Furthermore, since your city is
regarded with affection by three of
the great religions of mankind, and
! its soil has been consecrated by the
prayers and pilgrimages of devout
people of these three religions for
many centuries, therefore do
make it known unto you that every
sacred building, monument, holy spot.
shrine, traditional site, endowment,
pious bequest or customary place of
prayer will be maintained and pro-
tected according to the existing Gus
toms and beliefs of those to whose
faiths they are sacred.
Guards have been placed at Beth
lehem and at Rachels tomb. The
tomb of Hebron has been placed
under exclusive Moslem control. The
hereditary custodians of the Wakf
at the gates of the Holy Sepulchre
have been requested to take up thier
accustomed duties in remembrance
of the magnanimous act of the Cal
Jpn Omar, who protected that church
PROCLAMATION issued by the
headquarters of the German military
government at Udine to the inhabi-
tants of conquered Italy.
A house to house search will be
made for all concealed arms, weap-
ons and ammunition. 4
All victuals remaining in the
house must be delivered up.
Every citizen must obey our labor
regulations
All workmen, women and child
rem over Is years old, are obliged
to work in the fields every day, Sun
day included from a. m. to
p. m.
Disobedience will be punished in
the following manner:
l. Lazy workmen will be accom-
panied to their work and watched
by Germans.
After the harvest they will be
imprisoned for six months and every
third day will be given nothing but
bread and water.
e Lazy women will be obliged to
work, and after the harvest receive +
6 months imprisonment
8. Lazy children will be punished
by beating. The commandant re-
serves the right to punish lazy work