The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-21

Rcltolnt u bright Spot.
There In one bright spot. however,
In Iudea TODAY. Rahobot. To me "
~. med the finest colony In all palcs-
tine. Despite the damage done by
the Turks TO liz eucalyptus aud null
berry trees. " Is green and spruce.
Somehow " has managed TO retain ~
freshness despite the war and the
locust blight that plagued It and us
nelghborH.
The hygenic standard 81 Rehohot
would satisfy the mos; eNnctinE
American It's ~c"lnnists are nchtl,
dressed and It's houses. FOR the most
part. immaculate. u boasts. too. o.
"A "miillnnnire's row" as the hillside
street IL known upon which an
American %coionlst named Sachs ana
an Australian called Slutzkin have
built themselves I'VE handsome villas.
Rehohot. when ] passed through a.
was worrying about prohibition In
America. With Rishon lie Zion It is
Interested IN wine production on q
large scale. and our country has been
its hest market
Ioycrs' mn Agiony with FicwctS.
The young people proudly led me
10 their Lovers nm" nglow then
with exquisite wild flowers, NINA
lures 81 our iris. daisy and ancmone.
among crimson peoples n rose
purple blossoms ! had never before
seen. we used to dance here day
and night" the girls told me. Grass
never grew on this hilltop before the
war"
nut 1t Is Zlchron Jacob In Snmaria
on ~ stony summit overlooking the
new railway station" Tnnturn. the
ancient Dor that shows marks ~ the
greatest suffering among the larger
colonies. IT. trees are hlauched and
hare. its streets eloquent of neglect
IT,. a.. WHasYNa FagN .. cont Nh0NF
wrath again and again on the colon
is's fnr u was the centre o. the In
teliirence' activity the A~aronsohu
family conducted In Palestine 60 aid
tho British forces in their victorious
advance H"dcrah. further south In
Tho plnin Of sharon. reached 10y one
~ the worst wud-rleu roads in Pal
esiine has lost ~ the hands Of the
Turks 500 0On of tho eucalyptus trees
thai Shicidcd the colony from rs ma
laritl whnfr Athlit near by. is al
Most as ruined as Kafr Saba In
Judea.
Gaii',v Motr cheerful
once iu galilec the prospect Is
more cheerful paganlah. whore the
Jortun Leaves the ser IN n meandcr-
inr stream. ~ The picture ~ PROSPER
ify. giving promise 81 good crops.
fruits. vegetables. cereals. Sid hV
side wi'h the mon. the women folk
. WIN 49, 'H' W. HINH
often ~ uIav or In high chairs beside
them They seem 70 ave solved tho
urohlew ~ working motherhood
This iifle cooperative colony u sn
blessed with youngsters II has had n
"prvcrt IFS He'h- Ha-AW. or council
house rrccrtly INTO q really .nEcniou-
Kindergarten. tn. settlements onll
WORRY seeus 20 boz that II may not hc
included in Palestine proper when
the cuuu'rN's boundaries are set. as u
Is really situated In TrausiordHnia
EInnerot within walking distanr'
from pnrHnIah. after "a short row
across tho Jordan. ue-ilcs. almost ~,
prosperous close To- the rim ~ the
Sea ~ Gallloe just above o. Poriah.
"'ha American colony founded hl
'hc late simon Goldman ~ - Louis
pu tho most beautiful location in
Iuwcr Caluloc. has managed to hold
its own despite heavy war dchtS.
Enriched hN wheat Crops
Nrmmh and Npshu are said to have
rroWu comparatively rich through
their wheat crops. They present
however pretty much me same shah
h.ncss Ht pcn,h Tlkw1h ur Iichror
Jacob Sadicro. whore many Nmcri'
com Jews have bought land through
the orgauiyHtlou. Nrulat NDtniW
though IL has tuucrod from poor
crops In IFS Isolation among IN" Gal
ilrtn hills. looks almost 1s trim a'
Echobot
Il Is Rosh rlnu,h IN Upper Gailie'
that has horne the hruut ui the wal
I'm tho colonies Of northern Palestine
Whole plantations ~ grapes and ul
wuuis were ruined The Turks harkr,
dawn nearly every tree. during The
two wears that the village was tUcti
military headquarters. Here there
were thousands ~ Damcis lu impru.
vised veterinary hospitals and hun
a. 3d.
were shattered. -ih'ir oxen % mule
comwandrrrcd. as wcll ~ thril
Hruuc
The Zionist commission aud m,
ICN. the jewish Colonization assucin
lion hy generous loans have beer
helping the colonies in Palestine q
recover from the war blight Thri
greatest needs today, the settlers toll,
me. are an 1Erariuu bank more land
and TRANSPORTATION facilities
Held ~ BS D.i3N'd Peace.
Jacob I.ttlugpr. Do agricultural eN
Iprt Of the commission, agrees thI
these ,ro ;hr rrvut needs W tr'
nov preparing schemes Tor the oNtcu
sion Of tho colonies he Informed WN
iu rp' AVlv ruu.rr. We canno
put them into action until We htv'
The decision ~ the peace conference
49, ip palcstlus's political future.
An agrar.un bank rs one ~ th'
. fIhf INtffNlIIHN me commission 7
now fuuctioniug AZ sucr an institu
tinu pending it, organization Ger
tain loans have been negotiate
through tho Anglo Palestine bank
that charges H. aud p per cent %
%t'rcst- The rnie OF the Misrtd or lpcn
Zionist office ls only 9 per q but 10
resources are limited Already SOM
$4,000 have been circulated AS loans
but this sum covers only q small par
of the losses
demands Rcinihurs, mCIlt.
The hclligrrcnts should see tina
Palestine De- reimbursed as well a.
Serbia and Belgium for the damage
done 10y the war only nnc-teuth o.
the olive plantations, Tor instance -
the Ierzei forest. have been loft. TIL,
rest were destroyed hy both Turkish
and friti-h operations.
" are to-day managing tho rol
un.cs Of he MiErad and uf the nH
fiouil fund Bru Shanicu Huldu. Dag
auiuh, Mcrhuwldh ts well as IA.
farms and colonies founded hy thirty
one co operative societies. ln whicl
g. men uud rs women arc ut work