The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-02
NJ MARION wEISsrrIS.

Cairo. April 80 my anD.--Jerusa-
lem. The pulse Of Palestine. n taut
with the strain Of Neby Mousa week
nat began hast Friday. he annual
Nosicm festival In honor Of the
prophet Moses. Jerusalem. through
Whose dusty roads tnouasndn " pill
rrms ~ passInE on their way % the
rxputsd tomb Of Moses near Jericho.
A. alert against an anti-xlOnlnf out
break. Ierusalcm has already wealth
cred one such threat An4 yet IA "a
Gays ExyptIan un1stto IA the Lon
ssa Is.ss,a q .iss. zlsB,h 3HfhPssssss,,
b. Emir Fsisul. fhs head o. iho hid
,az asisgatloh % The peace sonfer-
We ARABIA s~spcciafiy the educated
nmung a. lDoH with the deepest syn.
raihy on the Zionist movement. We
nru uurNInn teEofhar fur a reformed
and revived Near East. aud our two
movements compioie one another. Tho
jewish movement j. national and not
fTfIa for IA both. Indeed. ! think
that neither can be a real success
without Tho other.
@DincEcnrs Easily Adjusted"
people less Informed and les
Responsible than a leaders and
yuurs. ignoring the need for co-0pera-
lion u The Arabs ard Ziontris. ! ave
been tying 70 exploit the local dif-
fIculnes hat must necessarily arise
IN Palestine In the early stages Of our
moxemsntA ! wish "a assure YOU 81
my firm conviction that these differ
encss are not on questions 81 rtin-
cIpst. hut on matters of detail such a.
must inevitably occur IN every contact
o. nslrhborlnn peoples. o a. are
easily adjusted ~ niufuai good VIII
~ this ~ Emir Fcisufa firm con-
eietion." after an absence o. months
In Europe. there n urgent missionary
work waiting for him here amoag ne
oUn people. lie evidently knowa bttie
about the present Arah-Jewish relR-
TOYS in Palestine. They are a. the
hreaking point and the British author
tiles are taking every precaution %
prevent bloodshed. humhlcs Of th"
rrouinr storm must reach London
and Paris. but n seems that d ZION
IsIs and Arab leader there think n
sufficient 10 muffie them an Hoi'
words. .
rem days ago IN Damascus / asked
Etnir zeid. the ounFe brother Of
Emlr Fel.ul what similar statements
Attributed 10 the latter, meant he
answered me IN the presence OF we
chief administrator Of the Arab por'
ton OF the occupied enemy territory
administration. Ais itida iasha Al
'Emir Feisul iu fully empowered a.
represent the whoie Ar1h nHtion J
do no. know what the understanding
4 between him and the ZlonistH In
England and France. hut ! DO know
that Az the Arabs here are opposed
II have talked with scores q Arabs
during my three months travels In
Palestine. feilaheeu and effendis
peasants and landownerf. have mao
long conversations with members ui
the leading families. Win educated
lrabe. nod only In Palestine but IN
Damascus and in Beirut have
spent mnch time here IN Cairo with
n member Of Emlr Fcisui'e own ntpt
and with one ~ he officers IN ne
army. both educated, both oool-hena
wfsd Rumas~ IN Palestine.
I have never found a single Arap
hioslsm or Christina who looks WIN
tho deepest sympathy upon tnr Nlen
Inf movement And this. not because
mere IL an irreconcilahie Fundamental
onposltlon between the nine ~ th'
q the zloniHis but hofanH'
The Arabs today Do not undffntah'
yfoniam and hence o N fne Wiz
I'D sumora are current Yet they Hif
~ spread 10 Palestine WIN
Duf any real Zionist p~ropaFtngn
correct them. while the rect OF ~
~ driurad with a.
1.wtr Felsul speaks too. of "the
arab nation" "a ~ not geuefais
rnown in the wtri thar the fnlsf
irlan krahs consider their destiny
.n,1e distinct from lhai ~ The hedjas
,rnbs. They look upon Palestine a.
hell mother country ana wnii. ~
'lngdom u their hinsmen ln Afaflh
Al arnh state IN syria proper. N
t.1iae Damaacns and Alsppo, may
them, u will not satisfy them
want 10 be assured justice ~
,c.ans. both the British ana me
,,--f.te really mean TO giVe II a.
eSn. The present TASK 4 % con
49, them OF II. II b. AZ this point
"a zlonirf en6eavor Is guilty Of ne
Issf. witch may have serious con
rQnenees