The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-08-21
JERUSALEM Is A
NEW BORN CITY
UNDER THE RULE
OF THE BRITIANS
Letter to L. w. Felter Tells
How 1t Has Awakened
from Sleep of Ages

L. W. Felter is in receipt OF letter.
under date of July 4. from Jacob Spaf-
ford of Jerusalem. whom he yet dur
ing his frst visit to thar city more
than 20 years ago, and with whom ne
has kept up an occasional correspond
eace ever since Mr.. Spafford, among
other things, says:
Your kind letter Of May 81 is just
at hand. for which accept assurances
of my pleasure and appreciation
Under the benehcent rule OF the
British authorizes every Class and
condition of the people here is now
carefully looked afteI. Their idea of
law is the putting into effect. not sim
ply fnscribing on the statute books, as
is the case with the Turks The
major part of the population Of Jeru-
salem at least 80 per cent. is more
prosperous now than it has been in
seven centuries Still. there are dis
contented and disgruntIed people. but
when we consider the truth OF the
Arab proverd. which says. God has
never yet succeeded in satisfying
man; can we expect to do sou one
need not be surprised or perturbeG.
Gratitude is the last virtue that man
acquires. II seemed to us that if God
rescued us we should be grateful until
the end of our lives. Man forgets so
soon- as we see in the case of the
Isrselites- Each one tried to do his
best where Providence paced him. or
at least. that is what we aspired to.
never thinking of ourselves.
I'VE hope your love of travel will
lead you again to these shores, where
wonderful transformations will greet
your eyes. Surely Jerusalem has
ceased to be 'downtrodden by Gen
tiles Are Gentle times fulfilled?
THE sleep of ages is over. and the
city is Shaking herself from the dust
The haste with which changes are
taking place here can only be COM
pared with at the rate at which world
changes occurred during the last cen
fury. as compared with all preceding
ages. Such are the transformations
that we are Witnessing. Now We are
in the current that is carrying the
world in the channels of progress.
Now that we have emerged from
the depths of seeming hope essness
and indescribasie possibilities of harm
and see how wonderfully God has pre-
served us. the nightmare yanishes
and only the note of highest praise
and thanksgiving 10 God remains and
takes the field. This we want to en-
large upon; in this we want to live.
II is our ambition that this should in
spire us. for it is the key 20 future
triumphs and deliverances
1T is an absolute fact that IL would
have been possible on December 9.
1917. to have gathered all OF the food
stuffs to be found in the markets of
Jerusalem into two good-sized rooms.
for the population had been so re-
duced by typhus and starvation. and
SO drained by the military calls. and
all transportation had so disappeared.
because of all horses, camels and dom
keys having been requisitioned. NOM
inally purchased and sacrificed in the
desert adventure that nothing could
be brought into the city. except on
some old mems backs. or on women's
heads. and even this slender vein of
support was at the swapping point.
Driven farther and farther from the
city through the paper money depre-
citation and difficulty. which the Turk
ish authorities and middle men want
ed to force upon the peasants at face
value. but which none of them would
accept. the peasants were driven first
to the outskirts of the town. where
they could more easily exact the kind
of money and the price they chose to
put upon their merchandise without
fear of the oppressive measures of the
pc ice. subsequently the peasants
were forced one. two three and four.
and later. ave miles from the city. to
which distance the inhabitants were
forced TO walk out and carry the cash.
so as TO secure the indispensable veg
etables. fruits. fuel. etc. without
which they could not exist In this
way many poor person found the
means 10 make a trifie by buying COM
modities and reselling them to his
neighbor. but woe betide that unfor-
tunate II some policeman or unscr,ip-
uious person. met him and forced him
to sell his merchandise for paper
money. as sometimes did happen.
THE contrast between that picture
and the present conditions Is indie
scribab'e. The markets OF Jerusa-
lie mtoday are oyerburdened with veg
etables and fruit. donxeys have be-
gun to reappear by the score. camels
seem to filter in by fives and tens,
every day secs some new carriage
make its debut At the Jana gate.
where not one was seen for months,