The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
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cauterizing Palestines wounds. Already Palestine is showing ts new health.
 o. E. T. A. (south) is in reality a civil government carrying out the functions of civil government through army officers. It is divided into five departments. or ministries:
 l. Finance department, subdivi6ed into bureaus of revenue and agricul- ture. forestry and live stock, wakfs and municipalities.
 2. Political and general administra- tion department, subdivded into bu- reasus of police and prisons, education and appointments.
 3. Commerce department, subdivided into bureaus of supplies, communities tions, relief. public works and archae- ology.
 4. Law department, with bureau of land registration
 5. Public health department
 It's territory stretches from the Egyptian frontier districts to Syria, and from the Jordan to the sea Of the s70o square miles thus bounded, about 2oo0 square miles are at present under cultivation. The population Is 63s.000 and consists of 512.O00 Moslems, 66.00e Jews and 61 1000 Christians, the last named being subdivided into S7oO0 Greek Catholics, 21,So0 Roman
 Catholics, 1900 protestants and sprinkling of Armenians. Abyssinians. Copts and minor sects.
 It divides it's domain into 10 prov
 inces. following the boundary lines of
 the previous Turkish kazes. These are as follows:
 FIRST GLASS PROVINCES 1. Jerusalem, administered by a brig adler general
 ?. Haifa, administered by a colonel 3. Tiberias, administered by a col
 onel.
 SECOND GLASS PROVINCES 4. Nablus.
 5. Jaffa
 THIRD-CLASS PROVINCES 6. Beersheba.
 T. Gaza 8. Hebron.
 g. Tul Karam.
 10. Jenin.
 Of these 10 provinces, obviously Jerusalem is the most important The province of Haifa, with which has lately been consolidated the province
 of Akka. is to be the scene of very large commercial development Plans for harbor works in rhe port of Haifa are under way. which are to make
 Haifa the front dor to Palestine. Uu- til very recently Haifa was advanced
 G. H Q. for the Egyptian expedition- ary force, but by this time the Hatfa staff has been sent back to Cairo. Ilberias is the most beautiful of the 10 provinces. It looks out upon the
 rear slopes of Mount Herrnon, and ia the days before the war an extensive lishlng industry was carried on from the little town of T1berias in Galiiee With the province of Tiberias. the provinces of Safed and Nazareth have lately been consolidated in an effort to minimize the staff necessary for administration The province' of Nablus is almost l exclusively a Moslem area. Jaffa is the Jewish center in Palestine tbe zionist suburb of Tel-Aviv being one or Aion1sm's boasts. Formerly 1t was the port of Palestine, and the center or world'famous orange industry Beersheba is the largest of all the provinces in point of territory. If
 stretches south practically to the Gulf or Akaba, but is populated almost en- tlrely by Beduin. who move about do ing their blowing ae they go. This year they have planted by far The greatest acreage ever planted in that area. fact due to British encourage
 ment and British seed Unfortunately however, there has been such a seyere drouth in the area that it is feared
 tneis work Will com 70 nought Gaza IS the most fertile province in Pales- tine. Hebron Is a Moslem stronghold which before the war was the most productive Turkish recruiting ground l in Palestine. The town of Hebron. a
 Maslem sacred city. contains a Jewish Ghetto which has formed a hard knot TOT British sanitary officers to unravel
 MucE of it's population lives in tunnels
 and other underground spaces Jenin | IS fertile but malarial province. in- habited largely by Beduin The 0. E.
 F. A. had it's inception inasmallsec-
 ton of G, H. O., which was established | over the former Turkish sanjak of
 Jerusalem, after it's occupation by the British
 1 There was the utmost suffering and | chaos to be reduced to order here The retreating Turks had taken, with them farm produce, live stock, records, and
 cash The country was full of refugees. | the British had no staff ready for ad- | mintstering the country and there were | few facilities for its administration ever | if the staff had been ready. Officers
 woh had had administrative work in l Egypt and scores of interpreters were
 buried into the country and in April,
 1918, Major General Money was given
 the task of bringing peace and order to ] Palestine. In the short space of one year he has built up so efficient an or | ganizaton that Palestine despite the fact that the Turks reduced it to one l of the poorest countries on earth. now