Evening star., 1919-08-17
Head of American Zonss Says Dreams of Two Thousand Years Are
Coming True-War Has Fixed for All Time the Rights of
Smaller Natons-Land Can Support Five Millions

The Palestine News. the official news
paper issued by the military admin
istration. Is published in the three
languages; the police or gendarmerie
wear Arabic or Hebrew insignia, de.
pending upon whether the wearer is a
Moslem or a Jew, and the stamp of
the military governor Of Jerusalem is
In both Hebrew and Arabic.
"Consider also the statement that
the three Jewish regiments in Pales-
tine are a source Of irritation to the
natives. In truth. these Jewish regi-
ments Of the British, army Of occupa-
.tion are made up Of young. men born
in Palestine. Nothing is said. OF the
fact that these regiments campaigned
with Allenby, for the liberation Of
. the land and all the Inhabitants there
Of. from Turkish tyranny. and that
their valor was the subject Of special
mention in tho official war commu-
niques
another statement is that the ma
tiyes' are resentful. because Of the
presence Of large number of Jews
on the staff Of the occupied enemy ter
ritory administration which is minis
tering the country until Paris acts.
A visitor to the o. e. T.. A.. Office, in
TACT, must be impressed by the no.
ticeably small percentage Of Jews on
the staff The o1W Jewish employees
are a few girl clerks, hired because
they speak English. .-.t ..
without even going into the great
question of why Palestine is SO all
important to the Jews from the his
oric, political economic or spiritual
'oints of view, let US approach the
question from the angle of very recent
facts.
"On November 2, 1917. the Hon. Ar
thur James Balfour, British foreign
secretary. issued the following official
declarations:
"'His majesty's government view
with favor the establishment in Pal
estine of national home for the Jew
ish people. and will use their best en-
deavors to facilitate the achievement
of this object (note the clear words
of the following clause, it being
clearly understood that nothing shall
be done which may prejudice the civil
and religious rights Of existing nom
Jewish communities in Palestine or
the rights and political status enjoy
ed by Jews in any other country
EARLY in March, 1918, King George
appointed the Palestine administrative
commission. In the official announce
ment Of the purpose of this commits
sion one Of the objects stated was
to help in establishing friendly rela-
tions with the Arabs and other non
Jewish communities Every step un-
dertaken by the commission has dis
played solicitude for the non-Jewish
communities. When food ships were
dispatched by Jewish organizations to
relieve war distress. no discrimination
was made: when the American Zion
ist medical unit sailed for Palestine
1t carried special gift Of money
from Mr.. Nathan Strauss, a Zionist.
to the Moslems. and the medical min
istrations Of the unit are freely ex-
tended to all the Inhabitants Of Pales-
tine. without any distinctions what
ever.
But uDhaps more to the point is
the statement made last summer by
the Archbishop Of Mount Sinai, Pori-
phyrus II of the Greek Catholic
Church in Palestine, and spiritual head
of the vast majority OF the Christian
population Of Palestine, as follows:
1.-The Jews. as bearers Of the old
Hebraic civilization which has had
much profound influence in modern
civilization and which is still operating
today as in Prophet Isaiahs idea of a
league Of nations, will, now that they
shall be restored to Palestine. bring
all their innate capacities to bear upon
the development Of the country, which
has been desolated by Turkish mis-
rule, and will, as Is already proved
by the Zionist colonies, introduce in
the population a spirit Of progress and
emulation, SO that in the course Of
time Palestine will again become
land flowing with milk and honey
During the second week OF last
September the British premier, Lloyd
George. received deputations from
three peoples who desired to express