The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-24

which To work for the good Of al.
Christians. Mosiems and Jews. We are
an the creatures % one God. each full
nlllng Hla all In our own way. n
We realize this. that each has his
destiny, We shall be above narrow
~mindedneas and dwell together In
peace. Under the Turks W. could not
carry out these principles bot now
that W. are free, W can. N we each
do our share. We can make hts truly
the city Of Peace and the Land Of
Concord.
"Between the Jews and us there
are many historic bonds. our church.
the most ancient Christian church
here. h the product Of The synagogue.
The first bishops Of our congregation
were Jews. Many Of our bishops to-
day atlii bear jewish namA."
Complained of Activities.
The Palestine Jews have frequently
complained u missionary activities In
their mltst. The = etched among the
Hophnrdin or Oriental Jews. the POOR
est u the DOOR In the Holy Land. were
said To be the target for this religious
zeal I asked the Patriarch u the con-
version % the Jews u a policy Of his
church.
NO.. he answered promptly. 1t b
long since We have had any prose
iytss In my own experience I We
met but Two among the Jews. And
ihet both returned 20 their faith be-
fore they died They al do" he
smllvu phiiouophicaiiy. 1t u labor
lost"
The anu.zionls, agitation In the
land. then rapidly tcachine a climax,
the Grcck Patriarch considered art-
ncial
Dus Ia misunderstanding.
II believe u will soon die down he
aid. The people Of Palestine are
naturally quiet and interested cflefly
In their own eNcfy day business. "
they are excited nov you may be
sure some external Influence h. st
work, n H. ven easy to stir up the
lover working classes. particularly
here ln the Near Fast. Il iH all due
10 Misunderstanding You see u h
difficult Tor the ordinary Jew and the
ordinary ch tstihn TO communicate
freely. Onh when the educated Of
both faiths meet can they really un-
4 erntand one another aud discuss their
differences In harmony.
The natives here. We must admit
have sunie ground for their opposition
to the Jews FROM ny own ohserNa-
lion. the Jews are too exclusive The.
have been wori.inE here by aud for
themselves. Thsy 10 not like To CO.
NNHN NHNNHNH HNHH
tan. u they will continue In this
error they Will breed a great struggle
between them and the other elements.
tWrquni Competition.
In competition. loo the Christians
are 80 a disadvantage here because
the Jews can live more economically
Where the lev can afford 10 take
five plastreH twenty-five centsl IN
pay. the Christian must have fifteen
Just a. the Arabs are the Jews I'M
equal competitors IN cheap labor 90
he Jews bear the same relation 10
the Christians"
Pending the political settlement OF
Palestine. the Greek ratriarchutc had
not resumed most Of its philanthropic
work. The majority Of the schools
aud hospitals were stili closed. The
Turks had plundered the Greek a.
well na the Latin churches and mon
I asterics. They did not leave a nail
on the wall of IA pilgrims hospice, =
q Franciscan monk told me n
itnlV Places however. had not sui.
fered The churches looked forward
la indemnitles from the Peace Con
ference. as did the Jewish colonies.
Improycn ,rs Nesthsi.
The Greek Patriarch discusses too
the need uf agricultural ana health
Improvement measures In Palestine.
and what he considers an initial neces-
siiy. the wholesale planting u trees
that the Turks practically taxed out
81 existence. The new government
he hoped would impose no such
blight upon the country.
AS soon as We can review our
| charitable work the Patriarch con
cluded. I'VE shall appeal to our friends
In America 10 help Us America u
the universal helper That IN why
| God has helped her 10 grow great.
"Ns for Palestine. and his fatherli
eyes cfsN snn a. the hush In ths
dim hall she H. like q beautiful
maiden. The whole world lookr upon
her and every one would make hsi
his bride