The Raymer enterprise., 1921-12-08

of Jerusalem seem to be fulfilled.
To-day the city stands midway between the hor.
rors Of the Turkish regime and the promised good
of the British mandatory rule Nothing has been
done as yet In public way to beautify the city.
North aud west the houses sraggle outside the
walls; on the south forbddlng slopes border the
road to Bethlehem; and on the east lies the ter
ribe valley Of Jehoshaphat-n valley Of dry bones.
Seventeen times des troyed-btterly hated
anxiously sought-how desperate a history since
Nebuchadnezzar captured 1t more than twenty five
centuries ago.
Redeemed today. but In her nakedness, Jerusa.
lem waits to be clothed She has as yet no grace,
no covering for her ugly wounds Some day her
sides will gsten with the brightness of heaven
ly radiance she will be washed and anoned like
bride waiting for the bridegroom"
The prophetic part OF this Is written Of course,
In Oriental Imagery. Sir Herbert Samuel, the Brit
ish high commissioner puts the situation In plain
English and says, in his report to parliament:
"Undeveloped and underpopuated, Palestine has
possibilities Of far more prosperity than the stand
ard attained before the war;
And Palesine's future Is the concern OF half the
world. Christian, Jew and Moslem see In Paes-
tine holy land. 1t Is most interesting situa-
tion that Is being worked out under our very eyes
1t Is an obvious chance for the punster Palestine
Is indeed the promised Land" To whom is II
promised? That Is what Jew. Arab and Christian
in Palestine are asking of the British government
The British government replies that under the
mandate there will be complete freedom and equal
ity for all religions and equal justice for ALL re-
CARELESS of religion, race or position
Sir Herberts report TO parliament makes inter
esting reading some OF which must be done be-
tween the lines. Concerning the policy followed
under the mandate he says:
1.-THE policy of His Majestys British govern
neht contemplates the satisfaction Of the
legitimate aspirations Of the Jewish race through
out the world In relation to Palestine, combined
with full protection Of the rights OF the existing
population.
For my own part am convinced that the means
can be found to effect this combination. The Zion.
ism that Is practicable Is the Zonlsm that fulflls
this essential condition
1T is the clear duty Of the mandatory power TO
promote the wel.beIng Of the Arab population, In
the same way as British administration would
regard 1t as Its duty to promote the welfare of
the local population In any part OF our empire
The measures to foster the wel-being OF the Arabs
should be precisely those which we should adopt
In Palestine II there were Zionist question: and
II there had been no Balfour declaration.
lHtTe Is III ppuES HutiIiils HcOupHtlDle Win
reasonable Zionist aspirations.
ION the contrary, II the growth OF Jewish In
Huence were accompanied by Arab degradation,
or even by a neglect to promote Arab advance
ment, It would fail In one OF Its essential pur.
poses.
'The grievance Of the Arab would be a dlscredit
to the Jew. and In the result the moral influence
Of Zionism would be gravely impaired.
simultaneously there must be satisfaction OF
that sentiment regarding Palestne-a worthy and
ennobng sentlment-whiCh, In increasing degree.
anmates the Jewries Of the world.
'"The aspirations Of these 100000 of people
also have a right to be considered. They ask
for the opportunity to establish a "home' In the
land which was the political and has always been
the religious center Of their race They ask that
this home should possess national characteristics
In language and customs, In intellectual inter
ests, In religious and political institutions
This Is not to say that Jewish immigration is
to involve Arab emigration, that the greater pros
perity of the country. through the development OF
Jewish enterprises. is to be at the expense, and
not to the benefit OF the Arabs, that the use OF
Hebrew Is to imply the disappearance Of Arabic,
that the establishment Of elected councils in the
Jewish community for the control Of Its affairs is
10 be followed By the subsection Of the Arabs TO
the rule Of those councils.
aIn a word. he degree to which Jewish national
axpiratlons ,su b. fulfilled IN Palestine Is condi-