The Arvada enterprise., 1921-12-08

ri Jerusalem seem I" be fulfilled.
To-day the city stands midway between the hOr-
r0rs ~ the Turkish regime and the promised good
~ the british mandatory rule. Nothing has bee,,
d"nc Hs yet In public way I" hcautify the city.
North AMd west the houses struggle outside the
walls; on the south forbi,liing slopes border the
Rad 10 Hrth,cicm and the east Hes the ter
r',He valley "r Jel,ostnphnt-R valley Of dry bones.
Seventeen times dies tr"! csl-bitteriy hated
suNi"si! sOugit-how desperate history since
centuries age.
"ic,icemri to,lRy. hut In her nnkc,lness. Jer,isa-
lem waits to be clothed She i,ns yet grace.
u" covering for her ugly wounds. Some day her
sides will glls,en with the brightness "f II heaven
~ radiance; si.e viii he washed and an"inteh like
= bride waiting f"r the bridegroom
THE prophetic part "f this is written Of course
~ Oriental Imagery. Sir Herbert Samuel. the Brit
isi, high commissioner. puts the situation In plain
EngIisl nMl snys. In his report to parliament:
"Undevciopei mud underiopulat-t. Palestine has
possibilities II fur more prosperity than the stand
ard attained before the war;
Aud tuie~tne'x future II the cOt,ccrn Of half the
w"rid tArix,sn. Jew and M,wI-m In rales.
ti"r n holy land. II Is u most Interesting sItua-
tN that II lelnx worked W,t under our very eyes.
II In O,yi0,s chance for the punstcr Palestine
" iUir~d the "i'r"niss,l I.aWl.' To- whom II It
j.s",aIset! THAT " wLHt Jew. Arab and Christian
I" Palestine arr asking 1t the British government.
The british government replies that under the
s~HWaic there viii bc complete freedom and equal
Np for. all rrllEl"ns aud equHi Justice for ALL re-
<autsrss "f rellkloM race "r p'Sti's'.
S,r liertsrrts rrIssrt to parliament makes inter
es,uE rradiNx some II which must be done he.
tween the lines. concernng the policy followed
WWder the ,UaOdHte le says:
"ri.e Ia'llry "f Ills MaJr>ty's british govern.
N.eWt cGa,tr,.Is,Stcs the satisfaction Of the
legitimate aspirations "f the Jewish through.
''M Tive world IN relation /" Palestine. con,hIned
with full protection of the rights II the existing
s~ssu,atios,
.s" hc fs'and I" effect this c"nhl"atI"n The Z",,.
t.t that II prsctic~hie Ia the ZIu,lsm that fulns
t.is r.s~ntlal c0a.dltiOa.
III IL the clear duty of the mandatory power Ia
l.r,s..ae the wei,rlnx IT the Arab population In
the samc way Rs n Rritlsh administration would
regard Il M Its duty to prorH"te the welfare 1t
>'s 'C'Ni population In amy p~rt II our empire.
THE h~Nsurrs to foster the w~ill.eng II the Arabs
s'.nLi i'e l.rs.'s-y thss.' whlch should adopt
4" t~les,iNr II there were n" Il"nst question: nnd
AZ there had hren no lsnlfour declaration.
1hc.r IL IN this l~.cy nothing Incompatible with
r-"s.',n'ir Tl'Ulst aspirations.
'lbu the contrary. II the growth Of Jewish In.
Hur"cc were accompanied by Arnb degradation.
even by n neglect L" prou,o,c Arab advance.
n,rd. II would fail In one of It's essential pur.
t..-.'s.
, TIE grievance Of the Arab would be dIscrett
Z" TIE jew, ana III tue result the iuotNt lhuuctict
81 Na'ism would be gra,"ly impaired.
simultaneously there must h. satisfaction Of
sl,nt sentiment regarding ralrstine--n worthy aud
>unol,,Ug scnimeHt-whlch. In increasing degree.
SWs~Ntcs the JsWries Of the world.
I "lhc aspirations of these iaMO.NO "f people
~lsu have q right 4" liz considered. They ask
(.r tive "l.,s.rtunty to establish "hone" In the
tnud which wns the political and has always been
shr religious center "f their race. They ask that
sh,a t.sus asNuid poaseas national characteristics
-im language aud customs. IN intellectual inter
,.s,.. lu reiigiOuA sud political Institutions.
."yLis ts n.a to say that Jewish Immigration Is
a., Involve Arab esnxrxtion. TINT the greater pros
,.r;,y "r tl,e country. through the development OF
J.w,.h enterprises. is to be nj the expense. and
,., Il. the h~npRt of the Arabs that the usc OF
Hebrew In 1" imply the disappearance "f Arnblc.
,iwt the establishment of elected councils Ia the
.w,. community for the c.strol II Its AFFAIRS II
Il, In. followed BY the nubjectlon VI the Arabs to
the rule 1T th,sse councils.
"ln n worvl the degree to which Jewish national
t.,,,n,sss raa be fulhiled In Palestine 70 eond''