The New York herald., 1922-02-26

Jerusalem. Palestine cigarettes, he says,
are better than the which come
from Greece"-but that of course is mat
ter of personal taste.
1t has been no secret that things were
not well in Palestine-even after the wars
end. There has been much Palestine pr6
paganda, and those who have absorbed this
faithfully have not been entirely misled.
But affairs are really not so serious as is
the general belief. The fundamental diff
ficulty has always been the hostility of
the Arab element In Palestine-hostility
due to the fear that they might he pushed
out of the way. The Arabs, unduly agi-
tated by the Balfour Declaration, felt that
they must take action and arouse indigna-
tion to protect their homes. An Arab dele
cation was sent to Europe to demand the
reputation of the Declaration, and the
firebrand Arabians who remained at home
limited at all sorts of retribution-mas-
sacres, the preaching of holy wars and
the like-in the'event the demands of their
representatives should be denied. But
things are moving fast toward the inevi-
table compromise.
But to return to the discussion of the
birth of industrial Jerusalem: From all
parts of Europe and America are new
corners, jealous to endow their former and
reclaimed homeland with all the improve
ments and amelioration of life in London,
New York, Paris and Berlin. They are
highly trained and experienced men, and
when capital is available they employ their
adaptability and resourcefulness to the
limit to provide openings for industries.
Will Set High Standard
OF Industry and Fashion
These pilgrims to the home of their fore
fathers are imbued with the bearings of
Europe and America, and they are pre-
pared to start the old. slow moving culture
of Palestine into the. way leading toward
what we arrogantly call modern civiliza-
tion. Their wives, American or European
in every trait, are more than likely to in.
spire the native born Palestine women to
emulation.
That is to say: These new cosmopolitan
industrial leaders will set up a sort OF
social class among themselves. They will
be the leaders of industry and wealth and,
If you please, fashion. 1t is not a phe-
nomenon but a natural social progression
that the class which sets itself apart with
good reason to set itself apart fixes the
standards by which communities conduct
themselves. Here in New York our aris-
tocracy of wealth, which in time becomes
an aristocracy of birth sets the standard
of conduct, of social behavior, of apparel
and of ethical progress
And so perhaps will the modernization
of the Holy Land be inspired New leaders
with the airs of the moving world will
come into power. They will form new
and influential class. They will be the
pace settlers Their wives will become
dominant in feminine spheres.
SO eventually the modern Jerusalem will
arise--clad in modern clothing; housed in
modern structures laboring with modern
Implements manufacturing with modern
machinery. Modern indeed
1t is certain to be that the picturesque,
ample and heretofore stable fashions in
women's wear are to change with the trans
formation of the utilitarian phase of Jeru-
salem-the change of a city with a hal
lowed and historically significant past to
one of a busy, humming present-and a
most favorable future. 1t has been so in
variably.
Jerusalem. for several reasons, develops