Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-06-07

written thereon and refused to change
them. Landing tickets in addition to
passports were required
England is in bad with the Pales-
tinians. The Turks and Arabs threw
off the Turkish yoke and joined the
allies on the absolute pledge that the
determination of their future govern
ment should be placed in their hands
in the event of victory They gave
their lives and treasure to the allied
cause only to find when the armistice
was signed that they were under the
British rule with no voice in the adj
ministratiOn of their affairs. To add
to their disappointment and resent
ment, Jew was appointed as Cover
nor General and Jew as Judge Adj
vocate General thus recognizing the
minority and less desirable citizens of
the country. Then came the Zionist
movement, officially recognized by the
English, which unless checked will
produce revolt on tn epart of Pal
estine. British barracks are seen in
every place of size and it is said that
there are forty-fve thousand English
soldiers in Palestine. The Arab and
the Jews have never gotten along any
too we'll together, but the latter has
been tolerated for the sake of peace
He is distinctly inferior to the former
but the native Jew is superior to the
Russian and other European Jews,
who have been sent to Palestine by
the Zionist Society referred to, TO
which Americans have largely con-
tributed. 1t is said that representa-
tive from the United States has re-
Gently been in Palestine checking up
conditions and has been convinced Of
the wisdom Of the withdrawal of
America from the society.
While on this subject it may be in
teresting to note that the Moslems
are strictly abstainers from the use
OF wines and liquors of all kinds
They are faithful to their religion and
as we travel we frequently see them
at their devotions, kneeling on their
prayer rugs and facing Mecca. This
service has been observed in our pres
ence only by men but it will be well
at this time and place to correct the
statement in recent letter that the
women are denied entrance to the
Mosques. This is not true but women
are not permitted to pray with the
men and comparatively few avail
themselves of the privileges of the
secuon of the place of worship set
apart for their use. Women as well
as men journey to Mecca, making the
pilgrimage by foot. Moslems who
have been to Mecca wear green tur-
bans.
At Tibereas as we walked from the
hotel to the boat landing we met a
wedding procession consisting of the
bride, heavily yelled, accompanied by
her female relatives and a couple Of
male native musicians. They were
on their way to the home of a friend
to spend the afternoon in merry max
ing, while the groom was being en-
tertained by his men friends, prior to
their marriage in the evening. Not
so very different from our American
custom but as we saw that poor girl
parading to her fate we wondered If
there could be any real happiness in
store for her. To live in one room
with neither chimney, floor nor win
dow and to raise a family therein
would seem anything but an attrac-
tive outlook. Life is certainly
struggle for bare existence in Pales-
tine. AS one fellow traveller remark
ed, MAN was created here several
thousand years ago and knows less
now than he did then"
Haifa, Palestine.
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