Evening star., 1923-05-05
BY THE MARQIISE DE FONTENOY

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! Sultan Mohammed WIS resolve TO
! transfer his residence from the holF
city of Mecca to Haifa is not without
political significance. For, at Haifa'
! he will be much more accessible. anu
within easier reach in the event OF
anv movement toward his restoration
AT Constantinople. Haifa is town
| Of Palestine on the south Of the BAY
/ of Acre. Indeed the port is the best
| natural harbor q the entire coast Oh
! the Holy Land.
Moreover it is connected by rail-
road with Damascus, and is at All
times beneath the protecting guns OF
| the English and allied fleets. 1t Is
the health resort par excellence OF
| Palestine At MECCA, the climate Is
abominable and very hard on an ei ,
derly man who is not accus'oiiieu
thereto He is beyond the reach lnere
| of the eminent physicians, 70 Wlot', W.ni
+! he used to have recourse "hiie
| at Stamboul. -. ,,a.c,
Was an awkward one. For, althoue IL
he still ranks in the eyes OF AL ny ny,
lens as the commander OF the lal.n.
| full, yet, he was not the nlasIe 49, .s a
guest of King Hussein, the soveIeisn II
of the Hedjaz Besides, his contiliu
ance at Mecca seemed to emphas
| the ression that he was ihoLo uG ~,
cerned with his religious tnan
| his tmporal role, and conveyed INC
;asa tbst he had given up all nope OF
aver resuming his place on the 1nroile
of osman. the founder OF ms dynas-
~ now occupied In defiance OF a.. s
/ ciesiasticai law. by MS Souhse
| brother, Abdul Medsidi ds,o,ed was in
\ .ha fair way Of becoming an oo1ec.
| or nrofound religious yeneratlon-a
| sni,itual. rather than a human po"ei
and personality. .,, ,ors in
At Haifa he will be mucn Inta tct Cd
; Ia ia shisIded from all harm, than a.
| Macca where he might nave met
| .ntth o. voluntary or involuntary deatn
| without any one being the wiser iui ,,
| months together. But at Haita u NJ
! he impossible to conceal anything
ond he will, when established there
! Constitute a. perpetual menace 10 tne
RENAL regime at Angora and Con-
stantinople.
Haifa is situated at the base OF
| Mount Carmel, and it Is. perhaps, the
| greatest health resort in the LeVant
+! Mount Carmel forming a promontory
of nearly 5000 feet high projecting
| q long distance into the sea and won
! derfully rich in verdure. One thlne
is certain. namely, that Sultan Ma
| hommed has removed his residence
! from Mecca. to Haifa for some politi-
| cal purpose, making the greater part
! Of the trip by the Medina Damascus
railroad. So, what with France
doubling the size of her armed force
in northern Palestine and England
! Following suit, and Sultan Mahommed
| moving northward from Mecca To
Haifa, 1t looks very much as IL grave
| events are once more pending IN the
near east: that the regime OF kemal
! Pasha were far less stable than IT
| appeared to be last autumn, and that
| further changes of q revolutionary
| character may be looked for in the
| relatively near future on the shores
| Of the Bosphorus.
| II X X
| Young Lord Kinnoull has returned
| safe and sound from South Africa, &C.
companied by his devoted mother
viscountess Dupplin, and by the lat
ter's sister. his aunt. Thirteenth ear
of his line and having only just at
tained his majority. he was carried