Evening star., 1925-10-20

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policeman has nothing on his brother
in Jerusalem.
'In other ways as we'll the New
Jerusalem is being developed along
the most modern lines. New homes
are being erected outside of the old
city and are planned with al the lat
est improvements. We hope very soon
to have sanitary laws of the same
order as your own. But we must be
patient until some of these municipal
improvements are made, 50 that the
people can be properly regulated.
No Graft.
Before the war we had seven Of
ticialS to run the city. Now we have
800. Are we not getting like New
York;" he asked, smilingly. But
there is not much chance for graft
here" he winked knowingly, mot
with only 1926, 900 in the treasury.
What do you think the mayor OF
| New York would do if he had to listen
to all the languages in the world and
had all religions to satisfy? That is
our job here. Jerusalem. with its 100
| 600 inhabitants, boasts of every
tongue and every creed. Not only
this, but you start some Improvement
somewhere and you find you are en-
croaching on some religious right that
must be ironed out and settled and
satisfied before you can do anything
further.
But we are 'coming-coming fast.
And you can go back to New York
to come here from Fifth Avenue,
Riverside Drive and Broadway to view
the Oldest and best city in the world.
Mayor Invites Tourists.
Where heretofore the tourist has
stopped at Egypt because OF the
desert roads and railroads and the
hardships he had to encounter before
entering Palestine, today it is quite
different. He can get here overnight
with very little discomfort. An auto
built with a prospective bridge across
the Suez Canal. which will bring
thouSa rds of tourists.
And the more of them that come,
the better. American money Will go
long way toward preserving the
holy places and making Jerusa lem a
place to which To come for u sojourn.
aside from the valuable historic
spots the climate here is better than
any in the world. In the Spring the
Judean hills are filled with flowers
and the place is a garden spot he
proclaimed with no small pride. Our
big task is to preserve all the holy
places intact; to defend them from en-.
croachments: and at the same time
produce q modern city-fine hotels.
parks, Fairgrounds, just as any other
great center Of the world. What city
deserves 1t more than this city that
harbors the history of all the world?"
L quite agree with his outlook.
Worlds Greatest City.
l went home with the mayor and
had tea with him and his pretty wife,
He lives outside the ancient section.
and from his upper porch l could look
out over. the whole city of Jerusalem,
/ old and new. And the little woman
| complained to me how day and night
her husband worked even harder than
the mayor of New York. because the
mayor of the metropolis could delegate
much of his job to his department
heads, but as yet the. mayor Of Jeru-
salem is the department head and the
whole works.
As we looked over the glorious land.
scape of temple towers. the closed
golden gate which the Messiah is vet
to open, the old synagogues, the
Church of the Holy SepuIchre, the
circular domes. the great walls, the
winding ways, he waved his hand over
1t all, crying, us it not the greatest
city in the world? The whole uni
verse will recognize it as such!'
But to return to civics. Our ave.
nues are to be WIDER" he explained.
we are constantly opening up new
streets. although we hope to retain
the charm OF all the old ones. We
now can boast of a street cleaning
department and a new type of water
sprinkler. We are very proud of this
We are numbering our houses. and
have already inaugurated a CITY nIan.
nlng commission. But you will have
to ask the Governor about all of this
FOR l cannot talk politics. That is
the Governors job"
Jews and Arabs.
AND they have politics in Jerusalem
just as intricate, just as forcef,,l. inst
as controversial and just as bad in
spots, as 1 found out, as we have In
our little Old New York. But he was
willing to talk about the Jewish entry
into Palestine.
I can see no reason why the Jews
and the Arabs cannot work toeetber
IN this great country. There is room
Tor all, ana up to the present time
there have been no serious uuarreIs.
What little dissension arose at the
beginning has been smoothed out, and
believe it is the desire at least of
the younger and vigorous and open.
minded group of Arabs to do every.
thing they can to work amicably with
the Jews.
I've must say that the Jews have
brought considerable progress, and as
they are mainly spending their own
money in developing the country it
would be wrong not to give them
credit for such efforts in trying to
make the future and better Palestine.
And our new post Office" he con-
tinued. I'VE are very proud Of that.
We have large incoming and out.
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