Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-16

An atmosphere Of the days of ro-
mantle Crusaders to the Holy Land APP
pears to Americans to surround Field
Marshal viscount Allenby, liberator OF
Jerusalem, as he makes his first visit
to the United States at the invitation OF
the American Legion. The press OF the
country looks upon him as a modest
hero of war, who also possesses the IN
stincts of statesman.
1.-THE members of the American Legion
know" says the New York sun, that
he was good enough soldier to COM
bine arinored cars, cavalry, infantry,
camel CORPS airplanes warships and
Bedouin tribes in a single military opera
ton" Speaking Of his cooperation with
r. e. Lawrence, whose influence with
the tribes aided the field marshal In his
work In Palestine, the Sun continues
"Ffe worked as we'll with Lawrence as II
the guerrilla leader had been the very
pattern of an orthodox British officer
1t was Lawrence, remembering the
meeting between Allenby and Fsisal al
! Damascus, after the end OF the war In
the East who wrote the most vivid ano
succinct description Of our visitor. He
then described him as gigantic and rec
and merry, fit representative OF power
which has thrown girdle OF humor ano
strong dealing around the earth.
"None of the commanders In tne
World War won more enduring laine
than he, and none, since the end OF the
fighting. has borne a more important
part In the task of world reconstruc-
tion," testifles the Chicago Daily News
with the further tribute, His military
reputation, enhanced by his political
services since the close of the war, Al
lenby Of Megiddo comes to this country
as an example of the highest type OF
soldier statesman produced by that pro-
| life mother of a great man, the British
Empire"
X X X X
He is one of the most romantic ant
appealing figures of the World War,
states the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. "One
must follow the desert route from Cairo
to Jerusalem, which he traced with his
army. to realize the desperately diff
cult conditions which he overcame tt
! achieve the conquest of the Holy City
He is one of those rare soldiers
who. after achieving greatness in the
| field. win new laurels in the ways Of
peace. Time has not dimmed the
brightness of his achievements. The
military historian who is considering
the World War from the perspective
tine campaign stands out as one OF the
most brilliant"
1.-THE tale of his fighting In Asia was
a tale of romance In war OF muC
and coolies and wholesale slaughter
He was an heroic figure" Is the tribute
of the Lynchburg News, with the added
comment: "Allenby recalls the days Of
sacrifice, of high idealism, of hot en-
| thusiasm. His name and his exploits
| are not forgotten. He was the plumec
knight of the war, his helmet was fol-
lowed in the thick Of the fight"
HE Is the embodiment" declares the
Flint Journal, "of Richard the Lion
| hearted, descendant of that inter.
mineling of Norman and Saxon which
| today we know as the English people
| The whole Christian and Jewish worlt
looks TO him as the liberator of thu
cradle of the two great religious faiths
| That paper also recalls the fact thai
| he "humbly entered the Holy City or
foot through the old Jaffa gate" anc
that sit was a solemn moment as this
bronzed Crusader Of modern times
walked through the gate" The Utics
Observer-Dispatch also emphasizes thu
solemnity of that approach to Jeru.
salem, and speaks OF how "he drove
from that city the Turks, who hat
ruled Palestine for centuries" as 'thC
leader of the last Crusade"
"One of the strict orders to the army
under his control" says the st. Joseph
News-Press, was that they should dc
no irreverence to the sacred places OF
the three religions which flourish
there-the Christian, the Jewish and the
Moslem. Surely this was the right mar