New Britain herald., 1929-09-12
JERUSALEM CENTER
 FOR THREE FAITHS
Jew, Christian, MoSlem Strive
 for Supremacy


 Jerusalem, Holy City to adherents of three religions, and recently the scene of bloody riots between Jews and Arabs. is described in bulle- tin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geo graphic Society which quotes a com munication to the Society from Ma for Edward Kcith-ROaCh. O. E. E.. Deputy District Commissioner of Jerusalem Division of Palestine.
 "The capital of the Land of Three Faiths remains unique, maintaining it's position not by towering sky scrapers. Byzantine art, or Roman architecture. but by sheer personali- tN," says Major Keith h-ROaCh. Gen. turics of religious fcrVor, of pill Erimagc, of historical event, of great actions, have given it dstinc- tiOn
 Jew Christian and SiOSlcm
 "Almost as sacred in the eyes of the Moslems as are Mecca and Me dina, Jerusalem is a place of pill grimagc for the Moslem world. For he Jewish people it is the City of 'itos toward which their thoughts ,ver turn. It is the first city Chris ians hear of at their mothers knee. Jerusalem stands upon two hills with a slope to the east, facing the Wnriso and the desert. RaVines 1ave determined the limits of the 'ity on the east, south, and west, Northward the country is more open and the ancient city tended 10 sprawl in this direction. Today the old, gray walled city of minarets. .OWers, and flat roofs dotted with lomcs is being cncompasscd by a New Jerusalem, striking contrast of red roofs, but the valleys on it's .hrce sides still keep inc modern encroachmcnts at q respectful dis -anCo
 Tn Palestine all roads lead to tho capital. The south roads, from Beer shcba, Hebron, and Bethlehem. joins the city &t the Jaffa Gate. Toward the northwest corner of he city wall runs the road from the sea at Jaffa. At the Damascus Gate ands the great north highway, from Nablus, Nazareth, and Damascus. Toward the northeast corner. past he Garden of Gcthscmano, the ser Ncntine trail climbs the Judoan Hills from Jericho and the Dead Sea, attaining a height of 2,Go0 feet above sea level, from 1900 feet be- low, in about a score of miles.
 "on aishting from Il train from Egypt. Jaffa, or Haifa, the first hing tO arrest the attention is the name of the station, printed in Ihree Official languagcs-English, Arabic, and Hebrew.
 Next, choice must be made of transport, as horar-drawn gharries saddle donkcys,. or, at tino aristo- cratic camcls vie with American au- tomobiles for patronage.
 Flag Of Knights Sill Flies
 Taking car, we ride down th" Bethlehem road toward the citadel On the right. high above th" Ophthalmic Hospital flies the flag of the Venerable Order of the Hos pital of St. John of Jcrusalem Eight 1urdred years &Go noble knights md occasionally fair ladics set forth rom England, Germany, France. Austria and other parts of EurcnA wrest the Holy Land from the ;araccns, and under that flag the knights played d great part in the history of the city,"
 Here is our first glimpse Of the ralls. Apart from one inclosing the iaram Ghc Temple area, containing he Dome of the RoclD which is argely Hcrodian, they were rebuilt Dy SuIieman the MagnifiCicnt in t542.
 Down the road we go, past the Sutan's PcoI, up 10 the Jaffa Gato ,alled by the Arabs The Gata of he 1'riend,' because t loOHs toward Hebron, the home of Abraham, the friend of God The citadel, q mighty -ortress of five towers, looms high and imposing. The great blocks forming the foundations date from Roman times, put the building itself was probably constructed mainly n the fourteenth century, The street passes the citadel anl through d l.reach in the wall, enters the Old City.
 Jerusalem is now, as always. S city of many tongues. In the last census % linguistic groups were recorded.
 ITO get an intimate glimpse Of Jerusalem, let us enter the Walled City by the Jaffa Gate end make our way down David Street on foot. Tn few streets of the Old City are carts and motor cars allowed. So narrow are the 70 cred ways that it would be implossiblc for such vo- hicles to pass, even were t not for the steps by which the city streets climb steep hills. once -steeper than they are today. As in the psalmiSts s time, Jerusalem is 'builded as city that is compact ,og f Ter" In times of festival. when the streets are con- Gcsted with traffic, yhe ;ightsccrS, chiefly women and children. throng the flat roofs.
 Some of these buildings were 'cy atroyed or badly cracked in a re- "ent earthquake, but, considering he intensity of the shock in other parts Of Palestine, the Holy City escaped lightly.
 No Universal Rest Day
 'DaVid Street is a series of ,ong, shallow. greasy, cobblcstone :ters md a good stick with a sharp point s not to be dcsps2d. Walking is lfficult, as one constantly skirts every sort of bundle borne on mems shoulders or donkcy's backs. The world is busy bargainingN amid the traffic.. so it is best to take tune md drift along slo viy with the ,roWd.
 "A remarkable feature of the ~tIoly City is that although each of