King's Business - 1922-06

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nized the fairness and goodwill of Sir Herbert Samuel’s administration. But the fac.t remains that where under the Turks there was at least the appearance of peace in Palestine, today the roads have to be patrolled by armored cars and aeroplanes at the British taxpayer’s expense. The chief source of trouble is that the non-Jewish population of Pales­ tine admittedly numbers 700,000 and the Jewish population only 70,000. The non-Jewish population complains that its rights are disregarded and its liber­ ties infringed, despite the conditions of the mandate. It is alleged that “ Jews of a most undesirable type are being im­ ported into Palestine for the purpose of replacing the present inhabitants, and that these Jews caused the Haifa riots in May last, and placarded the Holy City with Bolshevik appeals.” Jews of New York “New York is the largest Jewish city the world has ever known,” says The Southern Presbyterian. “ Thirty per cent of its population, amounting to 1,600,000 people, are Jews. Were they separated from all other people they would make a city as large as Philadel­ phia. They have twelve theatres pre­ senting Jewish plays, .5,000 grocery stores and 2,400 meat shops. Most of them have very little regard for religion and the Christian church is doing very little to win them to the Saviour who came, first to the Jews.” Capernaum Discovered The American Hebrew prints the fol­ lowing: What is regarded by many scholars as the most valuable discovery which has yet been made by 'the archaeologist in Palestine is the location of the site of Capernaum. Among its ruins have

About 130,000 acres of land are now owned by the Jewish colonists in Pales­ tine. There are seventy-two colonies, whereas at the beginning of the war there were but forty. These colonies, agricultural settlements for the most part, dot the landscape from Beersheba in the soutih to Dan in the north. Land which is being purchased for the colon­ ists costs about $80 an acre, which seems high for unimproved land'in the Bast. New Industrial Undertakings The following new industrial under­ takings in Palestine are either already working or in course of erection: (1) Packing houses for oranges in Petach Tikvah and Rechoboth; (2) local rail­ way from Petach Tikvah to Ras-el-Ren; (3) Silica brick factory in Jaffa; (4) factory for production of building requi­ sites and furniture. Undertakings in preparation are: (1) Cement factory near Haifa; (2) large steam mill in Haifa; (3) oil factory, Shemen, in Haifa. It cab be seen that real advance in industrial lines is taking place in the Holy Land. A Second Ireland Viscount Northcliffe has just issued a warning to the British people, after having investigated conditions in Pales­ tine. He declares that Palestine runs the risk of being a second Ireland. To prevent further mischief while there is yet time, he has urged a “ complete and public investigation” of British policy in Palestine in order that the public may know the facts. Lord Northcliffe speaks as one who has always supported the reasonable ideals of Zionism—which means the return of the Jews to Palestine. He has throughout recog­

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