The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1917, Page 8

EIGHT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1917 The Germany Plots Still There Are Less Than 1900 German Residents in Holy Land; Says Bernstein, Compar- ing Interests of Germany, Brit- ain and France. By HERMAN BERNSTEIN. Editor of The American Hebrew. (Cop, 1917, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) Kngland and Germany are not the only powers that have most at stake in Palestine. Other countries enter- tain i and have looked for 1 to the break-up of the ‘Turkish empire for the enlar ent of their own dominion, But these am bitions uave, for the most part, been permitted to lie dormant until the psychologican moment arrived. What actual interests the other powers have in t Holy Land, they are, with the ¢ ption of thosc of Vrance, insignil t, and will un- doubtedly, be safeguarded without under the rule of any strong There is, in addition to tt of the powers, and the sentimental re-' gard for Palestine by Ch jans and ‘Wohammedans, the Jewish incerest, which Great Lritain and allise, in- cluding the United States, regard as of the utmo i icance. But for the moment it is nec: ry to devote a little more attention to the clash- ing intere of Germany and England in tuis litle country of between 16,- 090 and 17,000 square miles, younde. on the west by the Desert, on the north by Syria and on the south by Egypt. A writer in the London “Quarterly Review” has pointed out that, recog- nizing the unsatisfactory strategic sit- uation in the region of the canal, the Anglo-Egyptian government has drawn its boundary not at the natural fron- tier, where Asia and Africa meet, bui further east, including some 37,000 square miles of Asiatic territory more than twice the extent of Turkish Pal- estine, within the Egyptian dominions. This region—the Eli-Arish district, the Wilderness of Zin and the Sinai Pen- insula—is very sparsely inhabited, and is generally considered desert. It in-| cluded not only the region that inte.- venes ‘between geograpnical Palestine! and Egypt, but: also the southermosi | portion of. the:former, stopping short within 20 miles, of Gaza. This region hasbeen held by Egypt as a buffer- istate;, but as a defense against an.en-| , emy of any strength it has proved in- afficacious. % Germany, with its usual thorough- War in the Holy Land 0 —o Win for Years to Controlling Voice in Palestine Carrier Pigeon With German Messages Is Taken at Halifax ness has been conducting an aggres- sive campaign for winning Turkey to its side, always with (ue underlying ; purpose of obtaining a free hand in Palestine. As far back as 1881 her influence at Constantinople was pow- orful enough to prevail upon the Su- lime Porte to cede to her the ruins of Caesaria, ostensibly for archeological research. This was followed sby the concession of the Bagdad: railroad. Wilhelm visited, Palestine in, 1808. ‘Special roads wore built so. as to in- crease the comfort of the imperial party, and a breac was male in the walls of Jerusalem for the dramat: entry to the Holy City by the kaiser. In waging this campaign Germany followed its well-known methods. The principal shops are German. The ma- jority of hotel keepers are German. Every town has at least one German physician. But the only real ground for consid- eration of Germany in deciding ‘he fu- ture of Palestine is furnished by the Templist colonies, of wiaich there are three—one near Jaffa. one at Haifa and one near Lydda. These date from 1868, and originally were of a relig- jous character. The settlers, unlike Germany's pawns mm its otner comma enterprises, were ac:uated by neither material nor political motives. Theirs va a religious motive, pure and sim- ple. Other German settlers, not memb of the sect, have followed them an opened shops in the three towns, but the total number of German resideuts in Palestine does not exceed 1900. Apart from the Jewish colonies, the Templist colonies are the only eic- ment of progress in ‘he country since the time of Mehemet Ali, according to Albert M. Hyamson, a distinguish- ed authority on. the near east. | The French interest in the Holy Iand has been stripped of political in- fluence for about 35 years. But, in the industrial sphere, French sudjecis hold a number of valuable conces- sions. In Palestine tuey constructed the railroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem, now playing such an important part in the British operations for the cap- ture of the Holy Land. In the Eng- cvelopedia Brittanica it is noted that the traditional claim of France to pro- tect Roman Catholics in the Ottoman empire has been greatly imnaired nv the nonreligious character of the re- public.” France has seen the justice of the contention by other powers that an anti-Catholic power can have no claims to pro‘ect their own Catholic sudjects. It has no desire to involve itself in religious troubles, of no con- cern to her own welfare. There ‘remains one other considera- tion—the purely commercial. In 191: Rritish imports through Jaffa came to $2,030,000, half as much as the im-| ports of all other countries combined.! Next was Turkey, with $1,225,000; Austria-Hungary third, with $715,000; Russia fourth with $600,000. France Jed Germany that year, with $575,000, as against $510,000. * 4 * (Read tomorrow's Tribune for more ‘by Dr. Bernstein about the war in the Holy Land.) Copyright Protection. The copyright law gives an author an exclusive right to print, publish and sell his writings, and generally the exclusive right to dramatize them for a term of 28 years and provides for a renewal for a second period of 28 years. ae Tasty eatables, daintily served, Properly priced, at the McKenzie dairy lanch. ase Nalifax, Dec. 11.—The capture of a; Clear and cold. A hard crust had See : f formed today, further interfering with carrier; pigeon under whose wing was the traffic problems and with the a message in German, was reported’ work of clearing away the ruins of to the police today. The pigeon prob- wrecked buildings. ably wounded in the explosion Thurs- All activities are now @n.a system- day, entered the window of a home atic basis. The refusal tg @dmit curi- | near the burned area. Its number was Osity features already has Tepulted in “New York, No. 29.” .a noticeable lessening of: thé, conges- | ‘The pigeon was turned over to the tion which threatening serious peegor Dartinouth, who de; Tange erg Sy Ne hey SoS "badI¥ wlamag@ik build- chief ned tal inake any statement, pend: | Hund ing the delivery of the message to the about * military authorities. The woman who ings. ‘The supplies of wirltow gla captured it said the bird was suffer- | 5' from other cities proved ‘partict ing intensely from the cold and seem- larly useful and a party of skilled ed to have come in for shelter. ‘glaziers from Boston assisted in re- The snow storm which hampered placing thousands of shattered panes. the relief workers yesterday was of For all concerned, last night was short duration and last night was the most restful since the explosion today GIVEN CERTIFICATES. All state offi cluding the staffs of the sta cational, charitable and tions, MORTALITY FIGURES FOR FRENCH ARMY. | and employes, in edu: uu hundred in number, ied by State Auditor W little booklets of een so fat ent condi- “Fourteen men ouc of fift have been safe. Under pr tions, where man power being saved only one in thirty is killed Only one man in five hundred | Sip y eocetaa trees | a limb—a chance no greater in hax Yay for their use when 3 ; . ” Ts raveling on public business in order ardous conditions at-home.” Mr. Bab- tit tne state may not be compelled son's conclusions are based on the, (00) SHE SiG Ty ot ay Leket mortality figures of the ahi wriny| 00. Das the: War tae, On TAN WAY Ue for the full three years of w At- and sleeper reservations. tention is called to the fact that pres ent fighting is ne: claiming anywhere near the number of dead recorded for the first two yea ‘Most| a new member of the s of the wounds sustained in the; defense commissioned trenches are clean cut and of a na-| Governor Frazier. ture that a few weeks in tue hospital makes the su2ject as fit as ever. 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