Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1926, Page 21

NEW ZONING AREA 10 BE DISCUSSED “A A Restricted” Section Urged for Detached Homes, . With Yards Each Side. Creation of & new zoning area, in which only wholly detached, family dwellings with two side yards would be permitted, is proposed in an nendment to the zoning regulations which the District Zoning Commis- sion will consider at a public hearing April 'he new area would be designated “A A restricted.” i minimum _dimensions of yards & ourts and the maximum percentage ot lot occupancy would be the same as for the “A area” distriet. The commission at the same time will consider another proposed amend- went which would permit the con- struction of community houses in the A restricted” zones. Only detached and semi-detached homes are now per- wnitted in the “A restricted” districts. ©o Hearings Planned. Twenty other changes in the zon: ing regulations are on the comml sion’s calendar for consideration at the hearing, which will begin at 10 am. in the board room of the District Ruilding. An afternoon session also will be held, siarting 0 o'clock. The principal change recommended concerns property abutting the north side of G street betwes venteenth and Eighteenth st except the northwest corner of teenth and | (i streets, on which Building. Tt is the height ar 90 to 110 feet. single | | council which would enable the British | ana Solution of Problem Seen BY JOHN BALDERSTON, Special Correspondent of The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance. JERUSALEM, March 28.—It was fashionable at one time in Ingland among opponents of the British man- date in Palestine to predict imminent bloodshed between th> native Arabs and the unwarlike Jew- | ish tmmigrants who floocked in to take | possession of the *“Jewish National | Home. The best comment on such fears is | to quote three figures. There are | proximately 615,006 Moslem A in the country, and there oldlers and constabulary. of these British, to keep or- They do keep order. The only | ew hostilities during the past ars that led to bloodshed was a | | quarrel between an Arab and a Jew | over a piece of land. The Arab killed | the Jew and was duly hanged. Politicians Resent Jews’ Presence. Nevertheless, it is true that the Arab political leaders vesent the presence of the Jews, aud for this reason de cline to form part of a governing to grant a strictly Umited measure of | self-government. An election was held three vears ago for a legislative coun- cil. Ten members were to be British appointed by the high commis- sloner and 12 elected. 8 of them Moslems, 2 Jews and 2 Christians. The proportion of representatives to be elected corrosponds roughly to the r spective populations. The Arabs re- tused to vote, the election was a flasco and the council was not summoned. commission have not Leen adv 1o the reason nge, is thought that the & desires to crect a larze Other Proposed Changes. Other b Change fr —Proper Reservoir avenue an Change fr South half of square 1262 abutting | the north side of O street between | and Twenty-seventh follow | icted 1o B | hoth s of | sin | commercial to are 3002, lo-| north side of Gall | Georgia avenue firs residen cated on the street, hetweer Ninth stree: Change ted, 40 feq « . 60 ~Nor(} full depth | square loc | air road Letw i streeis. identlal abut ond « fast b mercial ) on reet lLe- Property | street be- | Nineteenth abutti: ! veel, hetween | ieth streets to C aren— bounded | nvenue, | nd | ast | between side tween M and N abutting_both sides tween Bighteenth streets, also north f streets. of 1 nd by Eley Sherma &lso side Park Euclid st Change fr commer ting the west southeast, between and G street. Property abutting both sides of E street southeast, be- iween Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets. Change from residential A to first| commercial C —Square north of square by ton court, and Fiftiet! the south side street, between ty-third n the <herman and avenue south | of S Virglnia avenue side Washing- Forty-nitth riheast. also Capitol street bounded of East Fifty-third place. first commer both sides of east, between line 100 feet Change from commercial ¢ ting the north nue northeast. ginia and Montello a erty _abutting the Fourth street hea t and Todd place Change from vesidentisi B to re dential ¢ and first commerciai C sts 33, square 3559, ted on tr side of Fourth reet ni . between W street | and Rhode Island avenue. g Change from residential. A restrict. ed, 40 feet to first cor cial C, 60 feet—66 feet in depth by full width of parcels 144-7 and 144-11 and of lots 3 to inclusive, square 4021, lying immediately northerly of the first commereial frontage on north side of | Rhode Island avenue northeast, be- tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. Change from B area, A area and | first commercial C area to residential, | a restricted area-—Area in the north bounded by Rhode Island avenue, Tenth street, Brentwood road and the line of Bryant street, including pro- perty abutting the west side of Tenth street. Change from fir south Foote sireet. | rea—Proper side of Florida ave- n West Vir- | enues. Prop- | est side of between T commerci; C to| esidential, a restricted area—Pro. perty abutting the north side of Rhode Island avenue northeast, be- Tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and also property abutting the east side of Twelfth street northeast, be- tween Evarts street and Rhode Island | avenue, | Change from residential B to first | commercial C—Lot 1, square 651, located at the northwest corner of | South Capitol and N streef { ® | Arabs refused to serve. LA ot | | s |ers of the soil. ¢ abut- | 2 Sir Herbert Samuel, the high commis- sioner, next attempted to appoint 10 Arabs and i leading Later, ownig o the Arab complaints against the powsr which was enfoyed by the Jew ish agency in Palestine, Sir Herbert Samuel offered to form an Arab agency with the same functions, but this also was refused. At bresent, therefore, the Arabs, although in an enormous numerical superfority, have no voice in the government. Tt is, of course, a controversial point whether Arab opinfon is changing. British officials here believe that it 1 that prosperity and peace in Pale: tine, together with the influx of much Jewish capital, is gradually reconcil- ing the native population to the presence of the Jews because of the blessings these brine in their train. leaders deny this, and the Arab pr which is not censored, con- inues to demand that if those Jews who are here cannot be deported. no more should be allowed to come in. Tt is noteworthy, however, that the agitation of a few yvears ago against the Brittish mandate has practically ceased. Only 1l Arab minority now wishes the Dritish to withdraw. The spectacle of bloodshed and rapine in French a and throughout Arabia has enormously increased British prestize among the native population here. Lord Balfour's Visit. When Lord Balfour visited Jerusa- lem last vear there was a general strike and black flags. of mourning were hung out by the natives. This 2 deep feeling still_existing, ceven vears later, against the terms alfour declaration of “his majesty’s government with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” The Arabs be- lieved this to mean immediately after the war that their country was to be ken from them and given to the Jews. On several occasions, even up to two vears ago, rumors spread that on certain fixed dates whole flotillas of ships filled with Jews were to ar- rive and kill or expel the Arab hold- The Balfour declara- tion was unfortunately worded, and the evil effects of that unhappy phrase. “national home, e not cet disappeared. The British have effort, by official declara- ounteract the impression nd the Zionist organization Bacillus Acidophihis Milk For intestinal disorders Ask your ph: about it Prepared by the NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXEN INSTITUTE 1515 U St. N.W. |y dispossessed | Jews and Arahs were feared. At that THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 1I, 1926—PART 1. JEWISH QUESTION IN PALESTINE IS RAPIDLY SETTLING ITSELF Soon as Immigranis Take to Soil—Intense Feeling on Part of Arabs Is Quieting and Peace Is Maintained. itself has officlally repudiated any idea of infringing any Arab rights. Arab suspicions and alarms are being exercised but slowly. The grad- ual Improvement in the health of the pe ple, the building of roads, the open- ing of new economic opportunities, are nevertheless having their effect. Three ago widespread attacks upon time Syria was comparatively peace- ful. But now, in spite of the war across the frontier, nobody expects trouble between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. There were about 55,000 Jews in this country when the Turks were efected. This number has now more than dou- bled. The last offictal figures, in March this year, give 108,000 as the Jewish population, and about 2,500 per montk are coming in. Sir Herbert ‘amuel, late high commissioner, thus analyzes the character of the present Jewish inhabitants: Variety of Types. “The Jews of Palestine belong to a variety of types. They vary to the degree of their religious orthodxy, in the characteristics they bring from the countries of their provenance, in their attitude toward social and political questions. “There are rabbis and whom the ancient religion is alone of fmportance, and in whose lives the study of the law and ritual require. ments are the chlef concern. They ac- cept the support provided by the plous in other lands, or, indifferent to com- forts, live as best they can from such pres ious resources as they may command. There are eager young workers, essentially modern, who have rejected the letter, though’ thy often retaln the spirit of the religion: fn- tellectual, they are nevertheless keen to enguge in manual work in the up- building of the country. They may be inspired by the pa: 3 tively in the present, and are moving consciously toward a planned future. Between these types there is every gradation and combination of creed and outlook. “There are in laymen to Palestine Oriental Jews from Lokhara and Persia and Iraq, and there are university men and women from New York and Chi- 0. There are Jews from the Yemen, of small stature and with gentle, reflned features, good crafts- men in silver and ivory, or good laborers on the farms; and there are agricultural experts from the colleges of France, engineers from Germany, bankers from Holland. manufacturers and merchants from Poland and Rus-. sia. There arc students and writers, doctors and lawyers, architects and musicians, organizers and soctal work ers, from Eastern Europe and West- ern, from Asia and Amerlca. Among all these, some are conservitive in temperament; some are eager above all for gocial progress. Those who are interésted in politics have organ- ized themselves into half a dozen dis- tinct parties or sections; others are indifferent. Communists Are Few. “Taking a_general view, it may be said that at least one-half of the pres. ent Jewish population come from Eastern Europe; that those who ure strictly orthodox in religlon are a minority. those who are wholly irre- Ain-Harod, the new agricultural colon work. NEW situated in the historic valley of the Jesreel, locale of the battle of Ar- mageddon, is the scene of busy life. Photo shows the Jewish farmers returning home from the flelds after a hard day’s PALESTINE ligious are also a minority, mass lie between: that th are politically inclined and progre: sive in their views; that communis are few, and thoss who may be re garded 'as revolutionary or ‘bol- shevist’ are a group negligible in numbers, and that three-fourths of this population live, at present. in the towns and one-fourth in the agricul tural colones.” The Jewish problem seems to center around the question of whether the immigrants can be persuaded to work on the land. Most of them, like most Jews everywhere, were town dweller before they came here. to dogmatize on this question. The present indications are not too encour- aging, but both the government and Zionist organizations abroad are doing thelr best. Out of the 5,000 square miles of cultivable laand in_Palestine Jews owned 177 square miles before the war aand only own 319 square miles now. Sir Herbert Samuel, who is an optimist, believes that the prob lem can be solved. He admits at the same time that a Jewish ‘“national home in Palestine” can never he a reality unless Jews will take up agri- culture on a large scale. Arabs in No Peril. There is here no question of dis possessing the Arabs. Not only is the country sparsely populated, but what Arab agriculture exists is of the most primitive type, and the available land for cultivation is capable of support- ing several hundred thousand Jews without unduly crowding the native Sir Herbert Samuel admits that there has yet been no great zeal shown by Jewish immigrants to till the soil, but says: Among_the 8,000,000 of Jews in Eastern Europe there are numbers of young men and women whose most eager desire is to get to Palestine; 1t is too soon | | SON TAKES BLAME FORMILLER DEATH Believes Grief at Disgrace | Hastened End of Father, Noted Actor. | By the Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. April Henry J. Miller, son of the noted actor who died last night in New York, expressed the bellef from a cell in the county jail here today that his own disgrace had hastened his father's death. Miller, who prior to tenced in Los Angeles recently to 10 months in jail for narcotic law violations, pleaded that his father being sen- their ambition, once in Palestine, is to become producers on the sofl. They are well aware of the history of the Jewish people, of their present posi- tion in the world, of the difficulties and dangers that surround them. They do not wish to live in ghettos or to devote their lives to petty trade. alestine malkes to them a most pow- erful appeal; they wish particularly to contribute to the productiveness of Palestine, and above all to help to recreate in Palestine a people of Jew- ish agriculturists (Copyrizht. 1926. by North American Ne vaper Alliance.) | Golors « Trumps FASHION'S WINNING CARDS in smart shoe circles continue to be glowing, gleaming COLORS in lustrous kidskin and the new Reptilian leathers, such as Cobra, Rattlesnake and Lizard effects. Almost daily new arrivals of striking fashions add to the Supremacy of the “"Hahn" Style-Exhibits. Open for All Day porches, big yard and tw asked. Price $10,750—On Those desiring an older but better built home of six rooms, reception hall, tile bath, large sleeping find in this house a value far in excess of price 65 W St. N.W. MAX SUGAR 1905 Kenyon St. N.W. 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God bless his ther has not written me in many vears, but he never lost interest in me for his remittance reached me every month. He told be once he felt like turning on the gas for being re- sponsible for my coming into the world. Because of the remorse I had brought him, T decided to kill myself. 1 tried, but surgeons saved me. It| would have been better for all con- cerned had I succeeded. I failed, and here T am in jail. 1 am sure that my plight hastened the death of my father.” Miller declared he did not know whether his mother was living, but if .[10.—The Newfoundland seal hunt has BURNING SEAL SHP REVEALEDHERDISY Engineer’s Deed and Rescue of Survivors Furnish An- other Sea Epic. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, April claimed new toll in life and gear. The sealing steamer Iagle brought to this port today the body of James Brewin, a stoker on the ste and details of that through explosion and the ice floes off Bay de Verde. injured men were among the 7 vivors of the Seal’s crew landed here. A tale of heorism also was told to| the hundreds who gathered at the| docks to hear of the latest disaster to the dwindling seal fleet. As Jd ward Perez, chief engireer of the feal, was carried ashore from the| Eagle, suffering from serious burns, | men told how he risked his life to carry Brewin from the blazing engine | room of the doomed ship after the stoker had suffered fatal injury in an | explosion of gasoline. Lamp Caused Blast. The Seal, making her second trip to the ice fields since the sealing season opened March 5, was questing among the floes elght miles off Bay de Verde yesterday, the survivors told. Brewin, about to fill an oil among Tmp in the engine room, picked the ! wrong can and poured instead of kerosene. 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The ex plosion had ruined the Seal's wire- less equipment, but news of the accident was spread in another w On the shore in the little village of Grates Cove, men saw the steamer burning fiercely as the fcg occaslonally lifted en the word was carried by dog team to Rail Head at Grates and forwarded by teleraph to St. John's. Frem this place wireless instruc tions_ were sent_to the Eagle. vhic sed through the night to the aid ¢ her sister vessel, arriving in the early morning. In the mean watchers on shore had seen the & burn to the watel edge, heel ¢ and_sink. The loss of the Seal brinzs the number of vessels in active sealin: operations d n to eight, the rem nant of a once numerous fleet. Year by vear vessels have been burned the ice or lost in the fierce storms of the Northern waters . tish St. Louis have se of 60 cenis a day and a five-day week. 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