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Show SYRIA: UNDER FRENCH AND ZIONIST RULE Syria, for tlio control of tho northern '" of which tlio Turkish National-"ore National-"ore threatening to tight tho French Mate-liohlcTK, and tho southern part Mch Is settling quietly under Zlon-nd Zlon-nd llritlsh control, Is another nunm r 'the Holy Lund ;" for under Tur T It comprised tho region extending "d tho Taurus inountnins to Egypt, from tho desert to "tlio Great " population numbers about three "n half millions, of Semitic origin. lng tho Arabic lunguogo, and yet in so iimny rnees intermingled 0u8h tho centuries of the various Wests niul occupations thnt the P'o cannot claim any ono raco as )r own. reek, Itoninn nnd Guropenn crusad-Jvo crusad-Jvo all blended with the ancient ," c s,ock to produco tho Syrians way, wilom L Cromer( (n hu 1'. termed "tho creum of the " Slrln .,- l 1 . Ulenf i Lp,)nun mountains. In , cs tl10 mountains wcro ev-i,"er' ev-i,"er' 'fvcred with forests. Tlio b" r Lebanon not only furnished t! i ,,' b"llng or Solomon's K . Jerusnlem, but tho klngsvof " annually floated largo raft of MiZm , syr,nn nst to supply ""Mmls of tlio cities of the Nllo K "nstnnt demand from foreign Km 0t,,or wU" lho lnc,c of nny H d.,,r .reforestation, has praetl- H Innd U' n,oun,nln8 of ihe Khiiu ro to cover tho mountains Hvvo m ,u"h D,nt n"'1 cednr and n ' b0 a simple task If carried Koi ,inn ""' n,,(1 "dor tho naw iK -ri work ,s now bcln8 u,,(,ur Hrtttrs cll,ef enemies, In the last Hi tlmi Df reforestation by nature Hirrn 8 of Konts.. which every iHaevft a ovor u, wholo country H d overy Breou thing. Tho t jHtto seedling trees suffered especial- K,!rnn.1SC0, bccnus of mnssacrcs. the IZ Tln ponera ,nBl9ed that then mountains bo made autonomous. S Rowing thnt date this Uttlo dlslrtci RZ7 l,V'"e "cmo'""rntlon SS The steep mountain sides were tcr- 11 "e'"t ' W0 feet and Wanted to olUes, Hgs and vine . ,, nf 1.WCr ,mVl Wlft"' ,0 !'""' mm uoiH-rty wciiwl. good roads built and kept In repair. The po,,i0 constructed "ore comfortable home nnd sent their tons to schools and euIltKi |