Show ANCiENT AN FORESTS OF I PALESTINE RESTORED LONDON May Ia 1 IS Two S.-Two Two principal recommendations which the civilian commission now in Palestine will make as a beginning for the reconstruction I of that countr country will be bc a a. scheme for beginning and a proposal for the tha conservation of oC water supply b by storage and nd b by opening up old springs A preliminary statement from a a. member of oC the committee says The greatest of oC all aU Palestine's needs is For centuries the theland theland I land lanel has been denuded of or Its trees with most disastrous consequences For the heavy rains at certain seasons instead of benefiting the soil soli over o I Imore more than four-fifths four of oC the area carr carry I awa away in rushing torrents much of ot the I little soil that remains on th the high highlands highlands highlands lands and valley alley slopes I Palestine has not always been tree tree- less Tho The Roman had vaIn vaIn- I able forests in fn the country and Absalom I loam lom riding was caught by the hair among the trees but today one might gallop from Dan to Beersheba without in ha having to duck ones one's head to avoid a branch Trees of or rapid growth will be planted and for the more cultivable districts fruit truit bearing trees will beI be bo utilized I The Tue storage of water vater in lakes and reservoirs is comparatively simple InI in I Palestine B By erecting small dams I across certain wadys wads a series of small reservoirs reser can be constructed at little I expense creating a supply that will willI last throughout tho the dry season reason In I southern Palestine hundreds ds of ot natural natural nat nat- ural springs s can be opened up which under centuries of or misrule have been allowed to up and fall into dis dis- use Palestine today possesses an ad advantage advantage ad- ad vantage it never ne had tad before beCore in a first class railway raHway connection with Egypt All the surplus drops crops will find a ready market marlet in the growing Egyptian cities |