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Show American Zionists Prefer United States to Land of Prophets, Declares Ellis Three Thousand Jewish Soldiers, Enrolled in the British Army at Palestine, Anxiously 'Await Time When They May Return to Land of Stars and Stripes. j masculine appearance. Ho may know more about the flavor of the Talmud than his American brother, but he certainly knows less about Die taste of red beef. There is what Lamb calls 'Imperfect svmpailiv" between the two classes of Jews now in Palestine; and 1 should not want to see it come ever to physical .strife:' for the well-fed and muscular American would "eat alive" his frail and sallow coreligionist, whoso long gabardine gabar-dine or cloak and round hat are copies of those worn In- his grandfather, and as ill suited for physical exercise. I have not heard at first hand what the ICuro-pcan ICuro-pcan .lews think of the Zionist Legion, but I know what the latter think of the others. Jewish Soldiers in War. Many or most of these American Jewish Jew-ish recruits to the British army in Palestine Pales-tine saw active service during the war. The Zionist T. onion had part In the great rout of the Turks. Various British gen- i eral officers have toM mo that the boys fought very well and reflected credit upon their race and the land of then I adoption. Since the cessation of hostilities hostili-ties there is nothing in military routine to appeal to their nature. At present the Zionist Legion is scattered scat-tered all over the Holy land. I have found the men acting as conductors on military trains, as aids to officer and as office worker. They are so widely dispersed dis-persed that their identity as a unit is well nigh lost. None of thenl are undergoing under-going any special hardship or (!epri ation, exeept that tin y want to go home. Before leaving America six hundred of these three thousand leglonalres declared their Intention of remaining in Palestine as Zionist settlers. My impression Is that instead of this number being increased, it will be diminished. There are not the coinmereial or agricultural puss! bllltles here that appeal to the average youth who has lived for a time In America. As an oNperiment the Zionist Legion has probably, on the whole, been a sue-eess sue-eess eertainly very mueh more of a suc-e.-ss than the "iin-ntnl Legion." formed of Armenians by the I'ri'iu li. Both th Armenians atid the i-'reneh and no less the natives am! the other foreigners speak harshly of the oriental Legion. I gather Iroin various im-mt,t s of the Z:onil Legion that th;V would rather be Zioni.-ts in America than in Palestine: BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. (Copyright. 1D10, by tho New York Herald Her-ald Company All rlfhts reserved.) (Copyright. Cnnada. by the .New York Herald Company.) PALESTINE. Oct. 16. After .America entered tho war, Jewish residents were permitted to enroll In the "Zionist Legion" of tlio British army for service In Palestine. Most city dwellers in the. states will recall re-call tho recruiting campaign. Those soldiers sol-diers are here, and I have been meeting them up and down the Holy land. Indeed, it is difficult to escape them. My train scareelv pulls Into a station, be it at Ludd, Jerusalem, Haifa or Damascus, Damas-cus, that one or mere of these American Jews do not "spot" my nationality: and thev come forward with eager questions about I'll ol' N" Y'ork and when 1 left the states, and what of this, that and the other thing especially their own chances of getting back home. "Home" to them Is not the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but the land at the gate of which the Goddess of Liberty Lib-erty stands sentinel and it. is curious how many exiles inquire after the "uld girl." as if her health were subject to mutation. These alert sons erf Israel are keen to bo back In. America. They do not care for the Holy land or for the European Jews who dwell tnere. While I did find three of them at a Saturday service in the most orthodox synaRoene in Jerusalem, yet as a rule they are nol orthodox and are out of sympathy with the narrow religious views and practices of their coreligionists. Two Kinds of Jews. A greater contrast than that between these American soldiers in Lritish uniform, uni-form, weai'lni? the star of David as tln ir Insignia, and the young men of the European Eu-ropean Jewish community, over here to study theology and rabbinical law, can scarcely be imagined. The former have the characteristic American traits ot liveliness, initiative, self-assurance. Thev radiate efficiency and alertness ami cod health. The young Jew from Europe, or born in this land. Is stoop-snouldercd, sallow-faced, t naemic. the long and carefully care-fully tended curls that hang down in front of his ears accentuating lus un- and a member of his party went for a climb over the mountains. The special train Is d ie at Los Am---- . -at 9 a. m. tomorrow. It is prob.ibi. 1 .1 ' the partv will motor from tiiere to I '. 1 s.i -dena to take the train. The u.-xt important impor-tant stop will be at Galhip, N. M.. w-n.-y a cowboy and Indian show w-.U !) i"--for the royal party at abo it oV..-- Funday morning. A stop of s--'- er:il iionr.. wii; be made at Albuquerque, m the after, noon. WASHINGTON. O.-t. 10. The s.-naf agreed today to reoe.-s Tu-lay af'.err:oon October -5. to rec.qve Knu- AlN-rt o Fteigium. Similar a- tlon is evr . . :.-q ti the house, ar.d after Kmc A:b-rt an. pearance in the senate he w.ll i.e f-ei".''-by the house. |